Nominated as the Best Studio Violin Teacher in 2016 by American String Teachers Association, she maintains her private studio “Hidden Talents” in Melrose. Previously, she taught at Concord Conservatory of Music between 2006-2015, Killington Summer Music Festival and coached at NEC preparatory school’s best “Youth Philharmonic Orchestra” (YPO) and prestigious “Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra” (BPYO). She also judges many youth competitions all around New England. Her students have won several International and National Competitions. Her students have gone on to pursue Music Studies at prestigious institutions such as: Cleveland Conservatory of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Tokyo Arts University and New England Conservatory. She also serves as a Steering Committee at the ASTA CAP. 

 

Yumi firmly believes in cultivating confident, independent, and passionate musicians. Inspired by her mother's unconditional support throughout her life, Yumi strives the same level of devotion towards her students in order to inculcate future independent musical thinkers. During lessons, she serves as a facilitator, while encouraging students to be “decision makers” in their choices of repertoires, and playing methods. She believes autodidacticism to be a very crucial trait in life, as the actual learning takes place in the comfort of a student’s home, after the lesson has ended. Students will have to rely on themselves to be their own teachers. Yumi’s goal, as an instructor, is for her students to be able to express themselves through violin, to become creative, thoughtful musicians, and ultimately musical ambassadors. Yumi feels that the universality of music is unique such that it extends across boundaries, whilst promoting a common theme regardless of one's origins.