Yohan Partan, Choir Director
Yohan Partan is actively conducting in the Los Angeles area as chorus master of USC Thornton Opera , co-conductor of USC Apollo Men’s Chorus, music director of San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus, and choir director of Emerson Choir at Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church. He is pursuing the Master of Music degree in Choral and Sacred Music under Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, Dr. Nick Strimple, Dr. Christian Grases, and Don Brinegar at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music. He received a Bachelor of Music degree with the Student Achiever Award in choral music education and vocal performance in spring 2010 at California State University, Stanislaus under the direction of Dr. Daniel Afonso and Dr. Joseph Wiggett. While a student at CSU Stanislaus, Yohan served for two years as choir director at the Korean First United Methodist Church in Modesto, CA, and worked three years as choir director at Centenary United Methodist Church in Modesto, CA. Partan was appointed chorus master for the Townsend Opera Players production, The Magic Flute, and was the guest conductor for the 18th annual Habitat for Humanity Concert. He has also worked with Dr. Afonso as assistant conductor of CSU Stanislaus Concert Chorale. During the summers of 2008 and 2009, he worked with Dr. Elizabeth Waterbury as assistant conductor at the Shasta Vocal Institute in Redding, CA. Recently, he worked as the music director for Beyer High School's spring production of Hello Dolly, and the Expressions Summer Theatre production of Annie Jr. In addition to his conducting experience, Yohan has 14 years of experience playing classical, acoustic, electric, and bass guitar for various venues, including worship teams at different churches, and performing for concerts and weddings. He has spent the last 8 years teaching guitar throughout northern California. Partan has taught voice lessons to students in his own studio and has coached students in high schools and professional institutions.
E-mail:partan@usc.edu
www.yohanpartan.com
PartanStudios.com
I've been a composer and pianist for twenty years, starting with the Royal Conservatory Program in Vancouver, B.C., where I was born. Since then I have lived studying music in Reno, NV; New Orleans, LA; Paris, France; New York, NY and now beautiful Burbank, CA. I knew from an early age that I wanted to be a pianist and composer - after earning my Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Music Business from Loyola University New Orleans, I moved to New York to study film scoring and composition at NYU. I earned my Master of Arts in 2006, and also got a chance in the summer between my two postgraduate years to study piano and composition in Paris at L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. Coming to LA was the next logical choice and I'm now focused on having a dual career as a composer of film and concert music. I also teach piano and I really enjoy my work as accompanist for Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, especially playing with the choir and working with the immensely talented Yohan Partan. Please check out my music and read some more about me at http://www.christycarew.com.
