Nationality American Role Composer Occupation Music composer | Website shinkyoku.org Name Jay Yim | |
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Jay Alan Yim (born April 24, 1958) is an American composer and recipient of a 1994 Guggenheim Fellowship.
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- Spektral quartet blue voice of air 1990 by jay alan yim
- Early life and education
- Career
- Honors and awards
- Personal life
- References
Spektral quartet blue voice of air 1990 by jay alan yim
Early life and education
Yim was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 24, 1958. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with a B.A. in 1980. He also received a M.Mus. in 1981 from the University of London and the Royal College of Music, with a Ph.D. from Harvard University earned in 1989.
Career
During the 1995–96 concert season, he served as Composer/Fellow for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His works have been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Residentie Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sendai Philharmonic, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Arditti String Quartet, New Music Consort, Het Trio, and Nieuw Ensemble.
He currently serves as a professor of music at Northwestern University. Former students include composers Marcos Balter, Kirsten Broberg, Rodrigo Cadiz, Aaron Cassidy, and Mark Engebretson.
Honors and awards
Yim is a 1994 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition in the creative arts category. He also placed third for the 1994 Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, tied with John Anthony Lennon.
Personal life
Yim is married to artist Marlena Novak.