A native of Seoul, South Korea, Hyery Hwang is a multi-dimensional musician whose gifts as conductor, performer, and pedagogue have taken her around the world. She began her career as a soprano, having sung throughout Korea, the United States, and Europe. An equally gifted pianist, she served concurrently as repetiteur for many opera companies, including Ohio Light Opera, the Eastman Opera Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Festival Opera, and she has been involved in over 60 full staged productions. As a conductor, she has led a dozen mainstage opera productions as well as a variety of orchestral works, symphonies, and masses. As an educator, she was invited to give master classes at many music schools in the United States as well as internationally in Poland and Trinidad and Tobago. She has held the position of Assistant Professor of Music at Ball State University and the University of Memphis. Now in her second year of doctoral study at the University of Oklahoma, Ms. Hwang has returned to academia with a renewed dedication to the art of conducting. Under the mentorship of Dr. Jonathan Shames, she seeks not merely to refine her technique but to embrace conducting as the unifying force that interconnects her extensive career. Ms. Hwang holds degrees from Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea), the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY), and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Glasgow, UK).
