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Dr. Myungsook Stoudenmire to be guest of Music Club in January

Published Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:25 PM

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The Summerville Music Club will host Dr. Myungsook Stoudenmire on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM at St. John the Beloved Catholic Church, 28 Sumter Ave. Summerville. The piano concert is open to the community. Dr. Stoudenmire will play selections from Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin and Gershwin. Myungsook Song Stoudenmire, a native of South Korea, received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of South Carolina, a second Master Degree from Columbia College, and the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul where she was awarded one of the university's highest ranking full scholarships. She received a full scholarship for her doctoral studies at the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, where she completed one year of residency and was a recipient of the Dowling Memorial Scholarship from Dowling Foundation in Charleston. Stoudenmire undertook summer studies at Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Festival in Germany, Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Italy, International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York, Piano Texas International Academy and Festival in Fortworth, Texas and the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. Her principal teachers and coaches include John Adams, HaeSun Paik, Yuan Sheng, Marina Lomazov, Walter Hautzig, Frank Weinstock, Marilyn Neeley, Alan Weinberg, Robyn Gibson, and Mee-Hae Park.

Dr. Stoudenmire has appeared in recital and with orchestra in Korea, Germany and United States, including the Hangran Music Festival, National Elite Bachelor’s Music Festival, National Elite Master’s Music Festival in Korea, Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Festival in Germany, Stafford Steinway Series in Georgia, Piano Texas International Academy and Festival in Texas, The Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, the Elms of Charleston, Sandhill Concert Series, Music on the Mount, Remington Concert Series, Columbia College Cultural Series, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Sunday at Lowman, Francis Marion Chamber Series in South Carolina. She has been a concerto soloist with orchestra including the Sungshin University Philharmonic and the University of South Carolina Chamber Orchestra.

She currently teaches at Charleston Southern University and maintains private studio with her husband, John. Her students have won major competitions at the local, state and regional levels. They have a daughter, Esther Song.

The program is free. Donations will be accepted for the club’s music camp sclolarship. For information contact Nancy Shows, 843-873-0827.

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