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The Ninth Annual Sejong Music Competition

January 6 (Sun), 20132:00 – 5:00 pm

Claudia Cassidy TheaterChicago Cultural Center, 2nd floor

78 East Randolph, Chicago, IL

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Letter from the Sejong Music Competition Chair

On behalf of the Competition Planning Committee, I would like to welcome everyone to the Winners’ Concert. Congratulations to all the performers, their families and the teachers for another year of making beautiful music!

Each year, we witness noticeable growth in overall level of contestants’ performances as well as their ever-growing passion for music. We are very proud of these young musicians who not only dedicate and discipline themselves to master an art form that touches us throughout our history but also challenge themselves to study newly written compositions based on the traditional music from a different culture in preparation for our competition. Our mission is to introduce a piece of Korean heritage to the American audience through a common language we share; music. It is our sincere hope that all contestants found their participation in the Sejong Music Competition an enriching experience in the course of their study.

As we bring in the New Year, please join me in celebrating the joy of music with these promising young musicians on today’s program.

Kay Kim Chair,The Sejong Music Competition Planning Committee

Letter from the President of the Korea Times of Chicago

Congratulations to all winners of the Ninth Sejong Music Competition. I also would like to extend my congratulations to their families and teachers. Without the support and sacrifice of families and dedicated teachers these students would not be here today.

I like to extend my congratulation to the officers of the Sejong Cultural Society for carrying out another year of successful music competition. Since the inception in 2004, this competition has grown steadily in number of participatns while building reputaion as being a high-qulality and well-organized competition. Addition of elementary division in 2010 and primary division in 2012 not only increased number of participating students but also the regions where students came from. This year having students from as far as Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, and New York proves that this competition has firmly established its reputation as one of the premier music competition for precollegiate students in Midwest and beyond.

I wish success to all music students who participated in this competition. I believe that their hard work during preparation for this competition will help them to build their skills and perseverance regardless of the outcome of the comeptition.

Once again I would like to thank the officers of the Sejong Cultural Society who carried out such a fantastic program successfully year after year.

Dustin Hae-won Lee Acting President & Editor-in-Chief The Korea Times Chicago

Letter from the Sejong Music Competition Chair

On behalf of the Competition Planning Committee, I would like to welcome everyone to the Winners’ Concert. Congratulations to all the performers, their families and the teachers for another year of making beautiful music!

Each year, we witness noticeable growth in overall level of contestants’ performances as well as their ever-growing passion for music. We are very proud of these young musicians who not only dedicate and discipline themselves to master an art form that touches us throughout our history but also challenge themselves to study newly written compositions based on the traditional music from a different culture in preparation for our competition. Our mission is to introduce a piece of Korean heritage to the American audience through a common language we share; music. It is our sincere hope that all contestants found their participation in the Sejong Music Competition an enriching experience in the course of their study.

As we bring in the New Year, please join me in celebrating the joy of music with these promising young musicians on today’s program.

Kay Kim Chair,The Sejong Music Competition Planning Committee

Letter from the President of the Korea Times of Chicago

Congratulations to all winners of the Ninth Sejong Music Competition. I also would like to extend my congratulations to their families and teachers. Without the support and sacrifice of families and dedicated teachers these students would not be here today.

I like to extend my congratulation to the officers of the Sejong Cultural Society for carrying out another year of successful music competition. Since the inception in 2004, this competition has grown steadily in number of participatns while building reputaion as being a high-qulality and well-organized competition. Addition of elementary division in 2010 and primary division in 2012 not only increased number of participating students but also the regions where students came from. This year having students from as far as Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, and New York proves that this competition has firmly established its reputation as one of the premier music competition for precollegiate students in Midwest and beyond.

I wish success to all music students who participated in this competition. I believe that their hard work during preparation for this competition will help them to build their skills and perseverance regardless of the outcome of the comeptition.

Once again I would like to thank the officers of the Sejong Cultural Society who carried out such a fantastic program successfully year after year.

Dustin Hae-won Lee Acting President & Editor-in-Chief The Korea Times Chicago


Greetings from the President of the Sejong Cultural Society

Welcome to our 9th Annual Sejong Music Competition winners’ concert.

I would like to congratulate all participants of our Sejong Music competition for their great effort. I am especially proud of our winners for their accomplishments. I would like to also express my appreciation to all parents and teachers because without their support this was not possible.

After 9 years of steady growth, the Sejong Music competition has become a well- established music competition in the Midwest region. This year we had 17 participants coming from out of state. The scope of the competition has also grown to include the primary and elementary levels in addition to junior and senior sections and again we had over 85 students participating this year. As you know, all students play a required Korean piece as we are promoting Korean culture in a small way.

In addition to our music competition, The Sejong Cultural Society has a national writing competition in essay and sijo (unique Korean poetry form) sections, receiving entries from 43 states and Canada. We had over 1700 entries last year! The competition is currently underway and the deadline is January 31, 2013. We also provide sijo workshops and teaching materials for teachers.

In June of 2012, The Sejong Cultural Society had our 3rd international music composition competition with the goal of having professional composers write original pieces incorporating elements from Korean music and also to disseminate Korean melodies and rhythms. Shulamit Ran, a Pulitzer Prize winning composer and University of Chicago professor, was the committee chair.

I would like to thank our executive director, music competition planning committee members, board members, advisors, volunteers, generous donors, and grant providers who make our mission possible. The Sejong Cultural Society is dedicated to providing a window to Korean culture through its various programs and promoting awareness and understanding of Korean culture.

Again, congratulations to the winners!

Juliana Chyu President

Sejong Cultural Society Programs

Program in Progress The Eight Annual Sejong Writing CompetitionSubmission deadline Jan 31st, 2013

Special Programs

Conversation with Yi Mun-yol (one of Korea’s most acclaimed writers) Mar 8th, 2013 (Fri): UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Mar 9th, 2013 (Sat): Wyndham Glenview Suite Hotel

Sejong Cultural Society Benefit Dinner Keynote speaker: Marja Vongerichten from Kimchi Chronicles (PBS)Oct 13th, 2013 (Sun)

Sijo Writing Workshop Sep 2013 (details TBA)

Upcoming Programs The Tenth Annual Sejong Music Competition Dec 8th, 2013


The Ninth Annual Sejong Music Competition Winners Concert and Award Ceremony

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Jindo Arirang ……………………..……….……………………..……………......….. Misook Kim Concerto No.1 in A minor……………..……...…………………..………..….….…… J.S. Bach

I.Allegro moderato Ella Saputra, violin

Yuriko Tanaka, piano

Waltz in Pentatonic ……………………………………………….…………………… Misook Kim Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6 …………….………………..……….…………Antonio Vivaldi I. Allegro

Sean Lee, violin Brian Lee, piano

Korean Barcarolle ……………………………………………………………………… Misook Kim Christian D. Kim, violin

Milana Pavchinskaya, piano

Concertino in ungarischer Weise, Op. 21 ……………………..…………..………Oscar Rieding Maya Kilburn, violin Ray Kilburn, piano

Praeludium and Allegro .………………………….………...……............................ Fritz Kreisler Christina Nam, violin Song Hun Nam, piano

Dungre Dangsil ………………………….………….………………………………. Dong-il Sheen Fantasie Impromptu, Op.66 …………..…….……….……………..……………. Frédéric Chopin

Kimiko Darcy, piano

Russian Dancer …….….…….…………….………………………………..… Norman Dello Joio Kevin Chlastawa, piano

Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 12 …………...…..………..……………...…..……. Felix Mendelssohn Eriko Darcy, piano

Beggar’s Song ………………………………….……..……………...…………….. Dong-il Sheen Sonatine 3rd Movement………….….……………….……………….………..……Maurice Ravel III. Animé ("animated")

Yerin Yang, piano

INTERMISSION



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Program

Yin-Yang (Infinity) ………..…………...............................................………..…...... Misook Kim Prokofiev Sonata No. 3, Op. 28 in A minor .……………………………..…….Sergei Prokofiev

Derek Chung, piano

Mephisto Waltz, No.1 .………………………………..…..……………….…...….…. Franz Liszt Alexander Jin, piano

Tae-Pyung-Ga ………..…………....................................…………..…..…...... Eun Young Lee Années de pèlerinage ……………………………………………………….……...… Franz Liszt I. "Les Cloches de Geneve"

Amber Scherer, piano

Mong ……………………………………………………………..…...…………… Heeyoung Yang Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 ………..………………………… Ludwig van Beethoven I. Moderato Cantabile Molto Espressivo

Kyle Jannak-Huang, piano

Yang San Do …………………………...….………………………………….…... Dong-il Sheen Justin Lee, violin

Youngjee Park, piano

Scherzo and Tarantella ……………………….…………………………....… Henryk Wieniawski Julian Rhee, violin Akiko Konish, piano

Joy of Ong-He-Ya …………………………...………..……………...………….…... Misook Kim Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso……….…………..……………...…... Camille Saint-Saëns

Hannah White, violin Jonah White, piano

Toad ………………………………………………..….…………………………… Jeong Kyu Park Christi Park, violin

Young Jee Cho, piano

Concerto No. 1, Op. 77 …………….…………………………………...…… Dmitri Shostakovich IV. Burlesque, allegro con brio

Tabitha Oh, violin Milana Pavchinskaya, piano



2012 Sejong Music Competition Winners

Piano Senior Division

PianoJunior Division

PianoElementary Division

PianoPrimary Division

First Kyle Jannak-Huang

(Brenda Huang)

Palatine, IL

Derek Chung

(Sueanne Metz)

Long Grove, IL

Yerin Yang

(Brenda Huang)

Mount Prospect, IL

Kimiko Darcy

(Brenda Huang)

Chicago, IL

Second Amber Scherer

(Sueanne Metz)

Winnetka, IL

Alexander Jin

(Brenda Huang)

Chicago, IL

Eriko Darcy

(Brenda Huang)

Chicago, IL

Kevin Chlastawa

(Brenda Huang)

Kenosha, WI

Third Pamela Lin

(Sueanne Metz)

Vernon Hills, IL

Xiaoping Wang Jr

(Brenda Huang)

Chicago, IL

Emily Cho

(Brenda Huang)

Schaumburg, IL

none

HM William Woodard

(Lorene Parsons)

Bloomington, IL

Charlie Cao

(Brenda Huang)

Buffalo Grove, IL

Colin Song

(Inah Chiu)

Glenview, IL

Ryan Liu

(Sueanne Metz)

Arlington Heights, IL

Whitney Jin

(Brenda Huang)

Naperville, IL

Joshua White

(Brenda Huang)

Germantown, WI

Josh Zhu

(Sueanne Metz)

Long Grove, IL

Best* Amber Scherer

(Sueanne Metz)

Winnetka, IL

Derek Chung

(Sueanne Metz)

Long Grove, IL

Yerin Yang

(Brenda Huang)

Mount Prospect, IL

Kimiko Darcy

(Brenda Huang)

Chicago, IL)

*Best interpretation of Korean piece



Violin Senior Division

ViolinJunior Division

ViolinElementary Division

ViolinPrimary Division

First Tabitha Oh

Chicago, IL

Julian Rhee

(Hye-Sun Lee)

Brookfield, WI

none

Ella Saputra

(Taka Matsunaga)

Schaumburg, IL

Second Hannah White

(Hye-Sun Lee)

Germantown, WI

Jason Wang

(Sungrai Sohn)

Yorktown Heights, NY

Christina Nam

(Kurt Sassmannshaus)

West Chester, OH Sean Lee

(Betty Haag-Kuhnke)

Naperville, IL Maya Kilburn

(Chin Mi Kim)

Muncie, IN

Third Emily Jones

Winnetka, IL

Karisa Chiu

(Almita Vamos)

Palatine, IL

Zechary Mo

(Injoo Choi)

Palatine, IL

Esme Arias-Kim

(Betty Haag-Kuhnke)

Hoffman Estates, IL

HM

Serena Harnack

(Almita Vamos)

Glen Ellyn, IL

Chloe Lee

Chicago, IL Isabel Chen

(Hye-Sun Lee)

Northbrook, IL

Kaylee Kim

(Betty Haag-Kuhnke)

Round Lake, IL Hansuh Rhee

(Almita Vamos)

Glenview, IL

Claire Arias-Kim

(Betty Haag-Kuhnke)

Hoffman Estates, IL

Best* Christi Park

(Cyrus Forough)

HIndsdale, IL

Justin Lee

(Betty Haag-Kuhnke)

Buffalo Grove, IL

Christian D. Kim

Schaumburg, IL

Ella Saputra

(Taka Matsunaga)

Schaumburg, IL

*Best interpretation of Korean piece

Derek Chung (age 13) is a 7th grader at Woodlawn Middle School in Long Grove, IL. He began piano lessons at age 6. He is currently studying with Sueanne Metz. Derek’s recent accomplishments include: 1st place winner in the junior II division at the Music Festival in Honor of Confucius; 2nd place at ISMTA junior division; 1st place winner in his division at the Los Angeles Young Musician International Competition and winner of the overall Best Romantic Performance award. Derek has received gold medals in the CAMTA and NSMTA Sonata Festivals; 1st place winner in the Roberta Savler Piano Competition, NSMTA Piano Competition and the Granquist Music Competition. He was a prize winner in the Sejong Music Competition and Society of American Musicians. He has given numerous public performances including honors recitals at Interlochen Performing Arts Camp and the Northbrook Public Library. Most recently, Derek performed in the Young Steinway Concert Series at the Skokie Public Library and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as part of the American Fine Arts Festival winners’ concert. He attended the International Institute of Young Artists (IIYM) summer academy and was chosen to perform in the IIYM honors recital. Outside of music, Derek runs cross country for Woodlawn Middle School. He also enjoys reading, basketball, and golf. Kimiko Darcy, age 7, attends the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. She was the first place winner at Roberta Savler Piano Competion Level A in 2011, second place at the NSMTA Piano Contest Primary Division in 2011, second place at



the NWMTA Piano Competiton Primary Division in 2012, and 1st place in the Youth Division at the Music Festival in Honor of Confucius in 2012. Kimiko enjoys skiing, snorkeling and running. As a proud Brownie Scout, she participates in the Cheongju-Tottori City Girl Scout exchange program every summer. Kimiko's teacher is Brenda Huang. Eriko Darcy, age 10, attends the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. She has received many awards and prizes from National and International Competitions. Some of her achivements are: 1st place at the Bradshaw Buono International Piano Competition 2011, Gold Medal at the Seattle International Piano Competiton 2010, Winner of the Chicago Area Steinway Young Artisit Competition 2010, 1st place at the Roberta Savler Piano Competition 2010, and 1st place at the NSMTA Piano Contest 2011. As a proud Junior Scout, Eriko participates every summer in the Cheongju-Tottori City Girls Scout exchange program. Eriko is the silver medalist in the 55 meter dash at the 2012 USA Track and Field National Indoor Championships. Eriko's teacher is Brenda Huang. Kyle Jannak-Huang, 15, has studied piano with Brenda Huang for 10 years. Kyle was named the winner of the 2012 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions, and he will perform with the Chicago Symphony during 2012/2013 season. He played with the Lake Forest Symphony under the baton of Alan Heatherington in March, 2011 as the winner of the Steinway Concerto Competition. He was the Silver Medalist in the 2011 Seattle International Piano Competition. Kyle was the winner of 2011 Walgreens National Concerto Competition Open Senior Piano Division. He was the first place winner of 2011 NWSMTA Awards Competition in Senior Division. Kyle was the first place winner in all divisions at the Society of American Musicians Competition that includes the Primary, Junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions. He was the Illinois state winner of the ISMTA competition junior division in 2009. Kyle has won first place at the Confucius Music Festival for the Primary, Junior I, and Junior II divisions. He performed in the Young Steinway Concert Series at Skokie Library in 2010. In 2009, Kyle played with the Oistrach Symphony Orchestra as a selected winner of the Sixth Annual DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers. In his spare time, Kyle likes playing tennis, snowboarding, and paintballing. Alexander Jin, age 13, moved from Los Angles and is currently studying with Brenda Huang. He has been a award 1st place in SYMF elementary group in Los Angeles. Alexander was also invited by The American Fine Arts Festival to performed at Carnegie Hall in New York. Has been Travel to China to Participate CHINA QUNYING piano competition in BEIJING. He award a 1st place in junior group when he age was 10. A native of Muncie, IN, Maya Kilburn is currently 10 years old and studies with Chn Mi Kim in Indianapolis. Maya began her studies at age 4 under Professor Anna Vayman. She won 1st prize in the Indiana Music Teachers Association Competition in both 2009 and 2011, and 2nd prize in the Forte String Competition in 2011. She has been active performing on a variety of recitals including pre-college student recitals at Ball State University ,the 2011 IMTA conference winners recital at the IU Jacob School of Music, a featured appearance for the Indiana Federation of music Clubs competition day as well as on two recitals in Japan. She has two upcoming performances in Costa Rica this March. Christian D. Kim is a 4th grade student at the Hoover Math and Science Academy in Schaumburg, IL. He started his violin studies at age 6 with Betty Haag-Kuhnke at the Betty Haag Academy of Music. He has performed at the Orchestra Hall as a member of The Magical Strings of Youth. Christian received first place in the 2011 Confucius Music Festival, third place in Sejong Cultural Society and early music HM in the Walgreens National Concerto Competition. He enjoys reading, playing chess, doing Taekwondo, and is currently striving to become a pediatrician and a writer of children's literature. Justin Lee, an 12-year-old, attends 7th grade at Twin Grove middleschool in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Justin has been studying violin with Betty Haag-Kuknke at the Betty Haag Academy of Music since 6 years old. He has been participating many competitions including honorable mention in the 2012 Confucius Music Festival Junior II Division, 1st place and outstanding in 2009, 2012 Granquist Music Competitions. Justin is a member of the Magical Strings of Youth and has traveled on tour with them to Los Angeles where they played at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2010. He also received scholarship for Rising Star Award at Betty Haag Academy in 2012. He has been performing at North Shore Chamber Music Festival and also a member of Midwest Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been a member of IMEA music festival in 2011 and 2012 as well. Besides playing violin, Justin enjoys reading and playing tennis and soccer. He also enjoys participating math club and scholastic bowl club at the school. Sean Lee, age 7, is a student of Ms. Betty Haag-Kuhnke. As a member of the Magical Strings of Youth, he has performed at Orchestra Hall in Chicago every year since 2008, and at numerous venues all over Chicagoland. This past summer he was a second-place prizewinner at the annual Granquist Music Competition in Geneva, IL. He is homeschooled and especially enjoys math, reading, and his current studies on the Roman/Byzantine Empire. Sean loves sports, especially being part of a Little League baseball team and doing karate. Aside from music, his favorite activities are playing Star Wars Legos and outdoor games with his two brothers, Jason and Aidan. Sean hopes to be a professional violinist or athlete when he grows up. Christina Nam, 10, is a fifth grader at Freedom Elementary school in West Chester, Ohio. She began playing violin at the age of four. She is the youngest member of Starling Chamber Orchestra in Starling Project at University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music where she studies with Prof. Kurt Sassmannshaus. In 2011, she was the winner of the Forte Strings Competition, and second prizewinner of the Sejong Music Competition. Christina performs frequent solos with Starling Chamber Orchestra in their concerts. She was a featured soloist in the opening concert of National



Convention of the American String Teachers Association in Atlanta, Georgia. This past summer, she participated in Philadelphia International Music Festival in Bryn Mar College, PA and JK Music Festival in South Korea. She also joined in the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing, China where she was chosen to appear on NPR’s From the Top with Christopher O’Riley. For her future performance engagements in 2013, Christina will make a debut as a soloist with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Young People’s Concert, and also with Seven Hills Sinfonietta of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is excited to perform at Carnegie Hall as a proud member of Bel Canto of Cincinnati Children’s Choir in March 2013. She also enjoys playing piano, reading books, biking and swimming. Christi Park, age 18, currently studies with Carnegie Mellon Violin Professor, Cyrus Forough. She is a senior at Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, IL. Christi began her studies at the age of 3 and is currently a participant in Chicago Symphony Youth Orchestra. She has also studied piano under Emilio del Rosario. Christi has been awarded many times for her playing from past competitions such as the SAM competition for violin. Recently she was awarded first place of the 2012 Chinese Fine Arts Society Competition for violin. In her spare time, Christi enjoys reading, travelling, playing piano, teaching violin, and performing for music fundraisers and community outreach concerts. 16-year-old Tabitha Oh is a junior at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School. She started the violin at age 6 and has gone on to win top prizes in numerous competitions, including Music Festival in Honor of Confucius, Society of American Musicians, and Sejong competitions. During the school year, she is Concertmaster of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and its honors Encore Chamber Orchestra. Tabitha has spent the past three summers studying chamber music at the Hotchkiss Academy in Connecticut. There she developed a passion for chamber music as she spent time studying with members of the Brentano, Shanghai, Miami, Miro, and Orion Quartets. When not making music, Tabitha enjoys reading, running, and playing with her little brother. Amber Scherer, age 15, is a sophomore at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL. She has been playing the piano for seven years and currently studies with Sueanne Metz. Some prizes that Amber received during the past few years include first place in the 2011 Walgreens Concerto Competition and both the senior solo and senior duet divisions of the Illinois State Music Teachers' Association competition. She has won a number of other competitions held at universities in Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Although on a more local scale, Amber's personal favorite performance was her solo debut with the Harper College Symphony Orchestra, which was a result of winning the 2011 Emilio Del Rosario Competition. Amber has also performed in masterclasses for Menahem Pressler, Sara Beuchner, Gabrielle Baldocci, and Robert Shannon. During the school year, Amber participates in a piano trio as a member of Midwest Young Artists' intensive chamber program. She enjoys working with other high school musicians, especially after attending summer programs held at Indiana University, the University of Kansas, and the Music Institute of Chicago. Some secondary instruments that Amber studies include the violin, organ, and harpsichord. She plays these in various school orchestras. Outside of music, Amber loves learning about psychology, chemistry, and philosophy. Hannah White, age 12, has been playing the violin five years. Hannah is a second year merit scholarship recipient of the Music Institute of Chicago's Academy program for gifted pre-college musicians where she currently studies with MIC artist faculty member Hye-Sun Lee. Hannah is also in the Senior MYSO Symphony, MYSO Chamber Ensembles Program, WAYO Orchestra three years, WAYO Chamber Orchestra, and Eastbrook Symphony Orchestra. She received a gold award from KMMTA for three consecutive years. Hannah won the Milwaukee Symphony Bach Double Competition for which she performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Hannah also won the MYSO Concerto Competition and performed with the orchestra. She won the DePaul Concerto Competition where she performed her solo with the Oistrach Symphony Orchestra and was featured on 98.7 WFMT's Introductions Program. She is a two time winner of the the MIC Academy Concerto Competition where she performs her solo with the Academy String Orchestra. She won first place in the Elementary Division of the Sejong Music Competition in 2010. In addition, Hannah has placed in the Society of American Musicians Competition, Frank Stehlik Memorial Scholarship Contest, Lake Country Baroque Competition, Chinese Fine Arts Society Music Competition, and received Honorable Mention at the Madison Youth Concerto Competition. As featured guest, Hannah was invited two consecutive years to perform for Governors and Delegates at the U.S. - China Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala. Hannah has performed at Milwaukee and Chicago Area businesses. Yerin Yang, 9 years old, is attending Brentwood Elementary School in Mount Prospect, IL. She started piano at the age of five and currently studies with Brenda Huang at the Music Institute of Chicago. She has won awards in numerous competitions, including the first place in the junior I division at the Chinese Fine Arts Society Competition in 2012, the first place in the elementary division at the Awards Competition in 2012, the second place in the elementary division at the ISMTA District Audition in 2012, the second place at 2012 Savler Competiton, the Honorable mention at the Emilio De Rosario Concerto Competition in 2012, the first place in the primary division of North Shore Music Teachers Association in 2011, the honorable mention at the 2011SAM, the second place in the Olympic Level of Geneva Music Competition in 2010, the Best Interpretation of Korean Piece at Sejong Music Competition in 2010. In August of 2012, she performed a solo concert for the Young Piano Prodigies at the Harold Washington Library. Besides playing the piano, she has been playing the violin for 4 years since she was 5 years old. Being a student in the gifted program at school, Yerin loves reading books and math. The utmost desire of Yerin’s heart is to be a pianist like her own teacher, Brenda Huang. In addition to that, she also wants to be a great composer of piano music.



Piano Judges Julian Dawson (piano junior and senior)

Julian Dawson was Staff Accompanist for the British Broadcasting Corporation in Scotland, appearing often in broadcast solo recitals. He also played several concertos with the BBC Scottish Symphony. He has performed and recorded the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven three times since 1970 and has appeared frequently as recital and concerto soloist both in Europe and the USA. In his combined career as conductor he later became Associate Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera in England. Julian Dawson spent 26 years on the faculty of Illinois State University as Director of Orchestras and Professor of piano. He appeared in numerous concerts and operas as conductor, recitalist and soloist in concerti. He became Senior Lecturer in piano at Northwestern University in 1996, an appointment he continues to hold. Continuing to combine the

careers of pianist and conductor, in March 2013 Julian Dawson will play Beethoven's Emperor Concerto at Illinois State University, conducting it from the keyboard. Anthony Molinaro (piano junior and senior)

Since his victory at the 1997 Naumburg International Piano Competition in New York City, Anthony Molinaro's stunning performances and unique versatility have captivated audiences and critics alike. Acclaimed for his "edge-of-the-seat brilliance" and "musically imaginative mind," Mr. Molinaro's performances have taken him to major music centers throughout the country including Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, and New York's Alice Tully Hall and Chicago's Symphony Center. He has been featured on Ravinia's Rising Stars Series, The Young Artist Series at the Kravis Center, The Irving S. Gilmore Festival, The Charles Vanda Master Series in Las Vegas, and at The Santa Fe Jazz Festival, The Toronto Jazz Festival, The Grand Teton Music Festival

and Eastern Music Festival among many others. He has appeared as guest soloist with nearly fifty symphony orchestras including the Arkansas, Boise, Lake Forest, Louisville, Napa Valley, Naples, Richmond, and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras. He has also performed with the Canton, Cape Cod, Eugene, Flint, Savannah and Catskill Symphonies as well as with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Jazz Orchestra and Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Outside the U.S. Anthony has recently concertized in France, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Canada. In addition to his traditional concert repertoire, Mr. Molinaro is also a gifted composer, arranger and improvisor, giving him a musical dimension uncommon to artists of his generation. He often plays his own cadenzas in Mozart and Beethoven concerti, and his "free-wheeling" and "unconventional" rendition of Rhapsody in Blue features improvised cadenzas. In November 2005 he premiered his first Piano Concerto with the Catskill Symphony and later that year debuted his big band arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue with The Chicago Jazz Orchestra. As a jazz artist, he has headlined at leading clubs worldwide including Chicago's Green Mill, Toronto's The Rex Hotel and Jazz Bar, Vienna's Porgy and Bess, Amsterdam's Bimhuis, Munich's Unterfahrt, and Zurich's Moods to name a few. Mr. Molinaro records exclusively for Nineteen-Eight Records, a label he founded in 2001 to support creative music of all genres. His debut CD, The Bach Sessions features The Goldberg Variations and the F Minor and A Major Concertos with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton. His wildly popular follow-up recording, New Blue, is a Gershwin album featuring his own solo version of Rhapsody in Blue as well as arrangements and improvisations on the Gershwin classics "Summertime," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Embraceable You," and "I Got Rhythm." His collaboration with the harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy was highlighted by a live recording from the famed Green Mill Jazz Club in Chicago and his 2010 recording, Canto Per Mio Padre, features music of Schubert / Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy. His forthcoming album (January 2013), Here, There and Everywhere: Arrangements and Improvisations on Music of The Beatles will explore new and innovative piano techniques in a solo setting. Mr. Molinaro has performed on PBS, WTTW's Chicago Tonight and on the popular Italian program Il Senso della Vita. He is also a frequent guest on Chicago's WFMT and has been featured in numerous publications including the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Downbeat magazine, and the recently released book, The New Face of Jazz (2010). Mr. Molinaro lives in his native Chicago where he is an Assistant Professor of Music at Loyola University. He studied at the University of North Texas and Northwestern University and has won several awards in addition to the Naumburg Prize, most notably the William C. Byrd International Piano Competition and the 1995 National Piano Fellowship from the American Pianist Association. He has presented clinics and masterclasses at The Juilliard School, The University of North Texas, Northwestern University, The University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Roosevelt University and many more. Additionally, for three summers he coordinated a music program for physically challenged children in South Hampton, New York. Mr. Molinaro is a Yamaha Artist and an avid runner and triathlete.


The Ninth Annual Sejong Music Competition Winners Concert and Award CeremonySoyeon Park (piano primary and elementary)

Pianist Soyeon Park has performed in the United States, Canada and South Korea as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed concertos with the Hope College Symphonette, Hope College Wind Symphony, Orchestra of St. Vincent and the Good Samaritan Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with many artists, such as violinist Charles Castleman, Er-Gene Kahang and members of Grand Rapids Symphony. She has also presented performances at Lincoln Center, Northwestern University, Bradley University, Hope College, Aspen Music Festival and Las Vegas Music Festival. Soyeon Park received a Bachelors degree in Music from the Juilliard School under Herbert Stessin. She went on to receive a Master of Music in Piano Performance with Pedagogy emphasis and Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of Music under Ann Schein and Marian Hahn. At Northwestern, she received Doctor of Music degree in Piano

Performance under Alan Chow, Marcia Bosits and Karen Kan-Walsh. Dr. Park currently teaches private lessons in the Northwestern Music Academy and keyboard skills classes in the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. In addition, she is an active chamber musician in Chicago area and is a member of MTNA and piano faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Junichi Steven Sato (piano primary and elementary)

Chicago native Junichi Steven Sato began his piano studies at the age of five. Although formal studies in theory, harmony, counterpoint, and composition were not begun until the age of 12, he had been writing music since the age of six. His teachers include Vladimir Leyetchkiss, Dmitry Paperno, and Edmund Battersby. He also participated by invitation in piano and chamber music masterclasses under full scholarships in the United States and abroad, studying with such artists as John Browning, Arthur Greene, and André Watts. Sato holds a Bachelor of Music degree (Honors) in Piano Performance from DePaul University and a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance with a Cognate in Composition from Indiana University, where, as an associate instructor of piano and the recipient of a doctoral teaching fellowship, he had also completed additional doctorate courses. In 1995 he was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, a professional music honor society, and in 1997 he was

awarded Indiana University's coveted Performer's Certificate, the school's highest honor. Sato's biographical profile has been included in Marquis Who's Who in America since its 58th edition (2003). Sato has made several appearances on television and radio programs as both performer and composer. In 1991, Miss America Marjorie Vincent presented him with a music scholarship from the Dolores Kohl Education Foundation and he appeared on WBBM-TV Chicago's Channel 2 News. That year he was also a finalist in the Illinois Young Performers Competition, concerto competition of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has won awards at numerous competitions such as the Young Keyboard Artists Association International Piano Competition and the Artist's Division of the Society of American Musicians Piano Competition, and was a semifinalist at the 48th Busoni International Piano Competition in Italy. A frequent adjudicator at piano and composition competitions, he served as Chairman of the Jury for the Fifth "Këngët e Tokës" International Music Competition in Albania, sponsored in part by the Albanian Ministry of Culture, and chaired Illinois State Music Teachers Association's Composition Competition from 2005 to 2007 and Chicago Area Music Teachers Association's Roberta Savler Piano Contest from 2003 to 2012. In 1995, he founded J. S. Sato Music Editions, a music publishing business that has been gaining worldwide reputation as a publisher of unique and dependable editions. Shortly after he published his own transcription of Liszt's Psalm XIII in 1997, he was invited to give the première of this work for the American Liszt Society Festival. A review in a subsequent issue of Piano & Keyboard magazine declared "[Sato's] transcription of Liszt's Psalm XIII...makes an effective concert piece, at once pianistically idiomatic and dramatically coherent.... The result is a gripping 20 minutes of music...which you might have mistaken for one of Liszt's lost masterpieces for piano in this remarkable (and, happily, very playable) transcription...." His other publications have also been highly praised in Piano & Keyboard as well as in other journals and magazines such as Clavier and 20th-Century Music. Sato's works are performed internationally, some of which have been heard at Ravinia Festival and on National Public Radio. He now reviews new music publications for Clavier. Sato is currently on the faculty at DePaul University and at Music Makers of Western Springs. His students have won honors in various piano and composition competitions, including the prestigious Music Teachers National Association Composition Contest. In addition to his heavy teaching schedule, he performs regularly, and his collaboration with other artists earned him the words "high level musicianship and ensemble playing" from world-renowned cellist Janos Starker. Sato's debut compact disc album of his solo piano transcriptions of Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue and Liszt's Psalm XIII, as well as a rare Cortot transcription of Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin was noted as "thrilling…; up there with Katsaris and Wild for sheer pianistic derring-do and swirling multi-texturing" by International Piano. Susan Tang (piano junior and senior)

Dr. Susan Tang is Assistant Professor of Piano at Northeastern Illinois University. She enjoyed a successful New York solo piano debut at Carnegie-Weill Hall as a Winner of Artist International Management Special Presentation Winners Series. Reviews by the New York Concert Review, described her playing as having, "well-grounded technique…fluid, elegant readings…highly effective interpretations." She has also been called a pianist, "with technique to spare coupled with a lively intelligence…her tone is clear and conveyed with nimble agility" by David Gordon Duke, music critic for the Vancouver Sun and after a recital at the 2008 Ravinia summer festival in collaboration with soprano Nicole Cabell, a "fluent pianist" by the Chicago Tribune. She also is the Regional Associate for Carnegie



Hall/Royal Conservatory The Achievement Program and the MTNA Young Artist / ISMTA Collegiate Competition chair. Dr. Tang has performed in Mabou Mine's Dollhouse, a theater company based in New York City as a pianist/actor in many of their shows, including their run at St. Anne's Warehouse. She was featured live on New York City's classical music station WQXR, performing in the "The Gardens of Spain" special hosted by David Dubal, won first prize in the Eastman concerto competition and performed with the Eastman Symphony Orchestra along with receiving the coveted Performer's Certificate, a special award for excellence in performance. She was a top prizewinner at the Canadian Federation of Music Teacher's Association National Piano Competition in Montreal and received the special jury prize at the Thousand Island International Piano Competition. Dr. Tang has studied at the Banff International Keyboard Festival, Van Cliburn Piano Institute and the Leipzig Summer Academy of Music. She is also the co-editor with Marc Ponthus of Elliot Carter's Centennial Freschrift published in 2008 as part of the Mannes' Institute and Festival of Contemporary Performance. Invitations to perform and teach masterclasses have taken Dr.Tang throughout Canada, United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Colombia. Most recently, she has been invited to perform at the Ravinia Festival, Savannah Music Festival, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Dominican University Gala, Blue Ridge Concert Series, William Browning Foundation concert; present at the College Music Society National Conference in Portland, and was the guest artist/lecturer for the North Dakota Music Teacher's association state conference. As an adjudicator she has been invited to judge competitions for the various levels of the MTNA piano competitions, the National Guild of Music, University of North Dakota, Langley Community Music School, Northwestern University, and Roosevelt University. Passionate about teaching, Dr. Tang formally worked with students of all ages at Third Street Music School Settlement (NYC) and held the position of Assistant professor of Piano at the University of North Dakota. Dr. Tang received her B.M. (piano performance, arts leadership certificate) from the Eastman School of Music; M.M. (piano performance, performer's certificate) Eastman School of Music and D.M.A. (piano performance) Manhattan School of Music. Her primary teachers include Nelita True, Nina Svetlanova, Robin Wood, Kenneth Cooper, Anthony De Mare and Susan Magnusson.

Violin Judges Russell Hershow (violin junior and senior)

A native of New York City, Russell Hershow took his first music lessons from his father, an amateur violinist. He went on to attend the Juilliard School and the Indiana University School of Music, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree. He received private instruction from Josef Gingold and Yuval Yaron at Indiana University and Joseph Fuchs at Juilliard. Hershow participated in numerous music festivals and competitions before joining the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1987. In 1989, he played with the Pittsburgh Symphony for a short time before joining the Chicago Symphony Orchestra later that year—just in time to participate in the Orchestra's exciting sixth tour to Europe with Sir Georg Solti. In addition to his orchestral duties with the CSO, Hershow pursues an active chamber music career in Chicago.

Sylvia Kim Kilcullen (violin junior and senior)

Gold Medalist at the 2003 Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition and special jury prize winner at the 2001 Sarasate International Violin Competition, violinist Sylvia Kim Kilcullen has been a winner in local, national, and international competitions. She began her studies with Carol Cole at the age of 3 and continued at Lynn University with Artist Faculty, Sergiu Schwartz. After receiving her B.M. from Lynn, she attended the Curtis Institute of Music and received her Artist Diploma with Pam Frank and Ida Kavafian. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with artists such as Gary Graffman, William Preucil, and Peter Wiley. For many years she attended Indiana University String Academy as well as serving as the youngest concertmaster at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She has also spent her summers at the Taos Music Festival and Music from Angel Fire. Before joining the Chicago

Symphony in 2012, she was a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony for 4 years. Susan Synnestvedt (violin junior and senior)

Susan Synnestvedt joined the first violin section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1986. Born in New York City, she grew up in Royal Oak, Michigan; her father plays jazz trombone and her mother is a classical pianist. When Susan was four, she started her violin studies at the Detroit Community Music School. At twelve, she won first prize in a local violin competition—a solo performance with the Detroit Symphony. For this, her orchestral debut, she played the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto under Richard Hayman. Her association with the Detroit Symphony continued with a tour of Michigan schools and concerts in the Ford Auditorium. That same year, she began studying with David Cerone of the Cleveland Institute of Music, flying between Detroit and Cleveland twice a month until she

was eighteen.

Hall/Royal Conservatory The Achievement Program and the MTNA Young Artist / ISMTA Collegiate Competition chair. Dr. Tang has performed in Mabou Mine's Dollhouse, a theater company based in New York City as a pianist/actor in many of their shows, including their run at St. Anne's Warehouse. She was featured live on New York City's classical music station WQXR, performing in the "The Gardens of Spain" special hosted by David Dubal, won first prize in the Eastman concerto competition and performed with the Eastman Symphony Orchestra along with receiving the coveted Performer's Certificate, a special award for excellence in performance. She was a top prizewinner at the Canadian Federation of Music Teacher's Association National Piano Competition in Montreal and received the special jury prize at the Thousand Island International Piano Competition. Dr. Tang has studied at the Banff International Keyboard Festival, Van Cliburn Piano Institute and the Leipzig Summer Academy of Music. She is also the co-editor with Marc Ponthus of Elliot Carter's Centennial Freschrift published in 2008 as part of the Mannes' Institute and Festival of Contemporary Performance. Invitations to perform and teach masterclasses have taken Dr.Tang throughout Canada, United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Colombia. Most recently, she has been invited to perform at the Ravinia Festival, Savannah Music Festival, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Dominican University Gala, Blue Ridge Concert Series, William Browning Foundation concert; present at the College Music Society National Conference in Portland, and was the guest artist/lecturer for the North Dakota Music Teacher's association state conference. As an adjudicator she has been invited to judge competitions for the various levels of the MTNA piano competitions, the National Guild of Music, University of North Dakota, Langley Community Music School, Northwestern University, and Roosevelt University. Passionate about teaching, Dr. Tang formally worked with students of all ages at Third Street Music School Settlement (NYC) and held the position of Assistant professor of Piano at the University of North Dakota. Dr. Tang received her B.M. (piano performance, arts leadership certificate) from the Eastman School of Music; M.M. (piano performance, performer's certificate) Eastman School of Music and D.M.A. (piano performance) Manhattan School of Music. Her primary teachers include Nelita True, Nina Svetlanova, Robin Wood, Kenneth Cooper, Anthony De Mare and Susan Magnusson.

Violin Judges Russell Hershow (violin junior and senior)

A native of New York City, Russell Hershow took his first music lessons from his father, an amateur violinist. He went on to attend the Juilliard School and the Indiana University School of Music, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree. He received private instruction from Josef Gingold and Yuval Yaron at Indiana University and Joseph Fuchs at Juilliard. Hershow participated in numerous music festivals and competitions before joining the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1987. In 1989, he played with the Pittsburgh Symphony for a short time before joining the Chicago Symphony Orchestra later that year—just in time to participate in the Orchestra's exciting sixth tour to Europe with Sir Georg Solti. In addition to his orchestral duties with the CSO, Hershow pursues an active chamber music career in Chicago.

Sylvia Kim Kilcullen (violin junior and senior)

Gold Medalist at the 2003 Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition and special jury prize winner at the 2001 Sarasate International Violin Competition, violinist Sylvia Kim Kilcullen has been a winner in local, national, and international competitions. She began her studies with Carol Cole at the age of 3 and continued at Lynn University with Artist Faculty, Sergiu Schwartz. After receiving her B.M. from Lynn, she attended the Curtis Institute of Music and received her Artist Diploma with Pam Frank and Ida Kavafian. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with artists such as Gary Graffman, William Preucil, and Peter Wiley. For many years she attended Indiana University String Academy as well as serving as the youngest concertmaster at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She has also spent her summers at the Taos Music Festival and Music from Angel Fire. Before joining the Chicago

Symphony in 2012, she was a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony for 4 years. Susan Synnestvedt (violin junior and senior)

Susan Synnestvedt joined the first violin section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1986. Born in New York City, she grew up in Royal Oak, Michigan; her father plays jazz trombone and her mother is a classical pianist. When Susan was four, she started her violin studies at the Detroit Community Music School. At twelve, she won first prize in a local violin competition—a solo performance with the Detroit Symphony. For this, her orchestral debut, she played the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto under Richard Hayman. Her association with the Detroit Symphony continued with a tour of Michigan schools and concerts in the Ford Auditorium. That same year, she began studying with David Cerone of the Cleveland Institute of Music, flying between Detroit and Cleveland twice a month until she

was eighteen.



In 1981, Susan entered the Curtis Institute of Music, where she continued studies with Cerone and coaching in chamber music with Felix Galimir, Karen Tuttle, and Mischa Schneider. She participated in the 1983 Taos Chamber Music Festival and, in 1983-84, she was concertmaster of the Curtis Orchestra under Max Rudolf, Leonard Bernstein, and Sergiu Celibidache. She received a bachelor's degree in 1985. Since then, she has participated in the Marlboro Chamber Music Festival, with the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, and on the CSO chamber music series. Susan has toured the East Coast with a Music From Marlboro quintet and she has performed in Florida with a Chicago Symphony chamber ensemble. Susan and her mother enjoy performing violin-piano recitals together. In 1989, she married John V. Muntean, a research scientist, and they honeymooned in Japan on tour with the Chicago Symphony Chamber Players. They returned to Japan in 1991 when Susan taught and performed at the Affinis Arts Seminar. Susan has performed often at the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, and, most recently, in 2003 at the Northwestern University Winter Chamber Music Festival with cellist Lynn Harrell and members of the CSO. Susan and John have lived in historic Riverside since 1993; they have two children, Madeline and Alex. Since 2008, the family has enjoyed the company of Nessie, their West Highland white terrier. They all enjoy the beauty of the changing seasons in their Frederick Olmsted–designed village. Jaime Gorgojo (violin primary and elementary)

Recent highlights in Jaime Gorgojo's career are chamber music appearances with Yo-Yo Ma in the Chicago Symphony Center Presents series and the DePauw Discourse in Greencastle, IN. Born in Madrid, he has performed as a soloist, chamber and orchestra musician in Spain, the US, France, Mexico and Canada. In 2010 he became Concertmaster of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has performed under the baton of renowned conductors such as Ricardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Essa-Pekka Salonen and Cliff Colnot. He has also acted as guest Concertmaster of the Green Bay Symphony and Assistant Concertmaster of the International Beethoven Festival in Chicago. He is also first violin and newest member of Corky Siegel's Chamber blues and will be appearing this season in Chicago, Canada and Florida. Mr. Gorgojo combines his performing career with his pedagogic vocation. He is Violin and

Viola Faculty at North Eastern Illinois University. He also worked for two seasons with the MusiCorps Program, a training and access program of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that performs in Schools and City Parks around the Chicago metropolitan area, making music accessible to all audiences. He is also the face of the CSO Institute in their 2010-2011 edition of "A year in review". Mr. Gorgojo is recipient of "La Caixa" Scholarship, Spanish Culture Minister Scholarship, Indiana University Merit Award, the Bloomington Camerata Scholarship for excellence in orchestra playing, and winner of the "Juventudes Musicales de Madrid Award". He is currently finishing his DMA thesis on Manuel Quiroga and Jesus de Monasterio Violin Caprices. Besides music Mr. Gorgojo has a wide range of interests. He speaks Spanish and English fluently and he has intermediate levels in French and German. Before he came to the United States he started college studies in Physics. He plays a Dalphin Violin from 2005. Rodolfo Vieira (violin primary and elementary)

Rodolfo Vieira is a versatile violinist who is passionate about performing, new music and music technology. Rodolfo was selected as one of the 100 young creative talents of the European Union in 2009. Rodolfo was a prizewinner at RDP2 Prémio Jovens Músicos, Julio Cardona International Competition, Philharmonic Society of Arlington, and the Meadowmount School of Music Chamber Music Competition. He was also awarded the Portuguese Revelation Prize "Búzio." As a soloist, Mr. Vieira appeared with the ERA Symphony Orchestra in Chicago, the Metropolitan Academic Orchestra of Lisbon, and the Espinho Symphony Orchestra, among others. He

presented recitals in North and Central America and Europe. Rodolfo was the featured musician for the European Union Open Days Gala at the BOZAR hall in Brussels. As an orchestral musician, Rodolfo served as the concertmaster for the Conservatory Project Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. He performed as assistant concertmaster of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago under direction of Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, and Alan Gilbert. He also served as concertmaster of the Latin Chamber Orchestra and the TuW Chamber Orchestra. Rodolfo has appeared internationally at music festivals including the Ravinia Festival and the Lucerne Festival Academy. Mr. Vieira participated in the the premier of works by Latin composers at WFMT, Chicago's classical radio station. Mr. Vieira is passionate about new music and music technology. He has collaborated with Chicago's Dal Niente Ensemble, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and the Lucerne Music Festival Academy. During the festival, Rodolfo was selected to perform Anthèmes II for violin and live electronics by Pierre Boulez, for the workshop led by IRCAM and the Ensemble InterContemporain. Rodolfo presented Anthèmes II at Northwestern University's Lutkin Hall in 2011. Rodolfo served as teaching assistant to Prof. Gerardo Ribeiro at Northwestern University and at the Meadowmount School of Music, and also served as chamber music coach at the Music Institute of Chicago and Midwest Young Artists. He has appeared in masterclasses with Ruggiero Ricci, Zakar Brohn, Sergey Kravchenko, Guarneri String Quartet, Meadowmount Piano Trio, and Patricia McCarty. Mr. Vieira received his Certificate in String Performance and Master of Music in String Performance from Northwestern University, and his Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra under the guidance of prof. Aníbal Lima, Portugal. Mr. Vieira has been the grateful scholarship recipient from Northwestern University, Meadowmount School of Music, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Governo Regional dos Açores. Rodolfo is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at Northwestern University Bienen School of Music, with extensive coursework in Music Technology, and was invited to join Northwestern University's Academic and Research Technologies' Advanced Media Production Studio as a software developer as of 2011.



Korean Pieces and Composers

Misook Kim received her B.A. with the honor of Cum Laude from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. After finishing her “New Star Concert” sponsored by the Cho-sun Newspaper, she entered the graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin where she completed her M.M. and D.M.A. degrees in composition and the certificate of piano performance. Reviewer Mike Greenberg, writing in the San Antonio Express-News, called the composer ‘a bold and unrepentant modernist’. He also has mentioned ‘each of her works presented thus far has impressed with its fearless modernism, its concision and its strong individual profile’. Kim has performed as a composer as well as a pianist in

various concerts of her own works from solo to larger ensemble compositions throughout the States and Korea. Including commissions for the MUSICOPIA Concert, Olmos Ensemble, she has won International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) Judith Zaimont Award and the Long Island Arts Council International Composition Competition in 2007. She was a former faculty member at The University of the Incarnate Word and Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. In Fall 2006, Kim joined the faculty at the Conservatory of Music at Wheaton College, IL.

A native of Korea, Eun Young Lee graduated from Ewha Women’s University with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music Theory. After teaching music in universities across Korea, she moved to the United States in 1999 and did graduate studies with David Noon at the Manhattan School of Music. Currently Ms. Lee is a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, where she is a recipient of the Lowell C. Wadmond Award, Doolittle Harrison Fellowship and Humanities Grant. Her current teachers include Shulamit Ran, Marta Ptaszynska, Jan Radzynski, Bernard Rands, Howard Sandroff, and Kotoka Suzuki. Ms. Lee has won multiple awards for her music, including first prize for the Tsang-Houei Hsu International Music Composition Award; the 2008 Max Di Julio Prize at the Nevada Encounters of New

Music Festival; Honorable Mention in Great Wall International Competition; the first regional award in the SCI/ASCAP student composition commission. She was a recipient of the MacDowell Colony and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts fellowships, and the Gerald Oshita Memorial Fellowship for the 2010 Djerassi Resident Artist Program. Her music has been heard through Art of the States, European Broadcasting Union, and Korean Broadcasting System programs. Prominent ensembles including the New York New Music Ensemble, eighth blackbird, Pacifica String Quartet, ALEA III, and North/South Consonance Ensemble have performed her music. Her instrumental pieces, multimedia pieces, computer music, and film scores were featured in festivals and concerts in many countries, including June in Buffalo, SCI Conference, SCI National Conference, Czech-America Institute in Prague, Korean Music Expo, 60X60 Project Vox Novus, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Gene Siskel Film Center, Pinocoteca do estado de Sao Paulo in Brazil, and Music09 in Switzerland.

Dong-il Sheen was born in Seoul, Korea. He was described as “a quiet revolutionary who broke the barrier of classical music” (Culture and Me magazine 2006). In a 2002 article in the New Music Composition and Critics journal, Professor Young-Han Heo of the Korean National University of Arts wrote, “Dong-il Sheen is a composer who filled the huge void in our lives with a new style of creative music. He explored music style that was ignored by other composers and now firmly established his own style.” Mr. Sheen has been active in writing music in many different styles, including western European music, traditional Korean music, children’s music, film soundtracks, and musicals. He graduated Seoul National University and received his Master’s degree at the New York University

Graduate School of Music. He collaborated with pianist Jung Hee Han in the album Blue Bicycle, which later received a critical acclaim. He started the new style music movement “Han-ma-dang” and “Music Composers-ma-dang.” In 2002, Mr. Sheen collaborated with writer-illustrator Jae-soo Liu in the CD-Book Yellow Umbrella, which was named as one of the 10 best illustrated books by the New York Times. Japanese pianist Takako Takahashi made a CD of Mr. Sheen’s music in Japan. He received numerous awards including the Best Young Artists of the Year award from the Korean Ministry of Culture & Tourism in 2003, and the Grand Prize of the Year in composers and conductors categories from the Korean Broadcasting Service (KBS) in 2004. Mr. Sheen is a board member of the Association of Korean Musicians, President of the Composer’s Association (Jahk-gok-ma-dang), and Co-president of the Children’s Arts Production. Currently he is a lecturer at the Korean National University of Arts and Seoul National University Graduate School of Music.

Heeyoung Yang holds a M.M. in composition from Yonsei University (Korea) and College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati where she studied with Joel Hoffman. She attended Aspen Music Festival and studied with George Tsontakis. Her music has been performed in Korea, Japan, France, Croatia, Canada as well as in various place in the States. She is also active in Christian choral music, offering various works to churches in Ohio and Indiana area, as well as in Korea and Germany. She is currently working toward her doctoral degree with Joel Hoffman, Mara Helmuth, and Michael Fiday at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.



Past Winners of the Sejong Music Competition

2011

Piano (2011)

Senior

1 Trenton Takaki, Wilmette, IL (Sueanne Metz) 2 William Woodard, Bloomington, IL (Laurene Parsons) 3 Amber Ginmi Scherer, Winnetka, IL (Sueanne Metz)

HM None

Junior

1 Eric Lin, Hawthorn Woods, IL (Brenda Huang) 2 Roger Shen, Northbrook, IL (Sueanne Metz) 3 Whitney Jin, Naperville, IL (Brenda Huang)

HM Zihan Xiong, Wilmette, IL (Brenda Huang)

Elem

1 Colin Choi, Northbrook, IL (Sueanne Metz) 2 Joshua Zhu, Long Grove, IL (Sueanne Metz) 3 David Du, West Lafayette, IN (Nadya Dubikovsky)

HM Lily Meng, Vernon Hills, IL (Sueanne Metz)

Violin (2011)

Senior

1 Gallia Kastner, Arlington Heights, IL (Almita Vamos) 2 Claire Bourg, Aurora, IL (Cyrus Forough) 3 Tabitha Oh, Chicago, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

HM Erika Gray, Wilmette, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

Junior

1 Hannah White ,Germantown, WI (Hye-Sun Lee) 2 Julian Rhee ,Brookfield, WI (Hye-Sun Lee) 3 Karisa Chiu ,Palatine, IL(Cornelius Chiu)

HM Serena Harnack,Glen Ellyn, IL (Almita Vamos)Jonathan Wolf , Ames, IA(Jonathan Sturm)

Elem

1 John Heo, Northbrook, IL (Cornelius Chiu) 2 Christina Jihee Nam, (Kurt Sassmannshaus) Cincinnati, OH 3 Christian Kim, (Desirée Ruhstrat) Schaumburg, IL

HM Esme Arias-Kim, (Betty Haag) Hoffman Estates, IL

Best Interpretation of Korean Music (2011)

Piano Sr Trenton Takaki, Wilmette, IL (Sueanne Metz) Jr Whitney Jin, Naperville, IL (Brenda Huang)

Elem David Du, West Lafayet, IN (Nadya Dubikovsky)

Violin Sr Claire Bourg, Aurora, IL (Cyrus Forough) Jr Tabby Rhee ,Brookfield, WI (Hye-Sun Lee)

Elem Rachel Shekinah Hsu ,Wilmette, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat) 2010

Piano (2010)

Senior

1 Christopher Park, West Lafayette, IN (Nadya Dubikovsky) 2 None 3 None

HM Susie Lee, Naperville, IL (Brenda Huang)

Junior

1 None

2 Vivan Jin, Naperville, IL (Brenda Huang) Roger Shen, Northbrook, (Sueanne Metz)

3 Ryan Jannak-Huang, Palatine, IL (Brenda Huang) HM Pamela Lin, Vernon Hills, IL (Sueanne Metz)

Elem

1 Sean Choi, Wilmette, IL (Elaine Felder) 2 Alexandra Woo, Glenview, IL (Sueanne Metz) 3 Cholin Choi, Northbrook, (Sueanne Metz)

HM Derek Chung, Long Grove, IL (Elaine Felder) David Hou, Hawthorn Woods, IL (Brenda Huang)

Violin (2010)

Senior

1 Jennifer Eugena Cha, Naperville, IL (Desiree Rhustrat) Adé Williams, Chicago, IL (Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher)

2 Gallia Kastner, Arlington Heights, IL (Almita and Roland Vamos) 3 None

HM None

Junior

1 Zachary Brandon, Battle Creek, MI (Hye-Sun Lee)Hansuh Rhee, Glenview, IL (Marko Dreher)

2 Mira Williams, Chicago, IL (Marko Dreher) 3 Karisa Chiu, Palatine, IL (Cornelius Chiu)

HM None

Elem 1 Hannah White, Germantown, WI (Hye-Sun Lee) 2 Rachel Hsu, Wilmette, IL (Desiree Rhustrat)



3 Julian Rhee, Brookfield, WI ((Hye-Sun Lee) HM none


Piano Sr Christopher Park, West Lafayette, IN (Nadya Dubikovsky) Jr Vivan Jin, Naperville, IL (Brenda Huang)

Elem Yerin Yang, Mount Prospect, IL (Soo Lee)

Violin

Sr Jennifer Eugena Cha, Naperville, IL (Desiree Rhustrat)Adé Williams, Chicago, IL (Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher)

Jr Karisa Chiu, Palatine, IL (Cornelius Chiu)Hansuh Rhee, Glenview, IL (Marko Dreher)

Elem Julian Rhee, Brookfield, WI ((Hye-Sun Lee) 2009

Piano (2009)

Senior 1 Andrew Ly, Arlington Heights, IL (Brenda Huang) 2 Yesse Kim, Ann Arbor, MI (Panayis Lyras) 3 Hannah Kay, Lincolnshire, IL (Brenda Huang)

Junior 1 Seoyun Baek, Buffalo Grove, IL (Elaine Felder) 2 Yoan Ganev, Wheeling, IL (Marta Azanavoorian) 3 Kyle Jannak-Huang, Palatine, IL (Brenda Huang)

Violin (2009)

Senior 1 Ethan Hoppe, Chicago, IL (Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher) 2 Lydia Umlauf, Rensselaer, IN (Desirée Ruhstrat) 3 Laura Park, Palatine, IL (Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher)

Junior

1 Adé Williams, Chicago, IL (Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher) 2 Serena Harnack, Glen Ellyn, IL (Julie Maura) 3 Tabby Rhee, Brookfield, WI (Hey-Sun Lee)

HM Chloe Lee, Chicago, IL (Desirée Rustrat)


Piano Sr Yesse Kim, Ann Arbor, MI (Panayis Lyras) Jr Seoyun Baek, Buffalo Grove, IL (Elaine Felder)

Violin Sr Sofia Kim, Wilmette, IL (Almita Vamos) Jr Adé Williams, Chicago, IL (Almita Vamos and Marko Dreher)

2008

Piano (2008)

Senior 1 Nathan Noh, Hawthorn Woods, IL (Brenda Huang) 2 Yeji Yoon, Vernon Hills, IL (Micah Yui) 3 None

Junior 1 Seung Joon Kim, Glenview, IL (Micah Yui) 2 Ryan Jannak-Huang (Northbrook, IL (Brenda Huang) 3 None

Violin (2008)

Senior

1 George Hyun, Winnetka, IL (Betty Haag-Kuhnke) 2 Laura Park, Palatine, IL (Almita Vamos & Marko Dreher)

3 Shelley Liu, Winnetka, IL (Almita Vamos) Lydia Umlauf, Rensselaer, IN (Desirée Ruhstrat)

HM Sophia Cho, Park Ridge, IL (Almita Vamos) Natsuki Kumagai, Elk Grove Village, IL (Marko Dreher)

Junior

1 Jennifer Eugena Cha, Naperville, IL (Desiree Rhustrat)

2 Michaela Wellems, Lincolnshire, IL (Marko Dreher) Adé Williams, Chicago, IL (Marko Dreher & Almita Vamos)

3 Haeji Kim, Bloomfield Hills, MI (Almita & Roland Vamos)

HM Erika Gray, Wilmette, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat) Tabitha Oh, Chicago, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)


Piano Jr None Sr Nathan Noh, Hawthorn Woods, IL (Brenda Huang)

Violin Jr Adé Williams, Chicago, IL (Marko Dreher & Almita Vamos) Sr Laura Park, Palatine, IL (Almita Vamos & Marko Dreher)

2007

Cello (2007)

1 Benjamin Lash, Evanston, IL (Tanya Carey) 2 Hyunjin Jessica Cho, Glenview, IL (David Cunliffe) 3 None

HM David Mei, Elmhurst, IL (Hans Jensen)

Piano (2007) Senior

1 Paul Juhn, Mundelein, IL (Emilio del Rosario) 2 Alice Huang, Verona, WI (Shu-Ching Chung) 3 Matthew Sun-oo Scherer, Winnetka, IL (Soo Lee)

Junior 1 None 2 Susie Lee, Naperville, IL (Emilio del Rosario)



Dongkyu Yoon, Brookfield, WI (Michael Thiele) 3 Emma Michalak, Evanston, IL (Soo Lee)

Violin (2007)

Senior

1 Samantha Bennett, Evanston, IL (Almita Vamos / Marko Dreher) 2 Shelley Liu, Winnetka, IL (Almita Vamos) 3 Hannah Selonick, Evanston, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

HM Emily Hyun, Winnetka, IL (Betty Haag-Kuhnke)

Junior

1 Gallia Kastner, Arlington Heights, IL (Almita Vamos / Marko Dreher) 2 Susie Koh, Buffalo Grove, IL (Almita Vamos / Marko Dreher) 3 Connie Liou, Elk Grove Village, IL (Julie Maura)

HM Tabitha Oh, Chicago, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat) Jennifer Eugena Cha, Naperville, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

2006

Cello (2006) 1 Mindy Park, Mundelein, IL (Hans Jensen) 2 Benjamin Lash, Evanston, IL (Tanya Carey) 3 Hyunjin Jessica Cho, Glenview, IL (David Cunliffe)

Piano (2006)

Senior 1 Sean Yeh, Libertyville, IL (Emilio Del Rosario) 2 Paul Juhn, Mundelein, IL (Emilio Del Rosario) 3 Yueun Kim, Chicago, IL (Theodore Edel)

Junior 1 Lauren Eun Kim, Bannockburn, IL(Emilio Del Rosario) 2 Myung Sook Stella Tu, Northbrook, IL (Sueanne Metz) 3 Jonathan Lyu, Vernon Hills, IL (Sung Hoon Mo)

Violin (2006)

Senior 1 Siwoo Kim, Westerville, OH (Almita & Roland Vamos) 2 Emily Hyun, Winnetka, IL (Betti Haag-Kuhnke) 3 Ashley Sachay, Dekalb, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

Junior 1 Laura Park, Hawthorn woods, IL (Injoo Choi) 2 George Hyun, Winnetka, IL (Betty Haag-Kuhnke) 3 Erika Gray, Wilmette, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

2005

Piano (2005)

Senior 1 None 2 Andrew Kim, Glencoe, IL (Soo Lee) 3 None

Junior 1 Paul Juhn, Mundelein, IL (Emilio Del Rosario) 2 Alice Huang, Verona, WI (Shu-Ching Chuang) 3 Myung Sook Stella Tu, Northbrook, IL (Sueanne Metz)

Violin (2005)

Senior 1 Shawn Moore, Elgin, IL (Cyrus Forough) 2 Yeon Sun Huh, Oberlin, OH (Kyung Sun Lee) 3 Ji Yeun Yook, Oberlin, OH (Kyung Sun Lee)

Junior 1 Herah Kim, Glenview, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat) 2 Laura Park, Hawthorn Woods, IL (Injoo Choi) 3 Jaimie Sachay, Dekalb, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

2004

Piano (2004)

Senior 1

Jooeun Shim, Northbrook, IL ( Emilio del Rosario) Ada Jeon, Northbrook, IL (Sylvia Wang / Soo Lee)

3 Jonathan Shih, Lisle, IL (Cheryl Cheon-Ae Lim) HM Jin Lee, Naperville, IL (William Phemister)

Junior

1 Andrew Yoon, Vernon Hill, IL (Emilio del Rosario) 2 Paul Juhn, Mundelein, IL (Emilio del Rosario) 3 Alice Choe, Northbrook, IL (Emilio del Rosario)

HM Michelle Kim, Skokie, IL (Haeok Bahk) Anthony Girjatowicz, Hoffman Estate, IL (Adam Chlastawa) Robert Kim, Lisle, IL (Tatyana Stepanova)

Violin (2004)

Senior

1 Susan Jang, Wauconda, IL (Almita Vamos) 2 Eun-Hye Dong, Seoul, Korea (Kyung Sun Lee) 3 Sang Won Chung, Seoul, Korea (Kyung Sun Lee)

HM Yae Ri Choi, Seoul, Korea (Kyung Sun Lee)

Junior

1 Sophia Cho, Park Ridge, IL (Almita Vamos) 2 Herah Kim, Glenview, IL (Desirée Ruhstrat)

3 Thomas Huntington, South Bend, IN (Cyrus Forough) Jaeyon Chung, Wilmette, IL (Gerardo Ribeiro)

HM Laura Park, Hawthorn Woods, IL (Injoo Choi)





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YOUNG JUNE LEW Legacy of Light: 16 Violins, Mixed Media on Canvas, Triptych, 80 x 132 inches, 2010

As a 12-year-old Jewish boy, Motele Hanegbi played his violin for the entertainment of German o�cers during the Second World War. After his performances, Motele used his violin case to smuggle explosives to local resistance �ghters; it would cost his life eventually.

Including Motele’s, sixteen violins are found in concentration camps and ghettos around Europe for last 60 years and have been restored in Israel to playing condition by violin maker Amnon Weinstein. Though they were in various states of disrepair, many of the instruments were identi�edthrough Stars of David carved into their woodwork by their previous owners.

After decades of silence, on September 24th 2008, these sixteen violins, including Motele’s, were played again at the ancient walls of Jerusalem. The concert, called “Violins of Hope,” was played by the Istanbul Philharmonic and the Ra’anana Symphonette of Israel.

The painting, Legacy of Light: 16 Violins is Young June Lew’s homage to the restorative power of art and her part in continuing the legacy of the tenacity in human spirit, an enduring and potenttheme.

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www.SejongCulturalSociety.org

Mission The Sejong Cultural Society strives to advance awareness and understanding of Korea's cultural heritage amongst people in the United States by reaching out to the younger generations through contemporary creative and fine arts. It is our hope that, through this, the rich culture behind Korea's colorful history will be accessible to people of any ethnicity and nationality while being a unique part of the larger, more familiar Western culture, and that such harmonizing of the two cultures will create a better understanding between them. Current Programs Sejong Music Competition (Piano category and Violin category) Sejong Writing Competition (Essay category and Sijo category) Sejong Prize: International Music Composition Competition Sijo workshop Officers President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Chairman of the Board Executive Director

Juliana Chyu You Sim Kim Fay Kang Sook Park Choh Ho B. Kim C. Lucy Park

Board of Directors Keith Bowersox Jamie Chin Mark Choh Sook Park Choh Juliana Chyu Hyunil Juhn* Fay Kang

Byung Yoon Kim Ho B. Kim* Hyaesung Kim Steve Kim You Sim Kim Young-kee Kim Joann Kwak-Kim

Sidney Nagel Lucy Park Yonhee Park Hannah Suhr David Whitney Esther Yang

*past president Honorary Board Andrew Bae Aesop Rhim Young Kang Edward Kwan Hun Rim Richard Kim Chi Yong Whang Kyung Koo Sejong Music Competition Planning Committee Kay Kim, Chair (faculty, Northeastern Illinois University of Chicago, IL) Sojung Hong (faculty, Judson University, Elgin, IL) Misook Kim (faculty, Wheaton Conservatory, Wheaton IL) Jeong Soo Kim (faculty, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL) Sejong Writing Competition Planning Committee Hans Insu Fenkl, Chair (faculty, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY) Bruce Fulton (faculty, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) Seong-kon Kim (faculty, Seoul National University, KOREA) Young Min Kwon (faculty, Seoul National University, KOREA) David McCann (faculty, Harvard University, Boston, MA) Martha Vickery (editor, Korean Quarterly, St. Paul, MN) David Whitney (Chicago, IL) Sejong Korean-American Music Composition Competition Planning Committee Shulamit Ran, Chair (faculty, University of Chicago, IL) Hi Kyung Kim (faculty, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA) Geon-yong Lee (faculty, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea) Younghi Pagh-Paan (faculty, Bremen University, Germany) Jan Radzynski (faculty, Ohio State University, OH) Shih-Hui Chen (faculty, Rice University, TX)



Advisory Council Yumi Hwang-Williams (concertmaster, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Denver, CO) Hi Kyung Kim (faculty, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA) Chang-Keun Lee (faculty, Kwangwoon University, Korea) Geon-yong Lee (faculty, Korean National University of Arts) Yong Hi Moon (faculty, Peabody Conservatory. Baltimore, MD) Nancy Park (violinist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, IL) Desirée Ruhstrat (faculty, Indiana University, IN)

We thank the support of the following music teachers

Marta Aznavoorian Maria Bessmeltseva Cornelius Chiu Inah Chiu Yeongseon Cho Lisa Chodorowski Injoo Choi Sharon Chung Nadya Dubikovsky Regan Eckstein Elaine Felder Cyrus Forough Michelle Gribbon Betty Haag-Kuhnke Brenda Huang Kari JohnsonChin Mi Kim

Klin-ton Hye sun Lee Jina Lee-Aleman Ling Lee Aleksey Madan Taka Matsunaga Sueanne Metz Yonghee Park Lorene Parsons Lana Robotewskyj Kurt Sassmannshaus Daira Skriblis Sungrai Sohn Almita Vamos Roland Vamos David Yonan

We thank the following volunteers and organizations

Andrew Bae Asher Bryant Jamie Chin Myungah Hyon Byung Yoon Kim Helen Kim Herah Kim Ho Kim You Sim Oh Kim

Youngho Kim Chris Lee Carol Merriweather Aesuh Yang D.J. Yang David Whitney Bay Printer University of Illinois at Chicago



Supporters of the Sejong Cultural Society We gratefully acknowledge the support from the following organizations and friends (Jan 2012- Dec 2012):

>$3000

Anonymous Daesan Foundation

Juliana Chyu & David Whitney Ho B. Kim & Lucy Park Sook Park & Joong Hang Choh

Yonkang Foundation You Sim and Young Ho Kim

$1000 - $2999

Byung Uk & Myung Soon Chung Ester and DJ Yang Hannah and William Suhr Hyunil Juhn

Jamie and Richard Chin Inhee Han Kyung W. Koo Hyesook & Yong Joo Kim

Pacific Rim Cultural Foundation Paul Revis SNUAA Chicago Song Family Trust

$500 - $999

Byung Soon An Gerald Auto Catherine Cha Mark Choh Euyil Hahn

Yonhee Han Sangho & Yonhee Han Young K Kang Byung Y. Kim Younghi Kim

John Curry Hyaesung M. Kim Kwangsoo Kim Youngja Koo Jeong Yoon

$200 - $499

Yongkoon Ahn Andrew Bae Michael Becker Fine Violins Kristen Jan Beyer Trust Kee & Sue Chang Inchul Choi Christopher Chu Duck Young Chung Claudia Cirrincione Devine Eye Care

MB Financial Foster Bank Maria Garcia Jongwook Ham Jae & Elizabeth Hyun Eunsook Kim In Shik Kim Kyunggi Girls High Sch Alumni Asso Kay C. Kim Richard Kim

Jane Hee Lee Lawrence E. Levine Sun Ae Ma Young Sop Pae Julia Park Aesop Rhim Young Il Ro Jei Ryoo Seman Violins, Inc Ann & Arthur Wheatly

<$199

David Choi Myung J Chung TTEE Helena K Chyu Reic Eugene Richard & Stella Hahn Sojung Hong New York Life Insurance Chang Man Kang Fay Kang Haisook Kim Jae Kim Bok Nam & Hyjn Seok Kim Byung & Young Kim Elizabeth Yoshimura Hankook Funeral Service Inc.

In Sun Kim Insu Jin Ji Yong Lee Joon C. Paik Kee Heun Kim Key I. Nam, M.D., S.C. Koon Yong Kim Gye Young Park & Jeewon Kim Kyu Y. Park Michael Yunil Kim Misook Kim Moon Kim Angela L Kwan Kyung Bock High Sch Alumni Asso Eun Young Lee

David Eugene Miller Jung Hyun Min George F. Moon H. Shouse Trust Rev. Insu Na Bonnie B. Oh Marian Olma Young H Paik Tim Park Joanne Youngsoon Ro Desiree Ruhstrat Jae H. & Suk K. Song Hwa J. Woo Kyung Ja Yeon Jin & Hyo Yoo

In Kind Donation

Andrew Bae Gallery Keith Bowersox Bay Printer

Korea Times Chicago In Pyo Hong Music In The Loft

University of Illinois at Chicago Aesop Rhim Sarah Kim



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King Sejong the Great

King Sejong the Great (1397-1450) was the fourth ruler during the Choson dynasty. His reign was a period of great cultural and intellectual accomplishment in Korea. Believing that the basis of good government was a ruler with broad-ranging knowledge, virtue, and the ability to recognize and utilize men of talent for government service, he governed according to Confucian principles that included the belief that justice and righteousness should characterize the relations between sovereign and subject. He placed great emphasis on education and promoted research in the cultural, economic, and political heritage of Korea, and he sponsored many new developments in the areas of science, philosophy, music, and linguistics. To encourage young scholars to devote their time to study, he established grants and other forms of government support. King Sejong was not only a patron of the arts and education but also a scholar and inventor himself. Among his many contributions are the development of musical notation for

Korean and Chinese music, improvements to the Korean system of movable type, and numerous inventions including the rain gauge, sundial, water clock, astronomical maps, and armillary sphere. As a prolific writer, he wrote many books and songs, including a dictionary on proper pronunciation, a biography on the Buddha, and several collections of poems and songs. Sejong introduced many progressive ideas and implemented reforms to improve the life of the common people. In times of drought and flood, he established relief programs and opened centers to provide food and shelter. He was also a humanitarian who proclaimed that there must be three trials before a final judgment is reached, and he prohibited brutality in the punishment of criminals, such as flogging. The most outstanding of his achievements by far was the creation of the Korean alphabet, or hangul. Initially, scholars relied on Chinese for written purposes, using awkward systems that made use of Chinese characters to substitute for a lack of Korean script. With the vast differences between Chinese and Korean vocal patterns

and sentence formation, the system left much to be desired, and it was with this in mind that King Sejong commissioned a group of scholars to devise a phonetic writing system that would correctly represent the

sounds of spoken Korean and that could be easily learned by all people. The system was completed in 1443.

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2013 Sejong Writing Competition in collaboration with the Harvard University Korea Institute

1. Mission: Through this writing competition we hope to increase the awareness and understanding of Korea’s cultural heritage amongst the younger generations growing up in the United States so as to promote harmony among people of various ethnic backgrounds and bridge Asian and Western cultures.

2. Eligibility: This competition is open to all pre-college students and young adults (25 years and younger) residing in the US and Canada regardless of ethnic background.

3. Junior Essay competition (for students grade 8 or younger): Korean folk talesKorea has a rich tradition of storytelling, and its folk tales reflect important aspects of its history and culture. Many of the old historical texts are full of local legends and myths. Folk tales can be entertaining and educational, but they can also strike a deep chord in our personal lives, and many Korean folk tales demonstrate the universal tragedies and triumphs of daily life in the family. Each topic refers to the list of Korean folk tales found on our website.

4. Senior Essay competition (for students in grades 9-12) & Young Adult Essay Competition (for 25 years and younger): Our Twisted Hero by Yi, Mun-yol (English translation in entirety has been posted on our website). Visit our website for prompts.

5. Sijo (Poetry) writing competition (One division open to students in grade 12 or younger):Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry, similar to haiku. Using the sijo form, write one poem in English on a topic of your choice. For examples and more information about sijo, please visit our website. One entry per student is permitted.

6. Prizes: visit our website for details Essay young adult division: First ($1000), Second ($750), Third ($500) Essay senior division: First ($500), Second ($400), Third ($300) Essay junior division: First ($300), Second ($200), Third ($100) Sijo category: First ($300), Second ($200), Third ($100) Friends of Pacific Rim Award for selected essays and sijo ($50 each)

7. Rules and guidelines: (please visit our website for details) The essay must not exceed 1,000 words. Both essay and sijo must be written in English. The contestant’s entry and application must be sent as email attachments to

[email protected].

8. Submission deadline: Jan 31th, 2013. Entries must arrive on or before midnight (CST) by e-mail. Any questions should be emailed to [email protected]

Conversation with Yi Mun-yol one of Korea’s most acclaimed writers

Mar 8 (Fri), 2013 (1-4 pm) at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Mar 9 (Sat), 2013 (7-10 pm) at Wyndham Glenview Hotel

Panelists: Yi, Munyol; Ted Hughs (Columbia Univ); Namhee Lee (UCLA); Seong-kon Kim (KLTI); John O'Brien (Darkey Archive Press); Moderator: Won-jung Park (KBC-TV)

Sponsors: Korean Literature Translation Institute (KLTI), Seoul, KOREA & University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Asian Studies Section

In part supported by grants from KLTI, Yon-kang Foundation & Dae-san Foundation

Documents

Download Program Book (PDF)