Gukhui Han

Gukhui Han is a conductor and pianist with a strong background in higher education and community organizations. She held positions as 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 with the Long Beach Camerata Singers. Additionally, she served as Music Director at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach and St. John’s Episcopal Church in Rancho Santa Margarita.

Her collaborative piano studies significantly shaped her artistry, leading to recognition such as an invitation to perform in the final round of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition in London, and participation in summer festivals including the Fall Island Vocal Art Seminar, SongFest, the Franz-Schubert-Institut, and the Aspen Music Festival, where she collaborated with artists such as Elly Ameling, Roger Vignoles, Martin Katz, Alan Smith, Jake Heggie, and Graham Johnson.

Han’s commitment to artistic growth as a conductor is reflected in her participation in leading summer programs. She was selected as a Choral Scholar at Chorus America’s Conducting Academy, working with mentors including Robert Istad, Eugene Rogers, Beth Willer, David Hayes, and Duain Wolfe. Last summer, she sang with Berkshire Choral International and joined a conducting workshop in Vratsa, Bulgaria, working with the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra. This spring, she studied with René Gulikers at the Conducting Studio in Zagreb, Croatia, and looks forward to returning to the Conducting Academy this summer as a Conducting Fellow.

She holds an MM and a 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 will begin a DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Michigan this fall.