Keum Hwa Cha
Violinist, Violin teacher
Cal Lutheran music faculty, Keum Hwa Cha, D.M.A. has given numerous concerts as a soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster in the United States and in South Korea. She has performed with maestros David Effron, Robert Shaw and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Chee-Yun, the Marcus Roberts Trio, Béla Fleck, Time for Three, the New West Symphony, the Idaho State-Civic Symphony, the Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players, the Binghamton Philharmonic, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the Seoul Tutti Ensemble. Cha taught at Idaho State University as an Assistant Professor of Music and taught at Pepperdine University, the University of Rochester, and Dongduk Women’s University as well. Her students have won many accolades including ISCS Young Artist Competition, Danny Marona Performing Arts Scholarship, All-State Honors Orchestra, MTNA Young Artist String Competition, and MTAC’s Convention Honor Ensemble. Cha earned her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music from Eastman School of Music, Artist Certificate from Southern Methodist University, and Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory of Music. She lives in Thousand Oaks and continues music outreaches through many schools, organizations and churches.
Keum Hwa Cha, D.M.A.
https://www.keumhwacha.com/