NVC Music Faculty Duo Recital

Presented by NVC Music

Date: Tuesday, November 19
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Palmetto Theatre
Admission: Free
Supported by the Student Activity Fee

Join us for an enchanting evening as we blend classical masterpieces with movie favorites. NVC voice faculty member Jihee Han, soprano, will invite baritone Junhan Choi to perform Duo Recital: Some Enchanted Evening. Whether you are a fan of classical opera, art songs, or contemporary hits, this recital has something for everyone. The concert will feature beautiful arias from operas such as The Barber of Seville, Werther, Louise, and Die Tote Stadt. Soprano Jihee Han will also perform exquisite Spanish art songs by Obradors, while baritone Junhan Choi will captivate you with Ravel’s Don Quichotte à Dulcinée. Following these stunning classical pieces, the duo will perform popular selections from the movies, including favorites from The Phantom of the Opera and South Pacific. 

JUNHAN CHOI, baritone
Baritone Junhan Choi, a native of South Korea, is a dynamic interpreter of a wide variety of repertoire on opera, oratorio, and concert stages. In the 2024-25 season, engagements included his role Groom in Labyrinth with Cambridge Chamber Ensemble and Frate in Don Carlo with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Choi recently appeared roles such as Registrar & Commissioner, Madama Butterfly, Dandini (cover), La Cenerentola, Bass solo, Eurydice, and Schaunard (cover) & Alcindoro, La Boheme with Boston Lyric Opera as part of his 2022-2024 seasons as a Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artist. 
Mr. Choi is a prize winner in many international competitions, such as the 54th Viñas International Voice Competition(Spain/Three Extraordinary Prizes - Mercedes Viñas, Victoria de los Ángeles, Franz Schubert), the Berliner International Music Competitio (Germany/Golden Medal), MassOpera’s Vocal Competition (1st Place), Rochester International Vocal Competition and St. Botolph Emerging Artist Grant for excellence in music. He made his Carnegie Hall debut for ‘Tribute to Dmitri Hvorostovsky’ concert as a baritone soloist as a first prize recipient of 2017 Talents of the World International Voice Competition. He holds a Master’s degree and a Graduate Diploma with a Presidential Scholarship from New England Conservatory of Music.

HYUNA SHIN, piano
Hyuna Shin is pursuing the Doctoral of Musical Arts in Collaborative piano at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin where she studies with Dr. Valentine Colette. She has performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the United States, to Europe and South Korea.  Before her move to Austin in the spring of 2021, she attended the International Keyboard Institute and Festival and holds the Professional Studies of Degree at San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she studied with Dr. Tim Bach and had experience with talented singers and opera production. She holds the Master of Music in collaborative piano at Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with Anita Pontremoli and earned Teaching assistantship and grant award at CIM.