Nahyun Kim creates compositions that reference experimental concepts that aim to guide the listener toward a new and revelatory experience. Her works come alive with vivid colors and beautiful sounds originating from an atonal palette. She is passionate about exploring new subjects and conducting research, and her music is profoundly influenced by the relationship between cognitive science, psychology, and the sense of unity created through the musical experiences.
Through numerous conferences and festivals, her works have gained recognition in Austria, Poland, Greece, Spain, Ukraine, Italy, China, France, Korea, and throughout the United States. She has also worked with ensembles and soloists such as Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, Wojciech Psiuk, Redi Llupa, Jonathan Levin, Jessica Nilles, Bera Romairone, Minju Choi, Jenny Lin, Transient Canvas, newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, MIVOS Quartet, PUBLIQuartet, Ricochet Ensemble, Bruson Quartet, The Sylvanus Ensemble, The American Brass Quintet and among others. Dr. Kim has won many competitions and received performances such as the 2019 Kaleidoscope MusArt Concert in Miami, the 2018 Abundant Silence New Works Concert in Denver, the 2014 PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City, and the 2013 Kiev New Music Festival. Her string quartet "Iracundia" was also awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization Composition Competition. Her work “Hypochondriasis for Piano” is published in Abundant Silence. As a scholar, she presented, “Development of the Original Korean Musical,” at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Dr. Kim currently serves as music faculty and music director at Hawkeye Community College. As the composer-in-residence for Grande Gioia Music, her current project is to complete GUMIHO, an Opera in Two Acts. Dr. Kim previously taught composition, advanced music theory, songwriting, piano, and keyboard skills at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Also, she was a Distinguished Composer of Choral Music Activities at KCKCC where she has been commissioned to write new works. In recognition of her dedication to teaching, she received the TEACH award (Teaching Excellence And Colleague Honor) for creative, innovative and excellent work in the classroom at KCKCC. In addition, she taught composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, and taught music theory at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Dr. Kim earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music, and Master of Arts in music theory and composition from Stony Brook University, New York, and a doctorate in composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her primary teachers include Chen Yi, Zhou Long, James Mobberley, Paul Rudy, and Sheila Silver.
Furthermore, she has participated in master classes and had additional lessons with Chaya Czernowin, Zygmunt Krauze, Toshio Hosokawa, Dimitri Papageorgiou, Stefano Gervasoni, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Christopher Theofanidis, Dmitri Tymoczko, Mario Garuti, Akira Nishimura, Louis Karchin, Fabien Levy, Stephen Hartke, Alvin Singleton, Christopher Rouse, Claude Baker, Paul Lansky, John Psathas, and Ezra Laderman.
Through numerous conferences and festivals, her works have gained recognition in Austria, Poland, Greece, Spain, Ukraine, Italy, China, France, Korea, and throughout the United States. She has also worked with ensembles and soloists such as Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, Wojciech Psiuk, Redi Llupa, Jonathan Levin, Jessica Nilles, Bera Romairone, Minju Choi, Jenny Lin, Transient Canvas, newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, MIVOS Quartet, PUBLIQuartet, Ricochet Ensemble, Bruson Quartet, The Sylvanus Ensemble, The American Brass Quintet and among others. Dr. Kim has won many competitions and received performances such as the 2019 Kaleidoscope MusArt Concert in Miami, the 2018 Abundant Silence New Works Concert in Denver, the 2014 PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City, and the 2013 Kiev New Music Festival. Her string quartet "Iracundia" was also awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization Composition Competition. Her work “Hypochondriasis for Piano” is published in Abundant Silence. As a scholar, she presented, “Development of the Original Korean Musical,” at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Dr. Kim currently serves as music faculty and music director at Hawkeye Community College. As the composer-in-residence for Grande Gioia Music, her current project is to complete GUMIHO, an Opera in Two Acts. Dr. Kim previously taught composition, advanced music theory, songwriting, piano, and keyboard skills at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Also, she was a Distinguished Composer of Choral Music Activities at KCKCC where she has been commissioned to write new works. In recognition of her dedication to teaching, she received the TEACH award (Teaching Excellence And Colleague Honor) for creative, innovative and excellent work in the classroom at KCKCC. In addition, she taught composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, and taught music theory at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Dr. Kim earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music, and Master of Arts in music theory and composition from Stony Brook University, New York, and a doctorate in composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her primary teachers include Chen Yi, Zhou Long, James Mobberley, Paul Rudy, and Sheila Silver.
Furthermore, she has participated in master classes and had additional lessons with Chaya Czernowin, Zygmunt Krauze, Toshio Hosokawa, Dimitri Papageorgiou, Stefano Gervasoni, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Christopher Theofanidis, Dmitri Tymoczko, Mario Garuti, Akira Nishimura, Louis Karchin, Fabien Levy, Stephen Hartke, Alvin Singleton, Christopher Rouse, Claude Baker, Paul Lansky, John Psathas, and Ezra Laderman.
