Jay Alan Yim (born April 24, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American composer living in Chicago. During the 1995-96 concert season, he served as Composer/Fellow for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Artists such as the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch, Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, Arditti String Quartet, Boston Musica Viva, Nieuw Ensemble, and Frances-Marie Uitti have commissioned, performed, toured, and broadcast his music. He is a professor of music at Northwestern University. He taught composer and saxophonist Mark Engebretson.[1]