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Violin Virtuoso Sohyun Eastham

Posted on Apr 12, 2011

Sohyun records her album with Psalter - January 2011

Sohyun Eastham began playing Violin aged 4 in Korea. 

She won government scholarships to study tertiary education, and graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Music) from Sam Yook University in Seoul, Korea in 1993.

Sohyun came to Australia for further study in 1994 and met Janet Davies at the Sydney Conservatorium and studied with her for one year. This led Sohyun to study with distinguished violin teacher, Elizabeth Holowell. She gained a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours in performance and research (Mozart's Violin Concertos) in 1998 at the University of Newcastle, under the supervision of Prof. Robert Constable. She joined the staff of the University of Newcastle Conservatorium in 2000.

Sohyun began a Master of Creative Arts (Music) programme in 1999 at the University of Newcastle, and this was upgraded to a PhD. programme in 2000 under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Michael Ewans and Elizabeth Holowell. In 2007 she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Sohyun approached Psalter to record an album of instrumental Hymns, and recorded the album in under 3 days. Sohyun and Psalter both agreed to do a failry traditional treatment of classic hymns, with Sohyun's virtuoso playing delivering them with depth and emotion. The album will be available in May 2011 through Psalter