Pierce performed on Show 391 from Turtle Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 25, 2020.

Peirce Ellis (viola), 17, hails from Broomall, Pennsylvania and is in his senior year at Marple Academy Homeschool. He attends the Juilliard Pre-College Program where he studies with Toby Appel and Joohyun Kim. Peirce has participated in the Youth Chamber Orchestra in Temple University’s Center for Gifted Young Musicians and the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. He has performed nationally with the Perfect Fourth Quartet through the Sphinx Organization. After training with Project 440, he co-designed a classical music presentation and presented it to Philadelphia elementary school students. Peirce has attended numerous summer music programs, including Meadowmount and Boston University Tanglewood Institute. One of his most memorable musical experiences was playing at the White House for Michelle Obama. Outside of music, Peirce enjoys basketball and working for social justice.

Jung-A Bang appeared on Show 365, recording in Boston on February 3, 2019.

Pianist Jung-A Bang has appeared in prestigious concert halls across the world as a soloist and collaborative artist. As an active chamber musician, Jung-A has spent summers at the Perlman Music Program and Banff Chamber Music Residency Program with her duo, l’étoile, and performed at the Kennedy Center and in Music for Food benefits in Boston with her piano trio, Vi trio. Highly demanded as a collaborative pianist, Ms.Bang has served as staff collaborative pianist at the Banff International Music Program and the Aspen Music Festival as well as major music schools including the Juilliard School and New England Conservatory. A native of South Korea, Jung-A is a 2007 graduate of Walnut Hill School for the Arts. She holds her Bachelor’s degree in piano at New England Conservatory under Patricia Zander and Hung-Kuan Chen, and Master’s degree in collaborative piano at the Juilliard School as a recipient of Marie Dring Scholarship and Harold & Helene Schonberg Piano Scholarship. Ms. Bang is a DMA candidate in Collaborative Piano at New England Conservatory. She is a faculty member of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and Affiliate Artist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.