Sung Choe (Piano, Music Theory)
is an active music teacher in the district. Currently, she teaches at the Booker
High School, Manatee Community College, Sarasota Music Center, and privately at
home. During the 2002-2003 season, she also taught at the Florida West Coast Symphonys
youth program. She is involved in many activities. She is the CO-chair person
for the Creative Music Festival, was a chairperson for the concerto competition
in district division, and a member of SMTA and MCMTA. She adjudicated and accompanied
many students in numerous competitions and festivals. She is originally from South
Korea and received her music education from Mrs. Sandra Lawler locally. She worked
with professor Uriel Tsachor and got her BA and MA from the University of Iowa
with the emphasis on the Piano Performance and minor in the Pedagogy of Music
Theory. She teaches piano master class and both written and aural music theory
I and IV (Advanced Placement theory) at the BHS.