Sherman Standard Register Foundation Chair
Youjin Na has been a member of the First Violin Section of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra since 2016 and served as Acting Assistant Concertmaster from 2021 to 2026.
She began her violin studies at the age of four and graduated from Sunhwa Arts School in South Korea. Youjin earned a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in 2010 on a full scholarship. She earned a Master of Music and an Orchestral Studies Diploma from the Eastman School of Music in 2012, where she studied with Mikhail Kopelman. Youjin earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from CCM, where she served as Won-Bin Yim’s teaching assistant from 2014 to 2017.
In addition to her position with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Youjin regularly performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. She is also Adjunct Faculty at the University of Dayton, where she teaches violin.
Youjin is a multiple prizewinner of CCM concerto and chamber music competitions and has been a soloist with the CCM Starling Chamber Orchestra and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Her piano trio received Second Prize at the Ohio String Teachers Association Chamber Music Competition in 2017.