October 16-18, 2012 at 7PM

Korean Cultural Service NY

Korean Cultural Service NY presents the opportunity for talented performers/performing arts organizations to perform their work by communicating with audiences in New York through the Open Stage. Selected performers/performing arts groups will be featured in one series at the Gallery Korea of KCSNY.

The first series focuses on MUSIC.

Tuesday, October 16:
Percussive Arirang by NY Korean Traditional Marching Band
Wednesday, October 17:
Oh My Love Arirang by Jingoo Lee Band
Thursday, October 18:
Blue and White: Electric Shaman by VP Stage NY

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 7PM:
Percussive Arirang by NY Korean Traditional Marching Band

Program Note

Chwitawitadae(Korean Traditional Marching Band) is a group of musicians that plays Daechwita. Daechwita is the music played by royal military band and is historically used in the march of the King or high official. Daechwita consists of percussion and wind instruments as the word “chwita” literally means “to blow and to hit”.
Modeum Buk
Modeum Buk are an assortment of barrel drums played on stands. The drums consist of different sizes and tones. The performers utilize a variety of rhythms including Korean Traditional rhythms as well as modern western ones.
Binari
Binari is piece is a prayer to the gods asking them for good fortune and blessings for all people. There is one main singer that sings the prayer with the help of the rest of the ensemble. The singer also asks the gods for protection from bad things called, “sal” in Korean. The singer then lists some examples of these “sal” and asks the gods to be a protector from these bad things.
Samdo Sul ChanggoSamdo Sul Changgo highlights the hourglass-shaped drum, the changgo. All players are playing this instrument and are playing rhythms from all three major provincial areas in Korea. Each style is unique and is featured in different movements in the piece. The piece starts with the slow rhythm, gutgeori, and ends with the fast and exciting rhythm, hwimori!
Arang’s Dream by Kye-Ok Kim
The gayageum player, Kye-Ok Kim, composed Arang’s Dream. This delightful Korean folksong called Mill-Yang Arirang is develop for the 25-stringed gayageum. In the basic musical theme in Mil-Yang Arirang, is repeated and changed in four variations. The variations are about the same length as the theme, and each is unique and alters the mood of the theme in the melody, rhythm, accompaniment, dynamics, or tone color. For instance, each variation introduces a traditional Korean rhythmic pattern, beginning with slow tempo followed by the moderate tempo of Semachi and an energetic dance-like pattern, Anddang.
Samdo *Samulnori (Samdo Nongak Garak)
This piece’s title can be translated as, “Farmer’s Band Rhythms of the Three Provincial Areas.” It showcases the various styles and movements unique to the different types of farmers’ band music from the three major provincial areas in Korea. The final section contains two kkweanggwarri players performing together while interacting with the other instruments.
*Samulnori IntroductionSamulnori is a contemporary Korean traditional performing art, which was developed in 1978. The genre’s title literally means the “playing of four things.” These four instruments are: the changgo (hourglass-shaped drum), the buk (barrel drum), the jing (large gong), and the kkwaenggwari (small gong). Samulnori traces its roots to traditional farmers’ band music as well as shaman music. The musical patterns and rhythms of these roots were taken out of their original contexts, restyled, and redesigned to be performed on a stage.
The New York Korean Traditional Marching Band (Chwitadea in Korean) was established on Oct. 14, 2008 as a non-profit organization and is the first organization that actively promotes and performs Daechwita (Korean Traditional Marching Band) outside of Korea. The NYKTMB has performed in many venues and events. One of the most mentionable is the Overall Grand Prize at the Korean Traditional Music Competition in Flushing, NY in 2011. This grand prize earned them to be the opening act for a Korean Traditional Music Concert at the prestigious Lincoln Center. Next year, the group will participate at the Lunar New Year Festival at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Who’s Who in NY Korean Traditional Marching Band

Director: Chun Seung Lee
2012 Members : Donghoon Kim, Sebastian Wang, Sanghyuk Park, Sangyeol Lee Kevin Choi, Lana Choi, Philip Choi, Gina Chun, Brian Kim, Danny Kim, Jennifer Kim, Rebecca Kim, Steve Kim, Taewoo Kim, Charles Kwon, Scott Min, Daniel Son, Sarah Son, Hannah Yoo, Thomas Yoo, Johyun Kim, Jaehyun Kim
Guest Artists: Seungmin Son

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 7PM: Oh My Love Arirang

Program Introduction

For Milyang Arirang(Piano Solo)
The First Flying
Milonga
New black Cat Nero
Soul Onghaeya!
Thinking of you(trio)
Home Sick(Vanessa Perea Sing)
Oh My Love Arirang(Vanessa Perea Sing)
Lyrics by Jingoo Lee

There are so many variety traditional folk song as “Arirang” in Korea. As well as, “Arirang” word would be representative for Korea constantly present and in the future. So I made this Album which is about my style Arirang. Some part of tunes were arranged by existing ‘Milyang arirang”,”Ongheaya” And The other part of tunes were made by myself with Jazz, Classic and Tango metarials. I’d love share “Arirang” with as many as people in the world. Especially for immigrant.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Jingoo Lee is a composer and conductor with degrees from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Chung Ang Graduate University (Seoul), and Khabarovsk National University (Russia). He has been the conductor of the Baroque to Modern Orchestra, the Nungin Temple Choir, and Korea's foremost children's art group, Little Angels. He has taught at Sunhwa Art School, Kyung Mun College, and the Seoul Jazz Academy. Mr. Lee has won numerous awards, including the World Buddhist Music Award for Composition. His music for television includes the documentary Su-Dal (MBC) and the drama Sunday Best (KBS), as well as arrangements for some dramas. He also wrote arrangements for the musicals Holstomer and Chu-Yonug. Mr. Lee has published a book of choral works entitled The Way to the Modesty and has composed and recorded over twenty albums. Provided by artist representative.

Piano: Jingoo Lee
Drums: John Bishop
Violin: Chern Hwei Fung
Bass Gt: Rozhan Razman
Alto Saxophone: Dan Lipsitz
Jazz Singer: Vanessa Perea

Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7PM:
Blue and White: Electric Shaman by VP Stage NY

Program Note

‘Blue and White’ is Vong (a. k. a Vongku) Pak’s blending of traditional Korean and Western art forms. Vong believes traditional forms do not suddenly appear out of nowhere, rather they build up over time through a process of gathering a diverse range of influences to achieve its figure. The concept of ‘Blue and White’ comes from the ancient Asian philosophy of Yin and Yang , as well as the school of Five Elements. ‘Blue’ symbolizes Eastern culture whereas ‘White’ symbolizes Western. Since 2006, Vong’s Blue and White projects have been realized through the performances of 2 Sky Trio (2007), Book of changes (BAC Grant Awarded work, 2010), New Pansori(2011) and Wind From Asia (2012).
‘Electric Shaman’ was initially conceived as a concert called Buk and Blues performed at the University of Washington in November 2011 for The Korean Society’s Seattle outreach program. Electric Shaman is a fusion of traditional Korean rhythm, Korean ritual style vocal and electric guitar instrumental, inspired by South and North Korean folk songs.

Who’s Who in Blue and White Electric Shaman

Vong Pak Korean drums&vocal
John Chang guitar
Jorge Mesa bass
Bill Mattinson laptop, guest artist ( *all song written by Blue and Whtie Electric Shaman)

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OPEN STAGE: Falling for Korean Music from Tradition to Fusion