Joyce Lee, from Reston, Virginia, first began piano lessons at the age of 11. She has since discovered a passion for learning and performing classical music, which has increased her appreciation for the arts as well as instilled in her the values of hard work and perseverance.  In addition to receiving awards at the local and regional level, she was the 2016 Virginia Music Teacher Association State Champion in the Senior Division. She was also invited to perform at the Virginia State Conference and the Young Artist Musicale concert at George Mason University, and attended the VA Residential Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts in 2017. She has greatly enjoyed instructing group piano lessons at a local studio in the past, and hopes to incorporate teaching music into her future as well. Here at UVA, she is a student of John Mayhood and volunteers with a program called Harmonies for Healing through Madison House, in which she plays for the patients at the Transitional Care Hospital.  Joyce feels extremely grateful and honored to be welcomed as a Miller Arts Scholar, and is looking forward to challenging her musical potential through broadening her perspective and understanding of the arts.