Sarah Kim, D.M.A.

About Sarah

Dr. Sarah Kim, leads a vibrant and diverse career as a cellist, professor, and arts leader. Named the 2016 Ohio String Teachers Association Studio Teacher of the Year and recipient of a Cincinnati Arts Association Overture Educator Award, Dr. Kim currently serves as on the full-time music faculty of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Previous teaching appointments include the string faculty of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

As a solo artist and chamber musician, Dr. Kim has performed extensively in North America, Europe, and South America. She has been broadcast on WGN Chicago, Vermont Public Radio, and WGUC Cincinnati. Dr. Kim is also a performing artist and teacher at the Festival de Music de Santa Caterina in Jaragua, Brazil and the Aronson Cello Festival at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has also been on faculty at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, and the Aria International Summer Academy, and the Brancaleoni International Music Festival.

A sought-after clinician, Dr. Kim has been featured in master classes at the American String Teacher’s Association National Conference as well as numerous cello festivals and workshops at universities. She has adjudicated national competitions such as the National Schadt String Competition preliminary round and the Music Teacher’s National Association National Finals.

Dr. Kim regularly presents at conferences such as the American String Teachers Association. She has directed and developed pre-college programs at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, the University of Cincinnati, Roosevelt University, and Northern Kentucky University.

As the co-founder of Ascent Music, Dr. Kim promotes the advancement of music education and community outreach through the direction of internationally attended chamber music and cello festivals.

A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Kim's primary studies have been with Peter Howard, Steven Doane, and Hans Jørgen Jensen.