Dr. Susan L. Kim

Dr. Susan L. KimEditor and Co-Author

Susan L. Kim is a visiting fellow and coordinator of the music theory department at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of the National University of Singapore.In the first partnership of its kind between a leading university in the Asia Pacific and a conservatory in the US, the National University of Singapore collaborated with the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University to establish this conservatory, and Dr. Kim is one of its founding faculty members.She received her doctorate in music theory from the University of California, Santa Barbara, writing her dissertation on rhythmic development and motivic process in the chamber music of Johannes Brahms.As a teaching associate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Dr. Kim received an Outstanding Faculty Award.She also holds a bachelor's degree in piano performance from the University of California, Berkeley, winning the prestigious Eisner Prize for Creative Arts in Piano Performance during her time there.Dr. Kim enjoys operas, travel, and playing beach volleyball.