Resume
Seth Pae, Violist
330-554-6542|[email protected]
Ensembles
2017-Present: Quad City Symphony Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2019-Present: New Philharmonic (Substitute Musician)
2018-Present: Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2017-Present: Illinois Symphony Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2018-Present: Matt Jones Orchestra (Studio Musician)
2018-2021: Chicago Sinfonietta Project Inclusion Fellow
2018: Grant Park Music Festival Project Inclusion Fellow
2015-2017: Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Orchestra
2017-2018: South Bend Symphony Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2015-2017: Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra
2004-2008: The Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland
2005-2009: The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Piano/Vocal
2021-Present: Chicago Dueling Pianos
Education
Artist’s Diploma, DePaul University, 2017
Master’s Degree in viola performance at DePaul University, 2015
Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance, Baldwin Wallace University, 2013
Teachers
2017: Wei-Ting Quo, Violist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2013-2016: Rami Solomonow, Professor of Viola, DePaul University
2015-2016: Tony DeVroye, and Rose Armburst-Griffin
2009-2013: Louise Zeitlin, Lecturer in Viola, Baldwin Wallace University
2002-2009: Lembi Veskimets, Violist, Cleveland Orchestra
Summer Music Festivals
2017-Present: Chicago Summer Opera
2014 and 2015: American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria
2013: Opera Project Columbus
2009: Baldwin Wallace Summer Music Institute (Baldwin Wallace University).
2008: The Sphinx Performance Academy featuring members of the Harlem Quartet.
2007: Cleveland Institute of Music’s Encore for Strings
2006: Interlochen Arts Camp
2003-2005: Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Teaching
Seth currently teaches strings with the Chicago Arts and Music Project (CAMP) and is a mentor with the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative (CMPI). Both programs have a mission of empowering students from diverse racial and economic backgrounds. In addition, Seth teaches group violin with the Chicago School of Musical Arts, has private students on viola and violin, and is a substitute teacher for the People’s Music School in Chicago.
References
Carol Cook, Principal Viola, Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra [email protected]
Michael Lewanski, Ensemble Conductor, DePaul University [email protected]
Wei-Ting Quo, Viola, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [email protected]
Molly Walker, Orchestra Manager, Civic Orchestra of Chicago [email protected]
Other: In addition to performing and teaching, Seth also composes and arranges music. His arrangements notably have been featured in the Chicago Sinfonietta Project Inclusion’s Black History Month programming. Seth is also a singer, songwriter, and pianist
