KSU Women in Music Festival: Summit Piano Trio

• Helen Hwaya Kim, violin
• Charae Krueger, cello
• Robert Henry, piano

Women in Music Festival, Faculty Recital Series. Join the Summit Piano Trio—Bailey School of Music faculty artists Helen Kim, violin, Charae Krueger, cello, and Robert Henry, piano—for a performance that explores the impact of women in music.

About Summit Piano Trio

The ensemble-in-residence at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University, the critically acclaimed SUMMIT PIANO TRIO continues to impress and delight audiences with its highly refined, dynamic performances, and has firmly established itself as one of the Southeast’s preeminent chamber ensembles. Offering an eclectic repertoire ranging from the beloved classics to the latest of the avant-garde, Summit Piano Trio is regularly heard on WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, and throughout the country.

About Kennesaw State University Department of Music

https://arts.kennesaw.edu/music/index.php

About Helen Hwaya Kim, violin

Helen Hwaya Kim joined the music faculty in 2006 at Kennesaw State University with a stellar performance background. She made her orchestral debut with the Calgary Philharmonic at the age of six, and has gone on to become a respected and sought-after artist. She has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops at Boston's Symphony Hall, as well as with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras.

Ms. Kim earned her Bachelor and Master's Degree from the Juilliard School, where her teachers included Cho-Liang Lin and Dorothy DeLay. While at Juilliard, she served as Concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and was the winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition at both the Pre–College and College levels. She is the recipient of more than one hundred national and international awards. She won the prestigious Artists International Competition in New York and, as a result, gave debut recitals at Carnegie Weill Hall and the Aspen Summer Music Festival.

A native of Canada, Ms. Kim has been engaged by many of Canada's leading orchestras, including the National Arts Center Orchestra, Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Windsor, Regina, Victoria and Prince George Symphonies. She has also appeared with the DeKalb, New Orleans, Aspen, and Banff Festival Orchestras, and with orchestras in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.

About Charae Krueger, cello

https://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/ckruege1/index.php

About Robert Henry, piano

https://roberthenry.org/