Dr. Chung Park is an internationally-recognized conductor, music educator, and editor. He serves as the conductor of the award-winning St. Olaf Orchestra and began conducting the St. Olaf Philharmonia in the fall of 2023. Park maintains an active schedule guest conducting student honor orchestras throughout the United States. His recently published transcription of the Cello Suites of J.S. Bach for Bärenreiter-Verlag is used by students and faculty at top institutions internationally. He is currently working on a viola edition of the Violin Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach for Bärenreiter, to be released in the fall of 2025. Park earned his doctorate in instrumental conducting from the University of Miami, and holds M.M. degrees in orchestral conducting (University of Illinois) and viola performance (Western Michigan University), and a B.M. in viola performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Deeply engaged in the life of the American music education community, Dr. Park has given hundreds of clinics in schools throughout the United States for all levels and ensemble types. He is an ardent believer in the value of a liberal arts education, the breadth and depth it provides, and the possibilities inherent in its ability to address the whole person.