Soon Hee Newbold

Soon Hee Newbold
Born	Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	film producer, director, actress, screenwriter, composer, musician
Spouse(s)	Erin Michael Rettig

Soon Hee Newbold is an American composer, conductor, musician, and actress.

Newbold was adopted as an infant and grew up in Frederick, Maryland with two sisters. She began playing piano at age five and violin at age seven winning prestigious competitions and performing as a concert artist at an early age. As a soloist and in professional orchestras throughout the world, Newbold appeared in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Disney World, Aspen Music Festival and School, and Tanglewood and in many countries throughout the world.

Newbold attended Frederick High School where her interests included science, languages, and drama. She studied German, French, and Russian and completed an internship in AIDS and Cancer research at the National Institutes of Health in Fort Detrick, Maryland under Dr. David Derse. Newbold received her Bachelor of Music degree from James Madison University where she concentrated on film scoring, orchestration, and audio production. During college, she also performed in professional symphonies in Virginia, Maryland, and New York and was the winner twice of the JMU School of Music Concerto Competition performing Violin Concerto (Khachaturian) her Freshman year and Tzigane by Ravel as a Senior.

...
Wikipedia