Teaching Area(s)
Piano
Traditional Suzuki
Education
DMA University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
MM Yonsei University (Korea)
BM Yonsei University (Korea)
Courses Taught
Piano
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
About
Eunjin
Lee received her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Perfomance and
Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With a strong background in pedagogical
studies, Dr. Lee has expanded her research interest to Dalcroze Education and
the Suzuki method, studying and presenting at national and international
workshops, including the Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference in
Minnesota, the Yale Graduate Music Symposium and the Illinois State Music
Teachers Association’s annual conference.
She earned the Dalcroze™ Certificate and is now pursuing Dalcroze™
License studying with Dr. Jeremy Dittus from Dalcroze School of the
Rockies. She also studied with
internationally known Dalcroze master teachers including Eiko Ishizuka, Lisa
Parker, Karin Greenhead, Dr. Louise Mathieu, Monica Dale, and Mary
Dobrea-Grindahl. She has been an active
office member of the MTNA’s local chapter and serves as a national board member
of the Dalcroze Society of America. She
taught graduate piano pedagogy courses as the coordinator of the UIUC’s Piano
Laboratory Program. She also teaches
applied piano and Dalcroze group classes to children and adults of all ages in
universities and summer festivals, including Illinois Summer Youth Music and
PhoenixPhest.
Active
as a soloist and chamber musician, Dr. Lee has performed at Carnegie Weill
Recital Hall; at the Krannert Center in Champaign, Illinois; the Nice
Conservatoire, France; and at major concerts halls in Korea including Kumho Art
Hall and Sejong Center. Featured as a soloist with both the UIUC Symphony
and the New Music Ensemble, she also performs as a collaborative pianist with
music faculty members at UIUC.