Portland Metropolitan Region

Ariel Han

Instructor

Ariel has been a member of PYP for approximately five years and currently serves as an Assistant Principal Cellist. She was an ASTA Junior Division finalist in 2024 and will be competing again soon. In 2025, she earned first place in the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition. She has also participated in several summer music programs, including the Seattle Symphony Young Artist Collaborative Summer Program.

Outside of music, Ariel has volunteered with OHSU’s Healing Through Music program and currently teaches private cello lessons through PYP’s Peer Mentor Program. She has also volunteered at the Oregon Humane Society for over a year. In her free time, Ariel enjoys sleeping, getting malatang with friends, and fostering dogs.

(Fall 2026)