JIEUN KIM NEWLAND is an organist and harpsichordist currently residing in El Paso, Texas

 

A native of Seoul, South Korea, Jieun started piano at the age of six and had her first organ lesson at thirteen. Her music studies brought her to The United States in 1999. 

 

Jieun holds a Master of Music in Organ Performance from the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. During her time there, she studied organ with Thomas Murray, organ improvisation with Jeffrey Brillhart, harpsichord with Richard Rephann, and choral conducting with Jeffrey Douma. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, where she studied in the studio of John Ditto. 

Jieun has developed a passionate interest in the Medieval Music from Spain and France. She is studying Medieval Organetto with Cristina Alís Raurich. Jieun has attended Medieval Music Pilgrimage 'Mirabilia' in Cueca, Spain in 2023 and 2024. Jieun is currently pursuing a Specialist Certificate in Medieval Music Research and Performance from Medieval Music Besalú in Spain. 

 

Jieun began her career in Church Music at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Kansas City, Missouri where she served three terms as Resident Organ Scholar and assisted Canon Musician John Schafer with organ performance, choral rehearsal, and selection of liturgical pieces for worship.

 

Upon finishing her master’s degree, Jieun served as Director of Music and Organist at Episcopal, Presbyterian, and United Church of Christ churches in Madison, Connecticut; Mercer Island, Washington; and Fort Collins, Colorado. She was a founding member of The Obbligato Players, an early music trio ensemble of violin, recorder, and continuo organ based in Seattle, Washington. 

 

While she was Hawai‘i, Jieun has collaborated with Early Music Hawai‘i, the Honolulu Brass Ensemble, Hawai‘i Vocal Arts Ensemble, the Kona Choral Society, the Windward Choral Society, the O'ahu Choral Society, U.S. Pacific Fleet Band , and ¡Sacabuche!. She has served at Nu‘uanu Congregational Church as organist and substituted occasionally at Lutheran Church of Honolulu, Kawaiaha’o Church, Central Union Church and St. Andrew’s Cathedral. 

 

Jieun currently serves as Music Minister and Organist at Peace Lutheran Church in Las Cruces and is a member of Fellowship of the Melody, a Medieval music ensemble and Society of Forgotten Instrument Trio (SoFI Trio) a trio which specializing in polyphonic music from Medieval to Renaissance period. Jieun is an also active member of American Guild of Organists and serves as a member of American Guild of Organists's National Committee on Educational Programming.