Loyola welcomes Dr. Jihea Hong-Park for a masterclass featuring current Loyola students.

Korean American pianist Jihea Hong-Park enjoys a versatile and active career as a recitalist,  educator, chamber musician, teaching artist, workshop presenter, and interdisciplinary arts  collaborator. Hong-Park currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Piano at Brigham Young  University. Prior to her appointment at BYU, she taught on the piano faculty at The Juilliard  School’s Evening Division for 14 years and was a lead teaching artist at the New York  Philharmonic. 

Recently, she has been invited  to present a workshop entitled “A Year of Experimentation: Piano Studio as a Place of  Belonging, Engagement, and Ownership” at the 2021 National Conference on Keyboard  Pedagogy. Her scholarly interests include the integration of performance and education through  teaching artistry, career development, and entrepreneurship skills for musicians, student-centered  teaching in applied instruction, the music of women and composers of color, and social  consciousness, activism and advocacy through the arts. 

Please email Dr. Hsu and khsu@loyno.edu for Zoom meeting information.