The Korean Language Program welcomes acclaimed musician Jung-Hee Oh and dancer Kate Kim. In this Korean traditional music performance and lecture, Ms. Oh performs gayageum byeongchang, a 12-stringed zither accompanied by song, and a p’ansori excerpt from The Song of Ch’unhyang, an epic Korean love story. Kate Kim performs a dance influenced by the rhythms of shamanic music from Kyŏnggi Province. The performances will be introduced by Ivanna Yi, Assistant Professor of Korea Studies at Cornell University.

Jung-Hee Oh is a Korean traditional music artist of gayageum byeongchang and p'ansori. She is recognized under the Korean Government’s Ministry Of Culture as a “holder” (isuja) of Intangible Cultural Property No. 23 and studied with An Suksun, Living National Treasure of p'ansori and gayageum. Ms. Oh received her master’s degree in music from Chung-Ang University in Seoul. Currently, she serves as the music director of the music band G-Hwaja and teaches and performs in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas.

Kate Kim is a Korean traditional dancer. She is recognized under the Korean Government’s Ministry Of Culture as a “successor” (chŏnsuja) of the Seungmu dance, Intangible Cultural Property No. 27. She is a recipient of a Folk and Traditional Arts Grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and currently teaches in the New Jersey and Philadelphia areas.

Program:

Gayageum Sanjo

Gayageum Byeongchang

Traditional Dance, “Kiwŏnmu”

Folk Song “Song of the Birds”

Modern Folk Song, “I Don’t Know What to Do,” adapted from The Tale of the Underwater Palace

Hosted by Meejeong Song, Sr. Lecturer, Asian Studies

Sponsored by the Joh Foundation