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About the Artists:
Praised for her "clarion voice" which "soared to new heights" (Parterre Box), Indonesian-American soprano Amanda Densmoor has delighted audiences across the United States and Southeast Asia. Amanda was recently featured as a soprano soloist in Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra's US tour, The Symphonic Voyage from Indonesia, where she made her solo debut at major halls across the United States including Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Marian Anderson Hall at the Kimmel Center, and The Music Center at Strathmore. In the 2024/2025 season Amanda made her debut with Aula Simfonia Jakarta in Jakarta, Indonesia, as the Soprano II soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah and returned to Annapolis Opera as Girl/1st Trio Member in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti. Recently, Amanda was seen as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and as one of the bridesmaids in Le nozze di Figaro with Annapolis Opera, as the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Manassas Ballet Theatre, and as Bella/Juliette in Bel Cantanti Opera’s Franz Lehár Operetta Gala.
With the Maryland Opera Studio, Amanda performed the roles of the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte) and Valentina Scarcella (Later the Same Evening), and covered Dalinda (Ariodante) and Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro). Other roles include Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Patience (Patience), Counsel (Trial by Jury), Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), and Kate (The Pirates of Penzance). As a concert soloist, Amanda has sung solos in Carissimi’s Jephte, Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, Fauré’s Requiem, and Mozart’s Requiem. Amanda is passionate about new music, and has premiered the roles of Mother in Joseph C. Phillip Jr.’s Four Freedoms, and Meera in Omar Najmi’s This Is Not That Dawn.
Pianist Yejin Lee is an active soloist and chamber musician based in the United States. Dr. Lee’s performances have been praised for her “coloristic and poetic expressions” and “compelling and thrilling rhythmic senses,” and she has been invited to perform in many prestigious venues around the world. Dr. Lee had her solo debut at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York City as an invitation from the internationally recognized Annual Velia International Music Festival.
Dr. Lee is a top prize winner at a number of national and international competitions, including the Dallas International Piano Competition, Kingsville International Piano Competition, Wideman International Piano Competition, Oberlin International Piano Competition, and Korean Chopin Piano Competition. Her performances have also been broadcasted live on WCLV from the Cleveland Play House, held at the Cultural Art Center in Jaen, Spain and the Tyler Recital Hall in Florida, and YongSan Art Hall in Seoul, Korea. She was also featured as a soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center, where she gave a number of collaborative recitals. Dr. Lee has also performed at various music festivals and masterclasses, including the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria, Piano Texas International Academy & Festival, and Banff Music Festival, where she shared musical inspiration with great pedagogues and pianists in this century like Richard Goode, Dmitry Bashkirov, Stephen Hough, John O’Conor, John Perry, and Karl-Heinz Kammering. She continues to frequently give community recitals in the greater DC area.
Dr. Lee was granted a full scholarship for the entirety of her musical studies. She graduated with honors, being the second recipient since its inception, from the Oberlin Conservatory under Haewon Song. While enrolled in the Honors Program, Ms Lee recorded Schubert’s entire Impromptus and three Schubert-Lizst song transcriptions, all under Oberlin Conservatory’s sponsorship. Her passion for ensemble music led her to pursue a double major in Vocal Accompanying under Philip Highfill. She also worked as a graduate assistant in accompanying while earning her Masters and Doctorate degrees at the Peabody Conservatory under Boris Slutsky.
Dr. Lee currently resides in Northern Virginia, and is a faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music as well as a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University. She is also a member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association (NVMTA), where she manages a private studio. Her students have been awarded and participated in recitals and competitions, and Dr. Lee has been invited to judge Elizabeth R. Davis Memorial Competition, MSMTA Concerto Competition and High School Competition.
Not only a pianist, Yejin is also the founder and artistic director of the house music concert series Matinee-M, where she organizes a series of diverse concert programs. She continues to engage with audiences and students in the community.
Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II embodies the 21st-century arts leader as a contemporary classical flutist, curator, educator, and entrepreneur. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dr. Mitchell earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland School of Music, under the tutelage of Dr. Sarah Frisof. He has performed in venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Music Center at Strathmore, the Arts Club of Washington, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Robert Glasper. In the United States, Dr. Mitchell has been a featured artist at the National Flute Convention, flute societies and associations, and multiple chamber music series. Recent achievements include the Strathmore Artist in Residence Class of 2021, a Prince George’s County Forty UNDER 40 Award in Arts & Humanities, and numerous state an county-level artist fellowship grants. An avid chamber musician, Dr. Mitchell leads his own music collective, Raíces Negras, celebrating Black and Latine voices with repertoire spanning from contemporary classical music to contemporary Pan-American jazz and everything in between. As a music educator, Dr. Mitchell is an adjunct flute professor at Bowie State University and the Woodwinds Department Chair with Levine Music, the Washington D.C. region’s preeminent center for music education. A devoted teaching artist, he has served as an ensemble director, sectional coach, adjudicator, and panelist for numerous youth orchestras, arts programs, and arts grantmakers. He also supports creatives, arts organizations, and beyond with multimedia production and digital marketing consulting as the co-founder, creative director, and principal consultant of M3 | Mitchell Media & Marketing, LLC. Dr. Mitchell resides in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two sons.
