Shin-young came to the United States in 1996 as a Freshman to study with Sylvia Rosenberg at the Manhattan School of Music, where she received her Bachelor and Masters degrees. In 2001 she began the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at Indiana University as a student of Miriam Fried. Her dissertation, a comparison of early Boccherini and Haydn string quartets, was completed in 2008.
Her interest in chamber music is also in evidence by her performances at the Sarasota Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center and the Taos School of Music, and she also is the recipient of The Kutner String Quartet Award.
In addition to the Oregon Symphony, Shin-young has performed with the New York String Seminar Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West Orchestra.
She has performed solo recitals in Indiana, New York, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in South Korea.
