Joseph Kyungjin Han, D.M.A., is an active conductor and performer with a well-established international career, performing across North America, Europe, and Asia.

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Conducting

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As a choral conductor, Han served as Artistic Director of the Catskill Choral Society, and, beginning in Fall 2026, joins Albany Pro Musica as its new Assistant Music Director. At SUNY Schenectady, he has led the college's large-scale choral-orchestral performances of Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, featuring combined choral and orchestral forces. He has conducted at the NYSSMA Area All-State Festival at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, NY, has led performances at All-County Music Festivals in Fulton, Montgomery, and Schoharie Counties, and has been invited to lead a masterclass at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City.

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Han is committed to developing a versatile conducting career that spans both choral and orchestral music. He continues to build his skills through advanced training, including a choral conducting certificate from Westminster Choir College, fellowships at the University of Michigan Choral Conducting Symposium, the Conductors Retreat at Medomak, and the Conductor's Institute of South Carolina. Beginning in Fall 2026, he pursues a Master of Music in Conducting, Orchestral Conducting track, at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he studies both orchestral and choral conducting under renowned conductor James Bagwell.

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Performing

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Beyond the podium, Han made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall with the Philharmonia Boston Orchestra String Players and has also appeared at Lincoln Center as a performer.

As a singer, he was an apprentice artist with Teatro Nuovo, and at the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (ISOFOM), he sang the title role in Gianni Schicchi and Papageno in The Magic Flute. He has also served as a fellow artist at the Académie Internationale d'Été de Nice and SongFest, and has performed with the Russian Opera Workshop, the Baroque Opera Workshop, and the Ezio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera (EPCASO).

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His operatic roles have included Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Marcello in La bohème, Onegin in Eugene Onegin, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro, Escamillo in Carmen, Top in The Tender Land, Ercole in Ercole amante, the Sacristan in Tosca, and the Cadi in Le cadi dupé, among others, performed on stage with companies including Stony Brook Opera, Carnegie Mellon Opera, Undercroft Opera, the Russian Opera Workshop, and the Baroque Opera Workshop.

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Most recently, he sang Dr. John Watson in 221B: A Sherlock Holmes Opera with the Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony and the Gentleman Lecturer in A Water Bird Talk with the Musicians of Ma'alwyck.

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Han has performed as a soloist and collaborator with orchestras and choral organizations including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Stony Brook Orchestra, the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra, the Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the Northern Berkshire Chorale, the Hudson-Mohawk Chorale, the Octavo Singers, the Bergen Oratorio Society, the Philadelphia Master Chorale, the Long Island Symphonic Choral Association, the Riverside Choral Society, the Mendelssohn Club of Albany, and the Musicians of Ma'alwyck.

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Awards & Honors

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Han's performance career has also been recognized in national and international vocal competitions. He won 1st Place in the Manhattan International Music Competition, 1st Place in the Tri-State NATS Competition for Advanced Men Division, and 1st Place in the Korean Voice Competition. He was 2nd Place winner in The East Coast International Competition, and received an Encouragement Award in the Schubert Lied Competition. He was also a finalist in the Verismo International Vocal Competition, the Art Song Discovery Competition administered by Vocal Arts DC, and the Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition, administered by the Art Song Preservation Society of New York.

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Han remains deeply engaged in the Capital Region's music community as an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, and previously served as President of the Eastern New York Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).

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Teaching

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As a teacher, Han takes particular pride in preparing students for the next stage of their musical education. His voice students have gone on to some of the country's most respected conservatories and music schools, including the Eastman School of Music, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), and Ithaca College.

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Previously, he served as an adjunct professor at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and also taught undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon University and SUNY Stony Brook. He received a certificate in vocal pedagogy at Westminster Choir College. Currently, he holds the position of Assistant Professor, Choral Director, and Vocal Area Coordinator at SUNY Schenectady County Community College's School of Music.