Patricia Sunwoo
Instrument: Violin
With the RPO since: 2003
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
When not performing with the RPO, you can find me... on the Thruway in my Maxima, or frolicking around Rockingham Street with Claire.
First music-related memory: Taking group lessons at my public elementary school with my best friends.
Favorite ice cream flavor: Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey!!
Favorite restaurant in town and why: Golden Dynasty, when mustard greens are in season.
Do you have a pet? Just a family of woodchucks in the yard.
My favorite part of working in the RPO is... Getting to know my stand partners, and the chance to play great orchestral music.
If someone were visiting Rochester, what would you tell them to go see or do? Have dinner at the Dinosaur BBQ, see an RPO concert, and go back to the BBQ for drinks.
Biography
With the RPO since 2003, Patricia Sunwoo performed to critical acclaim across the U.S. as a member of the Whitman String Quartet, winner of the 1998 Naumburg Award. She has also performed with the new music groups Continuum, Sequitur and Da Capo Players. Ms. Sunwoo was a teaching artist for the Midori Foundation and NYASTA. She received her doctoral degree from The Juilliard School and is on faculty at Binghamton University. She is currently a member of the Bard Festival String Quartet and Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble.
