The Sage Chamber Players

The Sage Chamber Players, whose name stems from their belief that the wisdom of this great music must be shared with contemporary audiences, was founded by violist Kyung LeBlanc with violinists Nancy Jin and Hannah Eldridge, cellist Sean Neidlinger, clarinetist Joseph LeBlanc, oboist Aaron Hill, and pianist Jennifer Yeo. These artists received their musical training from prestigious music academies and festivals throughout the country, and perform today with the most well-known musical institutions in D.C., including the National and Baltimore Symphonies, the "President's Own" U.S.

The Sage Chamber Players, whose name stems from their belief that the wisdom of this great music must be shared with contemporary audiences, was founded by violist Kyung LeBlanc with violinists Nancy Jin and Hannah Eldridge, cellist Sean Neidlinger, clarinetist Joseph LeBlanc, oboist Aaron Hill, and pianist Jennifer Yeo. These artists received their musical training from prestigious music academies and festivals throughout the country, and perform today with the most well-known musical institutions in D.C., including the National and Baltimore Symphonies, the "President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, U.S. Army Band, and the Washington National Opera.

Oboist Aaron Hill, newly appointed faculty member at the University of Virginia's McIntire Department of Music, holds the position of principal oboe in the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra. He received his Master of Music and Artist Diploma degrees from the Yale School of Music, where he was the recipient of the Thomas Nyfenger Memorial Award for the school's outstanding graduating woodwind performer. Mr. Hill graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Michigan, where he recorded several works with the University Symphony Orchestra. He was featured as principal oboe on William Bolcom's“Songs of Innocence and Experience,” directed by Leonard Slatkin, which received four Grammy awards including Best Classical Album. In the past, Mr. Hill served as principal oboe with the Flint Symphony for six seasons and was featured as a soloist performing Mozart Oboe Concerto. He has performed as a guest with theRochester Philharmonic, San Diego, Hartford Symphonies, Orchestra of St. Luke's, and International Contemporary Ensemble. Mr.Hill has participated in the New YorkString Orchestra Seminar, and during the summer seasons, attended the Music Academy of the West, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchesterakademie, Sarasota Music Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Henry Mancini Institute. Mr. Hill's principal teachers include Richard Killmer, Stephen Taylor, Nancy Ambrose King, David Weiss, and Klaus Becker.

Violinist Nancy Jin was recently featured as a soloist with the Winchester Symphony Orchestra, performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons. A native of Fairfax, VA, Ms. Jin is a member of the Fairfax Symphony and frequently plays with the National Philharmonic, Virginia Chamber, and the Amadeus Orchestras. Ms. Jin is a substitute player with the National and Richmond Symphony orchestras and was a member of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for three seasons. As a chamber musician, she is a founding member and the violinist with the Sage Chamber Players and Virginia Virtuosi. In addition to performing, Ms.Jin is a certified Suzuki teacher and maintains a thriving studio, and has served as a faculty member at the Neighborhood Music School and Creative Music Center in Connecticut. Ms. Jin holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Master of Music degree from Yale University School of Music. During summers, she has attended ENCORE School for Strings, Kent/Blossom, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina. Her principal teachers include Vernon Summers, Linda Cerone, Syoko Aki, as well as members of the Tokyo and Miami String Quartets.

Clarinetist Joseph LeBlanc has been a member of “The President's Own” U.S. Marine Band since 2005. Mr LeBlanc is a winner of the Ann Arbor and Yamaha Young Artist Competitions and the Round Top Concerto Competition. As an orchestral musician, he has performed with the Detroit and Columbus Symphony Orchestras and the Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestras. Mr. LeBlanc earned his performance degree from the University of Michigan under the tutelage of Donald Sinta and Fred Ormand. He has pursued further studies at the Cincinnati College-
Conservatory of Music while studying with Richard Hawley, principal clarinetist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Music festivals he has attended include, Brevard, Sunflower, and Round Top Music Festivals, and Aspen Music Festival and School. Mr. LeBlanc has studied extensively with Lee Morgan, principal clarinetist with the Royal Danish Orchestra, and Hakan Rosengren, clarinet soloist. He began his musical career as a saxophonist, making his solo debut with the Honolulu
Symphony at age 17.

Violist Kyung LeBlanc is an active orchestral and chamber musician in Washington, DC. As an orchestral musician, Ms. LeBlanc has played with the Washington National Opera Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore, National Philharmonic and Richmond Symphony Orchestras, among others. She has served as principal viola for the Philharmonia and Concert Orchestras of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the AACA and Sinfonia at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. An avid chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Sage Chamber Players and has performed nationally and abroad, collaborating with musicians such as Charles Pikler, Richard Hirschl, David Perry, and Michael Mermagen. During summer seasons, she has participated in the Cascade Festival of Music and the Prague International Spring Music Festival, and was a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School, as well as a scholarship recipient at various music festivals including Round Top, Weathersfield, Sewanee Music Festivals, National Orchestral Institute, and Interlochen Arts Camp as a Governor's Scholar. Ms. LeBlanc has been featured as a soloist with the Chicago Chamber and Rhode Island Youth Philharmonic Orchestras. Ms. LeBlanc received a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Michigan and pursued further studies at the Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music. Ms. LeBlanc's principal teachers include Charles Pikler, principal violist of the Chicago Symphony, Dr. Catharine Carroll, Tsuna Sakamoto, Roland Vamos, and Yitzak Schotten.

Cellist Sean Neidlinger, a native of Alexandria, Virginia, maintains an active career as a recitalist, chamber musician, and teacher. After receiving a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of Richard Aaron, he then pursued further studies at New England Conservatory, where he studied with Paul Katz and performed as the cellist of the Honors String Trio. Mr. Neidlinger has received top prizes at several orchestra concerto competitions, including Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria, and has performed repeatedly as a soloist with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the Friday Morning Music Club orchestras. He has performed as a chamber musician and recitalist throughout the United States and Europe, and has participated in festivals including the Soesterberg International and Taos Music Festivals. Mr. Neidlinger performs frequently in the Washington, DC area, where he has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician at the Korean, German, French, and Austrian embassies, and the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage and Terrace Theatre. He maintains a large teaching studio, and his students have routinely been selected as members and principals for area orchestras, including district and county orchestras and the American Youth Philharmonic.

At the age of eleven, pianist Jennifer Yeo made her orchestral debut with the Springfield Symphony. Since then, she has made solo appearances with the Richmond and Columbus Symphonies, Dayton and Fort Wayne Philharmonics, and the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. Over the past summers, she has participated in various music festivals including the Bowdin, Chautauqua, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Sarasota Music Festivals, the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Tel Hai Piano Festival in Israel, and the New Millennium Piano Festival in Spain. She received a fellowship to attend the Tanglewood Music Center in 2002 where she was awarded the National Federation of Music Clubs Award. Ms. Yeo received both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. Upon graduation from Peabody, Ms. Yeo was the recipient of the Paulin M. Favin Memorial award and the Peabody Career Development Grant. She received a Certificate in Performance from Northwestern University, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Rice University under Jon Kimura Parker. Her teachers have included Barbara Wasson, Jerome Rose, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Alan Chow, and Julian Martin.

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3/24/09: The Sage Chamber Players

This delightful and dazzling chamber ensemble performs Milhaud Suite (1936), Mozart Oboe Quartet, and Mendelssohn Piano Trio. The players are: Nancy Jin, Kyung LeBlanc, Sean Neidlinger, Joseph LeBlanc, Aaron Hill, and Jennifer Yeo.

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2/4/08: The Sage Chamber Players

This dynamic new chamber ensemble is comprised of young professional musicians from the DC area: violinists Nancy Jin and Hannah Eldridge, violist Kyung LeBlanc, cellist Sean Neidlinger, clarinetist Joseph LeBlanc, and pianist Jennifer Yeo.

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