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The Chamber Music Program gives students experience playing in small groups with more individual responsibility. It is open to all students by audition. Rehearsals are on Saturday afternoons at the Good Shepherd Church in Holmdel.Conductor - Leo Soeda Leo Soeda A native of Yokohama, Japan, Leo Soeda studied cello at the Manhattan School of Music with Nathaniel Rosen. He has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Joe’s Pub, and the United Nations, and has also performed on late night TV shows, such as NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman. He also performed as the lead cellist of a rock band, New Radio, during 2003-05, and appeared in the Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2005. In June, 2006, he made an appearance on NBC’s Today Show, where he performed in his own composition for string trio. His String Quartet no. 1 was premiered at the Rose Studio at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As an arranger, he has worked with Atlantic Records and other independent artists. He is a co-founder of the Cocoro Strings, a conductorless string orchestra. He received his master’s in music composition from New York University, where he studied under Justin Dello Joio, in May, 2009. During the summer, he serves as the Director of Music Performance at the New York University’s multimedia art program, IMPACT.
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