Music
Composer Bio
New-York-based composer Mark Kim-Mulgrew builds common grounds in seemingly disparate ideas, pursuing clarity relentlessly in his works. Mark’s music has been performed by the Texas New Music Ensemble, the Mostly Modern Ensemble, the Soundbox Camerata, the Berlin Academy of American Music, and pianist Yeontaek Oh. Mark’s debut album of chamber music Practical Considerations was released in November 2025. Mark is currently studying in the studio of Reiko Füting at the Manhattan School of Music and has studied composition and theory privately with Timo Andres, Conrad Cummings, and Ruka Shironishi. Outside of music, Mark trained as a mathematician and a science writer and works as a software engineer. (107 words)
Albums
Compositions
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Instrumental - Orchestral
- When Stars Aren't Visible, There Are Always Windows2026 | 8 minutes
for orchestra: 3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn) / 4331 / timp.3perc / pno.hp / str
full instrumentation: flute 1/2/3 (with flute 3 doubling on piccolo), oboe 1/2/3 (with oboe 3 doubling on cor anglais), B-flat clarinet 1/2/3 (with clarinet 3 doubling on bass clarinet), bassoon 1/2/3 (with bassoon 3 doubling on contrabassoon), F horn 1/2/3/4, C trumpet 1/2/3, trombone 1/2, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion 1 (1 glockenspiel, 1 vibraphone, 1 tubular bells, 1 tam-tam), percussion 2 (1 triangle, 1 snare drum, 2 tom-toms, 1 large china cymbal), Percussion 3 (1 anvil, 1 cowbell, 1 bass drum, 1 marimba), piano, harp, strings- read by the Mostly Modern Orchestra (conducted by Joey Sun) at the Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA as part of the 2026 Mostly Modern Festival (June 6, 2026)
Instrumental - Large Ensemble
- As Soon As I Can Let Go, I Will Go Alone2026 | 5 minutes
for 12-piece sinfonietta ensemble
full instrumentation: flute, B-flat clarinet, trumpet, tenor trombone, percussion 1 (3 wood blocks, 1 snare drum, 1 bass drum, 1 marimba), percussion 2 (3 wood blocks, 1 snare drum, 1 tam-tam, 1 marimba, 1 vibraphone), piano, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass- will be premiered by Texas New Music Ensemble (conducted by Victoria Olson) at MATCH, Houston, Texas, USA as part of the 2026 Texas New Music Festival (July 12, 2026)
Instrumental - Chamber
- (work in progress)2026 | 8 minutes (subject to change)
- for harp and trombone
- commissioned by Pedalslide Duo
- will be premiered by Pedalslide Duo
- (work in progress)2026 | 8 minutes (subject to change)
- for piano and percussion
- will be premiered by Concurrent Duo as part of the 2027 Bled Contemporary Music Week
- (work in progress)2026 | 15 minutes (subject to change)
for 7-piece mixed ensemble
full instrumentation: flute (doubling on piccolo), horn 1/2, violin 1/2, double bass, percussion- will be premiered at the Manhattan School of Music, New York City, USA on October 5, 2026
- Secaucus Junction2026 | 5 minutes
for string quartet
full instrumentation: violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello- premiered by Mostly Modern String Quartet (Charlene Kleugel, Erica Dicker, Benjamin von Gutzeit, Dave Eggar) at the Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA as part of the 2026 Mostly Modern Festival (June 7, 2026)
- Bathroom Mirrors2026 | 7 minutes | watch | score sample
- for clarinet, viola, and cello
- premiered by Baron Fenwick, Jeremy Kienbaum, and Sam Boutris at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Florida, USA as part of the 2026 Suncoast Composer Fellowship (April 12, 2026)
- There Was More To It2025 | 9 minutes | watch | listen | perusal score
for wind quintet and percussion
full instrumentation: flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet, French horn, bassoon, percussion (vibraphone, tom-tom, hi-hat, brake drum, wood block)- premiered by Celia Wojcik, Colby Kleven, Jin Yingcun, Minwoo Jeong, Sooah Jeon, and Vinay Sundar at the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA (November 15, 2025)
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- June 16, 2026 - Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
- November 15, 2025 - Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA
- first recorded by Celia Wojcik, Colby Kleven, Jin Yingcun, Minwoo Jeong, Sooah Jeon, Vinay Sundar at MAX Studios, New York City, USA as part of the Practical Considerations album recording sessions (November 1, 2025)
- Loving All That Is Cold2025 | 4 minutes | watch | listen | score sample
for piano trio
full instrumentation: piano, violin, cello- premiered by Erica Nam, Gaeun Kim, and Ruogu Wen at the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA (November 15, 2025)
- first recorded by Hyeunji Lee, Yeontaek Oh, and Yuyu Ikeda at Skillman Music, New York City, USA as part of the Practical Considerations album recording sessions (October 17, 2025)
- Counterexamples2025 | 8 minutes | watch | listen | perusal score
for extended Pierrot ensemble
full instrumentation: flute, B-flat clarinet, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, piano- premiered by The Berlin Academy of American Music (conducted by Garrett Keast) at Studiobörne 45, Berlin, Germany as part of the 2025 Berlin Transatlantic Composers Workshop (July 12, 2025)
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- November 15, 2025 - Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA
- July 12, 2025 - Studiobörne 45, Berlin, Germany
- first recorded by Erica Nam, Gaeun Kim, HaoLun Chen, Jin Yingcun, Ruogu Wen, Sooah Jeon, and Torron Pfeffer at the National Opera Center, New York City, USA as part of the Practical Considerations album recording sessions (October 10, 2025)
- But It Is Called Joy2025 | 4 minutes | score sample
for trombone quartet
full instrumentation: tenor trombone 1, tenor trombone 2, tenor trombone 3, bass trombone- premiered by the 2026 Mostly Modern Festival Institute trombone studio (Matthew Gallegos, Connor Altagen, Bradley Kerns, Benjamin Copeland, Nick Lehman, Ethan Pound, Anthony Roldan, D.J. Combs) at the Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA as part of the 2026 Mostly Modern Festival (June 17, 2026)
Instrumental - Solo, Unaccompanied
- Piano Études: Nos. 1 – 42026 | 17 minutes
- Piano Étude No. 1 ("Resonance")
- Piano Étude No. 2 ("Left Hand")
- Piano Étude No. 3 ("Polymeters")
- Piano Étude No. 4 ("Chords")
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- for solo piano
- written for Umi Garrett
- will be premiered by Umi Garrett
- Midnight in Brooklyn2025 | 4 minutes | watch | listen | score sample
- for solo piano
- premiered by Yeontaek Oh at the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA (November 15, 2025)
- first recorded by Yeontaek Oh at Skillman Music, New York City, USA as part of the Practical Considerations album recording sessions (October 17, 2025)
Vocal - Solo, Piano Accompaniment
- I Would Follow You2025 | 16 minutes | watch | listen | score sample
- I. To The Visions of Fancy (Ann Radcliffe)
- II. Echo (Christina Rossetti)
- III. A Song In Summer (Sophie Jewett)
- IV. Chamber Music XVI (James Joyce)
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- a song cycle for tenor and piano
- written for Blake Friedman
- premiered by Blake Friedman and Yeontaek Oh at the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA (November 15, 2025)
- first recorded by Blake Friedman and Yeontaek Oh at Skillman Music, New York City, USA as part of the Practical Considerations album recording sessions (October 13, 2025)
Education
Primary Teachers in Composition
- Reiko Füting, 2026 – Present
- Conrad Cummings, 2025 – 2026
Additional Lessons
- Composition: Marc Migó, Timo Andres
- Musicianship: Evan Fein
- Piano: Francis Hon, Yeontaek Oh
- Theory: Ruka Shironishi
Degrees and Certificates
- Manhattan School of Music (PS), 2026 – 2027
- Juilliard Extension (CMS, CMC), 2022 – 2026
- Prior training in mathematics and writing