Word: koh
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...high school student, Koh attended an American-German school in Berlin while enrolled at a conservatory for young musicians. There, he studied under legendary cellist and teacher David Geringas. Upon graduation, Koh was accepted at Harvard and intended to enroll in the joint program...
...Koh is calm, really quite serene. He patiently explains both his scientific research and music. He corrects me only once—I accidentally say “celloist” instead of “cellist...
...People were calling me crazy,” Koh says, smiling. “People still call me crazy.” Though “crazy” may seem a bit excessive for a musician with high aspirations, Koh’s plans involve another, equally ambitious element. He hopes to make it as a world-class cell scientist as well as a world-class cellist...
...acknowledges that there are only 24 hours in the day. But he already has the next few years mapped out. After he earns his Master of Music, he plans to attend graduate school and pursue stem cell research, continuing to practice cello while decreasing performance commitments. These days, Koh has orchestra practice at NEC three days a week for three hours at a time. He’s in the classroom four days a week, until 6:00 p.m. After all of that, he spends long nights essentially volunteering at the Scadden Lab he worked in as an undergrad...
...Whenever I’m not in NEC, I’m in lab,” he says. Luckily, Koh attributes his scheduling skills to his mother. As an undergraduate, he would practice the cello as his lab experiments incubated. Now, in the fifth year of the program, he says he uses a Google Calendar to arrange his busy days...