About
An advocate for inclusion and accessibility, Vivian has developed interactive music programs for young people with special educational needs and their families. In recognition of this work, she received the Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award from the Westchester Jewish Council. She has also collaborated with the Levine School of Music’s Music Therapy Department and performed for patients and families at the NIH Children’s Inn and Safra Family Lodge.
Vivian holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree in piano and violin performance from Oberlin College
Vivian Chang is a pianist, educator, and arts leader whose work is dedicated to making exceptional music education accessible, engaging and artistically rigorous. She serves as Artist Faculty in Juilliard’s K–12 Department and Piano Lead for Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard, where she helps shape high level learning experiences for pre-college students. As founder of Vivian Chang Studios, she directs a vibrant piano program serving students in the Washington, D.C., area as well as across the United States and internationally.
From 2025–2026, Vivian served as Program Director of Adamant Music School, an intensive summer program for conservatory-level pianists. She recruited an internationally distinguished piano faculty, helped double enrollment and programed over 40 concerts and public events in a single season. During the pandemic, she created innovative online offerings that engaged more than 40 artists and 200 students during a critical time. A dedicated mentor, her students have gone on to leading universities, often continuing serious musical study alongside wide-ranging academic and professional pursuits.
Vivian made her solo debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at age sixteen and has enjoyed a wide-ranging career as a chamber musician and collaborative pianist. A core member of the award-winning Chameleon Arts Ensemble for more than 25 years, she has performed at the Kennedy Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully Hall, The MoMA, Taiwan National Hall, and venues throughout Europe. She has also served as a staff pianist at The Juilliard School and collaborator for performances presented by the Marilyn Horne Foundation.
Over the past decade, Solomia has recorded for Toccata Classics, producing six premiere recordings of music by Arthur Hartmann, Myroslav Skoryk, Mykola Lysenko, Yevhen Stankovych, Leone Sinigaglia, and Bernhard Sekles.
Solomia is Professor of Violin at Goshen College and Interim Professor at Bowling Green State University. She is Artistic Director of the Sherer Violin/Piano Competition and Detroit’s multicultural series Musical Evenings at the Ukrainian Museum. A sought-after teacher and clinician, she has taught and presented masterclasses internationally, including in Ukraine, the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, the Czech Republic, and Italy. Her teachers include Hersh Heifetz, Bohodar Kotorovych, Liudmyla Zvirko, and Charles Castleman.
Violinist Solomia Soroka, born in L’viv, Ukraine, made her solo debut at age ten performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the L’viv Philharmonic Orchestra. Her artistry reflects the rigor of the Ukrainian violin tradition and a passionate commitment to bringing lesser-known repertoire—particularly Ukrainian and American music—to audiences worldwide.
Solomia has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at major venues and festivals throughout Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, Ukraine, Canada, and the United States. She has performed with orchestras in Ukraine, Australia, and the United States, and has been praised as “a truly wonderful musician” (The Press, Christchurch), for her “technical mastery…ferocity, light and mystic lyricism” (Daily Freeman), and for playing “with great warmth and authority” (BBC Music Magazine). Following her U.S. debut in 1997, she has performed extensively across the country, including in the Smithsonian Institution’s performing-arts series in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post described her as “a superbly equipped violinist” whose playing is marked by warmth, brilliance, control, and expressive depth.
A devoted advocate for Ukrainian music, Solomia has given premieres of significant contemporary works by Borys Lyatoshynsky, Myroslav Skoryk, and Yevhen Stankovych. She has toured and recorded widely with her husband, pianist Arthur Greene. Their Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s Four Violin Sonatas was named Recording of the Month by Classics Today and praised by Gramophone as the work of a “brilliant duo.” Their recording of Nikolai Roslavets’s violin sonatas also received international acclaim, with The Strad noting Soroka’s confidence and sensitivity to the composer’s elusive harmonic language.
Miriam Bolkosky is a cellist, educator, and wellness coach whose work brings together artistic excellence, thoughtful pedagogy, and a deep commitment to helping musicians and families thrive. An active orchestral and chamber musician, she has performed throughout the United States with ensembles including the Boston Lyric Opera, A Far Cry, Boston Pops, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Ballet, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, National Lyric Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. She has appeared as a soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Paul Hill Chorale, and has recorded in both classical and commercial settings.
Miriam has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Boston’s Symphony Hall. She is the cellist of the award-winning Radius Ensemble and maintains an active freelance career in the Boston area.
A dedicated teacher, Miriam began studying cello at age four and has spent more than five decades exploring the challenges and rewards of musical learning. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree, with a minor in Psychology, from the University of Michigan and a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her studies in developmental psychology and string pedagogy continue to inform her compassionate, individualized approach to teaching. She completed Suzuki Cello Teacher Training with Tanya Carey and has taught in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Boston, including faculty appointments at Northwestern University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She now maintains a large private studio in Newton, Massachusetts.
As a parent of twins and a longtime mentor to young musicians, Miriam understands the complex relationship among expectations, motivation, anxiety, and joy. Her work as a coach supports students, parents, educators, and professionals in developing confidence, resilience, and healthier patterns of growth.
Miriam is also a Registered Yoga Teacher and certified Alexander Technique teacher. After more than two decades of study, she completed Alexander Technique teacher training at the Alexander Technique Center of Cambridge and the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She has taught at the Longy School of Music and led workshops for musicians, dancers, youth orchestras, teachers, physical therapists, yoga practitioners, and student athletes. Her seminars address performance anxiety, effective communication, parenting young musicians, orchestra probation, and sustainable performance practice.