Ahreum Han has been appointed lecturer in organ at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where she teaches applied organ and administers the organ program, including monthly recitals. She continues as the principal organist, assistant director of music, and artist-in-residence at First Presbyterian Church in Davenport, Iowa.
Han has performed throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. She was a featured soloist at the 2012 AGO convention in Nashville, Tennessee, and has appeared in recital at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall, Princeton University, Harvard University, Jack Singer Hall (Calgary, Canada), Michaeliskirche (Leipzig, Germany), Oxford Town Hall (Oxford, United Kingdom), Nottingham Albert Hall (Nottingham, U.K.), and Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore. She has received prizes from competitions, including the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, the Carlene Neihart Organ Competition, and the West Chester University Organ Competition. Her live performances have been featured on Pipedreams.
Han holds a bachelor’s degree in organ performance from Westminster Choir College, a diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, and a master’s degree from Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music, where she studied with Ken Cowan, Alan Morrison, and Thomas Murray, respectively.
