What is Music in May?
Mim brings renowned musicians to Santa Cruz in a weekend full of concerts. Our intent is to expand and broaden the audience of classical music, impact youth, increase awareness of and develop relationships with other local non-profit organizations serving the Santa Cruz community.
Eric Sung
ERIC SUNG is the Associate Principal Cellist of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. He has studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Southern California, and the Juilliard School. His principal teachers have been Stephen Geber, Ronald Leonard, Fred Sherry, David Geber and Lynn Harrell. An avid chamber musician, Eric has performed at the Taos, Sarasota, Scotia, Banff, Mendocino, Kent/Blossom, Aspen, Tanglewood and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festivals. He has participated in the New York String Seminar, Piatigorsky Seminar and has attended the National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, Pacific Music Festival and Verbier Festival. As a soloist, Eric has appeared with the Colburn Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Academy of Conducting Orchestra and the Saratoga Symphony. He was a member of the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra and was the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Eric has served as Acting/Guest Principal of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.