Chris Younghoon Kim

Conductor Chris Younghoon Kim has a broad repertoire in instrumental and choral works and is particularly active in promoting new music. He holds a Bachelor of Music in music education and oboe performance from Northwestern University and a Master of Music in orchestral conducting from the University of Michigan. He has continued his conducting studies in master classes with Johannes Schlaefli, Neeme Järvi, Jorma Panula, Martyn Brabbins, Gunther Schuller, Gerhard Markson and Kenneth Kiesler. Kim serves as the Artistic Director of Brave New Works, a vibrant new music ensemble of ten musicians dedicated to performing 20th and 21st-century compositions. He is also the conductor/founding member of the Boston-based Kalistos Chamber Orchestra. He has also been active as a guest conductor of Boston's new music group, Firebird Ensemble. Before coming to Cornell in 2004, he taught at Tufts University and served as resident conductor of the Mozart Society Orchestra at Harvard University. His first-held professional position was the assistant conductor for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. At Cornell, Chris Kim conducts the Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra, and teaches conducting. He works closely with the students in the D.M.A. program in composition, assisting them in presenting their new works in concert. For more information on the orchestras at Cornell, visit http://www.arts.cornell.edu/orchestra.