Composer YOONJEE KIM
 
Yoonjee Kim, a native of South Korea began in music as a pianist, winning numerous awards in her youth. As a composer, her Sonata for B flat Clarinet & Piano, the solo piano work /chu:n/ and her chamber music A Blue Bird and other several works were performed at several SCI (The Society of Composers, Inc.) Student Chapter Concerts at the University of Florida. /chu:n/, her work for solo piano, was also performed at the SCI Nano concert at Georgia State University on February 28th, 2006. Her song cycle Gong Mu Do Ha Ga was selected for the SCI National Student Conference 2006 and performed at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ in October 2006. This work was also invited to the New Music Concert of ACME (Arizona state Contemporary Ensemble) in November 2006. Yoonjee’s composition Hwang Hu was commissioned by the internationally acclaimed Polish String Orchestra R20. This work received its world premiere in Wroclaw, Poland on March 12, 2006. Another commission of her music includes a trio piece Maze of Mirrors for flute, B flat clarinet, and piano for Dr. Esther Lamneck from New York University. Yoonjee was a finalist of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra’s Fresh Ink 2006 competition and her string orchestra work Hwang Hu received its American premiere by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra through this competition in May 2006. Yoonjee was the Compoesr-In-Residence at The Constanta International Music Days in Romania from October 22-28. Her piece gong for string quartet was performed during this festival. Yoonjee has been Hospitality Director for the international electronic music festival FEMF (Florida Electro-acoustic Music Festival) at the University of Florida. Yoonjee received her Bachelor’s in Music Composition at Yeungnam University, South Korea where she studied composition and theory with Prof. Kyu-Young Chin and Prof. Chul-Woo Lee. She recently earned her Master’s in Music Composition at the University of Florida studying both acoustic and electro-acoustic composition with Dr. James Paul Sain, Dr. Paul Richards, and Dr. Paul Koonce. She has taught Music Theory I, III, and IV, covering the written and aural skills, such as four-part writing, ear-training and sight-singing, and keyboard harmony for the freshman and sophomore undergraduate curriculum during her attendance of the University of Florida. Yoonjee is currently in her doctorate program in Music Composition at the University of Arizona, where she is studying composition with Prof. Daniel Asia and Dr. Craig Walsh.