Joy Hsieh

Joy Hsieh, violist is active in performance across the United States. She is a recipient of the Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award and the New England Conservatory Honors Chamber Music Award for the 2024-2025 season.

An advocate for new music, Joy has collaborated on projects including the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Series, “What I Hear,” the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, and the New England Conservatory’s Tuesday Night New Music Series. She has worked with distinguished artists such as Hsin-Yun Huang, Wu-Man, and Steven Mackey, and has performed works by composers including Caroline Shaw and Malcolm Peyton. Her festival appearances include the Heifetz International Music Institute, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Mostly Modern Festival, Chamber Music Athens, Brevard Music Center Institute, and Credo Music Festival.

Committed to arts leadership and community engagement, Joy is a fellow in the Eastman School of Music’s Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Program. At NEC, she completed a minor in Teaching Artistry and Music Education and worked with diverse communities through Boston Hope Music Project and as a fellow in NEC’s Community Performances and Partnerships program.

Joy is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music, where she serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistantship, studying with Phillip Ying. She earned her Master of Music and Graduate Diploma degrees from the New England Conservatory under Mai Motobuchi and holds dual Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia, under Maggie Snyder and David Fung.

Ian Jones

New York-based classical and baroque violinist Ian Jones has traveled throughout the world, performing a range of repertoire from medieval to contemporary works. Ian’s passion for historical performance practice has brought him to perform with the world’s leading figures in early music, including Rachel Podger, William Christie, Masaaki Suzuki, John Butt, Shunske Sato, Lionel Meunier, among others. 

In 2022, Ian became an artist apprentice with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado for two seasons. Additionally, Ian was chosen as a 2023 Corelli Fellow with ARTEK Early Music. Most recently, he was selected as a 2025 fellow with the English Concert in America. Previous and future performance engagements include concerts with ensembles such as the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, New York Baroque Incorporated, Teatro Nuovo, Juilliard415, Tafelmusik, Les Arts Florissants, MAFestival Bruges, the English Concert, ARTEK Early Music, Bach Vespers NYC, as well as the American Bach Soloists and the Oregon Bach Festival’s Berwick Academy orchestras. As a member of Juilliard415, Ian has concertmastered for Handel’s oratorio Jephtha, under the direction of Nicholas McGegan, and soloed under Alfredo Bernardini in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. 

Ian holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from The University of Georgia, where he studied with Dr. Michael Heald, as well as a master’s degree from The University of Denver, where he served as his studio’s graduate teaching assistant. Ian is currently pursuing a master’s degree in baroque violin at the Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program.

Jieun Lee

Jieun Lee enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, dedicated educator, and trained organist. In 2025–2026, as a teaching artist and Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) through the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), she is committed to supporting the development of the next generation of musicians while serving as an invited jury member for the Colorado MTNA Competition (Young Artist Division) and the Augusta Music Teachers Association Piano Festival. Deeply engaged with the community, she is also active in outreach performances, including appearances at community venues. As a member of the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs since 2024, she continues to contribute to today’s evolving classical music landscape.

Lee has performed at the 60th American Liszt Society Festival and Steinway Hall in New York, and made her Carnegie Hall debut as a top prizewinner of the American Protégé International Piano Competition. Her recent honors include second prize at the 2025 Charleston International Music Competition and the gold medal at the 2024 WPTA Finland International Piano Competition. Among her other achievements, she received an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Wideman International Competition, won first prize in the 2015 MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition in Missouri, and earned numerous top prizes in competitions across the United States and South Korea.

An active collaborator, Lee has contributed to the original soundtrack of Netflix’s The Social Dilemma and performed with ensembles including the Martha Graham Dance Company and the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble at the CBDNA National Conference. She has also participated in diverse cross-genre projects and commercial recordings, including "Easter, 1906" and "The Song We Sing" with conductor Cameron F. LaBarr and the Missouri State University Chorale.

In 2023, Lee joined the faculty at Ohio University’s School of Music as a full-time collaborative pianist. In recognition of her contributions, she received the 2025 Richard Wetzel Music Faculty and Staff Appreciation Award and was recently appointed Master Teacher of Piano at the Athens Community Music School. Previously, she served as a piano instructor at the UGA Community Music School and the CU Boulder Youth Piano Program, and as a Lecturer at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music.

In 2025, Lee received her DMA from the University of Georgia under the mentorship of Liza Stepanova, where she was honored with the Andrew H. & Carol Inman Heyward Graduate Award for outstanding doctoral work. She previously earned degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder and Missouri State University, studying with Hye-Jung Hong, Jeremy Chesman, Jennifer Hayghe, and Alejandro Cremaschi. She has performed in master classes for renowned artists including Ann Schein, Stephen Hough, Martin Katz, Roger Vignoles, Mikhail Voskresensky, John Harbison, and Lowell Liebermann.