Jean Ahn holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.A. and B.A. from Seoul National University. Her compositions have been featured at Aspen Music Festival, American Composers Orchestra’s Ear Shot (by Memphis Symphony), June in Buffalo, Oregon Bach Festival, Berkeley Symphony’s Under Construction, Etchings Festival, SEAMUS, International Alliance of Women in Music Festival and Women Composers Festival at Hartford, among others.
Commissions include works for the Leftcoast Chamber Ensemble, Volti Chamber Choir, Duo Camaraderie, Gayaguem Soloist JUL, Locrian Chamber Players, and the Pianissimo among others. Her life long project “Folksong Revisited” for voice and piano has been presented at NATS (National Association for Teachers for Singing), multiple CMS conferences and International Symposium of New Music. She is the director of Ensemble ARI and an assistant director for UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus. She has been a visiting Lecturer at UC Davis since 2016 and has taught at University of the Pacific, Dominican University and UC Berkeley. www.jeanahn.com