About

Pianist Rachel Cho joined the piano faculty at the University of Central

Oklahoma (UCO)’s School of Music in the fall of 2015, taught applied Piano

and class Piano. As a collaborative pianist at UCO, she also played for the String

and Vocal Arts divisions (University Choir, French Diction, German Lieder,

Advanced Choral Techniques, and Cantilena Women's Choir). She was also a

freelance accompanist at Oklahoma State University (OSU) and a pianist for the

OSU Jazz Ensemble. Prior to her appointment at UCO, Mrs. Cho served on the

faculties of New York University (NYU) and Houston Community College (HCC) :

taught Applied Piano, Class Piano as well as accompanying choir, voice and

instrumental students at HCC.

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In December 2007, she won the first prize at the NYU Steinhardt Piano Concerto

Competition, and appeared as a soloist with the NYU Symphony Orchestra. She

also performed at the Schumann festival and her Interstudio Showcase was

broadcasted on NYU-TV. She was a pianist of the New Music Ensemble and

performed Prepared Piano with Electronics.

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Mrs. Cho had the honor of participating in Marc Durand’s master classes at

Yamaha Artist Services in New York City. She also participated in master classes

with many notable musicians such as Garrick Ohlsson, Dmitry Rachmanov,

Jefferey Swann, Leslie Howard and Jerome Rose. She performed at summer

festivals including the Julliard Music Festival, the International Keyboard Institute

Festival, and the Seoul Chamber Music Festivals, where she performed as both

a solo and collaborative pianist. She has performed numerous

recitals in South Korea, Thailand, and the United States.

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In addition to her classical endeavors, Mrs. Cho also performed as a fusion/

crossover artist in her capacity as the pianist and artistic director of the music

performance group TODA: experimental music group. She also started to play

jazz piano under a legendary jazz pianist Don Friedman while she was a

graduate student at NYU. She had the honor of playing with Richie Iacona, Bill

Cunliffe and Bob Sheppard while she was a principal pianist of South Texas Jazz

Band (Director: Dr. Woody Witt).

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Mrs. Cho received her Masters of Music degree in Piano Performance from New

York University (NYU) on scholarship, studying with Professor Eduardus Halim.

During her graduate studies, she also served as an adjunct faculty member at

NYU teaching music major and non-music major students.

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Mrs. Cho served as one of three jurors for the OMTA's Junior Competition in

Tulsa, Oklahoma in October 2016.