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About the Concert Series

"Tutti" is a musical term which directs a group of voices or instruments to play together. The Tutti Concert Series draws inspiration from this spirit of unity and aims to uplift young local musicians while giving back to the town's public library.

Tutti was launched in the summer of 2023 by the founding organizer Yoonsa Lee, to raise funds for the Jones Library's Capital Campaign. The library, located in Amherst, MA, is in need of a renovation. Each Tutti concert aims to further the accessibility of performance opportunities to the young musicians and collect donations to support the library.

Meet the Organizers

The new Tutti Concert organizers, Erin Ko, and Elisa Shinn are continuing the legacy of Yoonsa's Tutti project to support the Jones Library's Capital Campaign. They are excited to bring the community and young musicians together through music while raising awareness for public libraries. They would like Tutti to be an opportunity for any level musicians to have a time to play and perform.

Erin Ko

Erin Ko attends The Bement School in Deerfield, MA where she currently is a 9th grader. She enjoys playing the flute which she picked up in 2023. Erin participates in her school band and outside of school she plays in the Springfield Symphony Youth Orchestra (SSYO), and is a part of chamber groups. She attended Kinhaven Music School Summer Junior Session 2025, and has been invited to attend the Apple Hill Summer Chamber Music Workshop in 2026.

Elisa Shinn

Elisa Shinn attends the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School (PVCICS), Hadley MA, where she takes part in the class of 2025 (9th grade). She finds joy in playing the violin, and has been doing so since her adolescence. Elisa was part of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) in 2024, and currently is participating in an assortment of chamber activities.

About the Founder

Yoonsa Lee is a recent graduate of Deerfield Academy from Amherst, MA, and plans to attend Williams Collage in 2026. In the summer of 2023, she founded the Tutti Youth Concert Series, which aims to uplift young local musicians while supporting the Jones Library in Amherst. Through the generous support of Deerfield's Center for Service and Global Citizenship (CSGC), she received the Workman Grant in 2023 to launch the program. In May 2024, she received the Charles Piper Cost Award from the CSGC, which recognized her efforts during the past year and offered additional funding to continue the concert series.

Yoonsa began her musical studies at age three and learned violin with Heidi Kenney through the Suzuki Strings of Madison, Wisconsin. After moving to Amherst, Massachusetts, she continued studying with Kaila Graef and began performing in chamber music ensembles with Colleen Jennings, and studied piano with Irina Yakub. At Deerfield, Yoonsa switched to viola under the encouragement of Anthony Berner, her current teacher. She has participated in the advanced chamber music class all four years and has led the orchestra as the principal violist since sophomore year. Her other musical mentors from Deerfield include Tom Bergeron, Yu-Mei Wei, Deb Sherr, Xiao Lan Wang, and Wayne Smith.

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