Soo Jin Min

DMA - Conducting

Soo Jin Min is a second-year DMA student in choral conducting at the University of Notre Dame. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, she serves as Assistant Conductor with the South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Notre Dame Children’s Choir, and the Sacred Music at Notre Dame Chamber Choir. She has also worked with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and the Concordia Vocal Ensemble.

Soo Jin has been selected as a conducting fellow at several prestigious programs, including the Chorus America Choral-Orchestral Conducting Academy and the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO). In February 2026, she was named one of three Graduate Conducting Fellows for the Midwestern ACDA Conducting Masterclass. In 2023, she participated as an active conductor for Feniarco (National Federation of Regional Choral Associations) in Italy. From 2016 to 2020, she was annually appointed as a Distinguished Student Conductor at the Seoul Oratorio Festival. In 2020, she won third prize at the National Chorus of Korea Choral Conducting Competition.

In the summer of 2026, Soo Jin will join as a conducting fellow at the Yale Norfolk Chamber Choir and Choral Conducting Workshop. Through this and other upcoming elite programs, she is set to collaborate with and learn from renowned conductors including Anton Armstrong, André Thomas, Jason Max Ferdinand, Charles Bruffy, and Jo-Michael Scheibe.

Soo Jin has held leadership positions in church music in both the United States and South Korea and has been active as a soloist. She holds degrees from Louisiana State University (M.M. in Choral Conducting) and Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (B.M. in Church Music, Conducting Concentration), where she entered as the top-ranked student and graduated early. Additionally, she earned an Artist Diploma in Organ from the Brno Conservatory (Czech) Korean campus.

A recipient of the prestigious Presidential Fellowship from the University of Notre Dame, Soo Jin has been awarded full graduate assistantships and scholarships throughout her academic career.