STARRY DUO
STARRY DUO
JIN LEE YOUN & AMY DAHM HUH
LECTURES ON GLOBAL AND KOREAN ARTS AND CULTURE
• University of Missouri, Music Department, Columbia, MO
Frameworks for Classical Music Presentation: Curation and Context (2025)
• College Music Society National Conference, Spokane, WA
Conference Presentations: Harmonizing East and West (2025)
• Konkuk University, Department of Digital Media, Seoul, Korea
Art Management and Digital Evolution in American Culture (2025)
• Anyang University, Graduate School of Global Business Administration, Anyang, Korea
New York Artists Guild & Nonprofit Arts Management (2025)
• Hannam University, Department of Applied English Contents, Daejeon, Korea
Contemporary U.S. Music: Trends and Artistic Direction (2025)
• University of Kansas, Music Department, Lawrence, KS
Reconstructing Memory through Sound (2025)
• Central Washington University, Music Department, Ellensburg, WA
Aesthetic Differences in Western and Korean Composition (2025)
• Anyang University, Department of Global Management, Anyang, South Korea
Global Perspectives on Culture and Management (2024)
• Konkuk University, Department of Digital Culture & Content, Seoul, South Korea
Digital Storytelling through Music (2023)
• Anyang University, Music Department, Anyang, South Korea
K-Pop and K-Classic from 1990s to Present (2022)
• Hongik University, Graduate School of Business, Seoul, Korea
The Role of the Artist in Society (2022)
• Anyang University, Music Department, Anyang, South Korea
How Music Connects Us across Cultures (2022)
• Kookmin University, Music Department, Seoul, South Korea
Musical Reflection of History and Society: Modern Korean Composers’ Voices (2022)
• Yonsei University, Music Department, Seoul, South Korea
Western Tonalities & Korean Sensibility (2022)
• Yonsei University, Music Department, Seoul, South Korea
Korean Voices of Nostalgia, National Sentiment, and Memory (2022)
INVITIED VIOLA & CHAMBER MUSIC MASTERCLASSES
• St. Olaf College , Northfield, MN (2025, 2023)
• University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS (2025)
• Central Washington University , Ellensburg, WA (2025)
• Florida College , Tampa, FL (2023)
• University of Central Florida , Orlando, FL (2023)
• Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO (2022)
• University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder, CO (2022)
COMMISSIONED & PREMIERED WORKS
2025
• Four Seasons of Korea (World Premiere), Han-Ki Kim — for Viola and Piano
• Of Spirit II (World Premiere), Hanee Park — for String trio
• Gust of Embers (Trio Arrangement Premiere), HyeKyung Lee — for Violin, Viola, and Piano
• Han River Taryeong (World Premiere), Hanki Kim — for Viola and Piano
2024
• Silent Turbulence (Commissioned & World Premiere), Jiyoun Chung — for String trio
• Dear Mom, Dear Sister (Arrangement Premiere), Seung Ki Hong — for Viola and Piano
• Doraji Taryeong (New York Premiere), Hanki Kim — for Viola and Piano
• Spring in My Homeland (Commissioned recomposition & World Premiere), Hohyun Kyoung — for Viola, Bassoon, Gayageum (Korean instrument), and Piano
• Ding Dong Daeng (Korea Premiere), Jeeyoung Kim — for Violin, Viola, and Piano
2023
• Mul-jil (Commissioned & World Premiere), Jeeyoung Kim — for two Violas
• Fallen (Commissioned & World Premiere), HyeKyung Lee — for Viola, Bassoon, and Piano
• Longing (Commissioned & World Premiere), KaYoung Rhee — for Viola, Bassoon, and Piano
• Arirang (Commissioned & World Premiere), Hohyun Kyoung — for Violin and Viola
• Distant Memories (New Arrangement Premiere), HyeKyung Lee — for Viola and Piano
2022
• Time Flows, I Remain (World Premiere), Dong In Chang — for Viola, Bassoon, and Piano
• Hometown (World Premiere), Sihyun Uhm — for Viola, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano
• Tiger Chasing the Wind (Arrangement Premiere), Jeeyeong Kim — for Viola, Bassoon, and Piano
• Merry-Go-Around (Commissioned recomposition & World Premiere), Hohyun Kyoung — for Viola, Bassoon, Gayageum, and Piano
Dr. Amy Dahm Huh is a versatile performer recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, music director, and cultural advocate bridging East and West. She is equally active as a collaborator with living composers and a curator of cross-disciplinary projects. Her performances have taken her to major venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Zaragoza Auditorium, Tokyo Metropolitan Arts Space, Fukuoka Acros Hall, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Seoul Arts Center, and the United Nations Headquarters.
As the Artistic Director of the New York Artists Guild, Dr. Huh curates and leads four annual concerts at Lincoln Center, presenting programs that combine classical repertoire with visual storytelling while supporting cross-cultural exchange and emerging artists. She also serves as the Festival Director of New York International Music Festival, which brings together students and artists from Asia and the United States for collaborative performances and cultural exchange.
She has collaborated with members of the nine-time Grammy-winning Emerson Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, Muir Quartet, and other distinguished artists. She has premiered works by Korean composers and toured internationally with Korean traditional musicians in Edinburgh, Marseille, Kronberg, and Antwerp. As co-founder of the Starry Duo violin–viola ensemble, she released two internationally distributed albums in 2015 and 2020.
Dr. Huh has presented lectures and master classes at national conferences and at institutions including the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida, Florida College, Central Washington University, the University of Kansas, St. Olaf College, and the University of Missouri. In Korea, she has served as a special lecturer at Hongik, Konkuk, Anyang, Hannam, Yonsei, and Kookmin Universities. She also teaches in Konkuk University’s summer program for students from the United States, offering courses in K-culture and K-music as a cultural bridge. Her lecture topics include cultural advocacy in music, digital storytelling, and the artist’s evolving role in society.
She is an adjunct professor at Wagner College, where she teaches all string instruments and leads the chamber music program, as well as the String Methods course. She continues to organize and perform in charity concerts across the United States, Korea, the Philippines, and Spain, sharing music as a means of connection and outreach.
Amy Dahm Huh
Email: amy.dahm-huh@wagner.edu
Address
Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10019
