Mary Chun

Conductor Mary Chun, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializes in contemporary music. She is the longtime conductor of the contemporary music group Earplay. Chun was born in Pasadena, California, and grew up in Tulare County in the state's Central Valley. Her parents were Chinese immigrants, and she was the only one of her siblings who was born in the U.S. Her family spotted her musical talent and urged her to take piano lessons, which had been unavailable to them in China. Chun earned bachelor's and master's degrees from San Francisco State University, studying piano ...