List of Works:    

    

1. Orchestra  
2. Chamber Ensemble
3. String Quartet
4. Solo & Duo
5. Dance/Choreography and Chamber Music
6. Choral Works
7. Computer/Tape Pieces

 

1. Orchestra:

Islands in the Bay (Percussion Concerto, 1993)
3 movements, 15 minutes
3.3.3.2.   4.3.3.1.1.  4 (per.),  piano, harp, and strings
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Premiere, Rohnert Park Symphony, with Karla Lemon, conductor (3 movements)
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University Symphony, UC Berkeley, with Michael Senturia, conductor (1 movement)

Conversation for Orchestra (1976)
6 minutes

 

2. Chamber Ensemble: 

Isle of Eeo (2005)
Soprano, violin, viola, cello, and percussion
Text by Korean Poet, KO Un
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Co-Commissioned by Koussevitzky Foundation and the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota
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Premiere, Chamber Music Society of Minnesota (February 2006)

At the Edge of the Ocean (2001/2003)
21 minutes
Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and 2 percussion players
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  Commissioned by Meet the Composer/Commissioning USA Grant and the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota.  Special project, “Hun Qiao” (Bridge of Souls).
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Premiere, Yo-Yo Ma and the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota (Ordway Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2001)

Trio  “Sori” (2002)
12 minutes
Daegeum (Korean bamboo flute), clarinet and cello
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Commissioned by Sound Clock Contemporary Ensemble, New York
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Premiere, PAN International Music Festival (Seoul, Korea, October 2002). 

Breaking the Silence (1996)
12 minutes
Violin, cello, and piano
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Written for Earplay
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Premiere, Earplay, Pacific Rim Music Festival (UC Santa Cruz, 1996)

Unknown Lives  (1995)
15 minutes
Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, and piano
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Written for San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
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Premiere, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1996)

When You Rush (1991)
5 minutes
Flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, violin, cello, harp
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Written for Tanglewood Ensemble
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Premiere, Tanglewood Ensemble (Tanglewood Music Center, 1991)

What are Years? (1988, revised 1991)
2 movements, 13 minutes
Soprano, flute, clarinet, guitar, violin, double bass
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Commissioned by ISKRA Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, San Francisco
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Premiere, ISKRA (Berkeley Trinity Church, 1988)
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Tanglewood Ensemble (Tanglewood Music Center, 1991 ­ revised version)

Encounter (1986)
10 minutes
Clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, cello and 5 percussion players
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Premiered by UC Berkeley Contemporary Ensemble (Hertz Hall, Berkeley 1986)

Satisfaction  (1977)
7 minutes, for chamber ensemble
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Premiere, Seoul National University Music Hall (1977)

Musical Gathering (1976)
8 minutes
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn
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Premiere, Seoul National University Music Hall, 1977 

Resistance (1975)
6 minutes, for soprano and piano
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Premiere, Seoul National University Music Hall (1975)


3. String Quartet:

Primitive Dance  (1990/1999)
14 minutes
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Written for Alexander String Quartet; dedicated to Sung-Jae Lee
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Premiere, Alexander String Quartet, Arts & Lectures (UC Santa Cruz, 2002)

Short Dance (1987)
4 minutes, for string quartet

A-Ri for Soprano & String Quartet (1983)
12 minutes
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Premiere, UC Berkeley Noon Concert (1983)

Crash (1975)
8 minutes, for string Quartet
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Premiere, Seoul National University (1976)


4. Solo & Duo:

A Story: Gayageum Solo (2005)
15 minutes
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Commissioned by Aeri Ji
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Premiere, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2006) 

Orange Pastel (2001)
5 minutes, for 2 percussionists
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Premiere, New Music Ensemble at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (April 2001).

Crystal Drops (2000/2003)
2 movements, 13 minutes
2 pianos
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Commissioned by and written for Aki Takahashi and Rae Imamura
Premiere at the Asian Music Festival (Jerusalem, Israel, 2004)

After the Fall  (1998)
9 minutes & 30 seconds
Clarinet and bass clarinet
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Written for John Sackett &  Peter Josheff
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Premiere, April in Santa Cruz New Music Festival (UC Santa Cruz, 1998) 

Instant Breath: Flute Solo (1999)
8 minutes
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Written for Leta Miller
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Premiere, Leta Miller, April in Santa Cruz New Music Festival (UC Santa Cruz, 1999)

Reflection: Clarinet Solo (1985)
4 minutes

Intrigues (1985)
3 movements, 12 minutes
Prepared piano and clarinet
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Premiered by John Sackett and Michael Seth Orland (Hertz Hall, Berkeley, 1985 -- 2 movements)
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Evan Ziporyn and Michael Seth Orland, San Francisco Symphony New and Unusual Music Concert (1988 ­ 3 movements)

Dialogue (1974)
8 minutes, for violin and piano
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Premiere, Seoul National University Music Hall (1974)

 

5. Dance/ Choreography and Chamber Music:

Rituel (2001)
c. 30 minutes
Korean dance/percussion, violin, cello, clarinet and percussion
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Commissioned by the Other Minds Festival
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Premiere, Korean dancer/percussionist Eun-Ha Park (National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts) and Other Minds Ensemble, Other Minds Festival  (San Francisco, 2001) 

Rituel II (2002)
c. 45 minutes
Korean dance/percussion, Korean ensemble (chanting, piri  (bamboo oboe), saengwhang (mouth organ), hun (clay flute), and yangkeum (dulcimer)), and Western ensemble (violin, cello, clarinet/bass clarinet, and percussion)
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Premiere, Korean Musical Ceremony, presented by UCSC Arts & Lectures at Herbst Theatre (San Francisco, April 2002)
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Premiere (revised version), National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (October, 2002) 

Rituel III (2004/5)
c. 40 minutes
Multi-media performance with Korean dance/percussion, Korean ensemble (changgo and daegeum), Western ensemble (violin, cello, clarinet/bass clarinet, and percussion) and visual projection
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Preview performance, Symposium for the International Musicological Society (Melbourne, Australia, 2004)
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Premiere, Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles, 2005)

 

6. Choral Works:

Requiem  (in progress)
Chamber ensemble and chamber choir
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Commissioned by Fromm Foundation
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Being written for the Ensemble Parallèle and the University Chamber Choir at UC Santa Cruz, conductor Nicole Paiement
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Premiere, BluePrint New Music Festival, San Francisco Conservatory and at the Seoul Arts Center (November 2007) 

Looking at the New Heaven and Earth (1976)
7 minutes
Mixed voice (s.a.t.b.) and piano
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Premiere, Seoul National University (1976)

 

7. Computer/Tape Pieces:

Step (1988)
4 minutes & 30 seconds
Completed at CCRMA at Stanford University

 

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