Yoon-Mi Lim is the Associate Professor of Organ and Chair of the Organ Department in the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, where she teaches courses in Organ Literature, Organ Pedagogy, Service Playing and Applied Organ. She also maintains an active schedule as a concert organist performing throughout the United States and overseas.

She is the first-prize winner of the National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP) which is sponsored by the American Guild of Organists (AGO) and was held during the 47th National Convention of the guild in Los Angeles, CA, 2004. In addition to winning the NYACOP, Ms. Lim has won several other prizes including first-prize in the John Rodland Scholarship Competition (2003) and second-prize in the Arthur Poister Organ Competition (2003), both of which resulted in performance engagements. Before coming to the United States to further her studies, she was the first-prize winner in the Korea Piano Duo Competition (1995).

Ms. Lim has been performing around the states and overseas as a concert organist for many years. In 2004-2006, she has given concerts as the winner of NYACOP under the management of Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. She joined the Concert Artist Cooperative in 2006 and continues to keep an active concert schedule. She has also been engaged in performances with numerous choirs and soloists as a pianist, and organist. She was the accompanist for the Yonsei Glee Club from 1993 to 1994 and participated in a tour of the United States with the ensemble. From 2000 to 2003, Ms. Lim was an instructor for the Young Pianist Program at Indiana University.

Originally from South Korea, Ms. Lim received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Yonsei University where her teachers were Dr. Tong-Soon Kwak and Kyung-Hee Jung. While studying organ at Yonsei, she also pursued her study in piano performance with Myung-Jin Kim. She is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, where she studied Organ Performance and Literature with Dr. Christopher Young, and church music courses with Dr. Marilyn Keiser. She is to complete and receive the Doctor of Music degree in the summer of 2009.

Ms. Lim has been an active church musician from an early age as a singer in the youth choir, organist, pianist, and director of both choral and handbell choirs. She has served churches, in various sizes from a membership of 200 to 60,000, and led their music program in a diverse capacity. Her recent appointments include the Organist and Handbell Director at Fairview United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Indiana, and the Music Director and Organist at Fairlawn Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Indiana.

As the winner of the NYACOP, Ms. Lim has recorded a CD, Gifts from Above, with Pro Organo. It is available online at www.zarex.com. Pro Organo is one of America’s leading labels in recordings of organ and choral music.

E-mail: ylim@swbts.edu, yoonmi74@hotmail.com