Piccinini Studio
Marina Piccinini's Studio consists of students from across the United States, Europe and Asia. With a fine balance of Undergraduate, Graduate Performance Diploma, Masters and Doctoral Degree students, the studio offers a wide range of musical thought in private sessions and master class settings.
Meghan Bennett
Meghan Bennett is pursuing a Master of Music degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University studying with Marina Piccinini. Ms. Bennett received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Carolina where she studied with Jennifer Parker-Harley. She has performed in Master Classes for Bradley Garner, Carl Hall, Jeanne Baxtresser, Bonita Boyd, Amy Porter, Marya Martin, Aaron Goldman, Göran Marcusson and Leone Buyse. Ms. Bennett has participated in summer programs such as the Bradley Garner International Flute Symposium, the Marina Piccinini International Master Classes at the Peabody Conservatory, the Vianden International Music Festival in Luxembourg, the National Music Festival, and the Panoramic Flutist.
Raoul Cho
Raoul Cho is pursuing an Artist Diploma Degree at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University as a student of Marina Piccinini where he also received both his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees. Born in South Korea, Raoul began playing the flute at age 11 under Jae Young Bae and continued his studies in Europe at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst under Wolfgang Schultz, solo flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic, and Raffael Leone, solo piccolo of the Vienna Symphony. A winner of the Ewha University & Kyung-Hyang News Paper Competition and Seoul National Flute Association Competition in Korea, he has also performed in master classes for Maxence Larrieu, Andras Adorjan, Jeffery Khaner, Gaspar Hoyos, Pierre-Yves Artaud and Claude Lefebre. Apart from traditional repertoire, Raoul takes particular interest in baroque music, and is pursuing a minor in Baroque flute with Gwyn Roberts at Peabody Institute. He is also dedicated to contemporary music, regularly performing new solo and chamber works by the Peabody’s composition students. He is currently a member of Chicago Civic Orchestra.
Nicholas Fitton
Nicholas Fitton is currently completing his Bachelor of Music at the Peabody Institute in the studio of Marina Piccinini. He began his collegiate training with Bonita Boyd at the Eastman School of Music, where he performed regularly with the Eastman Philharmonia and the well known Eastman Wind Ensemble.
In 2009 he won the piccolo position for the groundbreaking YouTube Symphony Orchestra, performing at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Returning to Boston in 2011, Nicholas participated in the Young Artist Studio and taught in the Teacher Training Program at the Boston Flute Academy, under the direction of Judy Grant. While in Boston, he continued his flute studies with Adam Workman. He has played in masterclasses for Elizabeth Rowe, Fenwick Smith, Geralyn Coticone, Leone Buyse, Cindy Meyers, Keith Underwood, Nina Assimakopoulos, and Doriot Dwyer.
Andrew Foley
Andrew Foley is a second-year Masters student in the studio of Marina Piccinini at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. A recent graduate of the Oberlin College and Conservatory, he earned undergraduate degrees in both Flute Performance (BM) in the studio of Michel Debost as a recipient of the Conservatory Deans Talent Grant and in French (BA). While at Oberlin, Andrew served as principal flutist of the Oberlin Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra and was also a secondary flute instructor for college music majors and flute minors. In the fall of 2010, he studied flute at the Conservatoire Nationale de Paris with Magali Mosnier, solo flutist of the Orchestre Philharmonique de la Radio France, as well as French painting and francophone literature at La Sorbonne – Université de Paris IV. Andrew has performed in masterclasses for Emmanuel Pahud, Philippe Bernold, Julien Beaudiment, Carol Wincenc, Maron Khoury, Eric Lamb and Denis Bluteau and has attended summer festivals at Le Domaine Forget and l'Académie Interntionale d'été à Nice. Additional studies include Jeffrey Khaner, Kathleen Chastain, Carolyn Christie, Ronna Ayscue, and Beverly Pugh-Cory. Andrew was also named the winner of the 2012 Baltimore Music Club Competition (Senior Woodwinds).
Jared Harrison
Jared Harrison is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins with Marina Piccinini. He has performed in numerous venues as an orchestral flutist, including Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, The Mozarteum in Salzburg, and The Rudolfinum in Prague. Jared was Principal Flute of The Empire State Youth Orchestra as well as the NYSSSA Summer Orchestral Studies Program. He has performed in masterclasses with Andras Adorjan, Jeanne Baxtresser, Linda Chesis, Bonita Boyd, Jean Ferrandis, Jeffrey Khaner, Jim Walker, Paula Robison, Tadeu Coelho, and Gary Schocker, among others. Mr. Harrison was the Winner of the Brass and Woodwind Division of the Westfield Symphony’s Stars of Tomorrow Concerto Competition, resulting in a concerto performance with the orchestra. He also won 2nd place in the Harrisburg Symphony’s Rising Stars Concerto Competition, Stefan Solo Competition with Schenectady Symphony, and ESYO’s Lois Lyman Concerto Competition. Jared was recently a 2011 Young Arts winner, and last summer attended the Moritzburg Festival Academy in Germany. Previous teachers include Joanne Grigoriev and Jan Vinci.
Yoon Jung Huh
Yoon Jung Huh, a native of South Korea, began her musical education on flute at age eight. She is currently a second year Graduate Performance Diploma student in the studio of Marina Piccinini at the Peabody Conservatory. Ms. Huh received her Bachelor's Degree with Hyeri Yoon at the Seoul National University and earned Master’s Degree with Jeanne Baxtresser and Alberto Almarza at the Carnegie Mellon University. She has been the top prize winner of competitions including concours by TBC Broadcasting Company, music CHUNCHU Concours, Seoul National University Concours, Dong-A Ilbo Concours and Pusan MBC Broadcasting Company. She has performed as a member of Gwacheon Youth Orchestra and Seoul flute Choir orchestra. She has attended various festivals and participated in master classes with Petri Alanko, Maxence Larrieu, Susan Milan, Vincent Lucas and Philip Pierlot.
Won Lee
Won Lee is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree under the guidance of Marina Piccinini at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. He received his Bachelor of Music degree at the Butler School of Music of the University of Texas at Austin as a student of Marianne Gedigian and also studied privately with Monica Song in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Lee was a first prize winner of the Juanita Miller Concerto Competition, a Grand prize winner of Dallas Symphonic Festival, a national finalist of the Music Teachers National Association(MTNA) Senior and Young Artist Competition, and the semifinalist of Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition of Texas Flute Society in 2010. He has participated in masterclasses with internationally renowned flutists such as Leone Buyse, Jean Ferrandis, Bradley Garner, Paula Robison, Nobutaka Shimizu, and Trevor Wye.
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Jihyun Park
Jihyun Park is a first year Masters student at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins under Marina Piccinini. Previously she studied with Cloute at the Ecole Normal de Paris in France, and with Bradley Garner at both the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and The Juilliard School Precollege Division.
A recipient of major competitions in Korea. Ms Park won 3 rd prize at the National Flute Association High School Competition. She has Performed in Master classes fornCarol Wincenc, Jeffrey Khaner, and Ransom Wilson.
Chun-Jan Young
Chun-Jan “CJ” Young is a master’s candidate and student of Marina Piccinini at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. CJ recently graduated with his Bachelor of Music degree (summa cum laude) from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where he studied with Trudy Kane and was named the 2012 Machler & Rohrer Scholar in German. Born in Taipei and raised in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai, he began musical studies on the piano at the age of 5 and the flute at the age of 8. CJ was the winner of the 2011 Imperial Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition in Lakeland, Florida, and he has performed in masterclasses for Leone Buyse, Jeffrey Khaner and Mark Sparks.
Grace Wang
Grace Wang is currently pursuing a Graduate Performance Degree at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins with Marina Piccinini where she also received her Master’s Degree. Originally from South Korea, she earned an undergraduate and Master’s Degree from Seoul National University studying with Hyeri Yoon. While in Korea, she served as principal flute of the Seoul Metropolitan Youth Orchestra and was a substitute with major orchestras including KBS(Korean Broadcasting System) Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, and Chungnam Philharmonic Orchestra. She has been the winner of the Journal of Music Competition, Seoul National Symphony Orchestra Music Competition, CBS (Christian Broadcasting System) Music Competition, and most recently, the 2012 Rochester Flute Association Young Artists Competition. Ms. Wang has appeared as a soloist with the Seoul National University Philharmonic Orchestra, the Korean Flute Ensemble and has attended summer programs such as the Pablo Casals Festival, Chigiana Academic Music Festival, Fontenay le Comte Music Festival, Panoramic Flutists. She has performed in master classes for Paula Robison, James Walker, William Bennett, Alain Marion, Julien Beaudiment, and Leone Buyse. Previous teachers include Young-Mi Kim and Hye-Suk Yang.
Melissa Wertheimer
Melissa Wertheimer is currently a first year Doctoral student in the studio of Marina Piccinini. Active as a performer, teacher and scholar, she is the Instrumental Artistic Director and flutist of hexaCollective, a member of SONAR New Music Ensemble, and has performed with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and Concert Artists of Baltimore. As a founding member of the Dahlia Flute Duo, she has performed and lectured accross the US, and is dedictated to commissioning and premiering new works.
Melissa has a special interest in piccolo, having received her MM in Piccolo under Laurie Sokoloff at the Peabody Institute. She was second place winner in the 2009 Piccolo Artist Competition of the Flute Society of Washington, DC and winner of the Ithaca College 2007 Concerto Competition.
An artist-teacher, Melissa is Adjunct Faculty at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD, on the faculty of HCC’s community music division, and is a music history instructor for the Peabody at Homewood Program of the Johns Hopkins University. An ardent advocate for educational outreach music programs, Melissa performs with the Baltimore-based Golden Egg Ensemble, and is a guest instructor and performer for the Peabody Institute Jr. Bach Program. A dedicated scholar of women in music, her article "The Patchwork Musical Life" was published in the Spring 2012 issue of the Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music.
Melissa holds a B.M. in Flute from Ithaca College. Former teachers include Marcia Kämper, Wendy Herbener Mehne, and Carron Moroney. www.Melissa-Wertheimer.com.
