Haijin Choi · violin

Haijin Choi is a section violinist of the Grand Rapids Symphony and an enthusiastic violin teacher. Originally from South Korea, she moved to the United States in 2000 to continue her post graduate program at Northwestern University after finishing her BM and MM from Seoul National University. Inspired by her teacher and mentor Blair Milton (a member of Chicago Symphony, music director of National High School Institute School of Music at Northwestern University and music director of Winter Chamber Music Festival, Evanston, IL), she continued her interest in orchestral experience by participating in National Repertoire Orchestra and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. After playing with Charleston Symphony, SC for one season, she has been a member of Grand Rapids Symphony since 2003. She looks forward to her first appearance in Chamber Music Festival in Saugatuck this summer.