Dongmyung Ahn
Fields of Study:
Baroque Violin, Musicology
Degrees and Studies:
BM with high distinction in Early Music from Indiana University
MM in Early Music from Indiana University
PhD in Musicology from the Graduate Center, CUNY
Biographical Information:
Early string specialist Dongmyung Ahn is a performer, educator, and scholar whose interests span from the twelfth to eighteenth centuries. She studied baroque violin with Stanley Ritchie at Indiana University where she received her Bachelor’s of Music with high distinction and her Master’s of Early Music. Dongmyung is co-founder of Duo Custos, a medieval duo that specializes in music of the fourteenth century. She regularly performs with Green Mountain Vespers, Pegasus, Raritan Players, The Sebastians, and TENET Vocal Artists. She has played rebec in the critically acclaimed production of The Play of Daniel at the Cloisters. A dedicated educator, Dongmyung is the director of the Queens College Baroque Ensemble and has taught music history at New York University, Queens College, Rutgers University, and Vassar College. She received her PhD in musicology at the Graduate Center, CUNY and has published articles on medieval liturgy in the Rodopi series Faux Titre and on Jewish-Christians relations in Henry VIII’s court for IU Press.
dahnqueens@gmail.com