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Muusic at Noon Free Concert - 11/8/24, Jia-mo Chen, cellist; John Cozza, pianist at the Davis UU!
Jia-mo Chen holds a BM degree from CSU, Sacramento and a MM degree from San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has performed in many concerts as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player in different venues throughout North America and Europe. He was a regular member of Civic Orchestra of Chicago with which he played under conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Bernard Haitink, and Riccardo Muti. Right now he is a member of the Sacramento Choral Society Orchestra.
John Cozza is in demand throughout California as teacher, coach/accompanist, chamber musician, adjudicator and clinician. He has been the Staff Accompanist
at Sacramento State University since 2004, and took over as Music Director and Pianist/Organist at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Carmichael in January of
2018. Collaborating with singers and instrumentalists throughout the United States, Dr. Cozza’s international engagements have included performances as soloist,
accompanist and chamber musician in such European cities as Vienna, Bologna, Milan, Cologne, and Budapest.
Dr. Cozza holds a DM degree in piano performance, vocal accompanying and chamber music from Northwestern University. He earned his Bachelor's and
Master's degrees at USC, where he was named Valedictorian of the School of Music. He originally attended Vienna’s prestigious Hochschule für Musik as a
Rotary Foundation Scholar in 1986-87, then returned for further study from 1988-1991 when he received the coveted Diplom in both Piano Performance and
Chamber Music.
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