Cuewon Kim is a senior attending Vestavia Hills High School. Cuewon began playing violin at age 5 and has been playing viola for three and a half years. This is his third year leading the viola section of ASYO. Cuewon was selected twice for the National Youth Orchestra 2 (NYO2) in 2021 and 2022. In 2024, he won the String Division of the Lois Pickard Music Competition. He studies viola with Angie Flaniken and, beyond orchestras, enjoys playing in a string chamber group. In college, he intends to major in Applied Mathematics.