North Park University

Work with voice faculty You-Seong Kim in a master class of the song or aria repertoire.

You-Seong Kim is an Associate Professor of Music, voice area chair, and director of the Master of Music in Performance program at North Park University. Dr. Kim, a soprano, has performed in operas, concerts, and recitals throughout the United States, Canada, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and her native Korea with Florentine Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Bloomington Early Music Festival, Korean National Opera Studio, University of Cincinnati Opera, Indiana University Opera Theatre, WDR-Rundfunkorchester Köln, and Kentucky Symphony. Dr. Kim has been a top prize winner at the German art song competition, International Competition of German Art Songs in Stuttgart, Germany and at Chimay Baroque Singing Competition in Belgium. She is a three-time district winner and the second-place tri-state regional winner at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Many of Dr. Kim’s former students work as music teachers, music therapists, as well as professional singers. Some have been placed in graduate programs including Boston Conservatory and College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in voice from the Seoul National University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in voice from College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.