Who We Are

Miran Kim is passionate about bringing a modern voice and aesthetic to classical music digital content.  As the undefined creative at K+P, she combines her eye for graphic design and messaging to create unique and memorable brand identities. She has limitless abilities to create content in many different mediums that speak directly to audiences. Having spent most of her career performing in the First Violin section of the MET Orchestra, she also served as webmaster and social media maven for the MET Orchestra Musicians for five years, garnering recognition from the US Library of Congress in the process. She draws on a wide array of experiences from outside the music world, having worked on content creation for numerous beauty and lifestyle brands, on movie sets, and as a makeup artist at New York Fashion Week. Miran is working towards a certificate in graphic design at The Pratt Institute, with a focus on brand identity. She currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her husband and their scruffy terrier, Winston, who is her muse and head cheerleader.

Jessica Phillips leads strategic planning and innovation for K+P with the belief that classical music must be relevant and accessible to everyone. She focuses on strategic public relations, leveraging her clients’ unique voices to create deeper community connections and fresh digital content. Experienced in nonprofits, labor relations, media communications, and strategic planning, she cut her teeth as Chair of the MET Orchestra Committee for five years, where she led two negotiations and produced creative, often paradigm-shifting solutions to complex issues. She holds certificates in Nonprofit Arts Management from NYU and Labor Relations from Cornell, and participated in the Opera America Leadership Intensive in 2021. A passionate educator, she teaches Orchestral Entrepreneurship at Manhattan School of Music, and Career Seminars at The Juilliard School. A member of the clarinet section of the MET Orchestra for almost twenty years, Jessica also co-founded MET Orchestra Musicians, a nonprofit organization through which the MET Orchestra gives back to underserved communities in and around New York City. Under her collaborative leadership, it developed into a groundbreaking online presence through innovative storytelling, relevant arts programming, and community-based collaborations.