I was born in Daegu, South Korea and lived in Canada for ten years and been living in London for five years now. I have received a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Victoria in Cello Performance and Musicology. My undergraduate dissertation was focused on early Britten, supervised by Dr. Joseph Salem and Dr. Elissa Poole (dissertation graded as equivalent to First Class Distinction). The performances (cello and chamber music) were taught by the members of the Lafayette String Quartet. After completion of undergraduate studies at UVic, I have moved to London where I did my Masters degree in Musicology at Royal Holloway, University of London. My Master’s dissertation was on Mahlerian influences in Early Britten’s Orchestral Music, which was supervised by Prof. Julian Johnson. Now, I am currently in the final year of the PhD in musicology here at the University of Birmingham, which my PhD Thesis is supervised by Prof. Matthew Riley and Dr. Paul Rodmell.