About
Chulyoung Park is a classical guitarist, living in Tempe, Arizona, pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Arizona State University. He is a native of South Korea. When he was in middle school, he began to learn electric guitar by himself and started his band, but meeting with Chungjin Go, his first teacher, led him to the world of classical guitar. Chulyoung was awarded a Master of Music degree in classical guitar performance from Lee University where he studied with Charlie Edholm. Currently, Park has been serving as a teaching assistant at ASU while pursuing a doctorate under Jiji and Martha Masters.
For his achievements in performing, Park was awarded a grand prize in the adult division at the Korea Guitar Association International Guitar Competition, won the Student Concerto Competition at Lee University, and was a principal player of the Busan Festival Guitar Ensemble. He has performed in masterclasses for Pablo Sáinz Villegas, Rene Izquierdo, Gaëlle Solal, Marko Topchii, Su Meng, Jason Yoshida and Bokyung Byun. His interest in collaborating has been actively ongoing as well. He played the Baroque guitar as a basso continuo with ASU Opera(L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi) and the electric guitar with ASU Wind Ensemble(Urban Light by James David). His arrangements for violin and guitar have been released on Soundcloud and Youtube. He established a guitar and harpsichord duo in 2024 with Soyoung Lim, his wife and a keyboardist, arranging works for the combination is in progress.
As a music educator, his teaching journey spans diverse settings, from university programs to music studios, community ensembles, and certificate programs. During his teaching assistant years at Arizona State University, Chulyoung developed his curriculum in academia teaching college courses, researching, and serving as a guest conductor for the ASU guitar orchestra. His commitment to music education extends beyond academia, as evidenced by his roles as a guitar instructor at Music Maker Workshops in Phoenix, as the founder of Arizona Korea Guitar Ensemble, the first-ever Korean guitar ensemble in Arizona, and as the founder of El Mar Guitar Academy in Busan, which contributed to local guitar education and activity. In addition, he encourages his students along with certification programs such as ABRSM(The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) to enhance their career benefits and they have been successfully awarded it.