Our People

Julia Chin  (Founder and Artistic Director)                                                    

Julia is a young violinist who enjoys "making music" with her friends.  Julia co-founded Play It For Good with the goal of combining performance opportunities with the ability to raise funds for good causes. Julia studied the violin with Dr. Ann Setzer at The Juilliard School and is a computer science major at Stanford University. Since her first "Play It For Mia" benefit concert, she has enjoyed organizing, performing, and raising funds for education, music programs, health care and other worthy causes. Julia has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kimmel Center as the winner of various competitions.  

Yonitte Ryger (Founder)

Yonitte began soloing with orchestras at age eight and entered The Juilliard School a year later, where she studied with Margaret Pardee and Lewis Kaplan.  During her time at Juilliard, she served as concertmistress and won the Juilliard Concert Competition.  A third-generation Juilliard-trained musician, she has performed in Lincoln Center and other major concert halls as soloist, chamber musician, and concertmistress. 

Yonitte adores working with children of all ages and has a large private class of young musicians. Due to her interest in education and how to improve our ability to learn, Yonitte studied psychology at Columbia University and has worked with autistic children as well as gifted - and no-less-gifted children labeled as "learning disabled."    

Rose Chin  (Founder and Director)                                                    

Rose Wang Chin helped conceptualize the idea behind Play It For Good and is a proponent of volunteerism, education, health care, and the arts.  Rose holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS degree in Computer Science and Economics from Smith College.  Rose's career focused on corporate finance and FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)  at Fortune 100 companies before gravitating towards non-profits, health care, and education.  

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Carlton Chin  (Director)          

Having watched too much television and sports as a child, Carlton's values were shaped by shows like the Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island - as well as sports heroes who exhibited good character whether winning OR losing.  Carlton holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees from MIT and serves as an investment officer at a pension fund.