Junghwa Lee | SIU

Dr. Jiyeon Lee is a versatile pianist, teacher and performer. She has had extensive experience as both a soloist and collaborative pianist in South Korea, the United Kingdom and America.

As a soloist, she has received awards in multiple international competitions and appeared in most of the major recital venues in Seoul. In America, she performed in Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Major Artists Concert Series, Clinch Valley Concert Series, SIU Outside the Box Festival of New Music and frequently performs solo/duo recitals.

Dr. Lee is consistently in high demand as a collaborative pianist for both individuals and ensembles. While in London, she performed a song recital in celebration of the publication of Fauré Song Book Vol.1 (Peter’s Edition) with French music specialist Roy Howat. She has worked as pianist/coach at Music on Site, Inc. in America and répéiteur on several opera productions in Seoul including at Daejeon Opera. She actively presents her research on Korean music from the perspective of the collaborative pianist at regional, state, national and international music conferences.

She received her BM (Piano Performance) from Chung-Ang University, and her MM (Collaborative Piano) from Sung-Shin Women’s University. She also completed the MA (Piano Accompaniment) at the Royal Academy of Music in London and DMA (Collaborative Piano) from West Virginia University. She was a collaborative piano intern of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) in 2024.

Dr. Lee was on the faculty at Soong-Sil University Conservatory in South Korea, as well as the University of Virginia’s College at Wise and East Tennessee State University and is currently on the faculty at John A. Logan College and works at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale as collaborative pianist. In 2025, she was awarded Outstanding Faculty of the Year by John A. Logan college.

Courses

• MUS 030A Piano Class- Level 1
• MUS 104A Aural Skills I
• MUS 204A Advanced Aural Skills
• MUS 399I Graduate Music Review