(LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ) -- On Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 12:15pm, the 25th season of Westminster Conservatory at Nassau will open with a recital of music for solo piano by Korean composers. The performer, Eunju Kim, is a member of the teaching faculty of Westminster Conservatory. The recital will take place in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church (61 Nassau Street) in Princeton. It is open to the public free of charge.
The program on September 17 comprises The Wave for piano by Bumki Kim; Variations on Arirang by Seungki Hong; Sight Unseen by Haerim Seok; and portions of Variations pour piano by Youg-ja Lee.
At Westminster Conservatory Eunju Kim teaches piano and coaches chamber music for the
Honors Music Program. She has served as committee chair for the NJ Music Teachers Association Advanced Master Class Audition and the New Jersey Composer Commission Competition. She is a music director at All Nations Church in Voorhees, NJ.
Kim received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Korea's Gyeongsang National University, a Master of Music in Sacred Music from Westminster Choir College, and a post-masters Advanced Certificate of Professional Studies in Music from New York University. At Boston University she is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education degree. She has been a recipient of the Steinway & Sons Top Teacher Award. Her students have won numerous competitions, including the Chopin International Piano Competition, the International Young Gifted Musicians Festival, the Paderewski International Piano Competition, the PrincetonFestival, the NJMTA Young Musicians Competition, and the Steinway Piano Competition. They have performed at prestigious concert halls such as the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the Isaac Stern Auditorium, and the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall in NY. Many of their performances have been broadcasted by WWFM and WRTI.
Kim has also directed benefit concerts entitled "The Harmony of Eastern and Western Music" for the Camden Soup Kitchen and the Haiti Jesus Medical Clinic.
The next Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recital will take place on Thursday, October 15 and will feature pianists Theodore Hendricks Verdejo and others.
This program is made possible in part by the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission through funding from the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
There are multiple performances including:
Saturday, October 17, 2026
@ 2:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
Manasquan, NJ
Saturday, October 17, 2026
@ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
Tuckerton, NJ
Saturday, October 17, 2026
@ 8:00pm
Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center
Carteret, NJ
Saturday, October 17, 2026
@ 8:00pm
Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) - Main Stage
Rahway, NJ
There are multiple performances including:
Saturday, October 17, 2026
@ 2:00pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theatre)
Princeton, NJ
