05/15/2025
So grateful to be making music with the radiant soprano ✨ Sun Young Chang ✨
Her instrument is powerful, expressive, and wise—and I can’t wait for you to hear her bring these songs to life. In Songs of Love and Exile, Sun Young gives voice to songs by Schumann, Alma Mahler, Joy Son , Kurt Weill and André Previn
Here is more about her:
Sun Young Chang has worked extensively both teaching voice and performing for over two decades. She received her Master of Music and Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College of Music, The New School for Music.Sun Young was named a Finalist in the Connecticut Opera Guild Competition and the Violetta DuPont Vocal Competition, Riverside Opera Competition and a Semi-Finalist in Rochester Oratorio Vocal Competition and Joy In Singing Competition. She has featured as a frequent soloist in Hoch Chamber Music Series, Noonday Concert Series at Interchurch, More Than Music Series in Bronxville, Afternoon Music Series in Summit, Hot Springs Music Festival, Rangeley Friends of the Art Summer Concert Series and other numerous concert series. She has performed opera roles such as Mimi, Lauretta, Giulietta, Micaela, Donna Elvira, Pamina, Nella, Gilda, Anne Truelove, and Zerlina, with Empire Opera, the Delaware Valley Symphony Orchestra, Kaye Playhouse, and the Actors Studio.
Sun Young is also an advocate of contemporary music. She recently premiered Helen Rasquier’s Aspera Tempora with the Classical Saxophone Project and created the role of Anna in The Fairy Tale by JP Redmond.
As an active educator, Sun Young has been on the faculty at United Nations International School,University of Mount Saint Vincent, Kaufman Music Center, Concordia Conservatory at Concordia College, Berkshire Choral International and Kean University after she completed the internship program with Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department.
đź—“ Sunday, May 18 | 4 PM
đź“Ť First Congregational Church, River Edge
🎟 Free admission | Reception after the concert
