Bio
Jiyoun Chung is a pianist composer, originally from South Korea. Since she moved to the USA in 2008, her pieces have been performed at festivals and concerts in Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Outstanding musicians and groups including Ensemble Dal Niente, Invoke, Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, Unheard-of//Ensemble, Columbia Chamber Choir, Locrian Chamber Players, New Opera West, Northside Brass Quintet, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus, Catchfire Collective, Irene Novi, Jonathan Levin, April Kim, Mark Anderson, Ji Hee Kim, and many others have commissioned or performed Chung's pieces. And her piano works have been published by The F.J.H. Music Company Inc.
Chung currently teaches composition and music theory at Central Washington University. Before she joined CWU, she has taught at Illinois Wesleyan University, served as a CITS teaching fellow at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and taught music theory and musicianship at Illinois State University as a graduate teaching assistant.