YungChieh (Jamily) Lee

Violin performance

Education

UCLA

Class of 2028

Violin Performance BM & Music Education BA

The King’s Academy

Class of 2024

High school diploma

Ensembles

California Young Artists Symphony

October 2025–present

Principal second violin

  • Collaborated with Conejo Valley Choral Society; performed Bach’s Mass in B minor
  • Two concert cycles per year featuring Don Juan, Shostakovich 10, and Prokofiev 5

UCLA Philharmonia

September 2024–present

Concertmaster · Assistant concertmaster · Principal second violin · Rotational seating

  • Performed Mahler Symphony No. 6, Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, and Sibelius Symphony No. 2
  • Performed at Walt Disney Hall in March 2025

UCLA Chamber Music

  • Quarterly performances featuring Jean Sibelius’s “Voces Intimae,” Brahms Sextet No. 2, Schubert Quartettsatz, and Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor

Jacob Collier Audience Orchestra

October 2025
  • One of 62 musicians selected to play for Jacob Collier under the baton of Suzie Collier
  • Performed at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco

Gluck Fellowship Duet & Trio

September 2024–2025 · September 2026–present
  • Scholarship program with ten performances and a community event annually

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

September 2021–2024
  • Five concerts per year, including Mothership with Mason Bates and the Christmas concert narrated by Tom Kenny
  • Guest artists: Ray Chen, Gustavo Dudamel, and Esa-Pekka Salonen

Church Worship Team

October 2019–present

Keyboardist & violinist

  • Improvise contemporary Christian music
  • Worked with Emmy Rose from Bethel Music

Summer camps & festivals

Chautauqua Institution Festival

June–August 2025 · June–August 2026

Rotational seating; concertmaster in 2025

  • Seven-week music program with orchestra, chamber music, and private lessons
  • Performed at the Chautauqua Amphitheater with ballet students, opera students, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
  • Studied privately with Almita Vamos and Nurit Pacht

Round Top Festival Institute

June–July 2023
  • Six-week music program with orchestra, chamber music, and masterclasses
  • Performed in eight orchestral concerts; concertmaster for the children’s program
  • Private lessons with Christiano Rodrigues, Regis Pasquier, and Chen Zhou
  • Masterclass with Regis Pasquier

Taipei Music Academy and Festival

August 2022
  • Two-week program consisting of a chamber festival and orchestra tour with world-class musicians and faculty, including principals of the New York Philharmonic
  • Toured Taiwan’s three biggest concert venues under Maestro Kent Nagano
  • Studied with Qian Qian Li, Frank Huang, and Cho-Liang Lin
  • Participated in an orchestra mock audition

Sounding Point Academy — The Colburn School

June 2022
  • Two-week violin camp founded by Robert Lipsett and Fabiola Kim
  • Attended excerpt, violin history, and masterclasses alongside Colburn students and guest artist Christian Li
  • Studied with Fabiola Kim and Aubree Oliverson

Teachers & masterclasses

Private lessons

Varty Manouelian & Movses PogossianSeptember 2024–present
David ChernyavskyMarch 2021–July 2024
Felix KuoMarch 2020–March 2021

Masterclasses

Regis Pasquier
Midori
Richard Lin
Martin Beaver

Competitions & awards

U.S. Open Music Competition

February 2023

Gold medalist in the final round

Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition

December 2022

First prize

Work

Elemental Music

October 2025–June 2026

Teaching Fellow

  • Attended weekly rehearsals to assist with the string orchestra for third- to fifth-grade students
  • Received mentorship in string pedagogy and student management

Private Lessons Teacher

November 2021–present
  • Teach beginner and intermediate students violin and piano
  • Help younger students with note reading, basic rhythms, singing notes, and how to hold the violin and bow
  • Teach intermediate students intonation, clarity, articulation, and attention to detail

School’s String Orchestra

August–December 2023

Teacher’s Assistant

  • Conducted and taught the string orchestra, led warm-up exercises, and helped students with intonation, dynamics, section balance, and musical interpretation