FEATURED WORKS

Calling of the Whales – erhu, haegeum, and string quartet

55′ (12 movements) • Winning work of the 2024/25 AT&T Performing Arts Center Elevator Project • Upcoming performance at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Jan 10, 2026)

R.I.P. 2020 – soprano and clarinet

12′ • Commissioned by Julien Hervé and Liesbeth Devos • Premiered in Antwerp, Belgium (2021) • Included in the album Voyage Within – Chamber Music by Hee Yun Kim (Ravello Records, 2023)

Memoir of Dong-Hak – flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

9′ • Laureate of the 2nd Pablo Casals International Composition Competition • Inspired by the Korean folk song “새야 새야 파랑새야” • Performed by ensembles such as Ensemble Calliopée and New York New Music Ensemble • Included in the album Mosaic (Navona Records, 2010)

Scattered Minds – string quartet

9′ • Supported by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture (ArtsActivate) • Premiered by The Julius Quartet (2023) • Performed by Voices of Change and others

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Reboot – piano trio

11′ • Commissioned by Salley Koo with support from the University of Illinois Research Board • Premieres in Chicago/New York City (2025) • Studio recording to be released soon

Multifaceted – string quartet

14′ • U.S. premiere at the AT&T Performing Arts Center Elevator Project (2025) • Movements: Prism / Abyss / Mist / Island

White Rock Lake – flute, oboe, violin, and cello

10′ • Supported by the City of Dallas OAC (ArtsActivate) • Included in the album Voyage Within – Chamber Music by Hee Yun Kim (Ravello Records, 2023)

Chumm (Dance) – flute, oboe, and guitar

10′ • Premiered at Korean Virtuosity in Classical Music (2024) • Supported by Culture of Value and the National Endowment for the Arts • Also available for two bassoons and guitar

Fulfilled – flute duo

7′ • Commissioned by Laurel Zucker • Premiered by Laurel Zucker and Julee Kim Walker at the Florida Flute Association Convention (2023) • Released on Lumiere for Flutes and Piano (Cantilena Records, 2023)

Aftertone – flute, viola, and harp

7′ • Winning work of the Composers Ensemble of Northern New York (2006) • Included in the album Voyage Within – Chamber Music by Hee Yun Kim

Kraków in Spring – clarinet, cello, and piano

10′ • World premiere at Festival Write & Play, Krakow, Poland (2002) • U.S. premiere at Sonic Quilt of Metroplex, Dallas, TX (2024)

Awakening – flute and piano

7′ • Commissioned by Petra Music • Premiered at the 2010 Flötefestival in München

Four Colors – piano duo

16′ • Commissioned by pianist Joo-Hye Lee • Premiered at a concert presented by the Musical Arts Association of Korea (2010)

The Distance – string quartet

7′ • Premiered at the Kronos Quartet Workshop at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (2006)

Three Phases – woodwind quintet

12′ • Commissioned and premiered by Euterpe Woodwind Quintet • Premiered at Seoul Arts Center (2012)

Chamber Music I–VII – soprano and piano

15′ • Texts from James Joyce’s Chamber Music • Premiered at the Dawn Upshaw Workshop at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (2005) • Also available for tenor and piano

Connection – flute, bass clarinet, and piano

7′ • Premiered by Het Trio (Amsterdam) at the Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival (1993)

SOLO

Folksong I (Kunbam Taryeong) – prepared piano

6′ • Premiered at the Midwest Composers Symposium (2007) • Included in the album Voyage Within – Chamber Music by Hee Yun Kim

Melancholy Hour – piano

6′ • Commissioned by pianist and pedagogue Chee Hyun Choi • Written for intermediate-level students • Drawn from the larger work Here You Are for piano and wind ensemble • Premiered at the Korean Composers Festival at St. Olaf College (2025)

Bit – alto flute

9′ • Commissioned by flutist Mehrdad Gholami • Included in the album Voyage Within – Chamber Music by Hee Yun Kim

Three Modes for Bassoon – bassoon

7′ • Commissioned by bassoonist Yoon Joo Hwang • Premiered at the University of Sheffield, UK (2024) • Presented at the Meg Quigley Bassoon Symposium (2025) • Movements: Dorian / Phrygian / Mixolydian • Recording coming soon

Diffusion – piano

7′ • Premiered at the Pan Music Festival, Seoul (1994) • Originally titled Osmosis; revised as Diffusion in 2011

Gravitation of Resonance – harp

9′ • Commissioned by harpist Ann Yeung • Premiered at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (2010)

Himalaya – cello

9′ • Commissioned by cellist Romain Garioud

Reflection – alto saxophone

8′ • Commissioned by also saxophonist Michael Weiss-Holmes

LARGE ENSEMBLE

Reversion is the Movement of Tao – octet

11′ • Premiered by ALEA III, Theodore Antoniou conducting • Finalist work of the 22nd ALEA III International Composition Competition (Boston, MA) • Included in the album Voyage Within – Chamber Music by Hee Yun Kim

River Lethe – chamber ensemble

10′ • Premiered by the Orchestre de la Francophonie, Jean-Philippe Tremblay conducting • Recorded at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, (2007) • Included in the album Voyage Within – Chamber Music by Hee Yun Kim

Treetop Sky – wind ensemble

9′ • Commissioned by Dallas Asian Winds • Premiered at the University of Texas at Arlington (2022)

Here You Are – piano and wind ensemble

17′ • Commissioned and premiered by Dallas Asian Winds, Jung Moo Lee conducting • Piano soloist: Jihea Hong-Park

Horizon from the Island – chamber ensemble

10′ • Commissioned by the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble • Premiered at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (2006)

Butterfly’s Dream – orchestra

14′ • Winner of the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition • Premiered by Donald Schleicher conducting at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (2007)

Phrygian Ocean – orchestra

14′ • Read by the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra (2022)

Story I – beginning orchestra

3′ • Commissioned by the Kim Noltemy Young Musicians of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra • Performed under Roberto Zambaro at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (2022)

Also Sprach Zaratustra – soprano and ensemble

9′ • Premiered on the composer’s master’s degree recital at Seoul National University Concert Hall (1995)

VOCAL CHOIR

Quantum Musics –16 mixed voices (SSSS AAAA TTTT BBBB)

7′ • Winning work of Verdigris Ensemble’s ION Composition Competition (2020)

Living in Harmony (Psalm 133) – mixed choir (SATB)

4′ • Also available in Latin and in a version for children’s choir

Acacia – mixed choir (SS AA TT BB)

7′ • Premiered by the Seoul Metropolitan Chorus (1992) • Second Prize, Dong-A Music Competition

Unending Love – mixed choir (SATB)

7′ • Text by Rabindranath Tagore

Jellyfish – mixed choir (SATB)

4′ • Text by Marianne Moore

All through the night – mixed choir (SATB)

3′ • Dedicated to the composer’s daughter