Se-Hee Jin

Dr. Se-Hee Jin has been acclaimed for her keen musical intelligence and exquisite sensitivity. Dr. Jin currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at Texas Tech University, teaching applied piano lessons, keyboard literature, and chamber music and co-directing Contemporary Music Ensemble. Dr. Jin holds her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Piano Performance and Literature (Minor in Music Theory) from the Eastman School of Music. She graduated from Ewha Womans University (South Korea) with a Bachelor of Music degree.

As a solo pianist, she has been featured in various recitals, including concerts at the Weill-Carnegie Hall, Kaufman Music Center, Bentley Recital Hall, and Seiji Ozawa Hall. She participated in the Tanglewood Music Festival as a recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Fellowship and the Banff Summer Arts Festival in Canada. She has performed a broad range of repertoire from Baroque to the music of our times, continuing her solo projects on The Art of Fugue by J. S. Bach, music by Russian Romantic composers, and American living composers. Dr. Jin has also presented her collaborative performances with distinguished musicians in the United States and abroad. She has appeared in Backstage Pass on WXXI-FM Classical 91.5, Women in Music Festival, Festival of Contemporary Music, and various chamber music concerts.

As a founder and artistic director, Dr. Jin has presented two new music concert series - American Living Composer Series for composer portrait recitals and N (AND) Series for solo piano music representing two different nationalities. The concert series have featured the music of Pulitzer Prize winners and leading composers, including John Harbison, Charles Wuorinen, and Louis Karchin. She has presented the concert series in several venues in New York and Oklahoma areas. The concert series are supported by universities and regional art council.

Dr. Jin has performed and given master classes in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Italy, China, and Korea. She has been invited to adjudicate at a multitude of local, regional, and international festivals and competitions. In addition, she has provided guidance and mentorship to her students in their academic research, leading to their selections for presentations at Music Teachers National Association Conference and Texas Music Educators Association Clinic and Convention. Prior to her appointment at Texas Tech University, Dr. Jin taught at Oklahoma State University and the University of Rochester.