2025 Adjudicators

Woosol Cho is a much in demand orchestral and chamber musician, as well as a sought after educator. In addition to her private teaching, Woosol has taught and coached chamber music at OrKidstra in Ottawa, Sistema Toronto, the Preparatory Program at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and has been a recurring adjudicator at the prestigious Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in Hong Kong.

As a performer, she has played with numerous ensembles including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, and as guest Principal Viola with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Woosol formerly held the position of Principal Viola with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra where she appeared as a featured soloist performing Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher concerto for Viola and Orchestra. She has appeared in a variety of festivals such as the Ottawa Chamberfest, the Luminato Festival, the Stratford Festival, the Westben Festival, and the Lanaudière Festival. Miss Cho has also been broadcast across Times Square in New York City while performing on Good Morning America and has been featured on the Grammy Award's digital series 'Positive Vibes Only.'

Woosol received her Masters Degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and her prominent teachers have included Teng Li, James Dunham, and Rennie Regehr.