Organist Jinhee Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. As the daughter of a choral and orchestral conductor, she was naturally drawn to a career in organ performance and church music.

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Dr. Kim earned her Doctor of Music in Organ Performance and Literature from Indiana University, where she also received her Master of Music degree and studied with Dr. Christopher Young. She previously received her Artist Diploma in Organ Performance from Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with Prof. James David Christie and Olivier Latry and was selected to perform in the Danenberg Honors Recital. Before coming to the United States, she graduated summa cum laude from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, where she studied with Dr. Tong-Soon Kwak and appeared on the Rising Stars Concert Series at the Torch Center for World Missions.

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Dr. Kim was the First Prize winner of the 2010 San Marino National Organ Competition. She was a finalist in the 2013 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition and the 2017 Asia Organ Competition in Taiwan. In 2015, she was a semifinalist in the 9th Tariverdiev International Organ Competition in Russia, having won First Prize in the American Round. She was also a semifinalist in the 2016 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. From 2016 to 2017, she served as an Associate Instructor of Organ at Indiana University, teaching Secondary and Elective Organ.

 

Dr. Kim currently serves as Associate Director of Music and Organist at Shallowford Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where she contributes to the church’s worship and music ministry through organ performance, collaboration, and music education.