Byunghee Yoo
Staff Pianist
Full 6 Week Session
Lecturer of Collaborative Piano, Baylor University.
Dr. Byunghee Yoo is a Lecturer of Collaborative Piano at Baylor University.
She has performed throughout the United States, South Korea, China, and Italy, including appearances at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Sheldon Hall, and Seoul Arts Center. She has worked extensively in recitals and masterclasses with renowned musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Pamela Frank, Kyunghwa Chung, Leon Fleisher, Warren Jones, Jake Heggie, and Robert Beaser. Dr. Yoo has been invited several times to perform with the concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony, David Halen, as well as to play for the St. Louis Symphony violin and viola orchestral auditions. She served as a juror for the Waco Music Teachers Association Competitions, Parrie James Festival, Missouri Music Teachers Association Competitions, Emerging Artist Honors Auditions at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Texas A&M University-Kingsville Piano Competitions.
Dr. Yoo holds degrees in collaborative piano from the Juilliard School and the University of Texas at Austin. Her principal teachers include Anne Epperson, Jonathan Feldman, Margo Garrett, Diane Richardson, and Young Hae Han. She served as a vocal arts piano fellow at the Juilliard School. Prior to joining Baylor University, she served on the faculty of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Virginia Tech. She has been a staff pianist at the Bowdoin International Music Festival since 2010.