June Byun was born in Seoul, South Korea and began piano at the age of five. She was a frequent prize winner in competitions during her formative years and was given an opportunity to perform with Seoul national Orchestra. At the age of fifteen she was accepted into Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Australia. She performed in many concerts, international Music festivals and competitions in Australia, Italy, Austria Germany, Holland, England, Sweden and several cities in the USA including LA, Seattle, Washington D.C and Hawaii.

Ms. Byun received Bachelor of Music Performance degree with Honours and Master of Music Performance degree under Professors Leah Horowitz, Oleg Stepanov, Lev Vlassenko and Natasha Vlassenko. Ms. Byun was one of the last pupils of legendary pianist Lev Vlassenko during his last year of life in Australia.

One of the biggest event for her career was that she presented a recital in the Sydney Opera house sponsored by Queensland government and in the same year she received the Owen Fletcher Postgraduate Scholarship from Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University. Also her performances are frequently broadcasted on 4MBS FM Radio Classical channel in Australia and engaged with ABC Radio recording for Young Performer Award.

Ms. Byun performed at the International Sommerakademic University of Mozarteum in Austria and was awarded a performance diploma by professor and director of International Chopin competition Andrezy Jasinski. In same year she invited to perform at Oxford Piano Festival in England.

Ms. Byun participated in masterclasses with Piers Lane, Christopher Elton, Lamar Crowson, Philip Kawin, James Gibb, Mikhail Voskressenkey, Paul Robert, Christina Ortiz. Also she participated as chamber musician in masterclasses with Lyn Harrell, Tim Hugh, Richard Markson, Florian Kitt, David Pereira, Howard Davis, Yehudi Menuhin, Ralph Kirshbaum, Maxim Vengerov, Ola Carson.

Sun Elliott is a pianist, chamber musician, and teacher. She began piano at the age of 6 in South Korea, and continued her piano studies after moving to Canada in her adolescence. During her years in Canada, she participated in various competitions and festivals, notably as a prizewinner at the Canadian Music Competition, the Pacific Music Festival, and the Kiwanis Music Festival. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia, where she studied with Rena Sharon and Alexander Korsantia.

She went on to receive her Master of Music degree from the Royal College of Music in London, where she studied with the late Yonty Solomon. She was one of the top prizewinners for the Beethoven Competition at the RCM. She also had an opportunity to study for some time in Vienna, Austria with Prof. Em. Walter Fleischmann.

Throughout her studies at various institutions and beyond, she had numerous opportunities to perform as a soloist and collaborative pianist at venues across Canada and the U.K., such as The Orpheum, the Chan Centre for the Arts, the Banff Centre, the Royal Albert Hall, and St. Paul’s Cathedral, among others. She also performed in masterclasses by Leon Fleisher, Jane Coop, Henri Brassard, and Heinz Medjimorec of the Haydn Trio Wien, among others.

CJ CAPEN is a solo pianist, chamber musician, vocal coach and teacher. He has performed in various venues across the United States, Europe and China, and enjoys performing benefit concerts as well as accompanying various ensembles throughout the greater DC area. He has served as staff accompanist at Elon University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Chicago Summer Opera, and currently Voce Chamber Singers based out of Vienna, VA.

CJ Capen received a BFA in Piano Performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, an MM in Piano Accompanying from University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Choral Conducting from Messiah University.

He has taught privately since 2001, and his students have gone on to some of the most prestigious music schools, such as Eastman Conservatory, Oberlin, Indiana University, to name but a few. As a teacher he is interested not just in the students’ correct notes and rhythms, but in developing the whole musician and the students’ passion for the music. In addition to teaching privately, he also enjoys classroom teaching and serving as guest clinician at music festivals.

As an avid soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative pianist, Minji Lee appeared at
numerous concerts and festivals nationally and abroad. When Lee was eleven, she made her
first debut performing Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in G minor with the National Ukraine
Symphony Orchestra.

From a young age, she won numerous competitions, including Eumyoun Competition and
Eumak Chunchu Concours in Korea. She attended Seoul Arts High School and Yewon School,
the most prominent Arts Schools in South Korea. Since she arrived in the United States, she
has received top awards in Lennox International Young Artists Competition, International
Young Artist Piano Competition in Washington DC, and MTNA National Finals. She was also
presented in prestigious music festivals, including Aspen Music Festival, Honeywell Arts
Academy, and Asia International Piano Academy & Festival, with a full fellowship and
scholarship.

Throughout her studies, Lee has been offered full scholarships by the Peabody Institute of
the Johns Hopkins University and Shenandoah Conservatory. She is currently pursuing her
Doctoral degree at Shenandoah Conservatory. She has received masterclasses and
mentorships from Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Pascal Rogé, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Anton Nel,
Ann Schein, Jeremy Denk, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Anne-Marie McDermott, Finghin Collins,
Susan Starr, Orion Weiss, Peter Dugan, and Alexander Bernstein. Her primary teachers have
been John O’Conor, Boris Slutsky, and Hyoung Joon Chang.

Juliana Rivelli, soprano has been performing throughout America, and internationally, for 10+ years. Originally from Smithfield, Rhode Island, she began classical, jazz, musical theater, and other CCM voice studies at the age of 9 years old. 

She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education at The College of Saint Rose, and is currently pursuing her Master of Music in Classical Voice Pedagogy at Shenandoah University. She is the Graduate Assistant in The Janette E. Ogg Voice Research Center, alongside Dr. David Meyer and Dr. Matthew Edwards.

Some of her notable credits include Frances Norcross in the opera, Sisters Show Me Eternity, performing in France and Ireland with the international award winning College of Saint Rose Chamber Choir, and a featured soloist at the Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, New York on Patti Lupone's tour, "Don't Monkey With Broadway."

She continues to conduct research, and has presented her first research study, The Relationship Between Singers and Speech Language Pathologists: a Survey at the ASHA Convention in New Orleans in November 2022.

She has studied and coached with voice instructors, educators, and musical artists such as Natalie Conte, Dr. Suna Gunther, Dr. Michael Lister, Dr. Michael Levi, Annelisse Von Goerken, Paul Patinka, and Dr. Susan Boddie.

Russian born soprano Olga Orlovskaya inherited her talent from her great grandfather famous Russian bass Fedor Shalyapin. She graduated with honor from the Russian Academy of Music and attained degree Master of Arts with specialty in voice.
Olga participant and finalist of multiple national and international festivals and competitions such as “Palaces of St. Petersburg”, “Norway Cultural Festival”, “Opera Ischia Festival”, “Roma Opera Festival” and “Great Lake Chamber Music Festival” Ms. Orlovskaya was prize winner of the international competition Operetta Land for best performance of Kalman in 2008 in Moscow. Ms. Orlovskaya is the founder and artistic director of the quartet "The Russian Sopranos”.

Heather Vineyard, soprano, has over 20 years of teaching experience teaching students at the secondary, collegiate and professional levels. She holds a Master of Music Education Degree from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. She has been seen on the musical and operatic stage and is a former frequent soloist and assistant conductor with the Master Singers of Virginia. She began her career as a music teacher and choral conductor in the public school system, and has served as Director of Vocal Activities at Northern Virginia Community College in Sterling, VA. She has additionally served the Northern Virginia area as a private voice teacher for over 13 years. Her students have been accepted to multiple prestigious college and university music programs throughout the country including Eastman School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, and Jacobs school of music at Indiana University. Additionally, her students have experienced success at the professional level on the operatic stage, a Broadway touring company, and as singer/songwriters. She is in frequent demand as an adjudicator, voice specialist, and places special emphasis on healthy vocal technique and vocal health. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering with creative teams, mentoring young people in the uses of technology in service of the community, engaging in the culinary arts, and enjoys playing with dogs and children.

Gersh Chervinsky is a professional concert violinist and violin teacher. Gersh is the second-award winner of the Cremona Festival and
Competition (Italy, 2012), and was a participant in the London Purcell School Music Festival
(England, 2013), and the Keshet Eilon Festival (Israel, 2019).

He has performed with star musicians such as Joshua Bell, Norman Kreeger, Sarah
Daneshpour, Amit Peled and others.
Gersh collaborates with the Washington Bach Consort, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra,
and the Apollo Orchestra as the associate concertmaster. Trained at the Moscow Conservatory, Jacobs School of Music, and Peabody Institute of Music, he exhibits the finest traditions of modern and baroque violin playing.

Gersh is an enthusiastic educator. He has extensive teaching experience. He taught college students at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as an associate instructor of violin. He also taught exceptionally gifted pre-college students at the IU Summer String Academy.

Mr. Munayer graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Instrumental Music, emphasis in Violin and Music Education. He has done one year of graduate studies in violin performance at George Mason University and received a Performance Certificate for violin from the Siena Institute of Music in Italy. Mr. Munayer has played in numerous orchestras and solo recitals in the Northern Virginia area. He has performed with the World Civic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, and Alice Tully Hall. Mr. Munayer played in Switzerland & Italy, chamber, solo, and orchestral music.

Mr. Munayer has twenty years of private lesson experience and works as an orchestra director in the public schools. In 2008, he was featured in the "Prince William News and Messenger" for his solo performance in the Prince William County faculty recital. In 2010, he was interviewed in the Bull Run Observer about the importance of teaching young children to learn a string instrument.

Mr. Munayer has served as violin Judge for All-State Senior Orchestra Auditions and as an adjudicator for Solo & Ensemble Festival in Maryland and Virginia. He is a member of (ASTA) American Strings Teachers Association, (NAME) Music education organization for music teachers.

His goal is to encourage students to have a passion of learning and performing music to the best of their ability.

A native of the DC metropolitan area, Anna Kong graduated with her Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University in 2017, under the tutelage of Herbert Greenberg. She obtained a Bachelor of Music degree with honors in violin performance at George Mason University in 2015. Starting lessons right before middle school, she had earned the position of associate concertmaster in both the regional and all state orchestras. She was also a two-time recipient of the NSOA award and in her four years of high school, was concertmaster of the chamber and symphony orchestras, later going on to serve as concertmaster of the Mason Symphony Orchestra. She has played with the American Festival Pops Orchestra, McLean Orchestra, Arlington Philharmonic, Alexandria Symphony, Virginia Symphony, and is a seasoned pit musician and freelancer. Principle teachers include Julia Sun, Peter Haase, Jennifer Kim, and Zino Bogachek. She has participated in master classes for Charles Castleman, Ricardo Cyncynates, Elizabeth Pitcairn; she has also taken lessons with Oleg Rylatko, William Preucil, and Paul Arnold. She has attended the Castleman Quartet Program 2013, Summit Music Festival 2015, National Orchestral Institute 2016, and Prague Summer Nights 2017. Currently, Ms. Kong also teaches at the Music Spectrum School in Herndon, and enjoys playing with her piano trio on the side.

Rebecca Metheny Mason graduated from UMBC as a Linehan Artist Scholar under David LaVorgna, winning various awards and honors including the Alumni Outstanding Student in Music Scholarship and the Music Department’s Outstanding Student Award. She spent a semester in London her senior year to study with famed orchestral flutist, Susan Milan, then earned her Master of Music degree under Tim Day at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Mason has participated in various music festivals, including the Las Vegas Music Festival, and worked with Michael Parloff, Thomas Robertello, and Renee Siebert, among others in masterclasses. Rebecca received her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree under the world-renowned concert soloist, Carol Wincenc, at SUNY Stony Brook, where she also served as the undergraduate teaching assistant. While in NYC, Rebecca performed at the Kaufmann Center’s Merkin Concert Hall and The Juilliard School’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, and she played several seasons as principal flute with the Richmond County Orchestra in Staten Island where she was the winner of their Young Musician’s Concerto Competition in 2007.

Dr. Mason has competed as a semi-finalist in the Frank Bowen Competition in New Mexico, won first-place in the San Diego Flute Guild Young Artist Competition while in CA, and has been a prize winner in the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention’s Young Artist and Collegiate Competitions. She was selected to perform at the 2018 and 2023 Mid-Atlantic Flute Conventions, and as a member of DCFlutes, Rebecca performed as one of their featured soloists in 2018. She has played principal flute with the Monticello Chamber Orchestra in Alexandria and is part of the music ministry at Alexandria Presbyterian Church. An avid music instructor, Dr. Mason works with flute sections of several middle and high school bands throughout Northern VA, and as a woodwind instructor for the Adult Extension Program with the Levine School of Music. Her primary musical endeavor has been her “Benefit Recitals” Concert Series, spanning over a decade to raise thousands of dollars for non-profits that fight against human trafficking.

Appointed in 2015 as an Instructor of Oboe and Saxophone with Opus Community Music School (Opus), Principal Oboe with the Freedom Philharmonic, and Faculty Clinician with the Academy of St. Cecilia Youth Orchestra (ASCYO) in Damascus, Mark Runkles completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Oboe Performance at UNLV. In 2013, Dr. Runkles published the culmination of his doctoral research, a critical edition of Gustave Vogt’s 4ème Solo de Concert, with TrevCo Music Publishing. Dr. Runkles became the Artistic Director at Opus in 2018. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Oboe Performance and Master of Arts in Jazz Studies from the University of Iowa and his Bachelor of Arts in Oboe Performance from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Dr. Runkles has been a featured oboe and saxophone soloist with the Clazzical Project, Carroll Concert Band, Carroll County Jazz Band, Carroll Singers, Freedom Philharmonic, ASCYO, and Liberty High School Symphonic and Jazz Bands. He formed the Twin Arch Duo, which plays a mixture of standards and his own contemporary jazz compositions, with guitarist Charlie Trapp in 2013. In 2008, Dr. Runkles performed a series of Jazz Vespers services in Scotland. He served as the Assistant Principal Oboe with the Chesapeake Orchestra from 1999–2004 and performed on 2nd Oboe with the Las Vegas Philharmonic from the winter of 2009 through 2012. Dr. Runkles is an oboe student of Stephen Caplan, Mark Weiger, and Vladimir Lande and a saxophone student of John Rapson and Don Stapleson. Follow Dr. Runkles on his blog, Dr. Mark’s Music Notes (https://drmarksmusicnotes.wordpress.com), and his YouTube channel.

Oboist Lydia Rose Consilvio’s fearless composure has been described as, "making the impossible seem easy." An avid chamber musician, she has appeared on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center with her ensembles, the Fischoff Competition, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Lydia holds degrees from the Yale (MM) and Eastman (BM) Schools of Music and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland.

Lydia played on the Naxos recording of Hannah Lash’s Requiem. She performed the Albinoni double-oboe concerto alongside Roger Cole of the Vancouver Symphony at the Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy in British Columbia. Lydia has also played with the Annapolis (MD) Symphony and Rochester (NY) Chamber Orchestras.

Lydia’s positive attitude and creative outlook make her an unconventional musician and an easygoing collaborator in both large and small ensembles, and across musical genres. Her instructing style is equally spirited, open-minded, and accessible.

Adjunct Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Ensemble at Northern Virginia Community College Loudoun Campus (2019-present)

Saxophonist, Maryland Army National Guard Band (2014-present)

Saxophonist, The Marine Corps Band in Quantico (2004-2007)

Doctor of Musical Arts, Candidate at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (2016-present)

Performed at the Mansion at Strathmore, Johns Hopkins University’s Shriver Hall, the Peabody Institute, Seoul Arts Center, Lotte Hall in South Korea, 2007 Super Bowl XLI, Cherry Blossom Parade and Governor’s Inauguration.