Biography
Returning fellow Shirley Kim is earning a master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music studying with Alan Stepanksy. Shirley received First Place in both the 2022 Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and 2016 Colburn Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition. She has appeared with the New World Symphony as a substitute cellist, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Journey to the Academy
Los Angeles, California
Music Academy of the West
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