Gray School of Music, Piano Faculty, Teacher

Youjoo Son started playing piano when she was 6 years old. She has been teaching and playing as a soloist and an accompanist for 12 years. She specially studied Piano Pedagogy with Dr. Sam Holland and taught various level of students in the Piano Preparatory Department of SMU. She graduated Dong-a University in Korea with bachelor degree of Piano Performance, and she won the Concerto Competition in the University in 2000. She finished Piano Performance Certificate program from University of Texas at Arlington, where she received Area Keyboard Award in 2008. She gained a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Southern Methodist University where she was a recipient of Meadows Artistic Scholarship and Fellow, and studied under Dr. Carole Leone. She performed in master classes with Joaquin Achucarro, Rebecca Penneys, and Uwe Balser. Now she has been studying Piano Performance DMA in University of North Texas under Gustavo Romero.