Miss Hwang graduated from Seoul Arts High School in composition and was awarded a diploma in orchestral conducting from the prestigious Korean National University of Arts. A pianist and cellist since age 4, she has received a doctoral degree ( DMA) at the University of Washington School of Music, where she is the recipient of the Alcor Endowed Scholarship and Morrison Fellowship and is a graduate teaching Fellow. Since coming to the UW, where she earned her master's degree, Hwang has served as an assistant conductor to the UW Symphony Orchestra and Opera, and made her opera conducting premiere at Meany Hall with the UW production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro.