School of Music Welcomes Artist Faculty

Kyu-Young Kim, artistic director and principal violinist of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, is one of the most versatile and accomplished musicians of his generation. His appointment as the SPCO’s artistic director in Jan. 2016 marked the first time a playing member had been tapped to take the artistic helm of a major American orchestra. 

As a violinist, Kim has toured throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, performing in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, the Seoul Arts Center, the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels), and the Beethoven-Haus (Bonn). As a founding member of the Daedalus Quartet, winners of the Grand Prize at the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition, he performed in many of the major halls of Europe. Kim has received degrees from the Curtis Institute, the Juilliard School, and the Cleveland Institute of Music, and has studied with Donald Weilerstein, Robert Mann, Jaime Laredo, Yumi Scott, and Shirley Givens

Peter McGuire was appointed to the violin section of the Minnesota Orchestra in 2003 and acting associate concertmaster in 2011. McGuire joined the orchestra as principal second violin after serving as associate concertmaster with the Tonhalle Orchester-Zürich from 2013-2016. 

McGuire has performed as guest concertmaster and recorded throughout Europe and the U.S. A frequent chamber musician and soloist, McGuire has performed with prestigious ensembles throughout the U.S., Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. In 2011, McGuire performed Mozart’s A Major Concerto for First Lady Michelle Obama at the University of Northern Iowa, Waterloo-Cedar Falls. He has given master classes throughout the U.S. and Switzerland and was a violin coach for the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra from 2013-2016.