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    Joanna Kim

    Joanna​ Kim, has been active as a flutist since she first began playing in Middle School. Joanna won the 2020 Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Collegiate Artist Competition, along with other awards and special recognition.

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Joanna​ Kim, 19, is an undergraduate flute performance major at Carnegie Mellon University studying under Alberto Almarza. She is originally from Austin, Texas. She has been active as a flutist since she first began playing in 6th grade middle school band.  She was the winner of the 2015 Austin Flute Society Junior Division, 2016 Donna Marie Haire High School Competition, principal flute in the 2016 TMEA 6A All-State Philharmonic Orchestra, and named a 2016 TSSEC Outstanding Performer. 

Joanna received 1st place in the 2017 MTNA Senior Woodwind Competition in Texas, South Central division, and 3rd in the 2017 MTNA National Competition in Baltimore. She received 3rd place in the 2017 NFA High School Soloist Competition. She was the winner of the 2017 Austin Harmony Youth Chamber Orchestra Soloist Competition and the 2018 Starlight Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition.

 In February 2018, Joanna was selected to perform on NPR’s From The Top during the President’s Concert at the Texas Music Teachers Association Convention and was a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Alumni Scholarship. Also, she received 3rd place at the 2018 RAFA Young Artist Competition. 

In 2019, she received 3rd place in the Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition and was winner of the Texas Flute All Star Competition High School Division. Recently, she won the 2020 Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Collegiate Artist Competition. Joanna has been a part of the 2018 BUTI Young Arts Orchestra and 2019 National Youth Orchestra of the United States.

In her free time, she enjoys photography, ice skating, cooking, reading, and traveling.




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