Joo Kim

First Violins

Joo Kim completed the Master of Music program in May 2006 at the Juilliard School, where she also received her Bachelor's degree. She has served as Concertmaster of the SpoletoUSA Orchestra in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Japan, as well as Principal Second Violin with the Jerusalem International Symphony Orchestra in Israel. She has also toured with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Kim’s solo and chamber music appearances include those at Encore, Aspen, Sun Valley, Taos, and Zephyr music festivals. She has also performed as a soloist with the St. Louis Symphony, SpoletoUSA Orchestra, New World School of the Arts Orchestra in Miami, Florida, and the Sebastian Chamber Ensemble in Korea. Her teachers include Naoko Tanaka, Dorothy DeLay, Todd Phillips, Felicia Moye, and Ivan Chan. Joo Kim joined the first violin section of the SLSO in 2004.