EMP Museum’s Director of Education Patricia Costa Kim passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, from a rare and complicated brain tumor. Beloved mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, and educator, Patricia was a musician in body, spirit, and soul.

Raised in Brooklyn, NY, Patricia was the child of two working musicians, mother Constance “Connie”, who plays accordion, and father Pasquale “Pat”, who plays guitar. Patricia’s grounding in music began with singing during after dinner clean up and as family and friends provided music for the weekly Roman Catholic “folk” liturgy. At age 11 she began musical studies at the Biviano School of Music, then moved on to the Performing Arts High School of New York City… Read more >>