About
Dr. Mary Chung began playing piano in South Korea and continued with her studies and graduated from
the National Conservatory of Music in the Dominican Republic. She holds a Bachelor
of Music in Piano Performance from North Greenville University, a MM, and a DMA in
Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Southern Mississippi. Chung
is an active soloist and collaborative artist. She has performed both nationally and
internationally, in Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Dominican
Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Her solo awards include first place
in the 11th Luis A. Ferré International Piano Competition (Puerto Rico), winner of
the William T. Gower Concerto Competition, finalist in the Concerto Competition at
the Brevard Music Festival, alternate winner in Mississippi’s MTNA Young Artist Auditions,
as well as a recipient of the Music Teachers National Association’s Student Achievement
Recognition Award. She was also selected as Teaching Fellow with the International
Performing Arts Institute in Germany. During her doctoral studies, Chung was the recipient
of one of the University of Southern Mississippi Doctoral Assistantship Award, a competitive
award for doctoral students who have demonstrated outstanding work. She has performed
as a soloist with the Dominican Republic National Symphony Orchestra, she toured as
a soloist with San Juan Chamber Orchestra in Puerto Rico, and Shawnee Community Orchestra.
And as an active collaborative artist, Chung has performed with many renowned artists
and professors from universities nationally and internationally.
She has accompanied numerous degree recitals and masterclasses, as well as state,
regional, and national competitions for both singers and instrumentalists. Chung has
also served as a pianist for the Southern Opera and Music Theater Company, Hattiesburg
Civic Light Opera, Meistersingers, Oratorio Chorus, and others.
Dr. Chung not only serves as a guest clinician for master Classes and an active adjudicator
for piano competitions and festivals and has served in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
and Mississippi, but her students won MTNA State competitions in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Chung served as a full-time faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi, as
well as Oklahoma Baptist University, as an adjunct professor at Belhaven College,
piano instructor for Piano Institute at the William Carey University, “Appasionato”
music camp in the Dominican Republic, and at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan.
In the Fall of 2017, Dr. Chung joined the faculty at Ouachita Baptist University as
coordinator of the piano department and she is the ASMTA Vice President/President-elect
and director of the Ouachita Community Arts Program.
Dr. Chung and her husband, Dr. Carlos Feller enjoy spending time and traveling with
their energetic son, Lucas.
