Professional Activities:

2025
International Post-Digital Composition Masterclass & October of New Music Festival 2025, September 29 - October 5, 2025​

• Selected to participate in the International Post-Digital Composition Masterclass led by Professor Brigitta Muntendorf, as part of the October of New Music Festival (Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu) in Oulu, Finland. A new work for soprano, piano/keyboard, and live electronics—written for soprano Meeri Pulakka, pianist Helga Karen, and music technology specialist Tapio Lappalainen—will premiere during the festival.
  
  

Stanford Recording Arts Workshop, July 14 – 25, 2025

• Participating in the Stanford Recording Arts Workshop at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics),  culminating in the release of a collaborative album featuring a newly composed piece created during the residency in Stanford, California. 

CIEL, Academy of Composition and Musical Research, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France

• Delusional Silence (TBA) will be premiered on July 19, 2025, by Ensemble Linea at Théâtre du Colombier, France. 

Women Composers Festival of Hartford (WCFH), February 28 – March 1, 2025

• Presented a lecture-recital titled Innovative Techniques and Inspirations in Nahyun Kim's Piano Music at the 2025 WCFH Scholarly Symposium in New Britain, Connecticut.
• Hawkeye Faculty Professional Development Travel Grant, March 2025

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2024
Award

• The performance of Paradoxical Friction for bass clarinet and marimba received an ASCAP Plus Award in the concert music category, December 2024

La Frontera International Piano Conference, Brownsville, Texas

• Presented a lecture on "Innovative Techniques and Inspirations in Nahyun Kim's Piano Music" at the La Frontera International Piano Conference 2024 in Brownsville, Texas, February 2024
• Hawkeye Faculty Professional Development Travel Grant, March 2024

2023
The Vienna Summer Music Festival Composers Forum, Vienna, Austria

• Paradoxical Friction for bass clarinet and marimba premiered on July 9th, 2023 by Transient Canvas, Salon Brahms, Vienna 
• Hawkeye Faculty Professional Development Travel Grant, July 2023

​Concerts

• Pandemonium Well for baritone saxophone and viola will be performed on April 29th and 30th, 2023 by newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble – Kansas City, MO
• Hawkeye Faculty Professional Development Grant, April 2023

Featured Guest Composer at the Composition Seminar at UNI 

• Invited to present and lecture at the Composition Seminar at the University of Northern Iowa at 2pm ​on April 21, 2023

Featured Guest Artist on 91.9 Classical KC, Missouri

• Featured as a guest artist on 91.9 Classical KC's "Sound Currents" radio show in Kansas City hosted by violinist Laurel Parks and cellist Sascha Groschang, April 2023
• Hawkeye Faculty Professional Development Grant, April 2023

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Featured Guest Composer at LAMC at Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, IA 

• Invited to present at the Liberal Arts Mini-Conference at Hawkeye Community College ​on April 12, 2023

Hypochondriasis for Piano

• Published in digital format by Abundant Silence, February 2023

https://www.abundantsilence.org/store/p60/Hypochondriasis_by_Nahyun_Kim.html       

​2020
Commissions

• Commissioned by Scurtu Duo (Clarinet and Piano), Bogdan Scurtu, professor at the American University in Kuwait, Premiere – Kuwait & Vienna, 2020 (postponed)
• Commissioned by pianist Redi Llupa, Premiere – Miami, 2020 (Postponed)

 
KCKCC Faculty Professional Achievements Grant

• Attend to the ASCAP experience conference in Los Angeles, March 2020 (postponed)

2019
The International Summer Course for Composers SYNTHETIS 2019, Radziejowice, Poland

• Pandemonium Well for baritone saxophone and viola was commissioned and premiered on July 26th, 2019 by Saxophonist Wojciech Psiuk and Violist Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska at Radziejowice Palace, Poland 
• Harvey Bodker Musicians Achievement  Grant, June 2019

Concert at University of North Texas in Denton 

• Hypochondriasis for Piano was performed by Pianist Redi Llupa on March 4th, 2019 

The Kaleidoscope MusArt “Odyssey” Season at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Miami, FL

• Hypochondriasis for Piano won the 2018 Kaleidoscope MusArt Call for Scores and was performed by Pianist Redi Llupa on February 16, 2019
• KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Grant, January 2019

The Kaleidoscope MusArt's Concert at Metropolitan State University in Denver

• Hypochondriasis for Piano was performed by Pianist Redi Llupa on February 7th, 2019 

2018
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium

• TBA will be premiered in July, 2018 at the Oregon Bach Festival Composers’ Symposium at University of Oregon 

• Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Scholarship, April 2018

Wind Ensemble Concert at the University of South Carolina

• Wind Ensemble (title TBA) is commissioned by Hayes Bunch, director of bands at the University of South Carolina and will be performed in December, 2019

H.E.R. hear|echo|reflect program of the Kaleidoscope MusArt “Spotlights” Series at the Steinway Piano Gallery Miami, FL

• Hypochondriasis for Piano won the 2018 Kaleidoscope MusArt Call for Scores 2018 and will be programmed for performance during Women’s History Month (March 2019), celebrating the creativity of women composers

Music by Women Festival at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi 

• Hypochondriasis for Piano has been selected by the Music by Women Festival and was performed by pianist Jonathan Levin on March 1st, 2018
• KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Grant, March, 2018

Abundant Silence New Works Concert in Denver, Colorado

• Hypochondriasis for Piano won the 2017 Composition Contest and was performed on January 27, 2018
• Published in Abundant Silence, December 2017       https://www.abundantsilence.org/ 

              ISBN 978-1-938818-66-0

2017
Delian Academy for New Music, Mykonos, Greece

• Hypnogogic Hallucinations for Alto Saxophone premiered on June 17th, 2017 by Saxophonist Bera Romairone

​Interview with Bryan V., Kansas

• Featured guest artist on “Listen Local” Johnson County Library

​Piano recital at Indianapolis Landmarks Center

• Hypochondriasis for Piano was performed on July, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi

Faculty recital at  the University of Indianapolis

• Hypochondriasis for Piano was performed on July, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi

2017 TUTTI Festival at Denison University, Ohio

• Hypochondriasis for Piano was performed on February 10th, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi
• KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Grant, January, 2017

 
The TEACH award (Teaching Excellence and Colleague Honor)

• Kansas City Kansas Community College award for creative, innovative, and excellent work in the classroom, January 2017 

2016
Interview with Dr. Mike, Missouri

• Featured guest artist on KKFI Kansas Community Radio 90.1 FM “The Classical Challenge”

Commissions

• Passacaglia for Percussion Solo commissioned by Chris McLaurin, principal percussionist from Kansas City Symphony, Premiere- TBA 2018
• Delusion (TBA) for Trumpet and Organ commissioned by Clarion, a trumpet and organ duo (Keith Benjamin -Trumpet, Melody Steed – Organ), Premiere - TBA 2019

2015
 Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival in Valencia, Spain

• Hypochondriasis for Piano premiered on July 22nd, 2015 by Pianist Jenny Lin
• Iracundia for string quartet reading session on July 21, 2015 with MIVOS Quartet

 
2014
 PUBLIQ Access Composition Competition & PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City

• Iracundia for string quartet won the 2014 PUBLIQ Access Composition Competition
• Iracundia for string quartet was performed on May 24, 2014 by PUBLIQuartet at the PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City
• PUBLIQuartet Travel Fund, April 2014  

  
Gumiho – an Opera in Two Acts,in progress (Act I is completed)

• Published in ProQuest, June 2014 (Act I only)

MACRO Composition Competition

• Iracundia for string quartet Awarded Honorable Mention in the 2014 Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization Composition Competition, November, 2013

 
Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Hartford, CT

• Insomnia for wind quintet was performed on March 6th, 2014 by The Sylvanus Ensemble
• UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City) Graduate Student Travel Grant, March, 2014

 
2013
Orient/Occident 2013 Music Composers’ Competition and Forum in Kiev, Ukraine

• Iracundia for string quartet won a fellowship to the Orient/Occident Music Composers’ Forum
• Music and Mental Disorder (research paper) presented on September 26, 2013
• KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Grant, September, 2013  

 
Kiev New Music Festival in Kiev, Ukraine

• Iracundia for string quartet was performed on September 28, 2013 by Ricochet String Quartet

 
highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy

• Iracundia for string quartet was commissioned and premiered on July 25th, 2013 by Bruson String Quartet at the highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy
• UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2013

 
11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu

• Development of the Original Korean Musical (research paper) was presented on January 11th, 2013 at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu
• Barnett and Shirley Helzberg Award in Memory of Gladys Feld Helzberg and Carol Tally Davis Award—granted by UMKC Women’s Council

• UMKC Graduate Student Travel Grant, January 2013 
• KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Grant, January 2013

 
2012
Beijing International Composition Workshop, China

• Hypochondriasis partially presented on July 15th, 2012 at the Beijing International Composition Workshop, China
• Go Free, Giant! for electronic music was presented on July 7th, 2012
• UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2012

 
2010
Etchings-A Festival of Contemporary Music in Auvillar, France

• Go Free, Giant! for electronic music was presented on July 7th, 2010
• Etchings Festival for Contemporary Music at Moulin à Nef Award, March 2010
• UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2010

 
2009
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium

• Present Chaos premiered on July 3rd, 2009 at the Oregon Bach Festival Composers’ Symposium at University of Oregon 

• Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Scholarship, May 2009
• UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, May 2009

 
Oak Park High School’s Annual Concert, Kansas City

• Rhapsody for String Orchestra was commissioned by Oak Park High School String Orchestra and premiered on May 7th, 2009 at the Oak Park High School’s Annual Concert, Kansas City

 
2007
IAWM 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, California State University-Fullerton

• Discourse upon Discord was performed at the IAWM 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, California State University-Fullerton, March 2007
• Stony Brook University Music Departmental Travel Grant, March 2007
• SUNY- GSEU (Graduate Students Employees Union) Conference Grant, March 2007

 
2006
Stony Brook University Wind Chamber Music Festival

• Discourse upon Discord was performed, April 2006
• La Tornade was read by American Brass Quintet

2005
Stony Brook University President's University Undergraduate Arts Festival

• Three Spring Songs was performed, May 2005

 CIEL, Academy of Composition and Musical Research  Ensemble Linea