Welcome to the Burlingame Music Club
Burlingame Music Club 2025-26 Season
December Meeting and Mini Auction
Monday, December 8, 2025
From 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Welcome our December Professional Artists:
Ensemble di Luce
Jason Kim, piano, Jinny Lee, violin, Stephanie Wu, cello
Trial of Fire and Grace:
Music of Mendelsohn
All members of the Music-Loving Public are Welcome and invited to attend!
Jinny Lee (violin), Jason Kim (piano), Stephanie Wu (cello)
Jason Kim, pianist, a San Diego native now based in the Bay Area, is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he earned both a Master’s Degree and Artist Certificate in Piano Performance under Professors Yoshikazu Nagai and Jon Nakamatsu. He previously studied with Bernadene Blaha (USC), Jon Kimura Parker (Rice University, B.M.), George Fee, and Eunice Ahn. A prizewinner in numerous competitions—including the San Diego Musical Merit Scholarship, MTNA CA State Competition, LA Music Center Spotlight, and the SFCM Piano Concerto Competition—Jason has performed widely in the U.S. and Europe, attending festivals such as Aspen, Brevard, and Rebecca Penneys. With over a decade of teaching experience, he has guided students of all ages and levels in their musical growth.
Jinny Lee, violinist, serves as principal second violin of the Stockton Symphony and performs regularly with Symphony San Jose and the Santa Rosa Symphony. An active chamber musician based in the Bay Area, she is also the founder of Jinny’s Music Studio, a venue dedicated to classical performance and recording. In addition, she leads a thriving violin studio, guiding students of all ages and levels. Originally from South Korea, she studied at Chung-Ang University, earned a full scholarship to Park University’s International School of Music under Ben Sayevich, and later completed the Orchestra Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Symphony Academy. Her artistry continues to be shaped by the mentorship of distinguished musicians, including Catherine Van Hoesen.
Stephanie Wu, cellist, is praised for her “spirited, emotionally immediate” playing (The Washington Post) and “plush, singing tone” (San Francisco Classical Voice). She debuted at 17 with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and has performed chamber music with principals from the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, Philadelphia Orchestra. She is Assistant Principal Cellist of the Berkeley Symphony and teaches cello students of all ages and levels. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard with a BA in Social Studies and Music, she also earned her Master’s at the Royal Northern College of Music and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
Please join us on December 8, 2025
Enjoy fine professional music, and 5 talented student competitors preparing for the BMC
Young Musicians’ Competition held this Spring
Enjoy light refreshments and have fun bidding at our Holiday Mini Auction.
Members of the Public are encouraged to attend to support our students!
Burlingame Music Club Monthly Meetings
Are held on the second Monday of each month, November through May, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
Features performances by student performers
Features a performance by Professional Artist(s)
Our venue is: The Congregational Church of San Mateo, with ample free parking behind the church, accessible from Catalpa St.
Easy ADA access to Kloss Hall. Enter the church building via the ramp from the parking lot, then head straight down the hall to Kloss Hall.
Afterward, enjoy Refreshments together and meet the performing Artists.
Burlingame Music Club Meetings
Congregational Church of San Mateo
Kloss Hall, 2nd Mondays, 1-3 pm
225 Tilton Ave.
San Mateo, CA. 94401
Please tell and bring your friends. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend our meetings to support our student performers, Professional Artists, and enjoy an afternoon of music and friendship together.
Covid vaccinations, boosters, and masks are highly recommended and may be required depending on the current San Mateo County Public Health Department directives.
May ‘25 BMC Competition Winners with BMC Vice President, from left to right - Natalie Burr (honorable mention, piano), Oliver Corro (first place, piano), Peter Parra (second place, piano), Hiroshi Corro (third place, piano), Edna Steele (BMC Vice President), Daniel Wang (first place, strings - cello), Sydney Li-Jenkins (second place, strings - violin), Melissa Lam (third place, strings - cello), Lisa Saito (honorable mention, strings - violin)
BMC 2025 Young Musicians’ Competition Winners Selected!
To view the 2025 winners, please click here.
Our Mission
The major purpose of BMC is to provide competitive performance opportunities in a warm and supportive environment for gifted young musicians.
Our Beginning
The Burlingame Music Club (BMC), was founded March 5, 1930 by local music teachers, and is recognized as a music lover’s gem on the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula.
What We Do
BMC monthly programs showcase performances by student musicians who are in competition for the BMC awards, and performances/demonstrations by guest artists who are typically professionals in their fields. In the Bay Area, we are fortunate to be able to tap into a highly diverse artistic community who expand our horizons and inspire us with performances often drawn from music from other parts of the world and representing a wide array of genres, styles and eras.
Join us every
2nd Monday, November through May
Feb ‘25 BMC meeting student performers with BMC President, from left to right - Josefina Swartz (cello), Karen Matsui (piano), Marcia Leonhardt (BMC President), Minjoon Jo (viola), Aaron Ma (violin)
Become a BMC Member!
Come join our monthly programs of rich performances by young musicians who ultimately compete to be the winners of BMC’s annual student musicians awards.
Membership info here