Meet Yoosun Kim | Music Director

We had the good fortune of connecting with Yoosun Kim and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Yoosun, as a parent, what have you done for you children that you feel has had the most significant impact?
sympathize situations and problems with children & compliment even small works.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
As a director of children’s choir (non-professional/whoever can join), it is not easy to make a perfect music such as singing techniques, musical phrases, etc. The reason that our choir lasts for 33 years is everybody who loves music can join this choir. So even though we don’t make a perfect music and best singing, but everybody can enjoy singing and dancing. Also, when I see that the children who forced to join the choir by parents or the children eventually enjoy and express their musical talents and improve their singing technique and presentation on the stage, I feel so overwhelmed and so proud of working with these amazing kids. I know all our teachers are struggled to bring out their feeling and talents, sometimes we do demonstrating fun faces, over gestures and acting to let them feel how they have to do, but most of kids are shy and no react on that. I feel that I am a monkey in the fence of zoo, but it is worth it. They know teachers’ effort but it is hard to express their feeling in their puberty stage. I want them to overcome those hard stage with music so I tried to give them more love and to understand their problem in their stage while teaching singing. Music is a great method to lead young kids to right way, and to build their life with full of joy and great experience.

Since this organization is for young Korean-Americans, we provide a unique and important educational experience so they can discover ourselves and live our pride as a Korean-American. Also, we serve Korean-American Community by sharing the joy of music, and represent Korean Culture and music to our communities, too.

VISION STATEMENT – Serving Korean-American Community and Beyond by Sharing the Joy of Music.

MISSION STATEMENT – The mission of Korean American Music Academy (‘KAMA’) Choir is to provide a unique and important educational experience to young Korean-Americans in gaining, enhancing musical, vocal skills, and building life-long appreciation of music through the experience of sharing the joy of music.

WHO WE ARE – Since founded in 1989 by a visionary music director, Ms. Chong Hyun Song, Korean American Music Academy (‘KAMA’) Choir has been enriching lives of young Korean- Americans through singing, and became the oldest, most storied youth choir in Korean- American community in the United States. From the beginning, KAMA Choir has maintained a fully functional non-profit organization status under the governance of its dedicated board. KAMA’s training regiments are built on developmentally appropriate musical and choral education programs, and conducted in collaborative, joyful, nurturing and disciplined atmosphere. Musical selections are made from a variety of genres: classical, religious, traditional Korean folk music, pop music, musicals, and operas, and dance routines are often involved. In addition to its annual charity concert and Christmas performance, KAMA Choir participates in various community events, concerts at senior homes and hospitals, and guest- performs at other musicians’ concerts. KAMA Choir is now made up of over 100 choristers from its 4 branches – La Crescenta, Torrance, Fullerton and Irvine, with ages ranging from 6 to 18.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
K-Town for Korean BBQ Crystal Cove Beach in Laguna Hills (Feel California Beach)
Hermosa Beach (Feel the great mood of beach area)
The Grove (will see fountain water show and will have a dine at the Cheesecake Factory)
Universal Studio (I haven’t been there so long time so I would planned to go with visitors)
LA Art District/Wurstkuche (have a hot dog and glasses of beer during a day)
A famous roof top bar in LA downtown (night)

so many things to do in LA and OC

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Museop Kim, Baritone

Website: kamachoir.com

Instagram: kamachoir/kama_fullerton

Facebook: KAMA

Image Credits
Yoosun P. Kim