Dr. Jiyoung Park - Chilton
born in Seoul, Korea, started her musical studies on the piano when she was 4, and began playing the violin at the age of 7. She attended Sunhwa Arts School where she had her solo debut, performing Mozart’s third Violin Concerto at the Annual Concert with the school orchestra after winning the concerto competition. When she was 17, she was chosen to attend Walnut Hill School for the Arts during the school’s audition tour in Seoul and moved to the United States to study with Paul Biss and Miriam Fried. Jiyoung holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Miriam Fried, a Master of Music degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the USC Thornton School of Music where she studied with Midori Goto. Her doctorate studies include minor fields in Music Theory and Analysis, Music Teaching and Learning, and Viola Performance.
An avid educator, Jiyoung has served as an Instructor of Violin and Chamber Music for music minors and non-majors at USC. While maintaining an active private studio, she has given masterclasses and lectures at USC and local high schools in Los Angeles and led sectionals for youth orchestras including Orange County Youth Symphony and North Hollywood High School Orchestra. Jiyoung has also worked with special-needs musicians as a violin instructor at This-Abillity Orchestra, advocating music as a powerful means of communication.
Jiyoung has performed extensively in various concert halls throughout the United States and Asia including Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Suntory Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, and Jordan Hall appearing as a recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. She has been featured on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase, and in masterclasses led by Pamela Frank, Ida Kavafian, Pinchas Zukerman, and the Orion String Quartet. Her festival participation includes the Heifetz International Music Institute in New Hampshire, Music Academy of the West in California, Sarasota Music Festival in Florida, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and Rencontres Franco-Américaines de Musique de Chambre in France. Aside from her professional engagements, Jiyoung has enjoyed outreach performances in Los Angeles and Sri Lanka as part of studio projects led by Professor Goto at various venues such as hospitals, schools, and nursing homes.