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Claire Kim

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About Me

Claire Kim is a senior at Bergen County Academies in New Jersey, where she is in the performing arts academy and is deeply involved in both music and writing. She serves as Principal Cellist of the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra and performs with the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program. She was selected for Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s Cello Workshop and was a finalist in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Young Musicians Program.

Across her work, Claire is drawn to the ways that stories shape how people understand one another. As Editor-in-Chief of the Academy Chronicle, she values creating space for specific student perspectives, while her research on AI ethics and psychology explores how people respond to new forms of information. She was also selected for the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, where she continued developing her own voice as a write

Awards

WRITING

Iowa Young Writers’ Studio Summer Residential Program, Selected participant
Harvard International Review, Bronze Medal & Outstanding Writing Content Award
National High School Poetry Contest - Just Poetry!, Certified National Winner; Published in anthology
National History Day, New Jersey Regional and State Paper Category & Exhibition Category, Finalist
National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing, Superior Distinction

MUSIC

Chamber Music Society 42nd Annual Young Musicians Concert - Finalist
Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Cello Workshop - Selected participant
New York Youth Symphony Chamber - Cellist of Selected Representative Quartet (Reverie)
New York Young Virtuoso Competition, First Place
American Protégé International Music Competition, First Place
Prodigy International Music Competition, First Place
International Showcase Music Competition, Berlin, First Place