Seth Pae

Seth Pae, originally from Cleveland Ohio, has been playing the viola since age 9. He got his start in a public school music program. His first primary teacher was Lembi Veskimets of the Cleveland Orchestra. He studied with Louise Zeitlin and earned his bachelor's degree at Baldwin Wallace University. He completed both a Master's Degree and an Artist Diploma at DePaul University studying with Wei-Ting Quo of the Chicago Symphony, and legendary Chicago violist, Rami Solomonow. Seth was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2015-2018, and has performed with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, and the Lyric Opera Orchestra. He is in his second year performing with the Chicago Sinfonietta as their Project Inclusion Fellow.

Seth is a champion of playing new music. He frequently works with Chicago based composers and premiers new works. It is his mission to perform music by women and people of color as often as possible.

In his free time, Seth is a certified soccer referee, an amateur runner, and plays in various rec sports leagues.