- D.M.A in Orchestral Conducting, Georgia Central University, Atlanta, GA
- M.M in Orchestral Conducting, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
- B.M Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Heechurl Kim served as a music director of World Vision Korea Children’s Choir and Gwacheon City(Gyeonggi Province, South Korea) Women’s Choir more than 15 years. He was recognized by his musical ability through having more than 1,000 performances(domestic and abroad) and he is still leading out to publicize the importance of choral music for children and youth. In 2015, he established Chunsong Foundation which is a music foundation in Jeju Island(South Korea) to contribute on musical education and development in Korea. Jeju International Choir Festival & Symposium was the first international event organized by Heechurl since 2016. After establishing JICF(Jeju International Choir Festival), Kim began another choral festival which is World Youth Choral Festival & Competition in Jeju, Korea, for youth and children in Seogwipo City(located in Jeju), inviting choirs from around the world. As artistic director of both choral festivals, he puts great effort to invite various and professional choirs from Korea and abroad for the purpose of professional choral education and choral music which includes messages through the choral symposium to the society. World Youth Choral Festival & Competition in Jeju, which was held since 2018, has the purpose in cultural exchange through choral music and self-fulfillment. Through children and youth choirs' performances from around the world, he aims to make cultural exchange among the participants and hopes for the participants to make unforgettable memories through this festival.
Currently, he serves as a choir conductor of Myungsung Presbytarian Church, music director of Korea Youth Choir and United Singers, vice-president of UNESCO Jeju association, board member of Korea Church Music Association, vice-president of Korea Federation for Choral Music, and more. Also, he is dean of school of music at Georgia Central University in United States of America(since 2021) and professor of School of Music at Shenyang University in China(since 2019) educating young musicians.