Boston-based pianist April Sun enjoys a multi-faceted musical life as a performer, educator, and arts organizer who values curiosity, sincerity, and fun in her work/play. She relishes making music on keyboards of all kinds and has performs with all kinds of chamber ensembles, which have included The Meadowlark Trio, Phoenix Chamber Orchestra, Arpeggione Ensemble, Newton Baroque, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, and A Far Cry. April has also served as Co-Executive Director of Music for Food, Artist in Residence in Judson Park's Intergenerational Living Program, piano and chamber music faculty member at Brookline Music School, staff pianist at New England Conservatory, Boston University, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and minister of music at First Church Somerville.
April holds a doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received the Bennett Levine Chamber Music Award. Concurrent with her time at CIM, she studied fortepiano in Case Western Reserve University's Historical Performance Practice Program. Her many incredible mentors have included Daniel Shapiro, Anita Pontremoli, Paul Barnes, Kim Kashkashian, Peter Salaff, Hyeyung Yoon, Francesca Brittan, and Susan McClary. She has spent summers at Centre D'Arts Orford, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Avaloch Farm Music Residency, Caroga Lake Music Festival, and Valley of the Moon Music Festival.
April was born in Montana and kept moving east before settling in Massachusetts where she is surrounded by people and other animals she adores. Away from the piano, she fills her time with stories, bikes, strong beverages, and hikes.