Education profiles IA

Jungho Kim

Associate Conductor/Education Director
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra
Sioux City, Iowa
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Years in current position: 3
Years in the field: 5

Majors:
Violin Performance, College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati  Orchestral Conducting, College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati

Additional Training:
Kurt Mazur Conducting Seminar 
Conductor’s Retreat at Medomak

Career Path:
Graduate Assistant, University of Cincinnati 
Assistant Conductor, Sioux City Symphony 

What are the most surprising, interesting or challenging aspects of your day-to-day work?
How much I don’t know.

What inspired you to work for an orchestra?
Music and great musicians.

Would you have done anything differently?
Finish my D.M.A. before taking the first job.

What advice would you offer to someone considering the orchestra field?
What you know is more important than who you know.

Jenny Graham Zimmerman

Academy Director
Des Moines Symphony
Des Moines, Iowa
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Years in current position: 3
Years in the field: 8

Majors:
Music Education

Additional Training:
Method-specific pedagogy training

Career Path:
Assistant Director and Group Piano Teacher, Keyboard West Studios
Bassoon and Piano teacher, Rieman Music
Bassoon teacher and chamber music coach (current)

What are the most surprising, interesting or challenging aspects of your day-to-day work?
Creating new music education programs, building relationships with local musicians and teachers, collaborating on special projects.

What inspired you to work for an orchestra?
The opportunity to create quality music education programs that have an impact in our community.

What were the first steps in your professional career?
I went to school to become a band director, instead choosing to teach at an independent music studio. The opportunities in the orchestra world only became apparent to me when I applied for this unique position. If I had known more about jobs in arts administration, I may have sought out training in non-profit finance, etc.

What advice would you offer to someone considering the orchestra field?
Be open to the possibilities and learn as much as you can about many aspects of this field (orchestral music, education, performance, management, development, production, and more).

Any other advice?
A wealth of knowledge in many areas will make you adaptable to a changing and exciting environment.