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"Sounds of Korea" |
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Music Director Resident Conductor Philip Simmons has conducted in twenty countries, performing at Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, the Musikverein, and the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He is able to captivate and engage any audience, both on and off the podium. As Artistic Director of American Music Festivals he serves as Music Director of the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra (Chicago) and Resident Conductor of the Orchestra of the Hawaiian Islands. |
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One of the rising stars of the Chicago music scene, 15 year-old violinist Jennifer Cha is already a veteran of the concert stage. Jennifer began playing the violin at the age of 4 while living in South Korea. She gave her first violin recital at the age of 7 and made her concerto debut at the age of 11 with the Oistrach Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Mina Zikri. Miss Cha toured Germany in 2003 and Italy in 2005 for performances, including performing for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican as part of the Betty Haag Magical Strings of Youth. She has won numerous top prizes and awards from various competitions including the Sejong Cultural Society Concerto Competition, the Concerto Competition in Honor of Confucius, MYA Concerto Competition, and DePaul University’s Annual Concerto Festival. In 2009 and 2011, Jennifer was invited to perform at the Korean-American Day celebration at the Richard Daley Hall in Chicago. Jennifer has appeared at the Ravinia Music Festival as part of the Kraft for Kids series. In 2011, Jennifer was chosen to be one of 6 finalists for From the Top’s Carnegie Hall Big Break Contest out over 400 applicants nationwide, and was featured on NPR’s website as a result. In addition, Jennifer Cha became a finalist in the Crain-Maling Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions. She has also participated in master classes with Ida Kavafian, Ilya Kaler, and David Bowlin. Jennifer has also been chosen as a scholarship recipient of the Hotchkiss Summer Portals Program where she worked with Ida Kavafian, Melvin Chen, Christopher Shepard, Harumi Rhodes, Jessica Lee, Nicholas Canellakis, Melissa Reardon, and members of the Miró Quartet, the Brentano String Quartet, and the Shanghai Quartet. Highlights of this past season include performing in Music in the Loft’s Rising Stars Concert Series. She has also been chosen to play in Music in the Loft’s 2013 season. She also appeared on From the Top performing Pablo de Sarasate’s Jota Navarra. As a result of winning the Neuqua Valley Concerto Competition, Jennifer performed Ziguenerweisen with the Neuqua Valley Symphony Orchestra. Also, Jennifer was on WFMT’s Introductions Series. She played the Glazunov Violin Concerto with the Wheaton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kevin McMahon. She was also a semi-finalist in the Cooper International Violin Competition hosted by Oberlin College where she worked with David Cerone and Gregory Fulkerson. Jennifer has served as the concertmistress of the IMEA All-State Honors Orchestra as well as the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Jennifer volunteers for the Fine Arts Healing Program at Edward Hospital in Naperville along with her older sister and friend, where they perform for cancer patients and their families. As a string trio, they also volunteer, performing at various Ronald McDonald’s Houses in the Chicagoland area. Jennifer studies with Desiree Ruhstrat at the Music Institute of Chicago, where she is a merit scholar recipient. She is a sophomore attending Neuqua Valley High School and currently resides in Naperville, IL with her parents, sister, and dog, Joy.
Listen to Jennifer Cha performing Joy of Ongheya "옹헤야의 기쁨" by Misook Kim at 98.7 WFMT Introductions program (Courtesy of 98.7 WFMT Introductions)
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Kim, Sung-Ki Mr. Kim received his B.M and M.M degrees from the college of music, Seoul National University with professor Lee, Sing-Jae. After completion of the degree, he studied composition with J.Casterede of the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (Diplome superieur de composition) with a scholarship from the French government, and studied fugue with M. Bitsch of the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris (Premier prix de fugue). Currently he is professor at the School of Music, Korean National University of Arts.
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Eun Young Lee received the first prize at Tsang-Houei Hsu International Music Composition Award; the 2008 Max Di Julio Prize at the Nevada Encounters of New Music Festival; won the SCI/ASCAP student composition commission (2006, 2009, 2010); selected as a Norton Stevens Fellow for 2011-2012 MacDowell Colony, a recipient of several fellowship including the MacDowell Colony, Gerald Oshita the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, and Yaddo. Her music is chosen for broadcasts through Art of the States, EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) and is featured in festivals/concerts in many countries, the SCI Journal of Music Scores and CD series. Prominent ensembles have commissioned and have performed her music. She has earned PhD from the University of Chicago where her teachers include Shulamit Ran, Marta Ptaszynska, Jan Radzynski, Bernard Rands, and computer music with Howard Sandroff and Kotoka Suzuki. website: eunyoungleemusic.com |
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Isang Yun (also spelled Yun I-sang; 17 September 1917 - 3 November 1995) was a Korean-born composer who made his later career in Germany. Yun's primary musical concern was the development of Korean music through Western musical instruments. After experimenting with 12-tone techniques during his studies at Darmstadt, Yun developed his own musical personality in his works of the early 1960s. Yun's music employed techniques associated with traditional Korean music, such as glissandi, pizzicati and vibrati. Also central to his style was the presence of multiple-melodic lines, which Yun called Haupttöne ("principal" or "main tones"). Yun's composition for symphonic forces followed a systematic pattern. From Bara in 1960 until the Overture of 1974, he concentrated on tone-poem like pieces. He next wrote a series of concerti, beginning with the Cello Concerto of 1975-1976, and climaxing with the First Violin Concerto of 1981. From 1982 until 1987 he wrote a cycle of five symphonies which are interrelated, yet varied structurally. In 1998 violinists Angela and Jennifer Chun recorded his "Sonatina for two violins" and "Pezzo Fatasioso" which was written for Chun Duo.[citation needed] His life-long concern with his native country and culture was expressed in several of his compositions, including the Exemplum in Memoriam Kwangju which he wrote in 1981 to the memory of the Gwangju massacre. ~ source Wikipedia |
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