Piano Camp
8th Annual Summer Piano Camp
July 15 – 20, 2012
ETSU’s Summer Piano Camp is a residential and commuter camp for students entering Grades 7-12, who have studied piano for at least three years. The week's classes will include: individual and small group private lessons; master classes in solo repertoire; ensemble playing; theory; literature; supervised practice sessions; and a secondary focus on harpsichord study. Students will have the opportunity to perform in solo and ensemble recitals. ETSU and guest artist faculty will present a series of recitals, featuring chamber, solo, and harpsichord music.
This summer’s special guest artist and master clinician is Dr. Rajung Yang, Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music.
A limited number of partial tuition scholarships are available to qualified students. For more information regarding scholarship assistance and the 2012 ETSU Summer Piano Camp, contact: Ms. Jerilyn Paolini, Summer Piano Camp Director, 423-439-4418, or paolini@etsu.edu.
Dr. Rajung Yang
Guest Artist and Master Clinician
Born in Seoul, Korea, Rajung Yang began her piano studies at the age of four. She received her B.M. and M.M. in Piano from Seoul National University, where she studied with Kwi-Hyun Kim, and completed her dissertation on Nine Bagatelles by William Bolcom. In 2003, she moved to the United States to continue her graduate study at the University of Michigan. Rajung received her second M.M. and D.M.A. in Piano Performance under the tutorage of Arthur Greene and Logan Skelton. Additional studies include collaborative piano with Martin Katz and Katherine Collier, and harpsichord with Edward Parmentier.
Rajung has won several top prizes in national and international competitions, including the Ibla Grand Prize, and Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev Competitions in Italy in 2005. Subsequent performances include her debut recital at New York Carnegie Hall, Boston, Washington D.C., Virginia, and other major venues in Italy. In 2007, she won the University of Michigan Concerto Competition, which resulted in an appearance with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Kiesler at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Rajung was also awarded third prize at the William Byrd International Competition in Michigan, where her performance of Paganini Rhapsody by Rachmaninoff gained the most favorable reception by local critics.
As a dedicated advocate for 20th and 21st century music, Rajung has performed and premiered new works as either a soloist or collaborator in numerous festivals and conferences in the United States, Korea, and Europe. Two of her dissertation recitals at the University of Michigan featured contemporary piano music by such composers as Maurice Ohana, Bright Sheng, William Bolcom, Nikolai Kapustin, and George Crumb.
Rajung Yang is an Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music. Prior to her appointment at the University of Idaho, Rajung taught at Adrian College in Michigan and the University of Michigan.
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