Our Noon Hour Concerts are back for another incredible season of music and community building under the artistic direction of our Music Director Ann-Marie MacDairmid. After a long hiatus, we are excited to welcome guests back into our sanctuary to enjoy these concerts in person and we will continue to stream live to our YouTube channel.
Admission to the building is free, and a sandwich lunch is available for purchase prior to each recital between 11:30am - 12:15pm with the concert beginning at 12:15pm.
We look forward to welcoming the musical community back to our sanctuary this fall.
About Joonghun Cho
An avid performing artist, Joonghun Cho is a versatile pianist, chamber musician as well as a pedagogue. He has concertized widely giving performances across South Korea, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovakia, the UK, Canada, Japan and the United States in many prestigious venues. He has appeared as a soloist several times with orchestras such as Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Flint Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo Philharmonia and Brescia Master Orchestra. Joonghun recently has been invited to perform as a guest artist at many music festivals, such as Gijón International Piano Festival, Palmetto International Piano Festival, Porto Pianofest, Yeon-Eum Summer Music Festival, Gilmore Piano Festival, Festival Internacional de Música José Luis Vega "Pelis" and American Liszt Society Festival. His recital in 2021 at Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón in Spain has been acclaimed by El Comercio as “masterful performance in a magical setting which demonstrated the reason for his reputation.” He has also given recitals at various schools, such as Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oakland University, Western Michigan University, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Arizona State University, Eastman School of Music, University of Michigan, Conservatório de Música do Porto, Conservatorio Profesional de Música y Danza de Gijón, Seoul National University and University of Ulsan.
Joonghun has won many prizes in numerous competitions including gold medal Vienna International Music Competition, first prize Master Orchestra International Concerto Competition, second prize William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition, first prize International Chopin Piano Competition in Japan, second prize Schimmel USASU International Piano Competition, third prize Glasgow International Piano Competition for Young Pianists, first prize Sungjung Music Concours, second prize Kookmin Ilbo Music Concours and second prize Korea-Germany Brahms Association Music Concours.
Born in Suwon, South Korea, Joonghun received his early education in Seoul at the Yewon School and Seoul Art High School where he studied with Min Sook Jeon, Tong-il Han and Hyoung-Joon Chang. After immigrating to the United States, he went to Rochester, New York to study at the Eastman School of Music with Barry Snyder where he obtained his Bachelor of Music in piano performance. Thereafter he moved to Michigan to study with Logan Skelton at the University of Michigan where he completed his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts. He is currently based in Toronto, Canada, and serves as a faculty member at Palmetto International Piano Festival and an artistic director of the Gibson Centre Classical Concert Series.
View the full concert lineup here:
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Joonghun Cho
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The Renaissance School of the Arts Flute Choir
Directed by Wendy Wagler
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Steele Strings Duo
Cynthia Steele - cello
Tom Steele - guitar
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Cambridge Girls' Choir
Directed by Jessica Strub