Johns Creek High School Orchestra

Young Keun Kim received Bachelor of Music degree (B.M.) and the Master of Music Education degree (M.M.Ed.) from Georgia State University . For the past twenty four years, he has taught and directed orchestras at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. For the past twenty three years, his groups have earned consecutive SUPERIOR ratings at the GMEA District V Orchestra Large-Group Performance Evaluation. His groups have been invited twice to perform at the prestigious Midwest Clinic-An International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago (2005, 2012); the 58th Biennial Music Educators National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee (2002); and have four times performed at the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference in Savannah, Georgia (2000, 2005, 2009, 2011). Young Kim's groups also traveled and performed internationally--participating in three European concert tours (2001, 2005, 2009). The performances include cities of Austria ( Salzburg, Vienna, Eisenstadt ), Germany ( Munich ), Italy ( Rome, Perugia, Florence, Assisi, Cremona, Venice ), Hungary ( Budapest ) , and Czech Republic ( Prague ) . His orchestras also performed numerous times at the Symphony Hall and at the Georgia Governor's Mansion.

Young Kim has also been active in the Korean-American community in Atlanta Area. He has founded the Korean-American Youth Center Orchestra/KAYCO (청소년 센타 오케스트라) in 1994 and has conducted this orchestra for four years. The members of the KAYCO included some of the top middle, high school, and college student musicians in the Atlanta area. This group was invited to perform in various important functions including the performance at the Woodruff Park during the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. Young Kim has also directed the Korean-American Chamber Orchestra. The members included principal string players of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) and college students of Georgia State University.

Young Kim is an active clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator throughout Georgia and Southeast. He has served as the GMEA District V Orchestra Chair, organizing chairman for the District V Orchestra Large Group Performance Evaluation, and organizing chairman for the Fulton County High School Honor Orchestra. Young Kim has also served as the National High School Honor Orchestra (NHSHO) Representative/Chair for Georgia. He currently serves as the certified Head Adjudicator for the GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation.

His current professional affiliation includes Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA), National School Orchestra Association with American String Teachers Association (NSOA/ASTA), and Kappa Delta Pi, an International Honor Society in Education. Young Kim is listed in the 2006-2007 editions of National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals.

Young Kim has been a member of the prestigious Georgia Governor's Honors Program (GHP) faculty for four summers (1998, 1999, 2000, and 2003). In addition to guest conducting orchestras throughout Georgia and Southeast, he has also conducted many summer music camps such as the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) music camp and the University of Georgia Summer Music Camp in Athens, Georgia.

In 2006, Young Kim was selected as the "2006 Georgia Music Educator of the Year" by the Georgia Music Educators Association. He is listed in the 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006 editions of the "Who's Who Among America 's Teachers." He was also selected and recognized as the "Expert Teacher Cadre-7" in the Fulton County Schools system in 1997 and participated in its leadership program. Young Kim was named the "S.T.A.R. Teacher" of Johns Creek High School in 2010 and "Teacher of the Year" at Johns Creek High School in 2011. Young Kim was again named "S.T.A.R. Teacher" for 2012.

In addition to being the Director of Orchestras at Johns Creek High School, he also teaches the AP Music Theory class.

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