Performers
ZiHau Wu, Piano
September 28, 2025
Zihao Wu entered the Central Conservatory of Music, Piano Academy at Gulangyu at the age of eleven. While in school, he was the recipient of many scholarships, including the Yamaha Scholarship, and performed on China Central Television in 2012 and 2016. In 2017, Mr. Wu entered the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Dr Daniel Shapiro. Mr. Wu entered the Master’s degree program at the Juilliard School in 2021, as a student of leading concert pianist Sergei Babayan. Now, he is continuing his studies with Mr. Babayan in Meadows School of Arts for an Artist Diploma.
At the age of fourteen, he gave a performance tour in Austria, Germany, France, and Poland, and made his orchestral debut with the Bydgoszcz Symphony Orchestra in Poland. He then started to play with many major orchestras in China. He has performed as a soloist with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra at the Fujian Opera House in 2017, and the Qingdao Philharmonic Orchestra at the Shandong Art Center in 2019. His first solo recital debut was at the age of thirteen. At the age of sixteen, he received concert engagements in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Qingdao, among other major cities of China, performing the complete 24 Chopin Études. Mr. Wu was awarded a full scholarship to the 2019 Pianofest in the Hamptons, NY, where he was an audience favorite. Engagements followed in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Miami.
Mr. Wu was also a prizewinner in several national and international competitions such as the Hong Kong Chopin Competition and the Yamaha Scholarship competition, and he received The Sadie Zellen Piano award.
Noe Garcia, Guitar
October 5, 2025
Noe Garcia’s concert engagements have taken him to Spain to perform as part of the Camino Artes concert series. In Summer of 2017,18,19 Noe traveled to China for the third time and performed a series of concerts in Qinhuangdao, Jinan, Dalian, Suzhou and Beijing with his guitar trio, Trio Resonance. Noe is a top prize winner of international competitions and has performed in master classes for world-renowned artists such as Manuel Barrueco, Pepe Romero, LAGQ and Beijing Duo.
Noe is passionate about music education and is currently working on doctoral studies at the University of North Texas where he was awarded a teaching fellowship. He loves and is dedicated to performing music from his home country and Latin America. He believes that, in this diverse and growing global society, music is a healing medium and can connect us to one another.
Alexei Romanenko, Cello
October 12, 2025
Russian-born cellist Alexei Romanenko is widely recognized for his elegant artistry, masterful technique, and commanding stage presence. Praised by critics like T.J. Medrek of the Boston Herald for his transcendent performances, Romanenko began his cello studies at age six and quickly rose to prominence, winning top honors in prestigious Russian competitions and becoming a Laureate of the “New Names” program. He later studied under Valentin Feygin at the Moscow Conservatory and moved to the United States in 1998 to pursue an Artist Diploma at the New England Conservatory, where he was mentored by Bernard Greenhouse and Laurence Lesser. His early U.S. successes included First Prize at the 8th International Music Competition in Vienna and the 2nd Web Concert Hall International Auditions.
Throughout his international career, Romanenko has performed in some of the world’s premier venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. He has appeared on notable radio broadcasts such as “Voice of America” and WGBH Boston, and performed with acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz in the Jacksonville Symphony’s “Cellobration.” An accomplished arranger, he is known for his solo cello adaptation of Bach’s Chaconne. His recent and upcoming engagements span the United States and Canada, with appearances in major cities like New York, Chicago, and Vancouver. Alongside his solo and chamber performances, Romanenko serves as the principal cellist of the Jacksonville Symphony, continuing to captivate audiences with his versatile musicianship.
Jailin Yao, piano
October 19, 2025
Pianist Jialin Yao has been hailed for his “mature, sensitive and polished playing with serious attitude towards music making and a strong mindset for interpretive details” (Dmitri Alexeev), and he is increasingly recognized for his “natural musicianship as well as his very sophisticated technical skills” (Michel Béroff). His love of bringing warmth, passion, and magic to audiences has led to performances throughout North America, Asia, and Europe.
As a soloist, Jialin has performed with the Wuhan Philharmonic orchestra, Orchestra Academia China, and Friuli Venezia Giulia Orchestra (Italy). He also performed Mingxin Du’s Piano Concerto No.1 “The Elegance of Spring,” a performance that was praised by the composer.
Jialin has been a prize-winner in competitions such as the Friuli Venezia Giulia International Piano Competition, the Teresa Carreño Master Piano Competition, the Singapore International Piano Competition, the Steinway National Competition, the Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition, the Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition. He was selected to the Soloist program of Verbier Festival Academy in 2022.
In 2018, as a distinguished artist of KNS Classical, Jialin released his first album, Campanella. Also, a sensitive and keen chamber musician, Jialin has a wide chamber music repertoire and has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center S. Rose Studio and Église de Verbier Station.
Jialin was born in China in 1999 and began to play piano at the age of four. In 2011 Jialin entered the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. His teachers include Hong Fu, Ruoyu Huang, and currently, Sergei Babayan (The Juilliard School).
Patrick Orr
October 26, 2025
A native of Kansas, Patrick Orr began studying piano at age ten with Joan Robinson. By fifteen, he began studying with Dr. Julie Bees at Wichita State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree. Presently, Patrick studies under the mentorship of Sara Daneshpour and Andrey Ponochevny
at Southern Methodist University. As a soloist, Patrick has performed concertos with numerous orchestras including the Kansas City Symphony, the WSU Symphony, the Arapahoe Philharmonic, and most recently with the West Mexico Symphony Orchestra at Teatro Degollado. Patrick has collaborated with many conductors, notably Rui Miguel Marques and Devin Patrick Hughes.
Some of Patrick’s most recent accomplishments include winning gold medals at both the International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival and the inaugural Festival Internacional de Piano y Orquesta de Guadalajara; second place in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Young Artist Competition; and has been a finalist in the Wideman Competition. Patrick has also competed in the Dublin and Dallas international piano competitions. Aside from playing the piano, Patrick indulges in horror movies, bullet journaling, and learning about outer space. His favorite quote is from Leonard Bernstein - “To achieve great things, two things are needed: A plan and not quite enough time.”
Joo chung, flute
November 2, 2025
Bio coming soon!
SEUM Chamber Group
November 9, 2025
Mikyung Kim Kwon, violin; Hyeryun Cha, violin; Rachel Kim, viola; and Hyunmi Cho, cello
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Yulia Pekevich, voice
Accompanied by Daria Kislova
November 16, 2025
Born in Moscow in 1990. Yulia Petkevich began receiving basic music education as a violinist at the Edvard Grieg Music School. From 2005 to 2009 she studied at the Gnesin College of Music with Professor Vladislav Igolinsky. In 2005 Yulia graduated from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music in the class of Dean of the string department, Alexander Dogadaev.
During her studies, Yulia received inspiration from first-rate professors such as Dora Schwarzberg, Gerhard Schulz, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Philippe Graffin, Anna Kandinskaya, Victor Tretyakov, Natalia Lihopoi and Yair Kless. She studied two years with Michael Vaiman, a professor of the Cologne High School of Music. Yulia has participated in many international festivals: Moscow Festival of Youth Soloists (2007), Polish International Festival of Chamber Music (2008), Festival of Romantic Music (2009 Moscow), and the chamber music festival “Musica Classica” (2012).
Yulia also participated in summer orchestra and chamber music courses in Germany (Ochsenhausen 2008-2012), Sweden (Aurora Chamber Music Festival, 2011, 2012, 2013), Italy (Scuola di Musica del Garda, 2015, and Talent Music Master Courses, Brescia 2016), and Berlin (Berlin Music Academy, Deutschland, 2017). Yulia was a prize-winning violinist in International Competitions in Russia: “International Romantic Music Competition for Young Performers” (2009, Moscow); “Musica Classica” (2012 Moscow); and Europe: 11th International Competition “Premio citta di Padova,” Italy, (2012); “1st International Competition for Performing Musicians,” Nottingham, UK (2013), 13th International Competition “Don Vincenzo Vitti” Italy, Castellana Grotte, (2014), 25th International Competition “Citta di Barletta,” Italy, (2015), and 7th International Competition, AMIGDALA Memorial Giuseppe Raciti “Sicilia” (2017).
Pianist Daria Kiseleva debuted with orchestra at age 10. She has since won top prizes at some of the world’s most renowned music competitions and performed at famous concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Salle Cortot in Paris. She has brought her music to Europe, North, and South America and looks forward to visiting even more continents.
Born in Russia, Daria started piano lessons at the age of 4 and graduated from Moscow State Gnesin College and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2014, she moved to Fort Worth to pursue an artist diploma and Doctor of Musical Arts at TCU. She now spends summers in Seattle as part of the PianoFête Festival, and the school year as an artist for Cliburn in the Classroom.
Apart from music, Daria loves ballet. She danced throughout childhood and now shares that joy with her own daughter. She also can’t live without trips to the mountains or good coffee!
American Harp Society
February 8, 2026
Bio coming soon!
Kim String Quartet
February 15, 2026
Kim Quartet is a North Texas-based chamber ensemble that blends flute, oboe, violin, and cello, creating a unique and rich musical experience. Their mission is to inspire and engage audiences with the transformative power of music. Kim Quartet comprises siblings Helen, Hamin, Hana, and Amy Kim, whose deep familial bond strengthens their performances. Their natural synergy as a family enhances their musical connection, allowing them to create compelling and memorable performances that resonate with audiences of all ages.
Helen Kim, flutist, has performed at prestigious venues including London’s Royal Albert Hall. She is a faculty member at Dallas College and serves as the children’s music director at First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
Hamin Kim, cellist, has performed internationally, with highlights including the Kennedy Center. He holds degrees from the Royal Academy of Music and is also a faculty member at Dallas College.
Hana Kim, violist and violinist, is a freelance musician and educator in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She balances her performing career with international chamber tours and manages the administrative aspects of these performances.
Amy Kim, oboist, is an experienced performer with a growing private studio in Dallas. She has participated in prestigious festivals and ensembles and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Oboe Performance at Yale University.
Julie HyoJeong Kim, pianist, is a passionate and dedicated music director, educator and performer based in Texas. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Performance from UNT, a Master of Music from the University of Hartford, and a Performance Diploma from Michigan State University. In addition to maintaining an active teaching studio, she currently serves as the Music Director at Holy Cross Catholic Church and as a teacher of Music History, Theory and Choir at Santa Clara Assisi Catholic Academy. As a soloist, Ms. Kim won first prize at the 2021 International Music Competition “London” Grand Prize Virtuoso and at the 2020 American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music, which led to her debut at Carnegie Hall. She is also an active ensemble player and accompanist.
desiree elsevier, viola
February 22, 2026
Bio coming soon!
Emmanuel Kwok, Cello
March 1, 2026
Native of Hong Kong, Tsun-yuet Emmanuel Kwok has appeared as a soloist in Europe, Asia, and the United States. He has performed over 30 world premieres of contemporary music and made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in June 2023. Currently, Kwok is a member of the McKinney Philharmonic Orchestra and Dallas Chamber Symphony. He also regularly plays with orchestras and ensembles, including the East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony Orchestra, Irving Symphony Orchestra, and the Texas Cellos. He has previously served as principal cellist of MPO, a member of the Hong Kong New Philharmonic, Collegium Musicum Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. Kwok has received awards, including 1st prize in the Hong Kong Music Festival and 2nd prize in the National Competition of Asia. In addition to his classical performance, he worked with worship ministries and pop singers in Southeast Asia and recorded more than ten albums as a solo cellist; in 2021, he also worked with RedSeaMusic (CA, USA) to produce music videos.
Kwok is currently a teaching artist at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Young Musicians Program and a faculty at Tarrant County College. He also teaches privately and serves as faculty of Prime Music Institute in Plano. Kwok is a registered Suzuki cello teacher and served as full-time cello faculty at Greenville Suzuki Strings from 2021 to 2023, and Fort Worth B Sharp Youth Music Program from 2015 to 2020; during his doctoral student life, he served as a teaching assistant of internationally renowned cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi, where he taught a wide range levels including students from music minor to graduate performance major. He was also the assistant director of TCU Cello Ensemble. Besides, Kwok has also taught as cello faculty at professional music summer institutes, including Texas Cello School, Clear Creek Music Festival (OR), TCU Summer Cello Academy, and Greater North Texas Youth Orchestra Summer Music Intensive.
As a recitalist and soloist, Kwok is invited for solo and chamber recitals frequently in Dallas-Fort Worth area; and solo appearances with orchestras, including Mesquite Symphony Orchestra, The Greater North Texas Youth Orchestra, Mansfield Philharmonic, Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra, Coppell Community Orchestra, Collegium Musicum Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Art Academy Orchestra, and Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra. In the season of 2023-24, Kwok's major cello projects included Dvorak Cello Concerto with Mesquite Symphony Orchestra, and Bach Suites at the Art Exhibition by Arts & Music Guild of McKinney.
Kwok believes in Authentic Christianity and the philosophy of Authentic Music Performance. As a musician and scholar, Kwok holds memberships of The National Society of Leadership and Success, Pi Kappa Lambda International Music Honor Society, and Golden Key International Honor Society. Kwok is also a regular Mu Phi Epsilon Concert Series member.
Kwok finished his Master of Music in cello performance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Doctor of Musical Arts at Texas Christian University School of Music, majoring in cello performance with a cognate in music theory. He had the privilege of coaching by cellists Johannes Moser, Lynn Harrell, Steven Isserlis, Vagram Saradjian, Dmitri Atapine, Maja Bogdanovic, and Li-Wei Qin.
Morgan Manifacier, Tenor
March 8, 2026
Bio coming soon!
ZiHao Wu, piano
March 15, 2026
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Yongseok Kwon Trio
March 22, 2026
Korean pianist Yongseok Kwon started his piano studies at the age of seven. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree from Chugye University for the Arts in Seoul, Korea, Yongseok moved to North Texas to continue studying at the University of North Texas. There he earned a Master of Music degree and is currently pursuing his doctorate degree under the guidance of Adam Wodnicki.
Yongseok Kwon has appeared in several recitals and concerts both as a soloist and collaborative pianist in both Korea and North Teas. He has also played in the UNT Symphony, Concert Orchestra, Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble, as well as the NOVA Ensemble.
Duo Atesorado
March 29, 2026
Amy Canchola, soprano and Noe Garcia, guitar
Duo Atesorado means “treasured duo.” The partnership was formed on the belief that Latin-American and Mexican music was too important to be overlooked and under-represented. The timeless beauty and sincere storytelling in this genre was meant to be shared. Noe and Amy come alive when they perform together. They share a common mission of education, performance, and support of Latin-American and Mexican music.
Amy Canchola has been studying voice for as long as she can remember. She loved singing across many genres and in many languages. It wasn’t until she met her husband, Gil, that singing in Spanish took on a new meaning.
She focused her doctoral studies on Maria Grever, the first commercially successful Mexican-American female composer. Now, she strives to promote the performance and education of Latin-American and Mexican music.
Amy holds a Doctorate in Vocal Performance (DMA) from the University of North Texas, a Masters from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Butler University. In fall of 2025 she in joining the Vocal Division faculty at East Texas A&M University School of Music.
She has performed opera and musical theatre throughout the country and was selected to sing with Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar, the Bach-Millennium Festival, and the National NATS Conference. In June 2020, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) selected Amy to present her doctoral research in a lecture recital on the life and music of Maria Grever for their National Convention.
Her teachers include experts in classical voice such as Amelia Rollings-Bigler, Christine Goerke, and Molly Fillmore and Contemporary Commercial Music including Natalie Weiss, Jeanie LoVetri and Matthew Edwards. She is certified in Somatic Voicework (sm), NeuroVocal Method, and various professional development courses. She has been actively involved in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Garland Music Teachers Association (GMTA), and the Speakeasy Cooperative. She was initiated into the Kappa Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon in 2001, and is a member of the Dallas Alumni Chapter.
When she isn't teaching or performing, Amy can be found spending time with her husband and children. She and her husband, Gil, have four children and own Canchola Handyman Services.
Eldred Marshall, Piano
April 12, 2026
The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) hailed his “dazzling technique” and his “clean, tidy approach.” Music critic Laurence Vittes described him as an “illumination in music,” and said of his all-Beethoven recital: “Marshall presented a recital so full of musical thrills and beauties, and so in identification with the composer’s own persona, that, for a few hours, it was as if he were communing across the centuries to conjure up a rare and magical musical spectrum.” The Telegraf Online Constanta (Romania) reported that Marshall “captivated the audience” in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 20, which he conducted from the piano.
Eldred Marshall began studying the piano at age six and played in public by age seven. His prodigious and inquisitive mind allowed him to master large swaths of the piano repertoire quickly as well as consistently win top prizes at the competitions he entered as a child. By 16, he debuted with orchestra, playing Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto with the Victor Valley Symphony Orchestra. Before entering into Yale University, where he graduated with honors with a B.A. in Political Science, he had already performed all over the United States.
The critically-acclaimed pianist has performed internationally: Spain, Italy, the Republic of San Marino, Belgium, Germany Romania, Bulgaria and the Ukraine. He has performed the entire cycle of 32 Piano Sonatas of Beethoven in public, from memory, as a concentrated series, twice: once in Portland in 2007 and in San Francisco in 2008. He followed that project with a full West Coast (US) tour of Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 2008 and 2009. In the 2015-2016 Season, he toured extensively through Texas with two all-Bach piano recital programs, one of which included the Goldberg Variations. In 2016, he was named a semi-finalist in the Ninth J. S. Bach International Piano Competition in Würzburg, Germany. He has appeared in piano festivals in Italy as well as the United States. Orchestrally, conductors with whom he has collaborated orchestrally include K. C. Manji, Carlo Ponti, Beau Benson, Greg Grabowski, Michelle Merrill, Jonathan Moore and Jessica Morel.
As an orchestral conductor, Marshall has led several international ensembles: the Ukrainian State Academic Orchestra (Kiev, Ukraine), the Kharkov Youth Symphony (Kharkov, Ukraine), the Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra (Pleven, Bulgaria), the Vidin Philharmonic Orchestra (Vidin, Bulgaria), the Filharmonica Oltenia di Craiova (Craiova, Romania), and the Constanta “Black Sea” Philharmonic Orchestra (Constanta, Romania). In the United States, he has worked as the conductor for the Riverside (CA) Opera Institute’s Children’s Opera Division, and has served as assistant conductor of the Meadows Symphony Orchestra at Southern Methodist University (SMU), and has collaborated with the University of North Texas (UNT) Symphony Orchestra.
Marshall earned three M.M. degrees from SMU: piano (2011), organ (2012) and orchestral conducting (2013). Currently, he finished his D.M.A. in Piano Performance at UNT where he studied with Pamela Mia Paul. Additionally, he was a Teaching Fellowship at UNT and is an adjunct lecturer at SMU. His doctoral dissertation topic is on the art of conducting piano concerti from the piano – performance practice, discipline and whether or not it is “real conducting.”