concert pianist
upcoming
2024
November 26, 2024
Faculty Recital: Duo Mugen Presents Apéro. Rafael Powell, Saxophone; Sung-Soo Cho, Piano
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Franck, Bozza, Jolivet, Rueff, and Maurice
7:30pm
December 2, 2024
Monday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Flute by Godard, Harberg
More with Saxophone by Rueff
Work with Double Bass by Bottesini
4pm
December 4, 2024
Recital: Cynthia Parra, Saxophone
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Piazzolla, Nelson, and Villa-Lobos
7:30pm
December 8, 2024
Recital: Kelly Terry, Saxophone
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Milhaud, Koechlin, and Canfield
7:30pm
past
2024
November 25, 2024
Fantasy of Lights
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir works
7pm
November 25, 2024
Monday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Tuba by Capuzzi, Cutchen
Work with Saxophone by Singelée
Work with Flute by Bonis
4pm
November 23, 2024
Recital: Dustin Powers, Trumpet
Burns Chapel, Midwestern State University
Works with Trumpet by Anderson, Clark, Goedicke, Peaslee, Ropartz, and Turrin
8pm
November 23, 2024
Recital: Miranda Dowdy, Clarinet
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Clarinet by Busoni, Bernstein
3:30pm
November 21, 2024
Horn Studio Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Horn by Reichardt, Mozart, Hindemith, and Larsson
5:30pm
November 14, 2024
Wind Ensemble & Midwestern Singers Concert
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir works
7:30pm
November 7, 2024
Faculty Solo Recital: Looking at the East, from the West
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works by Adams, Debussy, Cage, Godowsky, Burge, and Balakirev
7:30pm
November 4, 2024
Monday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Whitney, Caravan, and Maramatsu
4pm
November 3, 2024
Solo Recital: Looking at the East, from the West
Faith Lutheran Church
1437 Southwest Parkway, Wichita Falls, TX 76402
Works by Adams, Debussy, Cage, Godowsky, Burge, and Balakirev
3pm
October 29, 2024
Spooktacular Chamber Music Concert
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work by Mussorgsky
7:30pm
October 28, 2024
Communiversity Ensemble Concert
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir works
7:30pm
October 22, 2024
Red River Valley Choral Festival
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir works
5:30pm
October 20, 2024
Solo Recital: Looking at the East, from the West
First Christian Church
3701 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Works by Adams, Debussy, Cage, Godowsky, Burge, and Balakirev
3pm
September 30, 2024
Monday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Bozza, Reuff, and Franck
Works by Debussy, Godowsky, and Balakirev
4pm
August 29, 2024
Wichita Falls Rotary Club Classical Piano Performance
The Forum (Arts Council WF)
2120 Speedway Ave, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Works announced on the stage
11:30am
August 2, 2024
Faculty Concert
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College
Works with Bassoon by Jeanjean, Dutilleux
7:30pm
August 1, 2024
Student Concert
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College
Works with Double Bass by Bottesini, Martin
Work with Flutes by Zyman
7pm
August 1, 2024
Piano Institute Seminar “Lost in Translation: Playing Orchestral Reductions”
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College
4pm
July 31, 2024
Student Concert
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College
Works with Oboe by Mozart, Vivaldi
Work with Violin by Britten
Work with Flute by Enescu
7pm
July 24, 2024
Faculty Concert
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College
7:30pm
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Moni Simeonov, Violin
Michelle Lacourse, Viola
Gabriel Prynn, Cello
Sung-Soo Cho, Piano
July 13, 2024
Piano Institute Recital
Lorimer Chapel, Colby College
Work with Piano by Shostakovich
2pm
July 11, 2024
Student Concert
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College
Work with Bassoon by Dutilleux
Work with Flute by Mozart
7pm
July 9, 2024
Student Concert
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College
Work with Double Bass by Bottesini
Work with Violin by Bruch
7pm
July 5, 2024
Faculty Concert
Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Alumni Dr, Waterville, ME 04901
Work with Horn by Borroff
7:30pm
June 29, 2024
Faculty Concert
Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, Waterville, ME
4272 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901
Work by Kirsten
7:30pm
June 24 - August 3, 2024
Atlantic Music Festival
(Director of Collaborative Piano)
Colby College, Waterville, ME
https://www.atlanticmusicfestival.org/
June 16, 2024
Concerto Winners Concert with Fort Worth Symphony
Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Texas Christian University
Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 5 in F major, “The Egyptian,” Op. 103
5pm
June 14, 2024
PianoTexas Cares Concert
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital
800 W Randol Mill Rd, Arlington, TX 76012
Work by Debussy
12:30pm
June 14, 2024
Masterclass with Vadym Kholodenko
PepsiCo Recital Hall, Texas Christian University
Work by Balakirev
9am
Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfM_WSy_iVM
June 13, 2024
2024 PianoTexas Teachers Recital
PepsiCo Recital Hall, Texas Christian University
2800 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Works by Adams, Debussy
1pm
Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZwRNMp0erw
June 9, 2024
Concerto Competition
Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Texas Christian University
Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103
Orchestra reduction: Igor Parshin
6:45pm
Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/1xgAQ7Bmk_Y?feature=shared
June 8, 2024
2024 PianoTexas Teachers Recital
Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Texas Christian University
2900 W Lowden St, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Work by Balakirev
7:30pm
Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF10zGWp3_s
June 6 - 16, 2024
PianoTexas International Academy & Festival
(Teachers Program)
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
May 2, 2024
New Music Choir Concert
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir Works
7:30pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/department-of-music-choir-concert-featuring-local-composers/
May 1, 2024
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Saxophone by Woods
Work with Trombone by Telemann
4pm
April 30, 2024
Didzun Honors Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Clarinet by Bernstein
Work with Trumpet by Levi
7:30pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/department-of-music-didzun-honors-recital/
April 23, 2024
Recital: Ryan Malapitian, Double Bass
Burns Chapel, Midwestern State University
Works with Double Bass by Rachmaninoff, Bottesini, and Koussevitzky
5pm
April 18, 2024
Recital: Simon Frazier, Trumpet; Dustin Powers, Trumpet
Burns Chapel, Midwestern State University
Works with Trumpet by Clarke, Handel, Anderson, Ropartz, Haydn, and McKee
Works with Trumpets by Vivaldi
5pm
April 15, 2024
Special Monday NASM Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Trumpet by Levi
Works with Saxophone by Piazzolla, Di Pasquale
Work with Clarinet by Bernstein
4pm
April 10, 2024
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Leclair, Eccles
Works with Trumpet by McKee, Goedicke
Works with Horn by Glazunov, Strauss
4pm
April 4, 2024
Recital: Ryan Mathews, Trumpet
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Trumpet by Haydn, Albinoni, and Levi
7:30pm
April 3, 2024
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Clarinet by Reade, Nielsen, and Decruck
4pm
March 21, 2024
Woodwind Studio Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Bozza, Grant-Still
Works with Flute by Beeftink, Clarke
7:30pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/department-of-music-studio-recital/
March 20, 2024
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Tuba by Bach
Work with Horn by Mussorgsky
4pm
March 15, 2024
Music for Cello and Piano from Texarkoma
Performance at the 2024 College Music Society South Central Regional Conference
Breedlove Auditorium, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
5210 Grand Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72901
Works with Cello by Price, Knight, Ippolito, and Grantham
5pm
Cello: Zoltán Csikós
Piano: Sung-Soo Cho
March 14-16, 2024
2023 College Music Society South Central Regional Conference
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR
https://www.music.org/index.php?option=com_eventbooking&view=event&id=163&catid=2&Itemid=7011
February 29, 2024
Wichita Falls Red River Valley Choral Festival
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir Works
7:30pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/department-of-music-red-river-valley-choral-festival-concert/
February 28, 2024
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Waignein, Milhaud
4pm
February 27, 2024
Faculty Recital: Duo Mugen Presents beyond. Rafael Powell, Saxophone; Sung-Soo Cho, Piano
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Schubring, Armstrong, Garrop, and Banks
7:30pm
January 30, 2024
Faculty Showcase Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works by Hamelin, Cleveland (world premiere)
Work with Piccolo by Beeftink
7:30pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/department-of-music-faculty-showcase-recital/
January 27, 2024
Audition Workshop Faculty Showcase
Fain Instrumental Music Hall, Midwestern State University
Work by Hamelin
Work with Piccolo by Beeftink
11:45am
2023
December 10, 2023
Handel's Messiah
First United Methodist Church
909 10th Street, Wichita Falls, TX, 76301
3pm
Handel Messiah
Conductor: Thomas Wininger
Orchestral Keyboard
December 8, 2023
Handel’s Messiah
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
12pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/msu-texas-music-handels-messiah/
December 6, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Rueff, Villa-Lobos, Ibert, and Rorem
Work with Clarinet by Templeton
Work with Double Bass by Koussevitzky
4pm
November 30, 2023
Recital: Cinthia Duran, Clarinet; Johanna Barnett, Flute
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Clarinet by Grandval, Decruck, and D’Rivera
Works with Flute by Mozart, Boulanger
7:30pm
November 29, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Clarinet by Saint-Saëns
Works with Saxophone by Singelée, Milhaud
Work with Trumpet by Handel
Work with Trombone by Simeon (world premiere)
Works with Horn by Mozart, F. Strauss
4pm
November 20, 2023
Fantasy of Lights
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir Works
7pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/msu-texas-music-festival-of-lights-concert/
November 17, 2023
Recital: Angelo Ochoa, Euphonium
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Euphonium by Raum, Hoshina
5pm
November 15, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Clarinet by Bernstein, Hartley
4pm
November 9, 2023
HornPipe Duo and Friends
Harwood Recital Hall, Henderson State University
1100 Henderson St, Arkadelphia, AR 71999
Works with Flute and Horn by Chamberlain, Faust, Strickland, and Winteregg
Works by Ippolito, Ginastera
7:30pm
https://www.hsu.edu/calendar/event/9490/
Flute: Jennifer Amox
Horn: Heather Thayer
Piano: Sung-Soo Cho
November 8, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Euphonium by Hoshina
4pm
November 7, 2023
HornPipe Duo Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Flute and Horn by Chamberlain, Faust, Strickland, and Winteregg
Works by Ippolito (world premiere), Ginastera
7:30pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/horn-pipe-duo-recital/
Flute: Jennifer Amox
Horn: Heather Thayer
Piano: Sung-Soo Cho
November 1, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Flute by Boulanger
Work with Euphonium by Raum
4pm
October 30, 2023
Spooktacular Chamber Music Concert
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work for 4-hand by Grieg
7:30pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/spooktacular-chamber-music-concert/
Primo: Ruth Morrow
Secondo: Sung-Soo Cho
October 25, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Saxophone by Maurice
4pm
October 24, 2023
Lifelong Learning Center: Guest presenter Felipe Gomez, “Virtuoso”
Work for 2 pianos by Márquez
7pm
https://calendar.msutexas.edu/event/lifelong-learning-center-guest-presenter-felipe-gomez/
Piano 1: Sung-Soo Cho
Piano 2: Martin Camacho
Percussion: Fabio Augustinis
October 18, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Saxophone by Howell
4pm
July 29, 2023
Red River Lyric Opera: The Light in the Piazza
Fain Fine Arts Center Theatre
Nocona Trail, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
2:30pm
Guettel/Lucas The Light in the Piazza
Conductor: Bernard McDonald
Orchestral Piano
July 27, 2023
Red River Lyric Opera: The Light in the Piazza
Fain Fine Arts Center Theatre
Nocona Trail, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
7:30pm
Guettel/Lucas The Light in the Piazza
Conductor: Bernard McDonald
Orchestral Piano
June 30, 2023
The MSU Kodály Teacher Institute Choral Concert: “Sisi Ni Moja – We Are One”
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Choir Works
Work by Ginastera
5:30pm
May 4, 2023
Terry Riley's "In C"
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Ensemble by Riley
7:30pm
May 3, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Double Bass by Bottesini
4pm
May 2, 2023
Didzun Honors Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Flute by Monti
Work with Trombone by Ferro
Work with Trumpet by Ropartz
Work with Double Bass by Bottesini
Work with Saxophone by Creston
Work with Horn by Saint-Saëns
Work with Clarinet by Martinů
7:30pm
April 28, 2023
Recital: Cynthia Parra, Saxophone
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by McMichael, Milhaud, and Bédard
7:30pm
April 26, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Flute by Godard, Caplet
Work with Oboe by Saint-Saëns
Work with Bassoon by Joplin
4pm
April 22, 2023
Premieres and Finale
Memorial Auditorium
1000 5th Street, Wichita Falls, TX 76301
7:30pm
Conductor: Fouad Fakhouri
Fakhouri Trance (world premiere)
Orchestral Celesta
Orff Carmina Burana
Orchestral Piano
April 19, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by McMichael, Davis, Dvořák
Work with Flute by Reinecke
Work with Clarinet by Finzi
Work with Trombone by Ferro
4pm
April 15, 2023
Pursuing Knowledge at the Intersection of Language, Culture and Inclusion
Wichita Falls Museum of Art
2 Eureka Cir, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Choir Works
11:30am
April 13, 2023
Pursuing Knowledge at the Intersection of Language, Culture and Inclusion
Wichita Falls Museum of Art
2 Eureka Cir, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Choir Works
5:45pm
April 5, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by Bédard, Lunde, Ibert, and Creston
4pm
April 1, 2023
Theatre: "Speed Dating Tonight!" A comic opera by Michael Ching
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Ching Speed Dating Tonight
7:30pm
March 31, 2023
Theatre: "Speed Dating Tonight!" A comic opera by Michael Ching
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Ching Speed Dating Tonight
7:30pm
March 29, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Clarinet by Lefèvre
Work with Horn by Saint-Saëns
Works with Voice by Ching
4pm
March 26, 2023
Recital: Mekisha Harrigan, Flute
Burns Chapel, Midwestern State University
Works with Flute by Burton, Monti
4pm
March 23, 2023
Recital: Hunter Ricks, Trumpet
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Trumpet by Bozza, Ewazen, and Hovhaness
7:30pm
March 22, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Works with Saxophone by McMichael, Dubois, Banks, Reed, and Creston
4pm
March 11, 2023
From Buenos Aires: Alberto Ginastera's Complete Dances for Piano
Performance at the 2023 College Music Society South Central Regional Conference
Eldon Black Recital Hall, Carr Education-Fine Arts Building, Angelo State University
2601 W Ave N, San Angelo, TX 76909
11am
March 10, 2023
Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40: An Inspirational “Timbral” for Musical Pursuit of Innovation and Liberty
Lecture-Recital at the 2023 College Music Society South Central Regional Conference
Room 295, Carr Education-Fine Arts Building, Angelo State University
2601 W Ave N, San Angelo, TX 76909
4:30pm
Cello: Lucie Zhuxi Wang
Piano: Sung-Soo Cho
March 10, 2023
György Ligeti’s 100th: Etudes pour piano, premier livre; a Valuable Tool for Teaching Technique in the Pianist, and a Wonderful, Unique Addition to One’s Repertoire
Lecture-Recital at the 2023 College Music Society South Central Regional Conference
Room 295, Carr Education-Fine Arts Building, Angelo State University
2601 W Ave N, San Angelo, TX 76909
10:30am
March 9-11, 2023
2023 College Music Society South Central Regional Conference
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
https://www.music.org/index.php?option=com_eventbooking&view=event&id=147&Itemid=2363
March 8, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Trumpet by Schubert
Works with Saxophone by Grovlez, Heiden
Work with Flute by Monti
4pm
March 5, 2023
Easter's Prelude: The Joy of Rent
First Presbyterian Church
3601 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Singing Choir Works
3pm
https://www.myfirstpres.org/thejoyoflent
February 28, 2023
Red River Valley Choral Festival
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Choir Works
7:30pm
February 26, 2023
Solo Recital: Death and Life
First Christian Church
3701 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Works by Bach-Bauer, Liszt, and Ginastera
2pm
February 16, 2023
Solo Recital: Death and Life
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Works by Bach-Bauer, Liszt, and Ginastera
7:30pm
Live stream: https://msutexas.edu/academics/finearts/music/live-event.php
February 15, 2023
Wednesday Recital
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
Work with Horn by Saint-Saëns
4pm
February 12, 2023
Solo Recital: Death and Life
Faith Lutheran Church
1437 Southwest Parkway, Wichita Falls, TX 76402
Works by Bach-Bauer, Liszt, and Ginastera
3pm
February 3, 2023
Faculty Recital: Luke Ellard, Clarinet
Akin Auditorium, Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Works with Clarinet by Clara Schumann, Debussy, Ware, Moore, and Harberg
7:30pm
Live stream: https://msutexas.edu/academics/finearts/music/live-event.php
January 28, 2023
Faculty Recital: Luke Ellard, Clarinet
Pitman Recital Hall, The University of Oklahoma
500 W Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019
Works with Clarinet by Clara Schumann, Debussy, Ware, Moore, and Harberg
7:30pm
Live stream: https://www.ou.edu/finearts/music/live