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1 EDUCATION Joshua Hong conductor violinist pianist 111 West Centre Street #1506, Baltimore, MD hong.com joshua- hong.com Master of Music - Orchestral Conducting, Peabody Conservatory; Baltimore, MD 2015 Major Professors: Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, Marin Alsop Graduate Assistant to the Conducting Department ( ) Cumulative GPA: 3.91 Bachelor of Music - Violin Performance, The Juilliard School; New York, NY 2012 Major Professor: Masao Kawasaki High School Diploma, Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences; Santa Monica, CA 2008 ORCHESTRA & OPERA CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE Music Director, Occasional Symphony; Baltimore, MD - Presents orchestral concerts in innovative formats at offbeat venues - Frequently collaborates onstage with other media and arts, such as sculpture and film - Regularly commissions, premieres, and records new works by emerging composers - Recruits and organizes auditions for new orchestra members each fall Assistant Conductor, Peabody Opera Theatre; Baltimore, MD Assisted and covered for Hajime Teri Murai in five performances total of two fully- staged productions at the Peabody Institute and Baltimore s historic Lyric Opera House - Conducted approximately 30 staging rehearsals, 8 chorus rehearsals, and two full orchestra rehearsals - Directed and conducted an offstage chorus in three performances Cover Conductor, The Theatre at Anne Arundel Community College; Arnold, MD Cover conducted two staging rehearsals and two full orchestra rehearsals for a fully- staged production of Andrew Lloyd Webber s The Phantom of the Opera Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore, MD Personally recruited an unpaid 56- piece orchestra for three rehearsals and a performance - Program included the overture to Wagner s Tannhäuser, Schumann s Cello Concerto, and Bartók s Music for Strings, Percussion, & Celesta Guest Conductor, Chamber Ensemble; Baltimore, MD Conducted three rehearsals and the premiere of Andrew Remley s Only Revolutions Guest Conductor & Soloist, Chamber Orchestra; Baltimore, MD Conducted three rehearsals and a performance of Stamitz s Viola Concerto and performed the solo violin part of Mozart s Sinfonia concertante without conductor Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; New York, NY Personally recruited an unpaid 50- piece orchestra in four reading sessions of various works by Beethoven, Copland, and Ravel CHORAL CONDUCTING & SINGING EXPERIENCE Chorus Master, Peabody Opera Theatre; Baltimore, MD Interim Choir Director, Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, MD 2014 Guest Choir Director, Christian Church of Simi Valley, CA Section Bass, Peabody Singers; Baltimore, MD Joshua Hong, p. 1 of 5

2 ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE: VIOLIN Substitute Violinist, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, MD Assistant Concertmaster, Occasional Symphony; Baltimore, MD 2014 Principal Second Violinist, Gold Coast Festival Orchestra; Malibu, CA 2013 Assistant Concertmaster, The Juilliard Orchestra; New York, NY 2012 Section Violinist, Section First Violinist, Aspen Festival Orchestra, CO 2010 Principal Second Violinist, American Youth Symphony; Los Angeles, CA Section Violinist, Concertmaster, Crossroads Chamber Orchestra; Santa Monica, CA Concertmaster, Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra; Westlake Village, CA Assistant Concertmaster, Section Violinist, Assistant Concertmaster, Marrowstone Festival Orchestra; Bellingham, WA 2005 Principal Second Violinist, 2004 ACCOMPANYING & ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE: PIANO Freelance Accompanist, Los Angeles, CA - New York, NY - Baltimore, MD present - Accompanies church choirs, amateur choruses and singers - Accompanies instrumentalists in public performances, including a performance at Carnegie Hall Guest Pianist, Christian Church of Simi Valley, CA Guest Pianist, Kiev Festival Orchestra, Ukraine Stepped in for the orchestra s pianist on concert day to perform Copland s Appalachian Spring CONCERTO PERFORMANCES: VIOLIN Chamber Orchestra; Baltimore, MD Gave one performance of Mozart s Sinfonia concertante without conductor New West Symphony, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, CA Gave one performance of Sibelius s Violin Concerto Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, CA 2005, 2006, Gave two performances each of Lalo s Symphonie Espagnole, Tchaikovsky s Violin Concerto, and Wieniawski s 2 nd Violin Concerto Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, CA Gave one performance of Saint- Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso CONCERTO PERFORMANCES: PIANO Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, CA 2004, Gave two performances each of Grieg s Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff s 1 st Piano Concerto Ventura College Community Orchestra, Ventura College Theatre, CA 2007, Gave one performance each of Tchaikovsky s 1 st Piano Concerto and the solo keyboard part of J.S. Bach s 5 th Brandenburg Concerto SOLO RECITAL PERFORMANCES: VIOLIN & PIANO Thousand Oaks Philharmonic Recital Hall, CA Performed Beethoven s Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 109 on the piano and Bach s Partita No. 2 in D minor on the violin The Juilliard School; New York, NY Program included a rare performance of Bartók s complete Sonata for Solo Violin Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; Thousand Oaks, CA Performed Beethoven s Waldstein Sonata at the piano as well as the violin part to Beethoven s Sonata No. 6 in A major Joshua Hong, p. 2 of 5

3 Connecticut College; New London, CT Performed the piano part to Beethoven s Kreutzer Sonata and the violin part to Corigliano s Violin Sonata Thousand Oaks Philharmonic Recital Hall, CA Full- length violin recital including works by Bartók, Mozart, Paganini, and Sibelius The Juilliard School; New York, NY 2008 Marian Hall for the Performing Arts; Thousand Oaks, CA Full- length piano recital including works by Brahms, Schubert, Scrabin, and Carl Vine CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES: VIOLIN As Co- Founder & Violinist, Atlas Quartet; Baltimore, MD: 2014 Mannes College of Music; New York, NY - Selected out of 14 chamber groups to give the very last performance of the Beethoven Institute University of Notre Dame, IN - Performed in the semifinal round of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Peabody Institute; Baltimore, MD First Unitarian Church of Baltimore, MD Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies; Washington, D.C. Pepperdine University; Malibu, CA 2013 The Juilliard School; New York, NY 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Aspen Music Festival & School; Aspen, CO 2010 University of California; Irvine, CA 2008 Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences; Santa Monica, CA 2006, 2007, 2008 MASTER CLASS TEACHERS: VIOLIN Mark Steinberg, Mannes College of Music; New York, NY 2014 Ying Quartet, Peabody Institute; Baltimore, MD 2013 St. Lawrence String Quartet, Peabody Institute; Baltimore, MD 2013 David Finckel & Wu Han, Aspen Music Festival and School, CO 2010 Ivry Gitlis, Connecticut College; New London, CT 2010 Grigory Kalinovsky, Manhattanville College; Purchase, NY 2009 Victor Danchenko, Manhattanville College; Purchase, NY 2008, 2009 Ruggiero Ricci, Benning Violins; Los Angeles, CA 2008 William Preucil, Lake Forest Academy, IL 2005 Gerardo Ribeiro, Lake Forest Academy, IL 2005 MASTER CLASS TEACHERS: PIANO Jerome Lowenthal, Music Academy of the West; Santa Barbara, CA 2007 Arnaldo Cohen, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; Thousand Oaks, CA 2006 John Perry, The Colburn School; Los Angeles, CA 2006 Jon Kimura Parker, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; Thousand Oaks, CA 2006 PRIVATE TEACHERS Conducting Jeffrey Milarsky; New York, NY Violin Maurice Sklar; Victorville, CA Alexander Treger; Reseda, CA Joyce Osborn; Woodland Hills, CA Shu- Wei Liu; Oak Park, CA Joshua Hong, p. 3 of 5

4 Piano Edward Francis; Thousand Oaks, CA Elinor Martin; Agoura Hills, CA Baroque Violin Risa Browder; Baltimore, MD Harpsichord Adam Pearl; Baltimore, MD CHAMBER MUSIC COACHES Michael Kannen; Baltimore, MD Jerome Lowenthal; New York, NY Rohan De Silva; New York, NY Matti Raekallio; New York, NY Yoheved Kaplinsky; Aspen, CO 2010 Curtis Macomber; New York, NY Earl Carlyss; New York, NY FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS Conducting Ithaca International Conducting Masterclass, NY 2015 Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Winter Conducting Workshop, MD 2014 International Conducting Workshop & Festival; Zlín, Czech Republic 2012, 2014 Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Summer Conducting Seminar, MD 2014 Conducting Workshop & Concerts; Kiev, Ukraine 2013 Conducting Masterclass & Workshop Series; Chicago, IL 2013 Violin Beethoven Institute; New York, NY 2014 Gold Coast Chamber Music Festival; Malibu, CA 2005, 2006, 2013 Aspen Music Festival & School, CO 2010 Jascha Heifetz Symposium of Individual Style; New London, CT 2007, 2010 Summit Music Festival; Purchase, NY 2008, 2009 Bowdoin International Music Festival; Brunswick, ME 2007 ENCORE School for Strings; Hudson, OH 2006 Midwest Young Artists Summer Music Festival; Lake Forest, IL 2005 Marrowstone Music Festival; Bellinghan, WA 2004, 2005 Piano Colburn Honors Piano Performance Seminar; Los Angeles, CA 2006, 2007 AWARDS Recipient, Peabody Institute - Graduate Assistantship; Baltimore, MD 2014 Semifinalist, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition - Senior String Division; Notre Dame, IN 2014 Recipient, Peabody Institute - Career Development Grant; Baltimore, MD 2014 Winner, Peabody Institute - Yale Gordon Chamber Fellowship; Baltimore, MD Included opportunity for five remunerated concerts at senior homes in Baltimore Third Prize, Summit Music Festival - Mary Smart Concerto Competition - Senior Division; Purchase, NY 2009 Semifinalist, The Music Center - Spotlight Awards; Los Angeles, CA 2008 Winner, Music Teachers Association of California - Young Artist Guild; Sacramento, CA Included five years of remunerated recital management throughout California Semifinalist, California International Young Artists Competition; Escondido, CA 2007 Winner, New West Symphony - Discovery Artists; Thousand Oaks, CA 2006 Winner, Léni Fé Bland Music Scholarships; Santa Barbara, CA Joshua Hong, p. 4 of 5

5 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Junior Board Member, Shriver Hall Concert Series; Baltimore, MD - Attended six board meetings as a non- voting member TEACHING EXPERIENCE Private Violin & Piano Teacher; Los Angeles, CA - New York, NY - Baltimore, MD present - Teaches students ages 5 and up - Students have gone on to win several local competitions in the Los Angeles area. Strings Coach, Gold Coast Chamber Music Festival; Malibu, CA 2013 Strings Coach, Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra; Thousand Oaks, CA OTHER MUSICAL PROFICIENCY Proficient: Harpsichord (continuo), Viola, Baroque Violin, Voice (bass- baritone) LANGUAGES Bilingual in English & Mandarin Chinese; Intermediate French & German TECHNOLOGY Microsoft- Office Suite; Pro Tools; Sibelius Joshua Hong, p. 5 of 5