Dub-Sanjo

2017

Orchestral

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Details

instrumentation

2222/4230/tmp pc hp/str

duration

8 minutes

commissioned by

Korean National Symphony Orchestra

premiered by

Korean National Symphony Orchestra with Kwang-Hyun Kim (cond)

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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).

Performance History
‍Sep 15, 2017, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ Kwang-Hyun Kim (cond), Seoul, S.Korea
Nov 3, 2019, New World Symphony w/ Chad Goodman (cond), Miami Beach, FL
Nov 15, 2019, Oakland Symphony w/ Michael Morgan (dir), Oakland, CA
Sep 2, 2021, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ Seokwon Hong (cond), Seoul, S.Korea
Nov 12, 2021, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ multiple conductors, Seoul, S.Korea
Feb 3-5, 2022, Detroit Symphony Orchestra w/ Eun Sun Kim (cond), Detroit, MI
Sep 7, 2022, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ Chiyong Chung (cond), Gimhae, S.Korea
Sep 24, 2022, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ Chiyong Chung (cond), Seoul, S.Korea
Sep 28, 2022, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ Chiyong Chung (cond), Stockholm, Sweden
Sep 30, 2022, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ Chiyong Chung (cond), Budapest, Hungary
Oct 2, 2022, Korean National Symphony Orchestra w/ Chiyong Chung (cond), Vienna, Austria
Oct 30, 2022, SDSU Symphony Orchestra w/ Michael Gerdes (dir), San Diego, CA
Feb 3, 2024, Syracuse Orchestra w/ Ho-Yin Kwok (cond), Syracuse, NY
Feb 17, 2024, Minnesota Orchestra w/ Junping Qian (cond), Minneapolis, MN
Mar 8-9, 2024, Minnesota Orchestra w/ Eun Sun Kim (cond), Minneapolis, MN
Mar 10, 2024, New York Youth Symphony w/ Andrew Kim (dir), New York, NY
Oct 4, 2024, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Orchestra w/ Jun Kim (dir), Milwaukee, WI