Q&A with Ji Su Jung, Percussion Faculty
Curtis’s newest faculty member interviewed in Overtones
Read the Q&A HERE.
By Ryan Lathan
Winner of the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant—the first solo percussionist to ever receive this prestigious honor—marimbist Ji Su Jung joins the faculty of Curtis, alongside her former Yale and Peabody mentor, percussion luminary Robert Van Sice.
She shares her excitement about this new role, and discusses her Avery Fisher win, her rise in the male-dominated world of percussion, and her passion for bringing classical music to new audiences.
From the Fall 2022 Issue
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