Benjamin Verdery, guitar; June Han, harp The weekly guitar seminar includes performances of newly learned repertoire, chamber music coaching, ensembles, and lectures. Guest master classes are also part of the program, and among recent artists are Eliot Fisk, David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, and Anthony Newman. In the two-year guitar program each student is strongly encouraged to prepare two solo recital programs, a concerto, and three or four chamber works. The final degree recital should be performed from memory. Harpists have the opportunity to perform with a wide range of ensembles including chamber groups, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and New Music New Haven.
				Born to Korean diplomat parents, June Han, harp, lived in Belgium, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, The Netherlands, and France prior to her arrival in the United States in 1994. Ms. Han holds a Premier Prix for Harp and Chamber Music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, an M.M. degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music, and a D.M.A. degree from the Juilliard School. An active proponent of chamber and contemporary music, she has performed in major venues in New York City with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Sea Cliff Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Sospeso, Sequitur Ensemble, and Ensemble 21, of which she has been a member since 1998. Ms. Han is also an active orchestral player and has worked with the Orchestre de Paris, participating in their North American tour in January 2002; the Kirov Opera Orchestra; and the New York Philharmonic. Her appearances at summer music programs include the Aspen, Tanglewood, and OK Mozart festivals, and she has been a member of the faculty of the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival since 1996. She was a featured soloist with the Colonial Symphony Orchestra in Morristown, N.J., and the Durham-Oshawa Symphony Orchestra in Canada. Her recordings include works by Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, Elliott Carter (Bridge), Thea Musgrave, Jean Françaix, Carolyn Steinberg, and Ronald Caltabiano. She has premiered works by her mother, Young-Ja Lee, Charles Wuorinen, and Hyo-Shin Na, among many others. Ms. Han joined the Yale faculty in 2003 and also teaches at Columbia University.
				Benjamin Verdery, guitar, (www.gamisim.com/artist/verdery) has appeared in concert series and festivals in many countries, including the International Guitar Festival in Havana, Festival Internacional de Agosto in Caracas, Theater Carré in Amsterdam, Chichester Cathedral in England, the 92nd Street Y and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Ambassador Theater in Los Angeles, the Schubert Festival in Bad Urach, Germany, and the Festival International de Guitarra in Mexico. He has recorded and performed with such diverse artists as Frederic Hand, Leo Kottke, Anthony Newman, Paco Peña, Hermann Prey, and John Williams. Mr. Verdery regularly performs flute and guitar concerts with his wife, Rie Schmidt, and with his ensemble, Ufonia. As a composer, Mr. Verdery has had numerous works performed and published. Workshop Arts has published the solo works from his recording Some Towns and Cities, and last year John Williams recorded Mr. Verderey's version of Capitola, CA for Sony Classics. His Scenes from Ellis Island, for guitar and orchestra, has been extensively broadcast and performed in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Mr. Verdery's recent recordings are on the Newport Classic and GRI labels. He joined the faculty in 1985.