Duo & Trio Works
Ullim(울림) (2025)
for Percussion Trio
Performed by Catwalk Percussion Trio
Program Note: Ullim(울림) can be translated into English as “resonance”. In this piece, it means more than just sound. It is what happens when performers and audience breathe together, follow each other’s movements, and connect through sound. Three percussionists with contrasting instruments create a world of rhythm that fills the room and gently stirs the listener’s senses. This piece is inspired by Samulnori, a Korean percussion music genre. It borrows the character of the four core instruments and the structure of Jangdan (Korean rhythmic patterns), reimagined with new textures. As the rhythm builds and moments of stillness and intensity shift back and forth, the music moves through the space like ripples, bringing up feelings that feel both new and strangely familiar.
Violet Composers’ Collective Concert @ John A. Paulson Center in NYC, NY
Margin (2024)
for Cello and Piano
Performed by BlackBox Ensemble
Program Note: Margin is a piece for cello and piano inspired by the beauty of emptiness, a core value in traditional Korean arts. The concept of 'Line Art' is created when ink touches the white space on paper. It embodies the movement, speed, density, and the intricate techniques and sensations of ink merging or being absorbed into the white space, creating ink spaces on the paper while leaving behind infinite white emptiness. Additionally, the areas of white space untouched by ink showcase the beauty of emptiness. This is expressed through the sounds of the cello and piano, where the existence of both instruments creates diverse movements, speeds, dynamics, and spaces across time and dimensions, while also generating emptiness through resonance.
Nevermind the Noise Concert @ Provincetown Playhouse in NYC, NY