You’re invited to a recital of Wiener Proto-Romantik, music by Hummel & Beethoven, performed by our own Dr. Sunny Yun on piano alongside Dr. Oscar Passley on the trumpet.
Dr. Sunny Yun, an international, award-winning pianist, has been actively performing around the world. Notable venues include Carnegie Hall in New York City, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, South Korea, and the Varna Opera House in Varna, Bulgaria. She earned Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where she studied piano with a renowned Polish American pianist and pedagogue Prof. Adam Wodnicki and orchestral conducting with Dr. Clay Couturiaux as her related field. She received Bachelor of Music degree from Chugye University for the Arts and graduated from Deokwon Arts High School in Seoul, South Korea. Based in DFW metroplex, she appears as a performing artist, adjudicator, and clinician at music festivals, concerts, masterclasses, competitions, and auditions. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Music/Staff Pianist at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma, and is on the music faculty at Dallas College School of Creative Arts, Entertainment & Design in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Oscar Passley is an American trumpeter whose busy performing and teaching schedule has taken him to universities and festivals around the world. Recent appearances have included Nelson Mandela University, Stellenbosch University, University of Pretoria, Missouri State University, among many others. As an orchestral trumpeter, he has performed with many notable groups including the Richardson Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony, and the Garland Symphony. He also has been performing with the Dallas Opera Orchestra since the 2005-2006 season. As a commercial/jazz trumpeter, he has performed with such notable musicians as Gladys and “Bubba” Knight, Louis Price (former lead singer for the Temptations), Heather Headley, “Bebe” Neuwirth, B. J. Thomas, Bowling for Soup, Rebirth Brass Band, Steve Lippia, Benjamin Wright, Ingrid Jensen, David Pastor, Winard Harper, Regina Carter, Bobby Sparks, Keith Anderson, Brad Leali, Tony Baker, Byron Stripling and Wynton Marsalis. A native of Baltimore, MD and son of Jamaican immigrants, Passley graduated from Morgan State University with a B.A. in music where he studied trumpet with Dr. Melvin Miles. He finished master degrees in trumpet performance (M.M.) and music education (M.M.E.) in 2004-2005, studying jazz trumpet with Mike Steinel and classical trumpet with John Holt at the University of North Texas. Dr. Passley holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in trumpet performance at UNT.