Collaborative Pianist

Collaborative pianists work with the Pioneer Choirs, through cooperation between the Board of Trustees of the Ann Arbor Public Schools, central administrators, Pioneer administrators, and the Friends of the Pioneer Choirs. We are very fortunate to collaborate with such capable musicians.

Seohyun You, Pioneer Choir Collaborative Pianist

Seohyun You was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to the United States to study music in 1997. Seohyun holds bachelors and masters degrees in piano performance from Eastern Michigan University where she was a student of Dr. Joel Schoenhals. While at EMU, she served as a graduate assistant for Dr. Schoenhals, and an accompanist for the university choir, opera workshop, and private studio vocalists and instrumentalists. Prior to her arrival at EMU, Seohyun studied with Joel Hastings.

Seohyun is an active collaborative pianist in southeast Michigan. She has served as accompanist of Measure for Measure: A Men's Choral Society since 2013 and continues to be called upon to accompany both vocalists and instrumentalists. Before she joined the Pioneer Choirs, she was an accompanist for the South Lyon High School Choirs from 2007-2019 and for the EMU vocal department from 2019-2020. She is also a passionate piano teacher in the Ann Arbor area, with a studio of about 30 students. Additionally, she has served as organist and pianist at St. James United Church of Christ in Saline since 2010. Seohyun now resides in Ann Arbor with her husband and their two children, Daniel and Gia.