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Kaju Lee, D.M.A.

 Kaju Lee
Instructor of Piano
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Master of Music, Collaborative Piano
Manhattan School of Music, New York (NY)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder (CO)
Professional Studies in Collaborative PianoDoctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano

About Kaju

Pianist Kaju Lee has performed in Australia, Austria, Canada, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, and throughout the United States. Her performances have been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Radio Korea (Seattle, Washington), WRGC (NPR in Milledgeville, Georgia), and the Busan Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation in South Korea.

Currently, Dr. Lee is Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Collaborative Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where she oversees the piano/keyboard area and teaches Applied Piano, Class Piano, Piano Pedagogy, and Collaborative Piano. She is also on the piano faculty at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp. She has taught and/or collaborated at Georgia College (Milledgeville, Georgia), Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Texas), the Texas Young Artists Competition, the University of Miami (Salzburg, Austria), the Choral Symphony Society in New York City, and the Pre-College Division of the Manhattan School of Music. She has also adjudicated for several music competitions, including University of Wisconsin-Madison Beethoven Virtual Competition, the South Carolina Music Teachers Association, the Houston Music Teachers Association, the Nacogdoches Sonatina Festival (Texas), the Conroe Music Teachers Association (Texas), the Cypress Creek Music Teachers Association (Texas), the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Piano Competition (Georgia), and the Bridging the Gap Music Festival and Competition in the Philippines.

Lee earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano at the University of Colorado – Boulder, where she studied with internationally-renowned teacher Anne Epperson and completed a dissertation titled “The Art of Collaborative Piano: Becoming a Complete Collaborative Artist." She also holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and McGill University in Montréal. Her continuing education includes Fellowships to the Music Academy of the West and the Orford Music Festival.

Every movement of piano playing is the result of a conscious decision made for a musical purpose. I emphasize practicing slowly and precisely with clear musical intention to ensure that students’ musical gestures reflect the natural shape and movement of the hands. This way, students begin to play at ease; ultimately, after internalizing these habits through practice, they will effortlessly and consistently produce a beautiful tone. I include how to practice and encourage them to find various ways of practicing. I also guide my students to integrate music theory, analysis, singing, solfège, history, program notes, arts into their learning and playing processes. I am personable, available to answer questions, and genuinely invested in their academic and life achievement. I strive to be excellent, student-focused, consistent, and flexible.

-Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM)

-Music Teachers Association Student Composition Coordinator at the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association (WMTA)

B.M., Piano Performance - Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

M.M., Collaborative Piano - McGill University

Professional Studies, Collaborative Piano - Manhattan School of Music

D.M.A., Collaborative Piano, University of Colorado at Boulder