Hansol Kim is our 2024 Graduate Award Recipient. Originally from Busan, South Korea, Hansol Kim is a passionate organist, choral accompanist, conductor, and church musician. She began studying piano at the age of five and discovered the majestic sound of the organ at thirteen, sparking a lifelong love for sacred music. Hansol is currently a graduate student at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she studies organ under Dr. Janette Fishell and sacred music and improvisation with Dr. Jeffrey Smith. Additionally, she has been a recipient of the Chairman’s Scholar Award Fellowship, The Robert C. Rayfield Memorial Scholarship, and the Wilma Jensen Scholarship from the Jacobs School of Music.
As a performer, her achievements include winning first prize in the Fox Valley Organ Competition and Strader Organ Competition and second prize in the Sursa American Competition. She was also a finalist in the Asia Organ Competition and a semi-finalist in the International Alexander Goedicke Organ Competition in Russia.
Hansol’s deep passion for the organ and sacred music has led her to serve as the organist and Assistant Music Director at First United Church in Bloomington, Indiana. In this role, she brings both brilliance and dedication, leading the bell choir and assisting the Music Director by rehearsing and conducting the choir. Her connection to the church community runs deep, and she finds immense fulfillment in using her musical gifts to inspire and uplift others.
Saturday, November 16, 2024 @ 3:00 PM – Hansol Kim Organ Scholar Recital
Trevor Good is our 2024 Undergraduate Award Recipient. He is an undergraduate student at the University of Kansas, pursuing organ performance with Dr. James Higdon. He serves as organist at the Church of the Resurrection-Brookside in Kansas City, MO and as student organ scholar at the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center in Lawrence, KS. Good has been named an American Guild of Organists Rising Star and has won prizes in several organ competitions, such as second prize and audience choice at the Fort Wayne National Organ Playing Competition and first prize in the undergraduate category in the Immanuel Lutheran Church Organ Scholar Competition in Evanston, IL. This summer, he participated in masterclasses and performed at the Abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen, France. Good’s former teachers include Dr. Grigory Frederick Guzasky and Dale Rogers.
Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 2:00 PM – Trevor Good Organ Scholar Recital
