Cheryl Kim

Background

About Cheryl Kim

Cheryl Kim is ​a South Korean musician - pianist, vocalist, violinist, and conductor - and an aspiring choral music educator who graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2019 with a High Distinction. She is licensed to teach P-12 in Indiana, specializing in Choral-General Music. She is a recipient of the Premier Young Artist Award, Music Faculty Award, and L&S Chu Piano scholarships at IU Jacobs School of Music, and was a Graduate Assistant with a full scholarship at the University of Cincinnati. Before coming to the United States, she took an active part in numerous music conventions in South-East Asia, and participated in them as an accompanist, conductor, and educator. She was the runner-up nominee for IASAS Cultural Conventions Music as a pianist in both 2014 and 2015, and has performed in numerous venues since then. At IU, she has studied piano with Evelyne Brancart, and Gregory Martin, and has been an active member of the University Chorale and Singing Hoosiers during the time of her study. She has completed her Master's studies at the University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music in Choral Conducting, under the tutelage of Brett Scott and Joe Miller. She is the current Adjunct Professor at Xavier University, directing the Women's Chorus, and the current Associate Director of Choirs and Education at Cincinnati Youth Choir, choir in residence at University of Cincinnati.