Minsoo, also known as Flora is a musician and vocalist from South Korea who is currently at Berklee College of Music studying Music Production & Engineering and Performance. With a huge passion for all music, Flora performs a multitude of styles including Jazz, R&B, Soul, Funk, Pop, Hip Hop and Musical Theatre. Besides singing, Flora also plays the Alto and Tenor Saxophone.

 

Ever since she was young, she loved to sing and dance. She always knew that she wanted to live and breathe music but struggled to receive support from her parents. Instead of giving up, she finally succeeded to persuade her parents and is now at the world’s best known music school - Berklee College of Music, where she is fully absorbed in music.

 

At Berklee, Minsoo is constantly pushing herself as a musician, taking part in a wide array of projects and recitals including students majoring in CWP, MPE, Film Scoring, EPD, Song Writing, Jazz Composition, Professional Music, Performance. Minsoo has been featured on projects such as Sound Alike Arrangements, Vocal Writing, Jingle, Graduate School Portfolio, Accapella projects, BTAC, Vocal Production, Curtain Up, EP...etc. Minsoo also regularly performs for various student senior recitals and regular recitals such as Kate’s Music Story, EunJi’s Senior Recital, Felipe’s Senior Recital, Jonah’s Recital…etc as both a main and backing vocalist, and has also even been featured on some professor's shows including Elena Koleva, Larry Watson...etc. International Students from South Korea are saying that "Minsoo sings on 80% of Korean student's projects or recitals". Not only being part of others’ projects and shows, Minsoo also created her own her own band called ‘Floradora The Explora’ which has 16 talented musicians and performed various times at Berklee.

 

Minsoo also works diligently outside of Berklee. She often performs as a vocalist for a big band group called “Dan Gabel and the Abletons”, led by Dan Gabel, who was Minsoo's highschool band director and great mentor. She also leads her own K-pop band, “The Lydians”, featuring drums, piano, 2 guitars, bass and herself on vocals. The Lydians have performed all over Boston from MIT, Harvard, Boston University for huge events such as BU Asia Festival, TA Culture Show and Dentists Gala Festival.

 

Minsoo also has a passion for teaching and has been volunteering in New England Korean School for almost 5 years teaching both Music and Korean to the students there. As a Christian, Minsoo most recently took part in a Mission-trip all the way to Nicaragua to spread God’s love and the power of Music. She is continuously participating in the Christian Mission and was recently selected as a member of the worship team for the 2018, 2019 Renew Christian Retreat, where about 900 members of the christian community come annually from all over New England.

 

After completing her dual major in Performance and MP&E, Minsoo hopes to build her musical career as both professional vocalist and music producer in the USA and South Korea. She can always be found in the studio whether it be recording vocals, writing her own music, assisting as a music engineer or serving as a producer and arranger, and her work ethic, dedication and drive is directly reflected in her music.