Youngeun Kim, a native of South Korea, is a doctoral student in choral conducting at the University of Arizona. She currently serves as the music director at First United Methodist Church and as the assistant conductor of the Tucson Masterworks Chorale.

Youngeun was selected by audition as one of four conductors for the 2025 ACDA National Conference Conducting Masterclass. At the 2025 NCCO Conference, she presented a poster titled From Oppression to Expression: Exploring Colonial-Era Poetry in Korean Choral Works and was invited to give an oral presentation.

She published an article on the choral music of Hye-Young Cho in Choral Journal (March–April 2026). In 2026, she was selected as the Frank Nemhauser Conducting Fellow for Berkshire Choral International’s Apprentice Program and as a conducting fellow for the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival–Yale Summer School of Music Choral Conducting Workshop in 2025.

Youngeun holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Ewha Womans University in South Korea, where she also earned a Master of Music in Choral Conducting. She later earned a second Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Louisville.