Shin-Ae Chun
Shin-Ae Chun, a native of Incheon, South Korea, received her doctoral degree in Organ Performance (2006) and her master’s degree in Harpsichord Performance (2007) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, where she studied with Dr. Marilyn Mason and Professor Edward Parmentier. During her study, she received various scholarships and fellowships and was invited to compete in the Musashino International Organ Competition (2004) and the Dublin International Organ Competition (2005).

Dr. Chun is currently Music Director and Organist at First Congregational Church in Toledo, Ohio, where she plays and maintains a four-manual E.M. Skinner (Op. 237) organ and two Steinway grand pianos and runs concert series. She also actively gives recitals in Ann Arbor, Detroit and Toledo areas on both organ and harpsichord. In 2007, she was invited to give a harpsichord concert in the Early Music festival in Boulder, Colorado. In the summer of 2008, she was invited to the summer concert series in Hamburg, Germany and in Bialystok, Suwalki, and Hajnowka, Poland and gave organ concerts on both the mechanical and pneumatic organs. In 2009, she continues to give concerts in various concert series, one of which is a duo harpsichord concert with Edward Parmentier.

Dr. Chun’s two organ solo CDs with the music from the Lutheran heritage were released by Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, where she was Music Director and Organist from 2003 to 2007: The Angels Dance (2005) and On Cherubim Wings (2006) www.redeemerlutheranchurch.org/shinae.

Reviews

"The listener will hear that Shin-Ae Chun has mastered this instrument.” Christian News, St. Louis, MO, 2005

“The recording (The Angels Dance) sounds particularly crisp and clear” The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005

“The Marilyn Mason Organ (Fisk Op.85) has outstanding clarity, and Shin-Ae Chun makes the most of it.” The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006

Dr. Chun holds a bachelor’s degree in Nursing Science, a bachelor’s degree in Church Music (Organ) and a master’s degree in Organ Performance from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, where her organ teachers were Dr. Tong-Soon Kwak and Kyung-Hee Jung.

Email: shinaechun@gmail.com