Alumni, Executive Leadership

Derek Choi

Former Executive Director

Violinist Derek Choi, born in Portland, Oregon, has appeared with major orchestras including The Cleveland Orchestra and Oregon Symphony, and has served as concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute Concert Series. An active chamber musician, he has performed on live broadcast from the Kennedy Center, and in concerts at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Music Festival. In addition to having given solo performances with several orchestras, his solos from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier Suite can be heard on the Kennedy Center’s Digital Stage. While participating in The Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Music Festival, he served as guest associate principal second violin. Following studies with Hae-Jin Kim, Derek is currently completing a Bachelor of Music at Vanderbilt University, where he studies with Cornelia Heard.

(Summer 2024)