Dub-Sanjo

Sanjo is a virtuosic Korean folk music tradition performed by an instrumentalist with a barrel drum accompaniment. The first ones were created by gayageum (Korean plucked instrument) players and have been aurally transmitted with many variations (now there are also written scores). I combined various melodic patterns in diverse gayageum sanjos and arranged them into a short (original sanjos are 30-60 minutes long) orchestral overture. Dub- is a short form of duboo (meaning 'together' in Korean) and indicates that this piece connects different traditions and is played by multiple players (as opposed to a solo instrumentalist).