Min Jung Kim

Biography

Dr. Min Jung Kim received her DMA at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she previously received a Master of Music Education and many awards and scholarships, including the Paul Rolland Memorial Violin Competition Award and Cooke Fellowship.

Since 2006, she has taught violin in diverse settings, including Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts at Huntington Beach High School and Illinois String Academy, a pre-college program at the University of Illinois. She is a certified violin teacher in the Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Society and continues to perform as a section violinist at the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.

Education

Certificates

•  2021 Listed as Certified String Teacher in Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Society
•  2021 Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Certificate Level 4
•  2020 Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Certificate Level 3
•  2019 Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Certificate Level 2
•  2018 Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Certificate Level 1
•  2013 2nd Level Certificate for Middle and High School Teachers (Music), Certificate of qualification from Ministry of Education, South Korea

Subjects Taught

• Applied music lessons
• Chamber/string ensemble
• String pedagogy

Professional Memberships

• American String Teachers Association

Awards and Honors

• 2019-2021 Graduate Tuition Scholarships, University of Illinois
• 2018-2019 Cooke School of Music Fellowship, University of Illinois
• 2016 Winner - Paul Rolland Memorial Violin Competition and Award
• 2012-2014 Scholarships, Dankook University
• 2008-2010 Academic Excellence Award and Scholarship, Dankook University

Selected Publications

•  Kim, M. (2023, In press). Supporting Music Majors’ Learning: Motivational Strategies in College Music Lessons. American String Teacher Journal. 73(4). DOI: 10.1177/00031313231197631
•  Kim, M. & Fairbanks, S. T. (2022). Biomechanically-informed Bowing: Revisiting Rolland’s Principles of Violin Playing. String Research Journal. 0(0). DOI: 10.1177/19484992221121756

Selected Presentations

•  2023 Guest presenter at Research Committee Roundtable session at ASTA Virtual String Teacher Summit 2023.
•  2022 Biomechanically-informed String Lessons for All: Revisiting Paul Rolland’s Principles of Bowing. 2022 Hybrid ASTA National Conference. American String Teachers Association
•  2022 Moving Naturally; Biomechanics in Playing and Teaching. In S. Fairbanks, M. Kim, R. Soares, M. Park. String Pedagogy Express: A pecha kucha medley. Illinois Music Education Conference. Peoria, Illinois.
•  2021. Moving Naturally; Biomechanics in Playing and Teaching. In S. Fairbanks, M. Kim, R. Soares, M. Park. String Pedagogy Express: A pecha kucha medley. American String Teachers Association.

Selected Lectures

•  2021 Rolland Pedagogy for Advanced Repertoires. Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Workshop. Urbana, Illinois.
•  2021. Moving Naturally; Biomechanics in Playing and Teaching. In S. Fairbanks, M. Kim, R. Soares, M. Park. String Pedagogy Express: A pecha kucha medley. Winter/Spring Webinar series. Illinois Music Education Association.