He Teaches Another Kind of String Theory…

Pacific Symphony concertmaster Dennis Kim joins UCI music faculty.

Tropical fish helped turn Dennis Kim into a violin virtuoso. “That’s why I practiced,” he says, recalling how his father rewarded progress on the instrument with finned additions to the young violinist’s aquarium.

Luckily, Kim has a different incentive program in mind for UCI violin students. Instead of aquatic creatures, he hopes to offer career and performance opportunities with the Pacific Symphony (where he serves as concertmaster), the Bowers Museum, Irvine Barclay Theatre, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, and other venues to which he has professional ties…

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