Woo Joo Choi

The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

“Everything in the world is a jest,” declares the ensemble cast of Verdi’s final operatic masterpiece, loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV. The lecherous and egotistical drunk Sir John Falstaff foolishly attempts to solve his money troubles by seducing two noble women at the same time. Little does he know, they are close friends! Deception, hilarity, and revenge ensue…

Verdi’s Falstaff

Brockman Hall For Opera

Composed during his final illness before death, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is considered his last masterwork, filled with brilliant, virtuosic writing that challenges each section of the orchestra. Debussy’s La mer is an impressionist masterpiece that captures the sea’s shifting moods–from calm to turbulent–with vivid, atmospheric sound. 

Virtuosic Soundscapes

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Sohyoung Park, Piano

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Music. Woo Joo Choi is a student of Jon Kimura Parker.


Woo Joo Choi, Piano