Eunho Kim leave during Spring 2009)
Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Eunho Kim earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from the Seoul National University and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), University of Cincinnati, where she also earned a Master of Music degree in Music Theory. She primarily studied violin with Sunshee Kim and Piotr Milewski; chamber music with Peter Oundjian, Lee Fiser, and the Tokyo String Quartet; and orchestral music with Constantine Kiradjieff (Former principal, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) and Anna Vayman (Former concertmaster, Kirov Orchestra).
As a devoted orchestra player, she started her professional career in orchestra playing when she was still a student in Cincinnati, playing in the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Sorg Opera Orchestra, and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. Dr. Kim has appeared in orchestra festivals under the direction of Maestros Myung-hun Chung, Michael-Tilson Thomas, Charles Dutoit, and was chosen to be the only student principal (Vn II) at Pacific Music Festival (2000) to play along with Wiener Philharmoniker’s Concertmaster and Principals.
As an active chamber player, she was a prize-winner in the CCM Chamber Competition in 2001 and has given numerous chamber recitals in Korea, Japan, and the U.S. She also played in the Morningside College (Sioux City, IA) faculty piano trio in 2007-08. Dr. Kim’s other previous engagements include the Associate Concertmaster of the South Dakota Symphony, Guest Concertmaster of Northern Iowa Symphony, and teaching at Morningside College, Northwestern College, and Dordt College. She has served as the Concertmaster of the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra since 2005, and joined the faculty of the University of the South Dakota in 2009.
