The Muckenthaler Cultural Center (Muck) is proud to announce this year's James Young Arts Legacy Award recipient is Dr. Monica Lee.  Join us for an evening to honor Dr. Lee and enjoy her music.

Dr. Lee is the coordinator of piano studies and the Piano Teaching Certificate Program at Fullerton College.  Each semester, the piano program provides service to over 300 students taking beginning piano, piano ensemble, applied piano, jazz piano, and piano pedagogy courses.

Monica Lee received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University in 2001 and Masters in Business Administration from UCI in May 2022.  Prior to her Fullerton College job, Monica taught at Northwestern University and Concordia University in Chicago.  She started giving private piano lessons at the age of sixteen. As a pianist, she performed orchestral and solo pieces in the United States, Korea, and Russia. Monica served as a Catholic Church choir director in the U.S. and in Korea.