"Possesses an enormous musicality and a prodigious technique" - McNeil Robinson

Dr. Janet Sora Chung is an organist, pianist and violinist in New York City where she is the co-artistic director of the Christopher Street Collegium, an ensemble that vivifies the sacred works of Bach, Buxtehude and Couperin among others. Chung's interpretations of Messiaen and Bach have met with acclaim. She has performed at St. Mary the Virgin, St. Ignatius of Loyola Church, SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center, the University of Scranton, Winspear Centre and Riverside Church.

She earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music, studying with McNeil Robinson and garnering the Bronson Ragan Award for outstanding ability in organ performance.

She loves to arrange pieces for solo organ and for organ and saxophone duo. To expand this repertoire, she and Jay Rattman (saxophone) have commissioned or premiered works by Walter Hilse, Rachel Laurin, James Chirillo and transcribed pieces by Debussy and others. She recently premiered her arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations for the 200th anniversary of St. John's Lutheran Church’s where she serves as Music Director & Organist. In addition, she is Cantor-Organist of the New York Finnish Lutheran Congregation and Director of the Contemporary Ensemble at Holy Trinity Church.

As a teacher, she incorporates learning theory to impart a love of music and share insights from her own teachers, McNeil Robinson, Walter Hilse, Carol Ann Aicher, James Keene, Kenneth Cooper, Marnie Giesbrecht and Jacobus Kloppers.