Yuki Lee Numata
Violin Instructor
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SoBe Music Institute
751 Euclid Avenue, Suite 2
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
305 674-9220 

Yuki Numata has an avid interest in the performance of new music, and as a result of this, she has had the opportunity to work closely with composers such as Betsy Jolas, John Zorn, Charles Wuorinen and Steve Reich. Yuki received her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Zvi Zeitlin. There, she performed twice with the Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra, premiering Jeff Myers' violin concerto, Metamorphosis, and also as the winner of the school concerto competition. Yuki received her Master of Music Degree from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Andrew Jennings. She has had the opportunity to attend several music festivals including Music Academy of the West, Banff Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Center. Most recently, she was a Fromm Fellow at Tanglewood where she focused specifically on the performance of new music.

Teaching Experience :

  • SoBe Music Institute (Miami's Institute for Performing Arts) - Violin Instructor (2007 - current)
  • Private Instruction Ann Arbor, Michigan (2004-2006)
  • Novi Music Center Novi Michigan - Violin Teacher (2005)
  • Camp Strad, Weschester, New York - Jiolin Teacher and Chamber Music Coach (July 2005)
  • Foundation for Young Artists Ann Arbor, Michigan - Practice/Chamber Music Coach for intensive training program for high school student. (June 2005)
  • Teaching Assistant for Professor Avi Zeitlin (2003-2004)
  • Private Instruction Rochester, New York (1999-2004)

Education:

  • University of Michigan, Master of Music in Performance and Chamber Music, 2004-2006

  • University of Michigan, String Pedagogy Course, 2006)

  • Eastman School of Music, Bachelor of Music and Performer's Certificate, 1999-2003

Principal Teachers: Andrew Jennings, Robert Culver, Zvi Zeitlin

Chamber Music Coaches:James Dunham, Norman Fischer, Pamela Frank, Bonnie Hampton, Andrew Jennings, Joseph Kalichstein, RObert Mann, Scott Nickerenz, Joseph Silverstein, Joel Smirnoff, Members of the Chester String Quartet, Members of the St. Oetersburg String Quartet, Members of Tokyo String Quartet, Ying Quartet  

Orchestra Experience     

  • New World Smphony - violin fellow 2006-present

  • Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony - concertmaster 2005-2006

  • Ann Arbor Symphony - Assistant Concertmaster 2005-2006

  • University if Michigan Orchestra - Concertmaster 2004-2006

  • Flint Symphony Orchestra - violin 2004-2006

  • New World Symphony - substitute violin 2004-2006

  • Rochester Phiharmonic Orchestra Orchestra Studies Fellow 2003

  • Eastman Philharmonia Orchesra, Concertmaster 1999-2003

New Music Experience:

  • Recital in March 2007 at Symphony Space, New York City, performing violin and piano works by Jeff Myers 2007

  • Premiere of Kulingtang Suite, Jeff Myers, Ann Arbor Michigan 2006

  • All David Lang Concert for the composer with Contemporary Directions Ensemble, Ann Arbor Michigan 2005

  • Concert d'Invenzione 2b for Brian ferneyhough with Ensemble 21, Miller Theater, NYC 2005

  • Triple Quartet for Steve Reich in Buffalo Festival, Buffalo, NY 2003

  • Rituals for John Zorn with Musica Nova, Cooper Union, New York, NY 2001

  • Arabia Felix for Charles Wuorinen with Musica Nova, Cooper Union, New York, NY 2002

  • Desert Music for Steve Reich on Nonesuch Records 2001

  • Desert Music and Tehillim for Steve Reich, Miller Theater, New York, NY 2001

Awards and Honors:

  • Member of Clarinet Quintet to represent the New World Symphony at the Shanghai Arts Festival, China. 2007

  • Performance of Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, Charles Wuorinen, witjh the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. 2007

  • University of Michigan - Full Scholarship Recipient 2004-2006

  • Eastman School of Music - Full Scholarship Recipient 2003-2004

  • Eastman School Concerto Competition Winner, performances of Concerto in g for Violin and Orchestra, Max Bruch, with Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra 2002

  • World Premiere of Metamorphosis for Violin and Orchestra, Jeff Myers with Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra 2002

Festivals and Workshops:

  • Tanglewood Music Center - New Fromm Player 2006,2007

  • Third Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, Oakland California - Violinist 2005

  • Conductor's Retreat at Camo Medomak, Washington, ME - Violinist in Residence 2004

  • Third Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, Oakland California - Quartet Performer 2004

  • Heidelberg College's New Music Festival, Wooster, Ohio - Performer 2004

  • Tanglewood Music Center - Violin Fellow 2003, 2004

  • Tanglewood Music Center - Concertmaster, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra 2003, 2004

  • Banff Festival of the Arts - Violinist 2002

  • New York String Seminar - Violinist 2001

  • Music Academy of the West - Violinist 2000, 2001

  • National Youth Orchestra of Canada - Violinist 1999