Draft:Josephine Lee (conductor)



Josephine Lee is an American conductor, composer, pianist, and artist. She currently serves as President of Uniting Voices.

Her accolades include a Chicago/Midwest Emmy for the documentary Songs on the Road to Freedom and a Grammy nomination for her work with Ted Hearne on the album Place. She has also received the Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal from the University of Chicago and the Kennedy Center’s National Committee for the Performing Arts Award for Arts Advocacy.

Work With Uniting Voices
Josephine Lee began with Uniting Voices (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) in 1999. After one year as a conductor, she was appointed Artistic Director and rose to become President in 2010. She oversaw the organization’s evolution from Chicago Children’s Choir to Uniting Voices in October 2022.

Under her direction, Uniting Voices has collaborated with many popular musical artists including Karol G on Saturday Night Live and Lollapalooza; Peter CottonTale, Chance the Rapper, and Bobby McFerrin. She has conducted singers at the Kennedy Center, Ravello Festival , Ravinia Festival , Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center , and Lyric Opera of Chicago.

In 2006, Uniting Voices was the first non-Korean civilian group to be granted permission to enter the Yeolsei Observation Platform in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Music
Lee is a trained singer, violinist, pianist and composer.

As Performer
Place (Brooklyn Academy of Music, LA Philarmonic, Festival Musica )

As Composer

 * Ascension (Commissioned by Ballet Chicago)
 * The Good Goodbyes (Commissioned by River North Dance)

As Guest Artist

 * Place (2020)
 * “Multiverse” (2024)