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Hello and welcome! I am delighted by your interest in my work and grateful for your taking the time to read about me. Thank you.

Korean, High Proficient

  • Seoul National University Intensive Korean Program

  • Yonsei Korean Language Institute

Fulbright Grantee

South Korea, 2016-2018

  • Masan Guam High School

  • Shinseong Girls' High School

Languages

Education

2009-2013

B.M.E. Music Education

University of Maryland, College Park

  • Gave a senior recital

  • Studied with Dr. Cleveland Page

B.M. Vocal Performance

University of Maryland, College Park

  • Performed senior and junior recitals

  • Studied with Linda Mabbs

2013-2021

Additional Coursework and Licensure

  • Choral Chameleon Summer Institute for Conductors and Composers, June 2021

  • Choral Conducting Symposium, University of Michigan, July 2021

  • Activating the Student Voice, May 2020

  • Teaching in a Blended Classroom, May 2020

  • Using Digital Portfolios to Foster Student Learning, 

  • May 2020

  • The Complete Conductor, Summer Intensive at the Eastman School of Music, July 2019

  • An Introduction to the PYP, June 2018

  • International TEFL and TESOL Training, July 2016

  • Maryland Educator Certificate - Music PreK-12, Dec. 2013

Choral Directing / Teaching

2020-present

Asia Pacific International School

Seoul, South Korea

  • directs elementary, middle, and high school choirs

  • writes and implements the music appreciation curriculum

  • teaches K-5th grade general music

  • facilitates collaborative performances with students and staff

2018-2020

International School of Busan

Busan, South Korea

  • lead inquire-based music instruction for preK-6th grade

  • conducted elementary and secondary choirs in community and charity fundraising performances

  • brought secondary choir students on tour to Shanghai China for the 2019 International Schools Choral Music Society Festival

  • established a community chorus of faculty, family members, and locals

2016-2018

Masan Guam High School & Shinseong Girls High School

Masan, South Korea and Jeju City, South Korea, respectively

  • established after-school choirs in addition to regular teaching duties to facilitate deeper cultural exchange and build students' confidence by singing expressively in English

  • awarded Fulbright Korea Alumni Foundation Grant to direct a gospel choir program and empower youth

  • serve as a cultural ambassador for the local school community

  • tutored students defected from North Korea as part of the North Korean Defectors program 

2014-2016

Perry Hall High School

Baltimore County, MD, USA

  • conducted choral ensembles

  • designed and taught a three-level class piano program with year-end recitals

  • directed music for the musical productions Legally Blonde and Pippin

Choral Experience

2008-2018

2016-2017

2013-2016

2012-2013

Choral Performing

  • The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Paul Rardin, 2018

  • University of Maryland Chamber Singers, Edward Maclary, Christoph Eschenbach, Helmuth Rilling, and Matthew Halls, 2009-2013 

  • The Washington Chorus, Julian Wachner, 2012

  • The Philadelphia Singers, David Hayes, 2008

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Korean Choir Participation

  • Jeju Catholic Holy Choir, 2017

  • Jeju Hand in Hand Choir, composed of S. Koreans and N. Korean Defectors, 2017

  • Masan Faculty Choir, 2017

  • Gimhae Educators Choir, 2016

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Professional Section Leading

  • Grace and St. Peters Church, Baltimore, MD, 2016 

  • The Bridge Ensemble, Baltimore, MD, 2015-16

  • Calvary Baptist Church, Washington D.C., 2013-14 

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Piano Accompanying

  • Six Degree Singers, Silver Spring, MD, 2012-13

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Professional Organizations

Association for Music in International Schools, Sept. 2020 - Present

Korea International Music Educators Association, Oct. 2018 - Present

National Association for Music Education, Sept. 2009–2016

American Choral Directors Association, Sept. 2009–2016

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