Cheryl Kim is currently pursuing her Artist Diploma under Robert Lipsett at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California, where she also recently received her Bachelors of Music. As a native to Southern California, Cheryl has had the wonderful privilege in studying under notable musicians Arnold Steinhardt and Jeff Thayer.

As an avid soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall, Harris Hall, and Zipper Hall, and has participated in the masterclasses of William Preucil, Bernard Greenhouse, Zvi Zeitlin, among others. As a former member of the Ivey String Quartet, 2008 finalist at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, she has performed at LACMA’s “Sundays Live,” which was broadcasted on KCNS.

Currently, Ms. Kim holds the position of Associate Concertmaster of the American Youth Symphony and Principal Second Violin of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra. She was former Concertmaster of the San Diego Youth Symphony. In addition, Ms. Kim has performed with the New West Symphony and New World Symphony.

Ms. Kim has attended the Aspen Music Festival and School as a TSAI and AACA fellowship recipient, the National Repertory Orchestra, Music Academy of the West, and Interlochen Arts Camp as an Emerson Scholar.

Her passion for teaching has led her to participate in Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles Mentor Program, Center Stage Strings Camp, and the Aspen Music Festival and School’s Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, assisting Robert Lipsett. In the summer of 2012, Ms. Kim will join the faculty of the Luzerne Music Center.

Ms. Kim currently plays on a 1923 Hannibal Fagnola on generous loan from the Colburn School.