Kyoung Cho

Professor of Voice

Email: kyoung@usf.edu
Phone: (813) 523-5190 

Internationally acclaimed Korean Soprano Kyoung Cho is a Professor of Voice and the Coordinator of the Voice Area in USF’s School of Music where she has taught since 2007. Previously, she taught at the State University of New York Fredonia, and Luther College. She has presented master classes and made solo appearances in Germany, Cambodia, Italy, Hungary, Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Thailand, Luxembourg, and several cities in the U.S including New York City (Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, and Merkin Hall). Her former students have been accepted into the Manhattan School of Music, the Mannes College of Music, the Eastman School of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, Yale University, and other prestigious institutions, and several are successfully pursuing national and international performance and teaching careers. 
 
Dr. Cho has established a strong reputation as a performing scholar and vocal pedagogue in diverse regions of Asia, Europe, The Mid-East, and North America. Critics praised her performances as “Sublimely beautiful, transcendent, serene, dazzling, and heavenly” and “Refined tone color and dignified sound, which effectively expressed an appeal that penetrated the heart.” 
 
Dr. Cho received her B.M. in voice from Yonsei University, one of the three most prestigious universities in Korea, M.M., at the Manhattan School of Music, followed by post-graduate studies in opera performance at Yale University. Dr. Cho completed her DMA degree at the University of Memphis, where she was the recipient of the Hohenberg-Scheidt Opera Fellowship.  
 
Dr. Cho's operatic roles include Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La bohème, Liù in Turandot, Gretel in Hansel & Gretel, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly. Her oratorio repertoires include Brahms' Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, John Rutter’s Requiem, Fauré's Requiem, Mozart's C minor Mass, Bach's Magnificat, Messiah, and The Creation. 
 
As a versatile artist, her areas of specialization include Korean Art Songs, opera, oratorio, and contemporary composers' art songs. Her two CD recordings on Korean Art Songs CD, published by Centaur Records and Italian Opera Arias CD, published by the SonArt Records Company in Italy, have been critically acclaimed in the U.S., Korea, and Italy. Dr. Cho was featured in an interview to introduce Korean Art Songs by “Vocal Point” on classical music station WCNY-FM 91.3, New York NPR station, and this interview aired on June 28, 2014. 
 
In addition to receiving several awards from national and international organizations and competitions, she has received twenty-one research grants from USF since 2007.