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In reply to the discussion: musician sparks backlash for requesting her violin from crashed Amtrak train [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)142. Her bio...
Jennifer Kim is a versatile violinist who performs throughout the United States and the world. She is a member of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra/Washington National Opera Orchestra and a substitute for National Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. In addition to her orchestral career, she has performed chamber music at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Music Center at Strathmore. She has performed with New World Symphony (Miami, FL), Pacific Music Festival Orchestra (Japan), Verbier Festival Orchestra (Switzerland), and participated in masterclasses at Mozarteum (Austria) and Great Mountains Music Festival (Korea). Also active as a studio musician, she has recorded on sound tracks of major motion pictures Noah, Doubt, Julie/Julia, True Grit, Tower Heist, and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Her Broadway show credits include concertmaster appearances at The Little Night Music and First National Tour of The Book of Mormon. She has also collaborated with artists such as Sting, Michael Buble, Peter Gabriel, and DJ Spooky.
An avid educator, she teaches at George Mason University School of Music and National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute and contributes as a sectional coach for American Youth Philharmonic, for which she is an alumna. Recognizing the importance of arts education, she also performs actively in Washington DC area public schools as a founding member of King Street Quartet, in addition to having taught at New York City Public School 1 as a Morse Fellow from the Juilliard School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Columbia University and a Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Juilliard School. Her teachers include Ricardo Cyncynates, Naoko Tanaka, Lisa Kim and Hyo Kang. She is an exclusive Andrea Rosin artist and performs on a 1907 Vincenzo Postiglione violin. Outside of the violin, her passion for fine wine has led to Level 3 Certification from Wine & Spirit Education Trust from London, England.
https://violinistjennifer.wordpress.com/about/
An avid educator, she teaches at George Mason University School of Music and National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute and contributes as a sectional coach for American Youth Philharmonic, for which she is an alumna. Recognizing the importance of arts education, she also performs actively in Washington DC area public schools as a founding member of King Street Quartet, in addition to having taught at New York City Public School 1 as a Morse Fellow from the Juilliard School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Columbia University and a Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Juilliard School. Her teachers include Ricardo Cyncynates, Naoko Tanaka, Lisa Kim and Hyo Kang. She is an exclusive Andrea Rosin artist and performs on a 1907 Vincenzo Postiglione violin. Outside of the violin, her passion for fine wine has led to Level 3 Certification from Wine & Spirit Education Trust from London, England.
https://violinistjennifer.wordpress.com/about/
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musician sparks backlash for requesting her violin from crashed Amtrak train [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
May 2015
OP
Even more interesting is the fact that they MUST continue be played at least occasionally. . .
markpkessinger
May 2015
#237
It's not than unusual for a professional to have more than one instrument.
winter is coming
May 2015
#214
I thought the same thing, but the tone and wording of that shows her to be a self absorbed asshole.
Stinky The Clown
May 2015
#52
No, but the tweet is snarky and comes across as immature and self-centered.
Gormy Cuss
May 2015
#101
I see it less as self-importance and more as a reaction predicated on shock
LanternWaste
May 2015
#54
Best way to rationalize one's mistake is by pretending the reaction is worse than the mistake itself
LanternWaste
May 2015
#41
I understand about getting a violin back. They are expensive, but saying that, her timing sucks.
Xyzse
May 2015
#6
we should stop shaming people. We don't live in their lives. She may struggle as an
CTyankee
May 2015
#31
yeah, I know...sad but I think if this were her livelihood she would naturally be concerned.
CTyankee
May 2015
#100
Yeah, the nerve of a person not thinking soundly 15 minutes after a train derailment
CreekDog
May 2015
#222
If you are so insistent on being helpful, why weren't you there at the wreckage
CreekDog
May 2015
#225
Same reason I am not advising GOP candidates not to say damned foolish things
Kelvin Mace
May 2015
#226
You know who else here has lost their living? Guess and I will let you know if you are right! nt
Logical
May 2015
#44
maybe she did and she just wanted her original violin back. It might have a "feel"
CTyankee
May 2015
#106
Are you as concerned about the injured people who can't work now? I doubt it. nt
Logical
May 2015
#42
No, she should not whine about losing a tool when people died and are injured. Get it yet? nt
Logical
May 2015
#120
If the violen was so precious to her and expensive, maybe she should have used a private carrier.
Quackers
May 2015
#33
And do you think she knew that 15 minutes after she had crawled out of the wreckage? n/t
markpkessinger
May 2015
#133
Most people wouldn't be ignorant enough to tweet that 15 minutes after the train they're on crashes.
Quackers
May 2015
#146
I'm not willing to call anything anyone does in the immediate aftermath of an accident "fucked up" .
markpkessinger
May 2015
#150
I never said a violin was worth more than a human life, and neither did she n/t
markpkessinger
May 2015
#134
Just because she is a profession musician doesn't mean she's fucking Madonna.
Goblinmonger
May 2015
#163
oh wow, well that's a crime that your condemnation is certainly needed to prevent
CreekDog
May 2015
#221
I will realize that people are rude and stupid, and now people will know this about her. nt
Logical
May 2015
#38
Yup, I can't get mad about this at all. I hope she gets it back and it is ok.
uppityperson
May 2015
#50
I don't think so at all. If she is a musical artist whose livelihood depends on her violin
CTyankee
May 2015
#34
I guarantee she can find another violin to practice. I bet the people in the hospital.....
Logical
May 2015
#47
You think professional grade instruments are just out there for anyone who wants to borrow one?
markpkessinger
May 2015
#80
Oh please, you act like she asked for her violin to be retrieved while people die
CreekDog
May 2015
#88
It's her livelihood. If you needed something to coninue your employement, you'd want it back too
Ex Lurker
May 2015
#28
Agreed, but lots of folks might not think things through 15 minutes after being in an accident n/t
markpkessinger
May 2015
#97
she's deprived of her emotional outlet and people complain about her not being properly emotional?
unblock
May 2015
#81
Maybe better to wait for the bodies to be buried (or at least pulled from the wreckage)
Nye Bevan
May 2015
#83
If a part of you was still on that train after you got off ,you would want it back just as soon as
Wash. state Desk Jet
May 2015
#90
And probably desperately wanted to go find her violin on the train and they wouldn't let her get it
Beaverhausen
May 2015
#108
Most patients, if awake and alerted , worry about various things after an accident
darkangel218
May 2015
#170
Rec to bring awerness that trauma victims are not just physically traumatized
darkangel218
May 2015
#109
Because people were dead and 100s will miss their job and pay tomorrow and this idiot....
Logical
May 2015
#128
Then where is her apology? Her website says nothing! And she deleted her twitter account. nt
Logical
May 2015
#136
Normal people do apologize. It is telling she has not. We disagree on this. nt
Logical
May 2015
#155
You call a stranger "not normal" because they long for a precious item while in shock??
darkangel218
May 2015
#158
I feel for the injured people and the ones that died. I would never whine about my missing stuff....
Logical
May 2015
#162
Glad to know you can instantly judge someone who just had a near death experience
philosslayer
May 2015
#149
I wish people would stop reacting to tweets like they signified anything important.
Inkfreak
May 2015
#147
I give people the benefit of a doubt. Sometimes internet words don't transmit true feelings.
BlueJazz
May 2015
#164
Chill out Internet. She screwed up, as we all have. Let's not ruin her life for it. nt
tridim
May 2015
#179
An ex of mine -- also a classical violinist -- knows Jennifer Kim . . .
markpkessinger
May 2015
#189
I'm sure most folks who lost an $18K+ essential piece of equipment for them to earn a living would
stevenleser
May 2015
#202
Looking at Ms. Kim's impressive CV, up-thread, I'm betting it's a lot more than $18K. (nt)
Paladin
May 2015
#206