Faculty Spotlight: Jay Zhong
Studio Faculty, Jay Zhong will perform as a soloist in the Santa Rosa Symphony's November 15 online concert.
Studio faculty, Jay Zhong, will perform as a soloist in the Santa Rosa Symphony's November 15 online concert recorded live from Weill Hall at the Green Music Center.
Jay Zhong is one of our part-time faculty who teaches private instruction in violin.
"An experienced teacher, Jay Zhong teaches violin at Sonoma State University in Northern California. Prior to that he has held professorship at the California State University Los Angeles, Western Illinois University, Bogota International School of Music. He has taught violin masterclasses at Southern Methodist University, University of Delaware, University of Kansas, the Bogota International Music Festival, Western Illinois University, California State University, Los Angeles. In the late 1980s, Mr. Zhong was the first lecturer to introduce violin teaching techniques of Raphael Bronstein to the violin faculty at Beijing’s elite Central Music Conservatory. Continuing his mentor’s work, Jay Zhong has authored his own violin method book, “A Violinist’s Handbook, A Simpler Manual to Learn the Instrument,” published by iUniverse Publications Inc., available worldwide via online booksellers."
To read the rest of his bio you can visit Jay Zhong's website or find him on our Faculty Page.