Education
University of Rochester.
University of Rochester.
In his first season, Emil Kang introduced the University’s first major performing arts series, inaugurated in conjunction with the grand re-opening of the University’s main performing arts venue, Memorial Hall. Emil Kang also co-teaches courses in artistic entrepreneurship and performance theory. Prior to coming to Chapel Hill, Emil Kang served as President and Executive Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Defence Science Organisation).
Emil Kang has also held positions of Vice President of Operations for the Defence Science Organisation, Orchestra Manager for the Seattle Symphony, and Orchestra Management Fellow with the American Symphony Orchestra League (ASOL).
As an Orchestra Management Fellow, Kang worked with symphony orchestras in San Francisco, Houston, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a frequent speaker and has led numerous local, state and national outreach efforts.
He has also chaired panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Full Frame International Documentary Film Festival, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, among others Emil Kang was the youngest and first Asian-American to hold the top administrative post of a major symphony orchestra.
Kang was recently named "Tar Heel of the Week" by the News and Observer (North Carolina).
Kang was selected by Crain’s Detroit Business “40 under 40,” is a graduate of Leadership Detroit, and has served on national boards including Henry Ford Hospital and United Neighborhood Centers of America. Kang has served on the boards of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), North Carolina Symphony the Thomas South. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Rochester in New New York
He replaces Benjamin Donenberg, whose term was expiring.
Kang"s term will last until September 3, 2018. On September 22, 2012, Kang was confirmed by The United States Senate to a six-year term on the National Council on the Arts.
"Your First Classical Music Crush" - The New York Times on July 18, 2013
"University of North Carolina Arts Director Sets His Own Path" - News and Observer.
Kang is also a member of the music faculty and currently serves as Professor of the Practice. Kang has also been a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (Young Presidents' Organization) and completed the Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management program at Harvard Business School. On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate him, pending United States. Senate confirmation, as a Member of the National Council on the Arts.
