Originally from California and raised in New York, clarinetist Ju Young Yi recently recieved her Bachelor of Music degree in Clarinet Performance & Arts Leadership Program Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, under the tutelage of Michael Wayne. She will be returning to Eastman for her Master of Music in Clarinet Performance & Literature.

Prior to Eastman, Ju Young attended the Manhattan School of Music Precollege on full scholarship. Her accomplishments include first prize at the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York Concerto Competition, New York Artists International Competition, and New York International Music Concours, second prize at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Chamber Music Competition, and a semifinalist in the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center’s Young Musicians Program. Ju Young has also been featured on NYC’s Classical Music radio station: WQXR Young Artists Showcase, with her precollege chamber group and orchestra. In addition, she was the recipient of the D. Stanley Hasty Memorial Scholarship at the Eastman School of Music. Recently, she received the Verdehr Trio Chamber Music Award, where she and her trio members curated a recital, performing pieces commissioned by the Verdehr Trio.

Ju Young has been a member of the New York String Orchestra Seminar in 2020 and 2022. She is also a substitute clarinetist at the New World Symphony. In addition, she has been a participant at the Maine Chamber Music Seminar from 2021-2022, working with musicians such as the Akropolis Reed Quintet and Claire Chase. She will be traveling to Brunswick, Maine this summer for the 2023 season of the Bowdoin International Music Festival as a clarinet fellow. She has also participated in masterclasses with renowned clarinetists such as Ricardo Morales, Anthony McGill, Alan Kay, Afendi Yusuf, and David Howard.

An advocate for the arts, Ju Young recieved her Arts Leadership Program Certificate at the Eastman School of Music and served on the 2023 Executive Board of Sigma Alpha Iota, Sigma Theta Chapter as the Editor.