From 1996 through June 2003, Cha-Pyo served as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Riverside Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in New York City.
In 1999, Cha-Pyo worked with the Asian Youth Orchestra in Hong Kong, as the rehearsal conductor and assistant to Sergiu Comissiona.
Cha-Pyo was the Music Director and Conductor of the Empire State Youth Orchestra in Albany, New York from September 2002 to June 2018.
[1] Cha-Pyo was named Artistic Director Designate of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts and Conductor of the New Jersey Youth Symphony starting July 2018.
[2] She served as the Adjunct Professor of Orchestral Studies and Conductor of the Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra (NJ) in 2019.