Promoted by Ji Yeong-Hee's Folk Music Institute USA
-Date: Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 7:30pm -Place: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles 3rd Fl. Ari Hall 5505 Wilshire Blvd., LA, CA 90036 -Online Reservation: www.kccla.org/english/programs_reservation.asp -For more Info: tammy@kccla.org or 323-936-3015
The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles (KCCLA) and Ji Yeong-Hee's Folk Music Institute USA will present a special performance "Gayageum & Time" on Thursday, June 21st, 2018 at 7:30P.M. on the 3rd floor of the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, Ari Hall.
Performers from Korea, Scarlett Choi and master Ji, Soon Ja of Ji Yeong-hee Folk Music Institute will be joining us for a gayageum concert. In addition, Ju Young Lim and Kyoung Ah Lee, members of NORI, a Traditional Korean Percussion Music group located in Los Angeles, will join them.
The program includes 25-stringed gayageum sijo byeongchang, gayageum and danso Pungnyu duet, gayageum sanjo duet, gayageum byeongchang for Gyeonggi minyo, Chimhyangmu and An Gi Ok gayageum sanjo. Come experience how gayageum music has changed overtime or just come by for a relaxing time.
Known for her detailed and pristine rendering of "Seong Geum Yeon Sanjo", Ji Soon Ja is the fifth daughter of Ji Yeong Hee and Seong Geum Yeon. She is recognized for her in-depth knowledge of Korea's folk music, particularly music indigenous to the Gyeonggi provincial regions. She has won first place in three major music competitions in 1960, 1968 and 1974. Amidst her countless concerts, she has recorded eight albums and published eight music books. Today she is the head director of Ji Yeong-hee Folk Music Institute, established in 2000, and strives to continue the legacy of her father's dreams to transmit Korea's traditional music domestically and internationally. Soon Ja and her daughter, Scarlett Choi, share this dream together through this foundation.
Her daughter, Scarlett is a Korean traditional musician who spent a majority of her musical education and career in Seoul, Korea. While in Korea, she not only mastered the gayageum, zither, and janggo, hourglass shaped drum, but also learned gagok, lyric singing, danso, small vertical bamboo flute, and more in addition to samulori percussion instruments. While receiving her bachelor's in music at Seoul National University and master's at Korean National University of Arts, she participated in numerous recordings for the gayageum and janggo. Her background in folk music is what also distinguishes her styles when rendering contemporary pieces.
The program will be explained in both Korean and English.
-PROGRAM-
Performing Artists: Gayageum: Suimdang Ji (Ji, Soon Ja), Scarlett Choi Janggu: Ju, Young Lim/ Buk: Kyoung, Ah Lee
1. Gayageum Sijo Byeongchang, Cheongsanlli / Scarlett Choi 2. Gayageum and Danso Duet, Pungnyu / Suimdang Ji, Scarlett Choi 3. Gayageum Sanjo Duet, Sung Geum Yeon Gayageum Sanjo / Suimdang Ji, Scarlett Choi 4. Gayageum Byeongchang, Changbutaryeong and Jajin Changbutaryeong / Suimdang Ji 5. Contemporary Gayageum, Chimhyangmu / Scarlett Choi, Suimdang Ji 6. Gayageum and Percussion, An Gi Ok Gayageum Sanjo 7. 12 and 25 Stringed Gayageum, Arirang and Holo Arirang / Suimdang Ji, Scarlett Choi