Biography – Chaerin Kim

A multi-instrumentalist and one of the few people in the world who you can see performing as a soloist with two instruments on the same stage as an orchestra, internationally acclaimed harpist, pianist, composer, conductor, and professor Dr. Chaerin Kim is the winner of 13 national and international competitions in America, England, Russia, and Korea. Dr. Kim is invited to be the Voting Member of the Recording Academy who determines the winners and nominees for the Grammy Awards, and she has been a judge 115 times at 49 international competitions in the US, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Canada, Italy, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Hungary, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Spain, Japan, and Australia.

She plays 10 instruments: piano, harp, violin, viola, cello, harpsichord, accordion, guitar, ukulele, and drums. She was the winner of the Special Prize of Best Performance of Russian Music at the International Harp Competition in Russia; winner of the Future Classic Women Award from the London Radio Station as a harpist and a composer; the CFA Award and Department Honor Award from Boston University; the Garrett Award, Foundation Award, and Julia Leney Harp Prize in London; a three-time winner of Soloist Competitions at Ewha University, Kaywon School for the Arts, and Boston University; the Bronze Medalist for Solo Piano at the Walgan Music Competition; and winner of the Grand Prize from the Korean Students Newspaper. Most recently, she was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2024. Associateship is awarded to alumni of the Academy who have distinguished themselves in the music profession and made a significant contribution in their particular field.

She has been featured as a soloist on both harp and piano, some of her performances include: the Korean Premiere of Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with the Seongnam Philharmonic as a Guest Soloist of the International Music Festival broadcast live in Korea, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Debussy’s Danses for Harp, Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto with UMB Orchestra; Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Boston Chamber Orchestra; Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with BU Symphony Orchestra; Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro and Debussy’s Danses with Yonsei Sinfonietta; and Pierné’s Harp Concerto with EU Orchestra. Dr. Kim has performed in the Boston Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall – Isaac Stern Auditorium, London Duke’s Hall, Sejong Center, Seouol Arts Center Concert Hall, Jordan Hall, Youngsan Art Hall, Salvi Music London, and many other major halls. Her harp performance has been used for the British movie Kaleidoscope, (main actor Toby Jones), which was the winner of Best Performance at the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

As a composer, her composition, Rendezvous, has 100 versions, including versions for orchestra, harp, piano, and voice, with lyrics written by her and translated into 80 different languages. The orchestral version of Rendezvous had its World Premiere in Boston, and its South American Premiere by National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela. She conducted the European Premiere of own composition, Rendezvous, with the Festival Orchestra in Estonia. To date, she has released 146 songs (7 Albums and 91 Singles), two pieces via Albany Records, and her music has aired on the radio stations in US and UK. Most recently, she was nominated for and awarded a Future Classic Women Award through the London Radio Station, where she has been interviewed twice. She has also been interviewed 7 times by WCPE Radio, twice with WGTE Public Media Radio in the US, WGCU Public Media in Florida, and Royal Holloway Radio in the UK.

Dr. Kim holds 4 degrees from 4 universities, and 16 certificates from 7 universities. Her musical studies began when she was six years old. She majored in piano at Yewon Music Middle School, while also beginning studies in cello and voice. After Yewon, she went on to attend Kaywon High School of Arts, where she continued to major in piano. In her last year, at the age of eighteen, she also started lessons on harp, and six months later won the Soloist Audition for Harp. She received her B.A. with Highest Honors from Ewha University in Seoul – then, while pursuing her master’s degree at Ewha, she was offered a scholarship for a Post Graduate Diploma in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she graduated with distinction. She received her M.M. from Yale University. She was invited to the Artist’s Diploma program at Yale and Graduate Diploma Program at the New England Conservatory – however, she decided to pursue her doctorate at Boston University, where she was offered a full scholarship. She was the “quickest recipient of a Doctorate” in BU Music School’s history, completing it in three and a half years with Summa cum laude.

As a judge and jurist, Dr. Kim was the artistic director of the USA International Music Competition in 2010, and between 2021 and 2030, she is scheduled to judge 115 times at 49 international competitions for a multitude of categories, including harp, piano, all instruments, composition, and singers. She has also been the chair of harp judges at Global Musical Arts Competition in California.

The competitions Dr. Kim has judged are: Grammy Awards, World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, Stockholm International Music Competition in Sweden, European Classical Music Awards – Classical Music Artists Award in the UK, Manchester International Music Competition in the UK, Wiener International Music Competition in Austria, Music International Grand Prix in New York, Liszt International Music Competition in Italy, Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition in Austria, Erik Satie International Music Competition in UK, Max Bruch International Music Competition in UK, Couperin International Music Competition in UK, Hampton Roads Harp Festival and Competition in Virginia, King’s Peak International Music Competition in California, World Vision Music Contest in Germany, InterContinental Music Awards in the US, Amigdala International Music Competition in Italy, Boston International Music Competition in the US, Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition in Canada, International Music Competition in Serbia, World Online Music Competitions Federation in London, Charleston International Music Competition in San Francisco, Music Modern in Ukraine, Global Genius Music Competition in the UK, Global Musical Arts Competition in California, Best Classical Musicians Awards in London, Royal Sound Music Competition in Canada, Savshinsky Competition in Russia, Scandinavian International Instrumental Music Competition in Finland, Rocky Mountain Music Competition in Canada, Unsigned Only Music Competition in Tennessee, Lebrun Music Competition in UK, Berlioz Music Competition in UK, Rising Star International Arts Competition in Indiana, International Strings & Chamber Music Competition in Romania, Musical South Palmyra in Ukraine, London Young Musician competition in UK, International Youth Music Competition in Atlanta, Danubia International Music Competition in Hungary and Italy, Basel International Music Competition in Switzerland and Japan, Music and Stars Awards in Spain, Melbourne International Piano and Strings Competition in Australia, and JSFest International Instrumental Music Competition in Finland.

Dr. Kim was a full-time music faculty member at Eastern Nazarene College, where she taught piano, harp, music theory, and music history classes. She was also the former Head of the Harp Department at Adagio Music Academy, Harp Department Chair at South Shore Conservatory, an artistic director of the USA International Music Competition, and piano faculty at Shepherd’s Heart School of Music in Florida. In 2009, she was an Artist Collaborator with project STEP – a program created by Boston Symphony Orchestra to provide opportunities to underrepresented students in the classical music profession. During her time as a graduate student, she was a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate harp students at Boston University and Yale University. Currently, she is an orchestra conductor in residence in Estonia, harp and piano faculty at InterHarmony Festival in Italy, an artist and masterclass leader with the TTF Entertainment Company in Korea and China, and music faculty for piano and harp at University of Massachusetts Boston, and Schlossakademie in Germany. She is also an instructor for both instruments through the Office of Arts at Harvard University.

Dr. Kim’s upcoming projects in 2025 include conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela in a world premiere concert while performing as a soloist, playing 2 instruments. In Feb, she is invited to the 67th Grammy Awards Ceremony as a voting member. In March, she is invited to be a judge and lecturer of the Hampton Road Harp Festival and Competition. During Summer, she is invited to be a conductor of the Tallin Philharmonic -the festival orchestra at the International Music Festival in Estonia, in addition to holding a piano and harp faculty position. Her orchestra composition RendezvousHarp Version is invited to have its World Premiere this July in Estonia, and she will be in Italy this summer for the InterHarmony Festival as a harp and piano faculty. Also, she is composing a harp ensemble music to be premiered in Texas. Her music is plan to be aired in WLRH Huntsville Public Radio, and Texas Public Radio where she is also invited to have an interview at a live show “Classical Connections”.

International Competition Judging

Voting Member of the Recording Academy who determines the winners and nominees for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, US | 2024 – 2034
World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, US, for All Instrumentalists and Singers | 2024
World Classical Music Awards (WCMA) in UK, for All Instruments, Composition, and Singers | 2024
Bach International Music Competition in UK, for All Instruments, Composition, and Singers | 2024
World Grand Prix International Music Contest in UK, for All Instruments, Composition, and Singers | 2024
World Melodia Championship in UK, for All Instruments, Composition, and Singers | 2024
Max Bruch International Music Competition in UK, All Instruments & Composition | 2025
Couperin International Music Competition in UK, All Instruments & Composition | 2025
Universal Stars Music Competition in UK, for All Instruments, Composition, and Singers | 2024
Hampton Roads Harp Festival and Competition in Virginia, for Harp | 2025
Lebrun Music Competition in UK, for All Instruments | 2024
Berlioz Music Competition in UK, for All Instruments | 2024
International Youth Music Competition, United States, Harp, Composition & Grand Final | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, invited for 2026, 2027, and 2028
Unsigned Only Music Competition, United States, Finalists – Instrumentalists & Christian Music | 2023, 2024, 2025, invited for 2026, 2027, and 2028
Charleston International Music Competition, United States, All Instruments | 2023, 2024, 2025
Boston International Music Competition, United States, Harp | 2024, 2025, invited for 2026, and 2027
Global Musical Arts Competition, United States, Harp Judges Chair | 2023, 2024
International Strings & Chamber Music Competition, Romania, Harp | 2023, 2024
Music International Grand Prix, United States, Piano, Harp & Strings | 2021, 2022, 2023
Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition, Austria, All Instruments, Composition & Singers | 2022, 2023, 2024
Music Modern, Ukraine, Piano & Harp | 2021, 2022, 2023
King’s Peak International Music Competition, United States, Piano, Harp, Xylophone & Harpsichord | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
World Vision Music Contest, Germany, Piano & Harp | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Musical South Palmyra, Ukraine, Piano & Harp | 2021, 2022, 2023
Rocky Mountain Music Competition, Canada, Harp | 2022, 2023, 2024
Royal Sound Music Competition, Canada, Harp | 2022, 2023, 2024
Stockholm International Music Competition, Sweden, Harp & Piano | 2022, 2023, 2024
Music & Stars Awards, Spain, Harp | 2023, 2024
InterContinental Music Awards, United States, Piano, Strings & Soundtrack | 2023, 2024
Savshinsky Competition, Russia, Harp | 2023, 2024
World Online Music Competitions Federation, United Kingdom, All Instruments & Composition | 2023, 2024, 2025, invited for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030
Erik Satie International Music Competition, United Kingdom, All Instruments, Composition, and Singers | 2024
Danubia International Music Competition, Hungary, All Instruments | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
JSFest International Instrumental Music Competition, Finland, Piano & Harp | 2021, 2022, 2023
London Young Musician Competition, United Kingdom, All Instruments, Composition & Singers | 2023
European Classical Music Awards – Classical Music Artists Award, United Kingdom, All Instruments & Composition | 2023
Liszt International Music Competition, Italy, Harp & Piano | 2023
Manchester International Music Competition, United Kingdom, All Instruments & Composition | 2023
Scandinavian International Instrumental Music Competition, Finland, Harp | 2023
Rising Star International Arts Competition, United States, Piano | 2023
Wiener International Music Competition, Austria, Piano & Harp | 2023
Best Classical Musicians Awards, United Kingdom, All Instruments & Composition | 2023
Global Genius Music Competition, United Kingdom, All Instruments & Composition | 2023
Amigdala International Music Competition, Italy, Harp | 2023
Basel International Music Competition, Switzerland & Japan, Harp | 2023, 2024
International Music Competition, Serbia, Harp & Grand Final | 2021, 2022
Melbourne International Piano and Strings Competition, Australia, Harp & Piano | 2022
Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition, Canada, All Instruments | 2021
United States International Music Competition, United States, Artistic Director | 2010

Teaching and Artist Positions

Piano and Harp Faculty, InterHarmony Music Festival in Millan, Italy | July 2025
Elected as an Associate (ARAM) , Royal Academy of Music in London, UK | February 2024 – Present
Conductor in Residence, International Music Festival in Tallin, Estonia | 2024- Present
Piano and Harp Faculty, International Music Festival in Tallin, Estonia | July-Aug 2024
Piano and Harp Faculty, International Music Festival in Bucharest, Romania | July 2024
Piano Faculty, Shepard’s Heart School of Music, Florida | 2023
Piano & Harp Faculty, Schlossakademie, Germany | January 2021 – Present
Artist at TTF Entertainment Company in Korea and China | Dec 2020 – Present
Piano Faculty, University of Massachusetts Boston | January 2014 – Present
Harp Faculty, University of Massachusetts Boston | January 2012 – Present
Full-time Faculty: Music History, Music Theory, Harp & Piano Faculty, Eastern Nazarene College, Massachusetts | January 2012 – August 2018
Orchestra and Choir Conductor, Composition, Piano & Harp Teacher, Artist-in-Residence at Beechwood Knoll Elementary School, Massachusetts | 2011 – 2013
Harp and Piano Instructor through the Office of Arts at Harvard University | Sep 2010 – Present
Artistic Director of the USA International Music Competition | Sep 2009- Sep 2010
Harp Department Chair, South Shore Conservatory, Massachusetts | 2009 – 2013
Harp Faculty, Youth & Muse International Music Festival, Massachusetts | August 2012
Executive director, New Star Community Art School, Massachusetts | 2010 – 2013
Educational Consultant, Musical Journey II | 2009 – 2010
Artist Collaborator, projectSTEP, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts | 2009
Head of Harp Department, Piano Faculty, Adagio Music Academy, Massachusetts | 2009
Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Massachusetts | 2008
Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Connecticut | 2005

Awards and Prizes

Associate (ARAM), Royal Academy of Music in London, UK | 2024
Winner, Future Classic Women Awards, London Radio Station, United Kingdom | 2020
Winner, Soloist Competition, Boston University, United States | 2008
Recipient, Department Honor Award, Boston University, United States | 2008
Winner, Best Performance in Russian Music, International Harp Competition, Russia | 2005
Recipient of the CFA Award, Boston, U.S.A | 2005
Winner, M.A. Garrett Award, United Kingdom | 2003
Winner, Foundation Award, United Kingdom | 2002
Winner, Julia Leney Harp Prize, United Kingdom | 2002
Winner, Soloist Competition, Ewha University, Korea | 1998
Winner, Soloist Competition at Kaywon High School, Korea | 1996
Grand Prize Winner, Korean Student’s Newspaper Music Competition as a Solo Pianist, Korea | 1989
Bronze Medalist, Walgan Music Competition as a Solo Pianist, Korea | 1987

Education – 4 Degrees

Boston University, USA – DMA in Harp Performance, with Department Honor Award, Full Scholarship Recipient with the CFA Award; Minor in Piano – graduated with Summa cum laude; “Quickest recipient of doctorate in BU School of Music history” | September 2005- January 2009
Yale University, USA – M.M. in Harp Performance | 2003-2005
Royal Academy of Music in London, England – Post Graduate Diploma in Performance – graduated with Distinction; Awarded scholarship for two years | 2001-2003
Ewha University, Korea – M.M. in Harp Performance | 2001
Ewha University, Korea – B.A. in Harp Performance – graduated with “Highest Honors” | 1997-2001
Kaywon High School of Music, Korea – Major in Piano & Harp | 1994-1997
Yewon Middle School of Music, Korea – Major in Piano | 1991-1994

Education – 16 Certificates

University of Cambridge, UK – Learning and Memory in the Brain | 2024 View
University of Cambridge, UK – The Neuropsychology of Decision Making | 2024 View
Harvard University, USA – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and the 19th Century Orchestra | 2024 View
Harvard University, USA – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century | 2024 View
Harvard University, USA – Remote Work Revolution for Everyone | 2024 View
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA – World Music: Global Rhythms | 2024 View
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA – World Music: Balinese Rhythms | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Copyright Law in the Music Business | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Music For Wellness: An Integrative Approach | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Creativity & Entrepreneurship | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Building Your Career in Music: Developing a Brand and Funding | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Introduction to the Music Business | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Music Business: Industry Essentials | 2024 View
The University of Adelaide, Australia – Music Technology Foundations | 2024 View
University of California, USA – Nutrition and Healthy Living | 2024 View
Standford University, USA – The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism | 2024 View
Shepherd’s Heart School of Music, Florida, USA – Accordion and Drum | 2022-2023

Public Media

WHQR Public Media- Aired a piece, premiered by her, North Carolina | January 8, 2025
WHQR Public Media- Aired a piece written for Dr. Kim, premiered by her, North Carolina | Nov 21, 2024
WGTE Public Media- Interview with Dr. Chaerin Kim: Rendezvous in Performance, Ohio | Nov 11, 2024
WGCU Public Media- Interview: Three Song Stories, Florida | May, 31, 2024
Royal Holloway Radio- Interview with Dr. Chaerin Kim, UK, | April 10, 2024
WGTE Public Media- Dr. Chaerin Kim: Rendezvous , Ohio | March 30, 2024
WCPE Radio- The Classical Station Interview, North Carolina | January 20, 2021
London Radio – Interview with Dr. Kim / Winner of the “Future Classic Women Awards” | September 28, 2020
London Radio – Interview with Dr. Kim / Nominated Finalist for the “Future Classic Women Awards”| May 18, 2020

Solo Performances with Orchestra

World Premiere of own composition, Rendezvous Harp and Orchestra, Soloist and Conducting the Festival Orchestra in Estonia | 2025
European Premiere of own composition, Rendezvous, Conducting the Festival Orchestra in Estonia | 2024
Venezuela Premiere of own composition, Rendezvous, with National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela | 2023
World Premiere of own composition, Rendezvous, with University of Massachusetts Boston Chamber Orchestra | 2018
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with University of Massachusetts Boston Chamber Orchestra | 2018
Claude Debussy’s Danses with University of Massachusetts Boston Orchestra | 2014
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Boston Chamber Soloists | 2014
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto with University of Massachusetts Boston Orchestra | 2012
Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with Boston University Symphony Orchestra, as winner of the Soloist Competition | 2008
Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with Seongnam Philharmonic, as Guest Soloist of the International Music Festival in Korea, broadcast live in Korea | 2007
Maurice Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro with Yonsei Sinfonietta, as Guest Soloist | 2000
Claude Debussy’s Danses with Yonsei Sinfonietta, as Guest Soloist | 2000
Gabriel Pierné’s Harp Concerto with Ewha University Orchestra, as winner of the Soloist Competition | 1998

Solo Performances

Albert Zabel’s Marguerite douloureuse au rouet for the British film Kaleidoscope, film won Best Performance at the Edinburgh International Film Festival | 2017
World Premiere of her own composition “Rendezvous Piano Version”, Boston, Massachusetts | 2017
World Premiere of “And David took an harp,” written for Chaerin Kim, Boston, Massachusetts | 2016
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah on Harpsichord, Quincy, Massachusetts | 2013
World Premiere of People Town, composed by Michael Maganuco, Boston, Massachusetts | 2008
Concert Hall, Boston University | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
World Premiere, Fairy Tale Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, written for Chaerin Kim by Ivana Lisak, Boston, Massachusetts | 2007
Live Performances on Radio & TV, Seoul, Korea | 2007
Three Chamber Concert Performances at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts | 2006
Harkness Hall & Sprague Hall, Yale University | 2004, 2005
Live Performances on Radio & TV, Moscow, Russia | 2005
Lexington, Massachusetts | 2005
Harp Ensemble & Harp Duo on Wales National TV, United Kingdom | 2003
Salvi Concert, London, United Kingdom | 2002, 2003
Royal Academy of Music, London, England | 2003
Chosun Newspaper Young Musician Concert, Korea | 2001
Ewha University, Seoul, Korea | 2001
Seoul Baroque Music Course, Seoul, Korea | 2000
Seoul Art Hall, Seoul, Korea | 2000
Duet with Teacher in Young-san Art Hall, Seoul, Korea | 1999
Department’s Honorable Student Concert, Ewha University, Seoul, Korea | 1997
Spring Concert, featured as Best Performer of the Year, Kaywon High School, Seongnam, Korea | 1996
Final Concert of Susann McDonald Music Course, Villars, Switzerland | 1995
Solo Pianist, Korea Young Musician Festival, Seoul, Korea | 1990

Masterclass Speaker / Guest Faculty

Guest Lecturer, Hampton Roads Harp Festival, Virginia | 2025
Piano and Harp Faculty, International Music Festival in Tallinn, Estonia | 2024
Piano and Harp Faculty, International Music Festival in Bucharest, Romania | 2024
Visiting Piano Professor, Madras Music College, India | 2019
Piano & Harp Masterclass, KM Music College, India | 2019
Piano Masterclass, Strings Music Academy, India | 2019
Piano Masterclass, Loyola College, India | 2018
Piano Masterclass, University of Massachusetts Boston | 2017
Harp Masterclass, Eastern Nazarene College, Massachusetts | 2011
Artist-in-Residence, Quincy Public Schools, Massachusetts | 2011

Music Festivals

Harp and Piano Faculty, InterHarmony Festival, Millan, Italy | 2025
Hampton Road Harp Festival, Virginia, US | 2025
Conductor, Piano and Harp Faculty, International Music Festival, Tallin, Estonia | 2024 – Present
Piano and Harp Faculty, International Music Festival in Bucharest, Romania | 2024
Soloist and Composer, New Music Festival, Nebraska, US | 2024
Soloist, Korean International Music Festival, Seoul, Korea | 2007
Fellow, Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts | 2006
World Harp Congress, Dublin, Ireland | 2005
Soloist and Fellow, Seoul Baroque Music Course, Seoul, Korea | 2000
Soloist, Summer Harp Festival, Switzerland | 1995
Soloist, Korean Young Musician Festival, Seoul, Korea | 1990

Principal Harpist Orchestral

Boston Cantata Singers, Boston, Massachusetts | 2007 – 2010
Waltham Symphony, Waltham, Massachusetts | 2009
Boston University Symphony, Boston, Massachusetts | 2005 – 2008
Boston College Symphony, Boston, Massachusetts | 2008
Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts | 2006 – 2007
Boston University Symphony at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York | 2006
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, maestro James Levine, Lenox, Massachusetts | 2005
Yale Philharmonic, maestro Shin Ik Ham, New Haven, Connecticut | 2003 – 2005
Russian Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York | 2004
Royal Academy of Music Philharmonic, London, United Kingdom | 2001 – 2003
Ewha University Symphony, maestro Taek Ju Lee, Seoul, Korea | 1997 – 2000
Korean Broadcasting System National Symphony Orchestra, Seoul, Korea | 1998 – 1999
Seoul Youth Symphony Orchestra, Seoul, Korea | 1998

Conducting

Guest Conductor, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela, world premiere concert while performing as a soloist, playing two instruments | 2024
Conductor of the Orchestra, International Music Festival in Tallin, Estonia | 2024
Conductor and Artist-in-Residence, Silversounds Orchestra and Choir, Beechwood Knoll School, Quincy, Massachusetts | 2011
Choir Conductor, Quincy Presbyterian Church, Quincy, Massachusetts | 2011
Conductor, Yewon Art Middle School Choir | 1994

Piano Accompanist

Accompanist for choir concerts and students’ juries, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts | 2014 – 2019
Pianist, New Haven Korean Church, Hamden, Connecticut | 2003 – 2005
Pianist, Korean Chang Jo Church, Seoul, Korea | 1996 – 2001

Voice

First Soprano, Florida First Baptist Church Choir, Kissimmee, Florida | 2020 – 2023
Sang Rendezvous in 80 languages | 2013 – 2018
Alto, Korean Church of Boston Choir, Boston, Massachusetts | 2006 – 2010
First Soprano, Yale Glee Club, New Haven, Connecticut | 2003 – 2005

Compositions

Rendezvous, written in multiple instrumentations, including orchestra, harp, piano, and voice – in 80 languages | 2013
The Fireworks, written for solo piano | 2006
The Variation, written for solo piano | 2005

Arrangements

Giovanni Battista Pescetti’s Sonata in C minor, for flute & harp | 2007

Recordings

146 Songs were released – 7 Albums with 55 songs, and 91 Singles
7 albums and 91 singles
- Blessed Assurance | May 26, 2020
- Felicity | January 1, 2020
- Touching a Raindrop | July 19, 2017
- Mellifluous | May 8, 2015
- Rendezvous: Instrumental Collection | May 8, 2013
- A Dedicated Poem | February 2, 2010
- 11-Year-Old Plays the Piano | May 5, 1990
- 91 Singles | 2002 – 2020

Blessed Assurance (May 26, 2020)
Youtube | Spotify | Youtube Music | Apple Music

1. Blessed Assurance
2. All the Way My Savior Leads Me
3. I Surrender All
4. Amazing Grace
5. Jesus My Lord to Thee I Cry
6. I Know Whom I Have Believed
7. I have Decided to Follow Jesus
8. The Trusting Heart to Jesus Clings
9.  Jesus Shed His Blood for Me
10. Jesus Loves Me

Felicity (January 1, 2020)
Youtube | Spotify | Youtube Music | Apple Music

1. I’m Pressing on the Upward Way
2. Go, Carry thy Burden to Jesus
3. Savior! Thy Dying Love
4. Nearer, My God, to Thee
5. There Comes to My Heart One Sweet Strain
6. Under His wings I am safely abiding
7. O Jesus, I have Promised
8. My Jesus, as Thou Wilt
9. There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today
10. There is Power in the Blood

Touching a Raindrop (July 19, 2017)
Youtube | Spotify | Youtube Music | Apple Music

1. Rendezvous Lost
2. Rendezvous JJ
3. Co13
4. Rendezvous Somewhere
5. Rendezvous Run Away
6. Missing You
7. Babo
8. Your Smile
9. Your Flower
10. Hand Writing Letter

Mellifluous (May 8, 2015)
Youtube | Spotify | Youtube Music | Apple Music

1.Rendezvous: Orchestra Version
2. Rendezvous (Piano Version)
3. Rendezvous (Harp Version)
4. Rendezvous (English Version)
5. Rendezvous (Instrumental Version)
6. Jumping With Balloons
7. Sicilienne Variée
8. Waltz No. 5 in A Flat Major, Op.42
9. Sonata No.9 in F Major, Op.10 No.2

Rendezvous: Instrumental Collection (May 8, 2013)
Youtube | Spotify | Youtube Music | Apple Music

1. Rendezvous (Piano Version)
2. Rendezvous (Orchestra Version)
3. Rendezvous (Harp Version)
4. Rendezvous (Karaoke Version)

A Dedicated Poem (February 2, 2010)
Youtube | Spotify | Youtube Music | Apple Music

1. Prelude and Toccata
2. Marguerite Douloureuse Au Rouet Op.26
3. Impromptu
4. Nocturne
5. Rhapsodie
6. Sonata in C Minor, 2nd Mvt.
7. The Lark
8. Partita for Solo Violin No.3 in E Major, BWV 1006: Prelude
9. Reverie
10. Valse Romantique

11-Year-Old Plays the Piano (May 5, 1990)
Youtube | Spotify | Youtube Music

1. Waltz No.5 in A Flat Major, Op.422. L.v.
2. Sonata No.6 in F Major, Op.10 No.2

Singles

May 2020 Singles

(May 25) I Surrender All
(Youtube)

(May 25) All The Way My Savior Leads Me
(Youtube)

(May 20) Blessed Assurance
(Youtube)

2019 Singles

Rendezvous is released in the following languages: Latin, Bengali, Turkish, Vietnamese, Kazakh, Tagalog, Amharic, and Hebrew!

2018 Singles

Rendezvous is released in the following languages: Nepali, Nigerian Pidgin, Kinyarwanda, Ukrainian, Persian Farsi, Greek, Tamil, Ambonese Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, and Thai!

2017 Singles

Rendezvous is released in the following languages: Tigrinya, Taishanese, Japanese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Bulgarian, Albanian, Marathi, Dhivehi, Somali, and Arabic!

(July 7) Rendezvous Run Away
(Youtube)

(July 1) Rendezvous Lost
(Youtube)

(June 3) And David Took an Harp – By Albany Records
(Youtube)

2016 Singles

Rendezvous is released in the following languages: Romanian, Portuguese, Swahili, Montenegrin, Luganda, Kabyle, Malayalam, Urdu, Berber, Finnish, Danish, Slovenian, Bosnian, Catalan, Jamaican Patois, and Georgian!

2015 Singles

Rendezvous is released in the following languages: Hungarian, Zulu, Bahasa Malaysia, Cape Verdean Creole, Dutch, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Croatian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Macedonian, Yoruba, Slovak, and Mandarin Poetic!

(May 5) Rendezvous JJ
(Youtube)

2014 Singles

Rendezvous is released in the following languages: Italian, Igbo, Czech, Hausa, Russian, Punjabi, Swedish, Polish, Lao, Latvian, Burmese, Serbian, Twi, Cantonese, and Mandarin!

(Sep. 9) Rendezvous Somewhere
(Youtube)

2013 Singles

Rendezvous is released in the following languages: English, Hindi, Korean, Spanish, Hindi Grand, and French!

(May 8) Rendezvous – Harp Version
(Youtube)

(May 8) Rendezvous – Piano Version
(Youtube)

(May 1) Soloist on Spin (taken in uncle’s purple’s little car) by David Patterson
(Spotify) (Youtube)

2002 Releases

(Feb. 2) Sicilenne Variée
(Youtube)