The first Cerritos College Keyboard Studies Program performance will be on Friday, at 11 a.m. in BC-51 by piano instructor Sung Ae Lee, called “Beethoven: Drama, passion and sheet beauty.”

Lee will perform a piano lecture on piano sonata in C minor Op. 13 “Pathetique” and piano sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight,” both by Ludwig van Beethoven.

“(The Music Department) offers great performances every semester. It will be a good opportunity for Cerritos College students,” Lee said.

Lee is known for her strong teaching ability and has helped numerous students who study music in prestigious music schools.

Music major Kyounghee Kim is a student of Lee’s at Cerritos College.

“(Professor) Lee thinks it is important to focus on each student’s individual ability. So we (Lee and I) have private lessons,” Kim said.

Lee’s background in music started when she was 11 years-old.

“The number of years really does not matter to me because I personally think that I was very late at age comparing to other pianists,” Lee said.

She considers her love for piano her passion and life.

“There’s no limit according to piano major but college level minimum six-to-seven years are requirements, but really depends on who you are,” Lee said about becoming a piano major.

She graduated as a cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles where she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Piano Performance.

She completed her doctoral academic degree in music of Doctor of Musical Art with distinction at the University of Southern California in May 2004.

Lee became a Cerritos College faculty member in January 2005.

“I’m so grateful for where I am right now because I have studied so many years for teaching in college. I am grateful that I can be able to share opinions with my students,” Lee said.

Lee enjoys a versatile performing career as recitalist, soloist and chamber musician.

She appeared at numerous venues throughout the United States and performed in various orchestras.