Cornett Studio

Nadezda (Nadja) Mijatovic-Sekicki

Nadezda (Nadja) Mijatovic-Sekicki received her BM and MM degrees in piano performance from the University of Arts in Belgrade (Serbia), as well as a Concert Diploma in piano performance from Conservatoire de Musique de Lausanne (Switzerland), where she studied with Jean-Francois Antonioli.

Nadja is currently in her first year of Graduate Performance Diploma in Vocal Accompanying at Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, studying with Eileen Cornett. She also serves as Graduate Assistant in Vocal Accompanying at Peabody.

Nadja has received many awards and scholarships as an outstanding student. Currently, she holds Arno and Ruth Drucker Scholarship at Peabody.

She has extensive experience performing as a chamber musician, collaborative pianist, and soloist. She has also performed in masterclasses for many renowned pianists.

Before coming to the USA she worked as a coach accompanist at the University of Kragujevac’s Vocal Department (Serbia). This year she was music director for Peabody Opera Outreach production of “Ariel’s Tempest”.

Nadja is a member of Association of the Music Artists of Serbia. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and daughter.

Mary Trotter

Pianist Mary Trotter is originally from Snohomish, WA, and began playing the piano at age of five. She graduated with honors from Whitworth University in Spokane, WA, where she earned her degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. She fell in love with accompanying while playing for the University’s choirs and was soon in demand as an accompanist and private teacher. Upon graduation she maintained an active collaborative schedule, accompanying for Whitworth’s vocal and choral departments and serving there as an adjunct faculty member.

Mary is currently a first-year masters student at the Peabody Institute, where she is the recipient of the Austin Conradi Memorial Scholarship. In addition to accompanying for a multitude of students and classes, she is the co-music director and accompanist for Peabody Opera Outreach’s new production of Ariel’s Tempest by Doug Buchanan.

Ka Nyoung

Ka Nyoung was born in Yeosu, South Korea and began studying piano at age 6. She graduated from the Hanyang University in 2004 with a Bachelors degree in Piano performance, where she studied with MinSuk Kim and Mikyung Yoon. She received full tuition scholarships as a school/opera accompanist throughout her undergraduate years at Hanyang University. Ka Nyoung is currently the music director for Papageno!, Peabody Opera Theatre's Outreach production of The Magic Flute. She has also served as coach accompanist for Peabody's productions of La Traviata and The Advenures of Sharp Ears the Vixen.

Hyejin Kwon

Hyejin Kwon was born in Seoul, South Korea and began studying piano at age 4. She made her first public debut at age 7 and her orchestra debut at age 11. Hyejin won numerous competitions in her native country while she was studying with Chung Mo Kang at the Korean National University of Art preparatory. She came to America at age 15 to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan where she studied with T. J. Lymenstull. Hyejin won the MTNA Concerto competition in 2004 and was also featured on Interlochen Public Radio.

Hyejin graduated from the Peabody Institute of Music of the Johns Hopkins University in 2009 with her Bachelors degree in Piano performance where she studied with Marian Hahn. She has been working as a school accompanist throughout her undergraduate years at Peabody Institute, and toured with the Opera Outreach Program during her senior year. She has been the pianist for the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Choral Society since 2008, and was awarded a Graduate Assistantship in Opera Accompanying for the fall of 2009.

Christine Pulliam

Christine Pulliam is pursuing a masters degree in vocal accompanying at the Peabody Institute. A native of Indianapolis, she graduated from Butler University summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music where she studied with Panayis Lyras. She completed her Masters degree in piano performance at the University of Maryland where she studied with Santiago Rodriguez and André Watts. She is currently on the faculty of the Levine School of Music in Washington D.C. and performs regularly in the D.C. area, including recent performances at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, the Embassy of France and Church of the Epiphany. Last year she gave a solo recital and masterclass at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville and in 2006 performed at two universities in the Philippines and Malacañan Palace. She performed several years at the Masterworks Festival as a staff accompanist and soloist with the orchestra in 2003. A fan of new music, she has premiered works by Benjamin Boyle and Frank Felice.

Bu Kyung Shin

Bu Kyung Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea and began studying piano at age 6. She earned a Bachelor degree in piano performance from Sookmyung Women’s University, where she studied with Jung Ae Son. She earned a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University with Seth Knopp. Currently, she is in her second year as a Masters of Vocal Accompanying degree program, studying with Eileen Cornett./p>

She had several performances in Korea including solo recital in 2006. Bu Kyung was awarded the Opera Assistantship in Accompanying, and has played for Peabody Opera Theatre productions of La Traviata, Cosi fan Tutte, The Adventures of Sharp Ears the Vixen, Transformations, and Die Fledermaus.

YooHee Shin

Ms. Yoohee Shin, a collaborative pianist from Southern California, is recognized as a leading artist of the Korean society in the United States.

Working as both a musician and a business woman, she is currently a president of Piano Plaza, Inc and a director of its Music Academy wherein numerous young students are registered. She is also a music education and information columnist of The Korea Monitor magazine, and is employed as a concert accompanist by the Washington Soloist Ensemble.

Ms. Shin started her training in music from an early age at Sun-Hwa Arts School in South Korea. After her immigration, she earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University as a piano major and simultaneously assisted the Opera Department and the Italian language departments as a coach and accompanist. Other accompanying experience includes rehearsal and concert piano for the Korean-American Young Artists and Los Angeles-Seoul Men's Chorale. Last summer, she served as a visiting faculty of music department at Hapdong Theological Seminary.

Ms. Shin has concertized in Seoul, California, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland. She is a winner of numerous solo, concerto and chamber music competitions, including Choonchu Music Competition, a Gala Scholarship recipient of five thousand dollars at Hamilton Music Academy, the Asian-American Orchestra Concerto Competition, and the Southwestern Music Festival Chamber Music Competition.

An active church musician, Ms. Shin has served as musical advisor for church mission trips to Bangladesh, China and Korea.

Her former teachers include Jayung Park in Korea, Ann Perry at University of Southern California, and Seth Knopp at Peabody Institute. Currently, she is in her first year as a graduate student in the Masters of Vocal Accompanying degree program, studying with Eileen Cornett.