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Music From the Mountain For Di and Orchestra
(2014)
After studying abroad, I have started my research on the comparison between the western and the traditional Chinese orchestras. The idea of forming the traditional Chinese orchestra came from the influence of the "Total ...
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 ...
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 ...
BOOM!!! ...for Real!
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
BOOM!!! ...for Real! is a fifteen-minute chamber concerto for alto saxophone
(doubling tenor) and mixed chamber ensemble. The paintings and techniques of three
American expressionist painters—Cy Twombly, Franz Kline, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Awakening of Insects
(2020)
The Awakening of Insects is the third of the twenty-four solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendars. In China, people believe that during this solar term, thunderstorms will wake up the hibernating insects, indicating ...
Sprout
(2020)
From my perspective, the beauty of life lies in its tenacity and endlessness. This beauty is especially reflected in the flowers that grow in the cracks in the rocks. It takes a lot of ups and downs to breakthrough. ...
New Psalms for S.S.A.A.T.T.B.B. Chorus, A Capella
(2020)
The Book of Psalms in the Old Testament is a collection of 150 ancient lyrical poems intended for prayer and worship of the Jehovah God. The title is derived from the Greek word Psalmoi, which stands for “words sung to a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Masks
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Masks is inspired by a type of Chinese opera called Chuanju, which comes from the
Sichuan region in southwest China. In Chuanju, each character has his or her own type of
face makeup. For example, semi-transparent makeup ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mountains in the Distance
(2021)
This thesis explores the mechanics of musical composition and
orchestration through the lens of an orchestral tone poem. The work
presents various musical materials with characteristics and qualities in
accordance ...