7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Rieth Recital Hall

Visiting Artist: Phoenix Park-Kim

Visiting artist and pianist Pheonix Park-Kim will present a solo piano recital in Rieth Recital Hall.

Tickets: $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

The Korean pianist, Phoenix Park-Kim, began playing the piano at the age of 5 and gave her first public performance at 7 years old. Since then she has delighted audiences in recital, orchestral, and chamber music performances. In 1997 she graduated summa cum laude from Yonsei University in Seoul, where she received in 1999 Bachelors degrees in both Piano Performance and English Literature. In 1999, she came to the USA to study with Dr. Lian Tan at Miami University on a full tuition scholarship, where she received in 2001 a Masters of Music and served as a graduate teaching assistant.. In 2005 she completed the Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Weirich and served as his teaching assistant.

Phoenix Park-Kim has won numerous scholarship awards and piano competitions, including 1st place in the Miami Concerto Competition, the Jefferson City Concerto Competition and Kansas City Philharmonia Concerto Competition. In addition, she has also appeared as a soloist with the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra, Marion Philharmonic Orchestra and the UMKC Conservatory Orchestra.

Contact: Goshen College Music Department, phone (574) 535-7361, email music@goshen.edu

See also: Goshen College Music Department