NA Y.
Na completed the Suzuki Association of the Americas violin teacher training for Books 1β8 at the School for Strings in New York in 2003.
From 2024β2026, Na served as a violin instructor at Bignote Music and Southern Institute in Cartersville, Georgia, while also serving as Concertmaster of the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra.
Previously, she taught at Sea Pines Montessori in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from 2007β2009, while also performing as a member of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra. From 2009β2011, she taught an enrichment violin program at the Hilton Head Boys & Girls Club.
From 2000β2007, Na taught at the Rockland Conservatory of Music, the Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge, New York, and the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, Connecticut.
Alongside her teaching career, Na maintained an active professional performance career. She performed with the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra in New York from 2002β2007 and was a regular member of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra in Indiana from 1994β1998.
Na earned a Masterβs degree in Violin Performance from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 2000, where she studied under Dr. Movses Pogossian. She received her Artist Diploma from Indiana University in 1998 and her Bachelorβs degree in Violin Performance from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China.