Sun Min Lee

MM (Westminster Choir College), Advanced Diploma (Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute), BM (Presbyterian University in Korea)

Professor Sun Min Lee is the new director of choral activities at Cairn University. For the last three decades, Ms. Lee has been regarded as an inspiring conductor, passionate pedagogue, and dedicated church musician in the tri-state area. Ms. Lee has been blessed to teach and serve at Cairn University since last fall, where she directs the Cairn University Chorale and teaches choral conducting. Under her direction, the Chorale has performed in various university events and concerts including alumni reunion, Cairn Noel, worship services, and fall/spring concerts. The Chorale also was invited to perform at The King’s Christian School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Last March, the Chorale had a successful annual concert tour in Virgina, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. 

Prior to her residency at Cairn, Ms. Lee was a professor, director of Lehigh choral arts and director of the treble choir, Dolce, at Lehigh University and a conducting professor at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Under her direction, the choirs performed in NJPAC, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kimmel Center, and often collaborated with many renowned conductors, including Lorin Maazel with the New York Philharmonic. Ms. Lee was also a faculty member at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY.

For the last two decades, Ms. Lee has been featured at high school and collegiate festivals, church music workshops, and conducting masterclasses, including PMEA District VI High School Honors Choir, the Csehy Summer School of Music, and Tennessee/Delaware All-State Choir Festivals. Ms. Lee holds degrees from the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in South Korea, Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music in Hungary, Westminster Choir College, and studied at the Eastman School of Music. She is honored to have teachers and mentors such as Joseph Flummerfelt, William Weinert, Péter Erdei, Andrew Megill, Chang Hoon Park, and Robin Leaver. As a dedicated church musician, Ms. Lee is the choir director at Praise Presbyterian Church in Somerset, New Jersey.