![]() Recently Jisun was named winner of the Boston University’s Carnegie Hall Recital Competition. She has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Toronto Sinfonietta, Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra, and the Academy Symphony Orchestra of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Chris lives in Bernardsville, New Jersey with his wife Kim and their rescue dogs Lulu and Moe.įlutist Jisun Oh, winner of the 2014 Boston Pops Concerto Competition, enjoys a career as a versatile young artist. He is currently Director of Bands at Maplewood Middle School. In 2009, Chris took a position as Director of 6th Grade Bands in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. After his graduate studies, he began his career as an educator with Future Musicians Incorporated teaching Instrumental Music in parochial schools around northern New Jersey. In 2000, Chris moved to New Jersey to attend Rutgers University. He also has performed with the legendary Ray Charles. As a freelance artist, Chris has performed in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Hall in Boston, and The Kennedy Center. Louis Symphony, the Kalamazoo Symphony as well as in many Performing Arts Centers and schools. While performing with Tales & Scales, Chris toured around the United States and performed with the with the St. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree in Trombone Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, he won the trombone position with Tales & Scales Incorporated. When she is not teaching, performing or writing music, Missy enjoys hiking, knitting, playing video games, reading and writing.Ĭhristopher Balas hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, Missy is a student teacher full time for elementary band in Warren township and working towards getting her New Jersey teaching certification. ![]() She has had an array of experiences between being a teaching assistant for a summer festival, elementary English tutor, highschool marching band instructor and private lesson teacher. She has also performed with many ensembles and groups during her time at Rutgers and outside of school including the Marching Scarlet Knights, symphonic winds, sinfonia, pit orchestras, bassoon ensemble, reed/wind quintet, clarinet quartet as well as solo clarinet work.Īs a composer and arranger, Missy produces a variety of musical content ranging between video game music, popular music arrangements to singing songs and playing her ukulele on her YouTube Channel and SoundCloud.Īs an educator, Missy has been teaching for over 4 years. She has served on the E-board of Rutgers NAfME as Secretary and Vice President and was a member of the Rutgers WAM! Women in Art Music group as a research assistant. She is graduating from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of The Arts with a major in music education and clarinet performance with a minor in music technology this spring. She embraces being a jack of all trades and truly loves being creative within every facet of music. Missy Alvarez is a music educator, clarinetist, and composer.
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