Alice Lee

Pianist Alice Lee has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, choir conductor, and accompanist as far as in Austria and locally with the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra. She has worked for several years as a vocal coach, staff accompanist and church musician. Dr. Lee has been fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s best musicians. She has performed for soprano Renee Fleming and pianist Richard Goode in Master Classes, and has taken lessons with Andre Watts. As staff accompanist at Northwestern University, she worked closely with Mignon Dunn (known for her roles as Carmen and Delila), William Warfield (who sang “Old Man River” in the movie “Showboat”), and flutist Walfrid Kujala (of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra). She was a member of the JooBaLee Trio, and was staff pianist at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.

Dr. Lee holds her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Northwestern University. She also received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland at College Park. She was a student of Claire Aebersold Neiweem, Laurence Davis, Dr. Donald Isaak, Dr. David Kaiserman, Alan Chow, Dr. Stefan Gyarto, and Bradford Gowen.

Dr. Lee teaches mainly classical piano repertoire, and is familiar with various teaching methods (e.g. intervallic, multi-key approach, traditional middle C, rote memory) and seeks to tailor her piano teaching to the individual needs of the student. She has studied with Ms. Elvina Pearce and Ms. Frances Larimer, esteemed pioneers in the field of piano pedagogy. She was on the piano faculty of Levine School of Music in Washington, DC (2000-2009), as well as a number of music schools in Chicago, teaching private lessons and class piano. She currently teaches at Frederick Community College in Maryland.