Roger Kim
Roger Kim is a composer and multidisciplinary artist who tells stories with music, text, moving graphics, and interactive electronics. Roger has scored films for Chaerin Im, Kyungwon Song, Kayla Tange, Joo Young Judy Kim, and Caroline Yoo. He has performed and exhibited at ICA San Jose, Mills College Art Museum, ICA San Francisco, REDCAT, the YBCA New Frequencies Festival, CultureHub LA, Re-Fest, and the California Institute of the Arts. He has received grants and awards from UC Berkeley, CultureHub LA, ICA San Francisco, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and the California Institute of the Arts.
Roger earned a BA in music at UC Berkeley under Myra Melford, and an MFA in music performance and composition from the California Institute of the Arts under Eyvind Kang. Roger studied traditional Korean music with a grant from UC Berkeley. His teachers in Korea include Ji Soonja, Scarlett Choi, Kim Dongwon, Moon Soohyeon, and Yeon Jeho. Roger publishes puri zine about Korean history, is the leader of Kkiri Kkiri Samulnori, and facilitates workshops as part of Hwa Records artist collective.