Music Department
Music Lesson Instructor, Cello
Email: mkim@holycross.edu
Biography
Hailed as "eloquent" by the Boston Globe, Korean-born cellist Mina Kim has been making music in the Boston area since 2010. As an active performer, Dr. Kim enjoys performing with the Rasa String Quartet and Trio Oko. As an educator, she teaches at Phillips Exeter Academy and College of the Holy Cross.
Dr. Kim debuted at Carnegie Hall with ROSIN for a fundraiser for the New York Women’s Foundation in 2017. She has also been a featured soloist with USP Chamber Orchestra and the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra. Her recent recording projects include A Far Cry, Awadagin Pratt, and Roomful of Teeth’s collaboration, Stillpoint. The album features Jesse Montgomery’s Rounds which received a GRAMMY Award in 2024. Dr. Kim has attended various music festivals such as Tanglewood Music Center, Maine Chamber Music Seminar, and Lyricafest. A former member of the Hartford Symphony, Dr. Kim also enjoys being part of the cello sections of numerous orchestras around New England.
Dr. Kim has met amazing mentors along her musical journey, including Yeesun Kim, Mike Block, and Terry King, who have helped her become the cellist and musician she is today. Her dream is to become one of the great mentors for emerging cellists and to help them find their musical voices just as her teachers did for her. In 2023, Dr. Kim received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at New England Conservatory with a minor in musicology.