Lyric baritone JungWoo Kim has actively performed as an opera singer, concert soloist and recitalist throughout United States, South America and his native South Korea. He has appeared with:

• 中心城市的歌剧
• Opera Grand Rapids
• Lyric Opera Cleveland
• Loveland Opera Theatre
• Holland Symphony Orchestra
• Lincoln Center (Alice Tully Hall)
• Cecilia Music Center
• DeKalb International Chorus Festival
• The National Theater of Korea
• Seoul Art Center
• Sejong Art Center
• And more

JungWoo’s vocal repertoire spans a wide range, covering every major genre, period and style. Notable opera roles he performed have included:

• Guglielmo inCosì fan tutte
• Count Almaviva inLe Nozze di Figaro
• Papageno and Speaker inZauberflöte
• Fiorelleo inIl Barbiere di Siviglia
• Belcore inL’elisir d’amore
• Marcello and Schaunard inLa Bohème
• Forester inCunning Little Vixen
• Yamadori inMadama Butterfly
• Mr. Dashwood inLittle Women

As a baritone soloist, his performances have included:

• Brahms’sGerman Requiem
• Faure’sRequiem
• Handel’sMessiah
• William’sFive Mystical Songs
• Debois’sThe Seven Last Words of Christ
• 古诺的Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile
• Mozart’s Coronation Mass

Furthermore, he has extensively performed as east Asian/Korean art song specialist and scholar in many national and international venues.

His former teachers include Patrick Mason, Giorgio Tozzi, Paul Kiesgen and Byung-Doo Lee.

JungWoo金是赢得无数荣誉和wards, including first prize in the West-Central NATS competition, and finalist in the Harold Haugh Opera Vocal Competition and Rose Palmai-Tenser Vocal Competition. He also received significant scholarships from all academic institutions he attended. In addition, he is also the winner of the Best Should Teach Initiative Silver Award from the Graduate Teacher Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and his students has been accepted into the renowned vocal music programs at Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music), University of Cincinnati (College-Conservatory of Music), and Manhattan School of Music.

Dr. Kim is currently associate professor of voice at Hope College. Prior to joining the faculty, he was a graduate instructor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He earned his B.M. degree in voice performance from Chung-Ang University in Korea, M.M. and P.D. in voice performance from Indiana University at Bloomington and D.M.A. in vocal performance and pedagogy from University of Colorado at Boulder. His former teachers include Patrick Mason, Giorgio Tozzi, Paul Kiesgen and Byung-Doo Lee.

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