Resume
Seth Pae, Violist
330-554-6542|[email protected]
Ensembles
2022-Present: Chicago Sinfonietta Assistant Principal
2024-Present: Chicago Philharmonic (Substitute Musician)
2022-Present: Elgin Symphony Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2018-Present: Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2022-Present: Grant Park Music Festival (Substitute Musician)
2017-Present: Quad City Symphony Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2019-Present: New Philharmonic (Substitute Musician)
2020-Present: Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2017-Present: Illinois Symphony Orchestra (Substitute Musician)
2018-2020: 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
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: Sluggers
2021-Present: Zebra Lounge (Solo Piano/Vocal)
2022-Present: Howl at the Moon Howl 2 Go: Dueling Pianos/Corporate events
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
2017-2022: 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
Contact Info
Website: sethpaemusic.com
Email: [email protected]
References
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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.
