THE TEAM
Sarah Park
leader
David Son
creative director & musician
Korean-born British cellist David Young-Kwang Son started the cello at the age of 7. Between the ages of 9 and 13, he attended and won prizes and trophies in numerous festivals and competitions. At 13, He went to the Purcell School of Music, UK with full scholarship supported by UK government’s Music and Dance Scheme, where he studied with Alexander Boyarsky and Charles Watt. He then went on to study with Melissa Phelps at the Royal College of Music, London where he received BMus with First Class Honours in 2015 and full scholarship for Masters of Performance as a Soiree d'Or Scholar, receiving Masters of Performance with First Distinction in 2017.
In 2012, David and his colleagues formed the ‘Son Quartet’ and won first prize at the RCM String Quartet competition 2013, winning the Helen Just & Susan Connell Prize and the Sacconi Prize. He has received masterclasses with members of the Chilingirian, Janaček and the Sacconi Quartets and regularly receives masterclasses from Johannes Goritzki. He has performed solo, chamber and orchestra in various venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Fairfield Hall, Wigmore Hall, Elgar room in Royal Albert Hall, and more. He also regularly performs abroad, in USA, South Africa, South Korea, etc. He spends majority of his holidays organizing music events for people in Southern African countries and its villages.
Outside of his studies and career as a cellist, David has always been striving to obtain a more diverse and broader understanding of music, beyond the restrictions of one particular instrument or categorized genre. He started the piano at 3, and it remained his principal study until 12. He attended Junior Department of Royal Academy of Music, London as a pianist and won many awards and competitions during this time. David auditioned and was offered full scholarship to Westminster Abbey Choir School, London. He chose not to attend the school in the end, but he continued his vocal training with Tom Marandola at the Purcell School of Music and is now with CCM (Christian Contemporary Music) artist and professor Yoon-Young Jang. Learning the drums at church from both his mother and his uncle, he immediately started playing drums at worship services. Then, when he was 4, he made an appearance on KBS (S. Korean national TV) as a special guest on the children’s show ‘1,2,3’ playing drums. He later received professional drum lessons from Darren Altman at the Purcell School of Music where he played in the school jazz band as well. Between the ages 3 and 7, David also had a short acting career as a child in numerous commercials, child-modeling and some popular Korean movies and dramas, till his family decided to move to London in 2001.
He strongly believes all his music and art related talents and experiences are for the purpose of worship and culture ministry. Since he was 4, he has been following his parents (both pastors and missionaries), watching them minister in numerous countries including Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mozambique. It wasn’t long until David was involved himself. His activities include Sunday service worship teams, leading worship, offertory performances, annual special events such as Christmas or Easter festivals, organizing full concerts/events himself, choreographing dance and drama programmes, homeless ministry, children’s Bible schools, collaborating in album recordings and productions for numerous CCM artists. He has been ministering in many countries such as England, South Korea, USA, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China, and Taiwan. David is now leading the culture-ministry mission group ‘Luminarylondon’.
Sujin Park
musician
Sujin Park first began her violin studies at the age of six. After high-school she put music on hold and studied law and business administration for two years. However, her love of music drew her back to the violin and under the tutelage of Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky she received her Bachelor of Music (Honours) with First Class Honours with a full scholarship as an ABRSM Scholar, and her Master of Performance with Distinction also with a full scholarship as a Frederick Johnson Scholar supported by a Greenbank Award and the Lydia Napper Award at the Royal College of Music, London. After graduating, she worked for a year as a member of the Southbank Sinfonia in London. God then led her to pursue a career in law and now having completed her law studies she is waiting to see where God leads her.
She has won numerous awards, notably 1st prize in the Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship Competition (2009), finalist and prize-winner in the Royal Overseas League Competition (2012), 1st prize of the Jeunesses International Violin Competition (2012), and semifinalist and recipient of the 2-year loan of a modern Bergonzi violin of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition (2013). In 2012, she was selected for the London Symphony Orchestra String Experience Scheme where she played in several concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra under such conductors as Bernard Haitink.
Participating in festivals in the US and in Israel, Sujin has enjoyed being involved in many chamber projects and performances, and has also had the opportunity to perform in many venues around the globe. Her most recent appearances were as soloist with the Southbank Sinfonia, the Little Orchestra and Bishop’s Stortford Sinfonia.
Believing music to be a powerful tool for worship, Sujin has been receiving vocal lessons from Professor Yoon-Young Jang and was regularly involved in the praise team of the English and Korean Ministries of Sydney Saesoon Presbyterian Church, Australia, as well as the praise team at London Calvary Korean Church, UK. Her ministry involvement has taken her to the streets of Thailand, where her and her mission team witnessed God’s powerful work and healing. She has also played at retirement homes, at schools and to the homeless in South Africa, and at fundraising concerts in Australia. She is also regularly teaching music to young children, believing in the importance of teaching and raising the next generation as worshippers.
Juhee Yang
musician
Juhee Yang, born in South Korea, moved to England at the age of 3 and started the violin at the age of 5. She first joined the Purcell School of Music, UK aged 9 with a full scholarship supported by UK government’s Music and Dance Scheme after winning numerous prizes at music festivals and competitions where she studied with Natalia Boyarsky and Evgeny Grach.
A few years later, she moved back to Korea and attended the Yewon School for 2 years. She won several competitions including the Korea Festival Chamber Orchestra Competition, CBS Music Competition and the Ceramic Palace Hall Music Competition. In 2012, she gave her first solo recital at Ewon Art Hall and was selected to perform in the annual Young Artist Concert in Seoul. During her time in Korea, she formed a piano trio and performed in numerous concerts including Jancheon Art Hall and the opening ceremony of the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games. Juhee was also invited to perform at the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia both as a solo performer and as a piano trio.
After returning to the Purcell School of Music, UK for sixth form where she studied with Alda Dizdari, she gave a solo recital at Wigmore Hall and performed at the Leeds International Concert Season. In 2014, Juhee led the school’s symphony orchestra at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with Colin Metters. Later on that year, she won the concerto competition and performed with the orchestra as a soloist at Watford Colosseum with Jacques Cohen.
During her 2 years at the school, she has played in numerous concerts with her string quartet including the Deal Festival in Kent, the Purcell School’s Wigmore Hall Chamber Concert and received coaching from members of the Sacconi, Chilingirian Quartets. Juhee won the Arthur Felsenstein Leavers Award in 2015 before starting her studies at the Royal College of Music with a full scholarship support by the Soiree d’Or. In her first year, she led the school’s String Band and performed in various venues in London including Gloucester Cathedral, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Science Museum.
Juhee regularly participates in music festivals and performs in Israel, Italy, USA, Taiwan, S. Korea and S. Africa.
Along with her violin studies, Juhee enjoys playing the piano which she started before the violin at the age of 4. She reached grade 8 at age 13 with a distinction and served as a synth-keyboardist at Vision Church, S.Korea for 3 years. She now continues her piano playing in Sunday services in London. Surrounded by a family full of pastors, missionaries and musicians, she was automatically interested in culture ministry, using her musical gifts as a tool for worship. She believes that playing to a smaller audience who may not have heard any music at all in their lives with a meaningful purpose is much more powerful than just performing to a big audience in prestigious music halls around the world. After her first trip to South Africa age 10, she found a passion for culture-ministry and since then been involved in ministries along with her family. Juhee is currently an active member of the mission group Luminarylondon.