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Yoojin Jo, Co-President  
Yoojin Jo is a junior at the Orange County School of the Arts in the Instrumental Music Piano Conservatory. She has been studying the piano for eleven years under Dr. Kookhee Hong and she is the recipient of the Bronze Award for Finland International Piano Competition, Second Prize in the Piano League Piano Star International Competition, and has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. Yoojin is particularly passionate about chamber music and the idea of sharing music with other fellow musicians as well as with the rest of the world. Through Barum, she hopes to reach a wider audience who may benefit and also fall in love with the beauty of music-making. 
Irene Oh, Co-President​ 
​Irene Oh is a junior at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. She has been studying piano with Dr. Kookhee Hong for approximately seven years and can often be found swimming, spending time with her family, and baking. She has was won first place at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival, first place in the MTAC’s Branch Theme Festival, second place at the Satori Summer Music Festival, and honorable mention in the MTAC Piano Concerto Solo Competition. Irene views music as a pathway to freely express the vivid dispositions and imagery unique to each piece of work. She loves performing pieces to an audience, as it fuels a strong sense of exhilaration and pride. She aspires to serve her community by sharing the gift of music through solo and chamber performances, mentoring others, and spreading her enthusiasm for music.
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Justina Cha, Recording Secretary   
Justina started piano because she was excellent at everything she did that involved dexterity with her fingers. She first signed up for classes very early on in her career which has led up to a passion for music and a desire to spread and help others experience it.
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Ethan Choi, Financial Secretary ​ 
Ethan started playing the piano at the age of 6. Ethan has been an active soloist as well as a chamber musician. Ethan joined Barum to share musical cultures with the community. His passion for music is to recreate composers' works and share them on the stage by performing.​
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Isaiah Sohn, Director of Web Development ​
Isaiah Sohn is a sophomore at Redlands High School. His dual passions for web development and music has driven his involvement in this program. Music to Isaiah represents an escape and a way to distance from the stressors students today are all-too familiar with. He is passionate about music's ability to move and communicate with others in intangible ways and he wants to share his talent through serving the community.

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Kriti Laddha, Graphic Designer ​
Music is Kriti's source of inspiration and expression. It soothes her and brings a sense of peace to her mind. She wants to share her talent so that she can connect with other people and get them to love music too. She serves the community through music by holding concerts for everyone to gather and just enjoy the pieces being played. 
Interested to learn more? Feel free to contact us!
info@barummusic.org
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