Ahreum Han, organ Ahreum Han was born in Seoul, Korea. Her family immigrated to Atlanta, GA when she was at the age of sixteen. She graduated with a bachelor degree in organ performance from Westminster Choir College, studied with Ken Cowan, an artist's diploma from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, studied with Alan Morrison and a Master degree from Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music studied with Thomas Murray. Ms. Han has received top prizes from numerous competitions including the undergraduate division of Westminster Choir College Scholarship Competition, the Charlotte Hoyt Bagnall Scholarship Competition, the Music Teachers National Association(MTNA) National Young Artist Performance Competition, the John Rodland Memorial Church Music Scholarship Competition, the Albert Schweitzer organ competition, the Carlean Neihart Organ Competition, and the West Chester University Organ Competition. Her live performance concerts were featured on the radio show PIPEDREAMS from Amercan Public Media. Ms. Han is active as organ soloist. She has performed with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Philadelphia?s Kimmel Center, the University of Pennsylvania Orchestra at Irvine Auditorium, as well as solo performances at the Kimmel Center?s widely-acclaimed Cooper Memorial Organ, Ocean Grove Auditorium, St. Bartholomew?s Church in New York City, Trinity Church at Wall Street, St. Philip?s Cathedral in Atlanta, Jack Singer Hall in Calgary and the Princeton University Chapel etc. She has been a featured soloist at the Young Virtuosi Festival held at Wesleyan University, CT, Colorado State University, CO, and the White Mountain Musical Arts Bach Festival in New Hampshire. She was invited to perform at Michealskirche in Leipzig, Germany, Oxford Town Hall and Nottingham Albert Concert Hall in United Kingdom in 2008. She was also a featured artist at the Regional Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in Atlanta, GA (2007) and the Winter Conclave of the AGO held in Sarasota, FL (2010). She served as the Principal Organist at First Presbyterian Church in West Chester, PA, an organist at Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School and the Berkeley Divinity School of Yale University. She currently works as the organist at St. Andrew?s Episcopal Church in Stamford, CT. |