Julianne Oh

Julianne Oh, violin, having enjoyed plenty of diverse repertoire is an avid listener and musician of many genres in classical music. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, Ms. Oh served as concertmaster of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra with which she made her solo debut of the Mendelssohn violin concerto at the age of thirteen. She has won numerous competitions including Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, Korea Times Music Competition, Junior Bach Festival, Mission Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition, and MTAC Concerto and Ensemble Competition and Festival. Other honors include a Dinguished Performance Award from the SVF competition, a finalist of the World Bach competition, and a semi-finalist of the Mika Hasler Competition in Houston. She has attended Orford Music Academy, Vivace Matera International Festival, Taipei Music Academy and Festival, Domaine Forget International Music and Dance Academy, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Meadowmount School of Music. She has also had the pleasure of performing in master classes with Juliana Athayde, Frank Huang, David Chan and Soovin Kim, Catherine Cho, and Noah Bendix-Balgley among others. Ms. Oh is currently a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Prior to that, she graduated from her master's degree in violin performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she was a teacher's assistant to Philip Setzer and Jessica Lee. She also pursued her undergraduate degree at Rice University under the tutelage of Cho-Liang Lin. Outside of her performance studies, Ms. Oh has taught private and group lessons to students in California, Cleveland and Chicago. She has also coached chamber groups and done numerous outreach programs for various causes. 

I like to combine relaxation techniques with fundamentals that students can apply to their Suzuki studies and short pieces/concertos. Typically, I would first ask a student what they have prepared so I can get a sense of what to focus on during the lesson. I also try to focus on details and visualization strategies with more advanced students.