Gukhui Han is a conductor and pianist with a strong background in higher education and community organizations. She has held positions as a Lecturer in Choral Music at California State University, Los Angeles; Conducting Teacher at the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus; and Collaborative Pianist at Chapman University, California State University, Long Beach, and the Long Beach Camerata Singers. She has also served as Music Director at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach and St. John’s Episcopal Church in Rancho Santa Margarita.

Han has built an extensive career as a collaborative pianist, shaping her musicianship. Her work in this field has led to opportunities, including an invitation to perform in the final round of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition in London and to study and perform at summer festivals such as the Fall Island Vocal Art Seminar, SongFest, the Franz-Schubert-Institut, and the Aspen Music Festival.

As a conductor, Han continues to grow artistically through conducting programs in the United States and abroad. She was selected twice for Chorus America’s Conducting Academy and has participated in conducting workshops in the Czech Republic, Croatia, and Bulgaria, working with professional orchestras and conductors.

She holds an MM and DMA in Collaborative Piano from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Southern California, respectively, as well as an MM in Choral Conducting from California State University, Fullerton. She is currently pursuing her DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Michigan under Dr. Eugene Rogers, where she served as Director of the Opera Chorus and as an assistant conductor of the Women’s Glee Club. This year, she is very excited to make music with Out of the Blue, a prison outreach choir, and, of course, Arts Chorale!