[ 3 September 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Seoul Namsan Gugakdang
Seoul, South Korea
Admission 10,000 won
This summer, I will be teaming up with three composers from UCSC, Daniel Brown, Young-Shin Choi, and Noah Meites, and two performers from Korea, Yusun Kim and You-Jin Chung, and putting on a series of concerts in Japan and South Korea.
Along with performances of Korean traditional music, there [...]
[ 29 August 2009; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Humming Hall, Small Hall
Higashi-Yamato City, Tokyo, Japan
Admission: 2,000 yen
This summer, I will be teaming up with three composers from UCSC, Daniel Brown, Young-Shin Choi, and Noah Meites, and two performers from Korea, Yusun Kim and You-Jin Chung, and putting on a series of concerts in Japan and South Korea.
Along with performances of Korean traditional [...]
[ 28 August 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Sakura Hall, Medium Hall
Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
Admission: 2,000 yen
This summer, I will be teaming up with three composers from UCSC, Daniel Brown, Young-Shin Choi, and Noah Meites, and two performers from Korea, Yusun Kim and You-Jin Chung, and putting on a series of concerts in Japan and South Korea.
Along with performances of Korean traditional music, [...]
Here’s a recording from the premiere of my short piece for chamber orchestra, “hayashi,”
The title of this piece, “hayashi,” refers to the must that fills the streets of local festivals, events that draw people together in joyful celebration of their community.
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hayashi (right click to “download file as”)
The Triptych Ensemble [...]
This May 29th and 30th, ECCE (The Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble) will be playing a number of pieces commissioned for collaborations between University of Oregon graduate-student composers and choreographers. This event is truly exciting as both a composer and as a bassist for ECCE.
Choreographer Marcie Mamura and I worked together to create “The Morphology of [...]
photo from wikimedia commons
Here’s a stereo version of my eight-channel piece, “haru no umi,” that was performed at last Saturday’s Future Music Oregon Concert.
This piece is based on the text of a haiku by Japanese poet Yosa no Buson (1716-1783). The text, “haru no umi, hinemosu notari notari kana,” translates to: “The ocean in spring [...]
Sorry for the lack of updates, but as you can see from the calendar I’ve been busy. I have a lot of upcoming concerts in Oregon this month, including a premiere of my piece, “BEAM”, for Balinese Gamelan performed by the Pacific Rim Gamelan, a new electronic piece for 8-channels, “Haru no Umi”, and a [...]
