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Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
I wrote CONCERTO FOR TENOR SAXOPHONE AND WIND ENSEMBLE in the tradition of
the grand concerti of the nineteenth century, but incorporating a modern sense of harmony and
rhythm. The spirit of the piece is very in the ...
Scissors for Orchestra
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
As a composer originally from South Korea who favors Western musical languages
as a medium for composition, it has always been my passion to create works that integrate
my Korean culture in some way. Sometimes I combine ...
A Remedy for Death For Mixed Ensemble
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
A Remedy for Death is a three-movement composition for mixed ensemble,
which is inspired by the love of God in the bible.
The first movement, “The Fall of Man”, is based on the book of Genesis
chapter ...
Daughter of Bird and Earth
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
The single movement symphonic poem Daughter of Bird and Earth draws its inspiration from my own long poem in modern Chinese, The Resurrection of Poems, which narrates an imaginary woman’s life journey, both internally and ...
Symphonic Poem No. 1, Poems on Stone Drums, for Full Orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Symphonic Poem No. 1, Poems on Stone Drums is an orchestral piece with three main
sections played in a single continuous movement. Its inspiration comes from a set of ancient
Chinese seal scripts on ten drum-shaped ...
Five Ekmousikés for Solo Piano
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
“Five Ekmousikés” is a multi-movement work composed for solo piano, dedicated to and
to be premiered by my grandmother, Dr. Janet Bass Smith. Each movement in this work is
programmatically tied to a piece of extra-musical ...
The Birth of the Eternal for String Orchestra, Piano and Percussion
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
The Birth of the Eternal is a one-movement composition for string orchestra, piano and
percussion. It is written as a centennial commemoration of the 1915 Armenian Genocide and
honors the memory of the victims of the ...
The Seventh Sun For Orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
In this work I have created sounds to represent a series of events that signify the
apocalypse in Buddhism, the day that seven suns appear in the sky. It is said to bring about
the end of this old, present world. No ...
Piper in the Woods: An opera in one act
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
“Piper in the Woods” is a one act opera for six principal singers plus SATB chorus,
along with an ensemble of nine instrumentalists. The piece is based on a short story of the
same name by Philip K. Dick. First published ...
For whom the bell tolls for flute (piccolo), soprano saxophone (alto saxophone), percussion, and piano
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
This piece is inspired by "Meditation XVII”, a poem written by John Donne in 1624.
It appears in Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Seuerall Steps in my Sicknes. The
opening line is:
"PERCHANCE he for whom this ...
Three Portraits of Pipa – for pipa and orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Three Portraits of Pipa is a three movement concerto for pipa, a traditional
Chinese plucked-string instrument that has a history of more than 2000 years in China.
The large variety of timbres of the pipa gives the ...
forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
This quartet features a transparent structure in which a dense, static ensemble motif
gradually and smoothly transforms into a highly active and agitated counter-motif. This process
repeats twice: with each iteration, ...
The Nightingale and the Rose: Chamber Opera in Two Acts
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
I chose Oscar Wilde’s short story, The Nightingale and the Rose (about a nightingale
who sacrifices her life to create a red rose for love), for my opera for its fantasy, wit, and
expectation-defying tropes. This ...
Songs from behind the curtain, an opera in three acts
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-25)
Songs from Behind the Curtain is the story of Pascal Baur, a damaged composer
in 1980's Hartford, who, as the musical director of the Hartford Opera Company, is
encoding Soviet messages into his operas. Within the operas ...
Mock Trial!
(2016)
Mock Trial is a work for wind ensemble. It is inspired by proceedings common to debates and courtroom sessions, where multiple arguments are presented, examined and cross-examined. As a parody, the work pokes fun at the ...
Settings of the Sabbath
(2016)
Settings of the Sabbath is a piece written for large ensemble and SATB choir. The
Sabbath is a sacred time for Jews that starts sundown Friday night and ends at sundown
Saturday night. It is a time for reflection, ...
Clear Sound for Clarinet and Orchestra
(2016)
Clear Sound is the opening movement of a larger three movement concerto for solo clarinet and orchestra being written for clarinetist and conductor Luis Viquez Cordoba. I set out to compose a traditionally structured ...
Heartbeat for Orchestra
(2016)
Heartbeat is a work for orchestra inspired by our heart, which starts from the day
we are born. My work is concerned with both the abstract representation of the heartbeat
in graph form, and also the emotional expressions ...
Plantains in the rain
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-12)
"Plantains in the Rain" is an early masterpiece of Cantonese music (a type of Chinese
traditional instrumental ensemble music). The piece depicts the pattering of rain drops on plantains
in early summer. My composition ...
Love and Reform: a chamber operetta
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-23)
"Love and Reform" is a chamber operetta composed from a libretto written by the
composer for female narrator, soprano, tenor, bass, and string quintet. The drama is an
Epicurean satire concerning the imagined afterlife ...