Concert Program
World Music Concert Series
MUSIC OF EAST ASIA
Suwan Choi, Korean Drumming Ensemble
Nan Yamprai, Japanese Music Ensemble
Wei Yang & Jui-Ching Wang, Chinese Music Ensemble
Guest Performers:
Hong Da Chin, dizi (Chinese bamboo flute)
William Goldenberg, piano
Paul Wright, tai chi
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
5:00 pm
Recital Hall
Concert Program
Program
Soeljangu (Dongsalpuri, whimori)Korean Drumming Ensemble (KDE) |
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| The Fragrance Osmanthus in August八月桂花遍地開 | Jiangxi Folk Tune |
Chinese Music Ensemble (CME) |
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| Spring in Xiang River 春到湘江 | Bao Sheng Ning (1943-2009) |
Hong Da Chin, diziWilliam Goldenberg, piano |
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| Yang’s Tai Chi | |
Paul Wright, tai chiWei Yang, pipa |
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| Merrily Xinjiang 歡樂的新疆 | De Ming Zhou |
Ethan Cowburn, yangqinMikey Speziale, frame drum |
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| Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon彩雲追月 | Cantonese Folk Tune |
CME |
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Sakura Kazoe uta Kojo no tsuki |
Japanese Folk Song |
| Hana kage | Traditional Japanese Music |
| “Merry-go-round of life” from Howl’s Moving Castle |
Joe Hisaishi (b. 1950) |
Japanese Music Ensemble |
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| The Wind that Shakes the Barley | Traditional Irish Reel |
Plucked String Section-CMEGabriel Roethle, violin |
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| Samulnori (Ssangjinpuri) | |
KDE |
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| Arirang Medley | Korean Folk Song |
CMESuwan Choi, janggu |
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| Peach Blossom Ferry Crossing 桃花過渡 | Taiwanese Folk Song |
CME |
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Guest Performers:
Hong Da Chin, dizi (Chinese bamboo flute)
Malaysian composer Hong-Da Chin’s music has been performed by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Music From China, Khasma Piano Duo, No Exit New Music Ensemble, Bent Frequency, Ogni Suono Saxophone Duo, Patchwork, Newphonia Ensemble, among others. His music has been featured at venues and events such as the Spoleto Festival USA, World Saxophone Congress, North American Saxophone Alliance Conference, Asian Composers League Festival and Conference, Western Illinois University New Music Festival, University of Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival, Bowling Green New Music Festival, NEOSonic Festival, Threshold Festival, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Rasquache Artist Residency, Avaloch Farm Institute, DiMenna Center for Classical Music among others. In addition to his work as a composer, Chin is an accomplished Chinese flutist specializing in contemporary music. He has performed at venues and festivals such as the Carnegie Hall (NYC), Alice Tully Hall (NYC), John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington D.C.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Asia Society (NYC), Phillips Collection (Washington D.C.), Huntington Library (LA), Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C. ), Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park (Chicago), Art Institute of Chicago, DiMenna Center, Silesian Theatre (Katowice, Poland), Spoleto Festival USA and Lincoln Center Global Exchange. Chin is faculty of Composition and Music Theory at Western Illinois University, and a member of the ADJ•ective Composers’ Collective and the Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers. Besides his musical activities, he is an avid badminton player. For more information, please visit hongdachin.com.
Paul Wright, tai chi
Dr. Wright, EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor, Board of Trustees Professor, and Distinguished Engagement Professor at NIU teaches in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Dr. Wright specializes in the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) instructional model. His scholarship is very applied and relates directly to fields such as positive youth development, social and emotional learning, and sport for development. He also has interests in policy and program evaluation as it relates to youth sport and physical activity. He leads the Physical Activity and Life Skills (PALS) Group at NIU which serves as an engine for engaged scholarship on these topics.
Chinese Music Ensemble
Individual lessons and group rehearsals make up the major part of the curriculum, and Chinese musical instruments are available for short-term loan on a semester basis. In addition, members of the ensemble will also be introduced to basic Chinese music theory, the standard repertoire of Chinese instrumental and chamber music, and knowledge about performance practice along with the aesthetic values and symbolism of Chinese traditional music. For more information, please contact Jui-Ching Wang (jcwang@niu.edu)
Wei Yang, director
Members
Dizi: Anna Lantz, Hyun Ah Lee, Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, Christian Morek, Elizabeth Vieyra
Xiao: Nam Yamprai
Erhu: Arely Ferreira-Nava, Ella Feuersthaler, Jacob Kukielka, Savannah Lisner-Johnson, Gabriel Roethle, Corinn Schusteff, Emma Vorpagel, Jui-Ching Wang
Zhonghu: Patcharita Pankaew
Yangqin: Ethan Cowburn
Pipa: Quentin Dover, Wei Yang, Totus Tuus Keely
Ruan: Silas Ashby (zhongruan), Chloe McKendry (daruan)
Cello: Zhi-Cian Yu
Korean Drumming Ensemble
Suwan Choi, director
Since making Chicago his home in 2015, Choi has established himself as a leading practitioner of Korean drumming, performing at Harris Theater, Millennium Park, the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival, as well as venues such as universities and cultural events across the U.S. Formally trained in Korean traditional performing arts, Choi specializes in the drumming tradition called pungmul and samulnori.
His experiences as an active percussionist and cultural bearer of Korean traditional music in Chicago have opened up his eyes to diverse musical traditions from around the world that he later decided to pursue graduate studies in world music at NIU and was awarded a master’s degree in 2021. Choi currently serves as the Artistic Director for the Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago, a leading Korean cultural arts group in metropolitan Chicago that reaches an audience of 25,000 annually.
Members
Japanese Music Ensemble
Nan Yamprai, director
Members
Koto: Anya Pasowicz, Patchatita Pankaew
Shamisen: Gabriel Roethle, Zachary Villegas, Elizabeth Vieyra, Savannah Lisner-Johnson, Jocelyn Kuntz, Matthew Diaz
Shakuhachi: Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, Nam Yamprai, Jazzmyn Bell