Dr. Jihun Cho currently operates her private piano studio and is an active accompanist. She was a music instructor at University of San Diego and moved to Seattle last year. Her research, “Cross-Cultural Teaching in Piano Studio” was published in the MTNA e-journal Sep/Oct 2015. She frequently presented related research work at prominent conferences including the international society for Music Education Conference, the European Association, etc. She received her DMA in piano performance and pedagogy from University of Wisconsin, and two MMs in piano performance and in piano pedagogy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.