EDUCATION

Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY
Doctor of Education (ABD), Instructional Technology and Media, Fall 2001 ~ 2008.

  • Scholarships 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
 

Aaron School of Music, CUNY, Flushing, NY
Master of Arts, Music Composition , September 2008 ~ May 2010

  • Composition lesson with Bruce Saylor, Hubert Howe
  • Electronic music studies with Hubert Howe
  • President of QCNMG (Queens College New Music Group)
 

The Juilliard School, Evening Division, New York, NY
Orchestration, Fall 2002 ~ Spring 2003.
 

New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, New York, NY
Master of Music, Music Technology, Concentration in Computer Music, January 1998 ~ May 2001.
 

Yonsei University, School of Music, Seoul, S. Korea
Bachelor of Music, Music Composition, February 1997.

  • Composition lesson with Jae-Youl Park 1992 ~ 1993
  • Composition lesson with Sun-Kyung Kim 1994 ~ 1995
  • Composition lesson with Ji-Sun Im 1996
  • Scholarship 1996
 
PERFORMANCE
A big ensamble, Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music, Nov. 18th, 2009
 
Sax and Piano, Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music, March 18th, 2009
 
String Quartet 1, 3rd movement, Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music, May 12, 2009
 
String Quartet 1, 1st movement, Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music, Nov. 3rd, 2009
 
INMC Composition Competition, Finalist, 2001.
 
Canada International Gospel Competition, Finalist, 1998.
 
Composer in residence, Yonsei University's 110th Anniversary Musical, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", 1996.
 
Composition Recitals, Yonsei University Music Hall, 1992 ~ 1997.
 
 
EMPLOYMENT
The New Sprout Church, Flushing, NY
Choir Conductor & Piano Accompanist, April 2008 ~ present
 
The Korean Fellowship of First Presbyterian Church, Evanston, IL
Main Music Director, Choir Conductor, & Piano Accompanist, January 2006 ~ February 2007
 
Cha Instructional Technology Research Center Saturday School, Bayside, NY
Director & Music Teacher, September 2003 ~ July 2005.
 
Hanaim Church, Paramus, NJ
Main Music Director & Choir Conductor, January 2005 ~ July 2005.
 
Korean Central Presbyterian Church of Queens, Bayside, NY
Organist & Piano Accompanist, January 2003 ~ December. 2004.
 
New Hope Presbyterian Church of New York, New York, NY
Main Music Director, Choir Conductor, & Piano Accompanist, January 1998 ~ December 2002.
 
Sinil Presbyterian Church, Goyang-Shi, S. Korea
Choir Conductor, January 1994 ~ December 1997.
 
Seoul Seo Presbyterian Church, Seoul, S. Korea
Main Piano Accompanist, January 1986 ~ December 1993.
 
Music tutor experiences for high school students who prepared for university auditions : 1992 ~ present, composition, sight reading, listening, & harmony theory.
 
Private piano teacher experiences for kids & adults: 1992 ~ present
 
 
SKILLS
29 years of the piano playing: 1980 ~ present.
 
Mac OS X, HTML, JavaScript, Macromedia Director CS4 , Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, Premiere, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
 
Music Software; Max, MSP, Digital Performer, Peak, Pro Tools, CSound, Sibelius etc.
 
Language Skills; Native speaker in Korean, Fluent in English(TOEFL score=270)