{"id":172157,"date":"2023-01-31T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T01:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=172157"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T01:37:06","slug":"music-students-compose-tunes-korean-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/31\/music-students-compose-tunes-korean-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Music students compose fresh tunes for traditional Korean artists"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Yoon Jeong Heo, Jiyoung Yi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa Department of Music<\/a> is hosting top traditional Korean musicians from Seoul National University (SNU<\/abbr>) as they prepare to perform in two free concerts in February at Orvis Auditorium. The performances will feature leading gayageum, geomungo, haegeum, daegeum and janggu (traditional Korean instruments) artists playing newly composed works written by 11 UH<\/abbr> Mānoa composition<\/a> students and three faculty composers.<\/p>\n

“What we want audiences to take away from these concerts is that new music is indeed, a living breathing thing and that traditions are constantly evolving,” said Donald Reid Womack<\/strong>, professor of composition and theory and associate chair of music at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa. “Every tradition was, at one time, new. Perhaps audiences will hear the beginning of a new tradition at these concerts.”<\/p>\n

In fall 2022, Womack, along with colleagues Thomas Osborne<\/strong> and Takuma Itoh<\/strong>, launched a six-month collaborative project with SNU<\/abbr> to team up performers from the Korea-based university with UH<\/abbr> Mānoa student composers to create new pieces for the Korean artists to play. Students in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> met with SNU<\/abbr> performers through Zoom and emailed drafts of their work for feedback and advice. For some composers at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa, it marked the very first time they penned works for Korean instruments.<\/p>\n

“The real hope is that many of these students will form working relationships that can continue for years to come as they emerge as professionals,” Womack added. “We\u2019re very happy to provide this opportunity for students from both schools to have this intercultural experience, and hope that it will lead to further opportunities for them internationally in the future.”<\/p>\n

Free performances<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both concerts will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8 and Friday, February 10 at Orvis Auditorium. Admission is free.<\/p>\n