.Jihun Cho Doctor of Musical Arts: Piano Performance and Pedagogy ABSTRACT The Doctoral Performance and Research submitted by Jihun Cho, under the direction of Jessic Johnson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Musical Arts consists of the following: I. Written Project: "Cross-Cultural Teaching in Piano Pedagogy from a Korean Perspective" This research is designed to interview both native-speaking Korean graduate student piano teachers who have taught American pre-college students and native speaking American graduate student piano teachers who have taught Korean pre-college students. A primary goal is analyzing information on the process of how the Korean, and American graduate student teachers interact with students and parents in cross-cultural piano pedagogy environments. The overall objective of the project is discovering possible types of communication and instructional approaches that lead to success, and to illuminate relationships between parent, student and teacher within the realm of cross-cultural piano pedagogy. II. Chamber Recital, 5/6/2009, Capitol Lakes Grand Hall Violin Sonata no.5 in F major Op.24-L.V.Beethoven Auf Dem Strom Op.119 D. 943-F.Schubert Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon-F.Poulenc Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos-W.Lutoslawski III. Solo Recital, 4/17/2010, Morphy Hall Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109-L.V.Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58-F.Chopin IV. Lecture-Recital, 3/31/2011, Morphy Hall "Korean Piano Music" An exploration of the life of a Geonyong Lee, and analysis and performance of Geonyong Lee's two works,"Variation on a Korean Peasant Tune for piano (1997)" and "Rhapsody for Violin & Piano (1998)." V. Solo recital 11/12/2011, Morphy Hall Fantasy in C, Op. 17-R. Schumann (1810 -1856) Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor,Op. 31, No. 2- L.V. Beethoven