simon hutchinson

I’ve just returned from Seoul, and I’m working on compiling mp3s and photos and whatnot for a post about the concert’s successes, but in the meantime I wanted to let everyone in and around Santa Cruz know that my friend, Joel Ford will have a performance of his Jazz Opera, The Cannibis Cantata, and the Rio Theater on April 20th.

Tickets are available online.

Youngsan Hall, Seoul, Korea
Details TBA

CMEK (Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea) will play a concert of six pieces selected in their “First Young Composers Competition,” including my “… of modesty and splendor.”

Not to over-hype, but here are two more newspaper articles about the concert next week:

The Mainichi Newspaper

The Iwate Nichinichi

There’s an article about our concert on the 23rd of this month (March), in today’s Iwate Nippo newspaper.

If you’re in the area, please attend!

Hanamaki International Center, Iwate, Japan
Admission: Free

Daniel Brown, Young-Shin Choi, Simon Hutchinson, Won-Hui Jang, Yu-Sun Kim, and Sarah Morris, all performers and composers from Korea, Japan, and California, will talk about Korean traditional music and their current project, a concert to be performed the following evening at Sakura Hall. Performers will play musical examples and be available for questions about both traditional and modern Korean music.

Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Admission: Free

Performers from Korea, Japan, and American will come together for an evening of cross-cultural music featuring new music by young composers for the Japanese shamisen, Korean janggu and gayageum, and flute, cello and electronics.

Sakura Hall, Chû-Hall, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
Admission: 1000 yen

Performers from Korea, Japan, and American will come together for an evening of cross-cultural music featuring new music by young composers for the Japanese shamisen, Korean janggu and gayageum, and flute, cello and electronics.