Amadeus Strings Lessons 2009

Our Faculty
David Song(Violin/Viola)
  • Seoul High school of Music
  • Seoul National University (B.M)
  • Member of Baroque ensemble & Seoul Symphonietta
  • Member of Korean Broadcasting Philhamonic (Korean National Philhamonic)
  • Yale school of music (M.M)
  • Many solo recitals and chamber music concerts in NY (Carnegie, Lincoln center, Merkin concert hall...)
  • Performed with major orchestra and many others
  • Conductor & Music director at Holy fire presbyterian church (since 1997)
  • Conductor & Music director of Palisades Prebyterian Church Orchestra, Old Tappan NJ
  • Member of New York Sinfonietta (Principal)
  • Member of Korean Chamber Orchestra of NY (Principal)
Ellen Gartner-Phillips(Violin/Viola)
  • B.M., Northwestern University with Roland Vamos
  • M.M., Shepherd School of Music at Rice University with James Dunham
  • Civic Orchestra of Chicago
  • Performances with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of Southeast Texas
  • Summer Festivals: NYU Intensive String Quartet Program, Aspen Music Festival, Northwestern University Summer Session Orchestra (Principal), Duxbury Music Institute, National Orchestral Institute (Principal), St. Luke's Lutheran Church Summer Concert Series (solo recital)
  • Tanglewood Fellow - Summer 2009
  • Faculty: Preparatory Department at Rice University
  • Shepherd School of Music Brown Foundation Fellowship
Music Director
John Yoon (Violin)
  • Seoul National University (BS)
  • University of California, Berkeley (MS)
  • Columbia University, New York, NY (Ph.D)
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • Concert master, Yuido Baptist Church Orchestra, Seoul Korea
  • Conductor and music director, Mid Hudson Korean United Methodist Church, Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Music director, New Covenant Church, Hopewell Junction, NY