Ring in the holidays with a special pipe organ recital featuring organist and Curtis Institute Fellow Isza Wu, who will perform a selection of classical pieces and hymns. The program will include an audience sing-along for those who wish to participate.
Isabella Isza Wu is an organist and pianist currently residing in Washington, DC. She most recently graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music with a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance, where she was organ scholar at St. Clement's Church and an Assistant Organist at the Wanamaker Organ, under the direction of Peter Richard Conte.
Classically trained from the age of 5, Isabella made her orchestral debut at the age of 12 with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Now an extensive collaborator and performer, Isabella has worked with several composers, conductors, and instrumentalists as both organist and pianist. Recent appearances include performances at Boardwalk Hall, Ocean Grove Auditorium, Longwood Gardens, Overture Hall (WI), Princeton University, and Yale University, as well as summer appearances at the Brevard Music Festival with JoAnn Falletta (Saint-Saen’s Organ Symphony), Amherst Early Music Festival, the Organ Historical Society, and Academia Internacional de Órgano en Castilla.
An extremely versatile musician, Isabella draws upon a diverse musical background, including from additional studies in harpsichord, improvisation, conducting, violin, voice, and percussion. She has led and taught many music education programs, including a music course for patients with Alzheimer's and their caregivers at the Penn Memory Center through University of Pennsylvania. She has also taught and interned at other award-winning educational programs, including the People's Music School (Chicago), Northwestern Academy of Music and Special Education, and Madison Symphony Orchestra.
Isabella is originally from Madison, WI, and received her Bachelor’s Degrees in Piano Performance and Communication Studies from Northwestern University. Her mentors include Alan Morrison, Leon Schelhase, Jeffrey Brillhart, Mary Javian, and Eric Budzynski.