2007 Festival for Korean Gayageum and Western Instruments
April 22 - April 28, 2007 (Events in California) | June 18 - June 22, 2007 (Events in Seoul, Korea)
12-string Korean Gayageum (zither) virtuosos Eun-Ah Kwak, Hee-Jeong Kim, and Yu-Sun Kim will join with the Bay Area performers to present 17 world premiere compositions by Yu-Hui Chang, David Cope, Andrew Imbrie, David Evan Jones, Hi Kyung Kim, Sung-Ki Kim, Young-Ja Lee as well as compositions by graduate student composers from UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis.
Performers
Eun-Ah Kwak, Hee-Jeong Kim, Yu-Sun Kim: Gayageum
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Aria DiSalvio: Cello
John Sackett: Clarinet
Kurt Rohde: Viola
Eric Zivian: Piano
Faculty Composers
Yu-Hui Chang
David Cope
Andrew Imbrie
David Evan Jones
Sung-Ki Kim
Hi Kyung Kim
Young-Ja Lee
Graduate Student Composers
Jean Ahn
Jesse Berkowitz
Daniel Brown
Sylvain Carton
Young-Shin Choi
Joel Ford
Simon Hutchinson
Suehye Kim
Monica Lynn
John Seales
Schedule
1. "Music for Korean Gayageum and Western Instruments." Premiere Concert I
April 22, 2007, 7:30pm, UC Santa Cruz, Music Center Recital Hall: Compositions by graduate student composers. Jesse Berkowitz,
Daniel Brown, Young-Shin Choi, Joel Ford, Jean Ahn, Sue-Hye Kim, Simon Hutchinson, John Seales, Sylvain Carton and Monica Lynn
2."Music for Korean Gayageum and Western Instruments." Premiere Concert II
April 23, 2007, 7:30pm, UC Santa Cruz, Music Center Recital Hall:
Compositions by Andrew Imbrie, David Evan Jones, Yu-Hui Chang, David Cope, Young-Ja Lee, Sung-Ki Kim and Hi Kyung Kim
3. Korean Traditional Music, Gayageum Sanjo. April 24, 2007, 4:00 pm. UC Santa Cruz, Porter College House
4. Korean Traditional Music, Gayageum Sanjo. April 27, 2007, 12:00pm, UC Davis, Department of Music
5. "Music for Korean Gayageum and Western Instruments" Premiere Concert II
April 27, 2007, 8:00pm, UC Davis, Mondavi Arts Center, Studio Theatre, Department of Music
6. "Music for Korean Gayageum and Western Instruments" Premiere Concert II
April 28, 2008, 8:00pm, Old First Church, San Francisco
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1. “Music for Gayageum and Western Instruments.” Premiere Concert II
June 18, 2007, 7:00pm, Recital Hall, College of Music, Ewha Women’s University:
Compositions by Andrew Imbrie, David Evan Jones, Yu-Hui Chang, David Cope, John Sackett, Young-Ja Lee, Sung-Ki Kim and Hi Kyung Kim
2. “Music for Gayageum and Western Instruments.” Premiere Concert I
June 19, 2007, 7:00pm, Recital Hall, College of Music, Ewha Women’s University:
Compositions by UC Santa Cruz, Davis, Berkeley graduate student composers; Jesse Berkowitz, Daniel Brown, Young-Shin Choi, Joel Ford, Jean Ahn, Sue-Hye Kim, Simon Hutchinson, John Seales, Sylvain Carton and Monica Lynn
3. Seminar/ Panel Discussion: Faculty and Graduate Student Composers
June 19, 2007, 2:00 pm College of Music, Ewha Women's University
4. “Music for Gayageum and Western Instruments.” Premiere Concert II
June 21, 2007, 7:00pm, U Myeon Dang Hall, National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Art
Compositions by Andrew Imbrie, David Evan Jones, Yu-Hui Chang, David Cope, John Sackett, Young-Ja Lee, Sung-Ki Kim and Hi Kyung Kim
5. Seminar/ Panel Discussion: Faculty and Graduate Student Composers June 22, 2007, 2:00pm, Korean National University of Arts
Contact
Coordinators:
Professor Hi Kyung Kim
University of California, Santa Cruz
Music Center
hkim@ucsc.edu
Tel: 831 459 2758
Professor Eun-Ah Kwak
Ewha Women's University, Seoul/Korea
College of Music
eunahk@ewha.ac.kr
Tel: 011.249.5126
Assistants:
Chase Garber
cgarber@ucsc.edu
Won-Hui Jang
mouseminnie@hanmail.net
Collaborating Institutes:
Ewha Women's University, College of Music
University of California, Davis, Department of Music
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Korean Studies
Old First Concerts, San Francisco
Korean National University of Arts
National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts
Sponsors:
Music Department, Research Institute of Arts Division and Porter College at the University of California Santa Cruz, Arts Council Korea, Korea Foundation, The Korea Times