Chung Eun Kim is a graduate of the PhD in Composition at Rutgers University. Dr. Kim also holds degrees from the New England Conservatory in Boston and Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. Her doctoral thesis dealt with musical silence in the works of Cage, Takemitsu and Sciarrino. As a composer, her musical background and interest come from both Western and non-Western traditions, often drawing on elements of jazz and pop. Her music has been performed by the Flux String Quartet, Freya String Quartet, Beo String Quartet, New Contemporary Performance Group, Englewinds, S.E.M. ensemble, Contemporary Music Society in Seoul, The Korean Society of Women Composers, Daegue MBC Symphony Orchestra, and Youngnam Philharmonic Orchestra, and at events such as ICMC, SICMF, NSEME, NYCEMF, Bowling Green State University Conference in Music, Le Poisson Rouge, New Music on the Point, Carnegie Halls’ Weill Recital Hall, Dynamic Festival, Upbeat Festival, and Charlotte New Music Festival. She currently teaches at Ewha Woman University.