ARTISTIC STAFF
Dr. Julia Zavadsky
Artistic Director
Julia Zavadsky received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from Stony Brook University and her Master of Music degree in conducting from Temple University. Before immigrating to the United States from Ukraine, she earned Bachelor of Music degrees in music theory, conducting, and composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and the R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music. Dr. Zavadsky studied conducting with Timothy Long in New York, Alan Harler and Janet Yamron in Philadelphia, Aharon Harlap in Jerusalem, and Mikhail Hardayev in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A recipient of the Elaine Brown Award for Choral Excellence and a winner of numerous international choral festival competitions, Dr. Zavadsky is the artistic director of Nashirah, the Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia; the Rutgers University Singers; and the Singing Hearts Choral Society of Southern New Jersey, which she founded in 2011. Her ensembles have performed in such venues as the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and Field Concert Hall in Philadelphia and Carnegie Hall and New York Theatre Workshop in New York; and have participated in tours to the Middle East and Europe. Since 2006 Dr. Zavadsky has organized and hosted annual choral festivals for high school, university, and community choirs at Rutgers University. Fluent in Russian, Ukrainian, and Hebrew, she has worked with numerous opera singers, choirs, soloists, and conductors as a language coach. Dr. Zavadsky joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2019. She also teaches at Temple University and Rutgers University since 2000.
Soyeon Bin
Collaborative Piano & Vocal Coach
Soyeon Bin began her musical training at a young age, studying both piano and voice. She made her public debut with Seoul Metropolitan Chorus at the age of 8 and held her first piano recital at Perelman Theater at Kimmel Center. As a soprano and pianist, she possesses a rare combination of vocal and instrumental abilities, allowing her to excel in both fields. As a multifaceted musician, she serves as a collaborative pianist and a vocal coach for two choirs, Singing Hearts Choral Society of Southern New Jersey and Nashirah: the Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia. She also is a soprano soloist at Cheltenham Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
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Ms. Bin studied piano privately with Brian Kovach from Philadelphia Community College and Seymour Lipkin from Curtis Institute and holds degrees in music education and opera performance from Temple University, Boyer College of Music, while studying with Philip Cho. She serves as a voice and piano faculty member at Rutgers University, directing the Rutgers Concert Choir and as a musical director for numerous productions in the theatre department. She directs and accompanies various international competitions and choral festivals and continues teaching piano and voice in Philadelphia and South Jersey.
