Bonnie Choi

Biography

Bonnie Choi is one of America's most distinguished and versatile harpsichordists, who "displays dazzling technique and draws new colours from her instrument" (South China Morning Post), and who is known for her "wonderfully expressive playing" (Audio Technique). Her numerous honors include prizes received at the International Harpsichord Competition in Brugge, Belgium; the National Association of Young Performers Competition and a Finalist at the Pro Musicis Award Competition. She has concertized widely in North America and Asia. Her performances have been heard on public radio in the United States and Hong Kong, and she has recorded for VM Music.

Dr. Choi has given presentations in the United States at the MTNA national conferences and NCKP conferences on piano pedagogy; masterclasses and lectures in China on the piano. On the harpsichord, Dr. Choi has given lectures and master classes at the National Harpsichord Competition in Kansas, the Hanoi Conservatory of Music in Vietnam, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China, Baptist University and the Academy of Performing Arts in Hong Kong. She was a visiting faculty member at Shandong Normal University in China.

Dr. Choi teaches harpsichord and piano at Nazareth. She is the founder and harpsichordist of Air de Cour. She is also the keyboardist for Symphoria. Many of her piano students have won both state and local piano competitions.

School of Music Responsibilities

  • Applied and Class Piano
  • Applied Harpsichord

Education

  • University of Michigan, D.M.A.
  • University of Michigan, M.M.
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong, B.A.

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