List of Works
Two Movements for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon 1982
Quartet for two violins, viola, and cello 1982
Sonata for alto saxophone and piano 1982 (alternative version for oboe, suspended cymbal, and piano, 1982)
Four Pieces for violin and piano 1984 (revised 1995)
1985 for clarinet, vibraphone, marimba, and double bass 1986
Theme with Seven Variations for solo piano 1986 (revised 1994)
Music for piano and orchestra 1988
Into the Silent Land for soprano and piano 1994
Three Songs for soprano and piano 1994 (KSWC 9504, 1995)
À la barre for solo piano 1995–97 (Korean Contemporary Piano Music, volume III, Eumag Chunchoo, 2001)
Father’s Song: Enjoying Painting Together with a Dragonfly for baritone and piano 1997
Two Ponies for two pianos 1997
Plié Variation for solo piano 1998
Ballet Practice for little ballerina and solo piano 1998
Two Sacred Songs for tenor and children’s chorus 1998
Essays for solo piano 1999
Grandfather’s Trait for alto and piano 1999
Misty Night II for violin, viola, and percussion 1999
Fashion Statement I—“a little skirt, a big sweater” for oboe, horn, suspended high-hat cymbal, and piano 1999
Sonata for viola and piano 2000 (CD KSWC, volume 9)
Ha-Hoe Mask for baritone and piano 2000
Salsa for solo piano 2000, revised 2002 (CD KSWC, volume 14)
Korean Salsa for haegeum and piano 2000–2001
Elegy for cello and piano 2001
Cucumber Music for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon 2001
The Rhodora: On Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower? for solo piano 2002
NaengMyun (Korean Cold Noodle) for solo piano 2002
Two Songs for soprano and piano 2002
A Woman’s Life for solo flute 2003
Song Cycle (Insa-dong Story) for baritone and piano 2003–5
Theme and Five Variations for cello and piano 2003 (CD KSWC, volume 10)
Let’s Go to Insa-dong for mixed chorus 2003
Cucumber Music II for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon 2004
Two Works for baritone and children’s chorus 2004
Ballet Scientifique for MIDI 2004
Reminiscence for clarinet and piano 2004
On Ferris Wheel for flute and vibraphone 2005
Two Works for youth chorus and piano 2005
The Green Shimmering Sound of Water for mixed chorus and piano 2005
Two Songs for soprano and piano 2006
Crescent for soprano and piano 2006
Upon a Prayer for mixed chorus and piano 2006
In Subtlety, in Brilliancy for solo flute 2007
Korean Salsa for two haegeums and two pianos 2007
Remember for soprano, mixed chorus, and piano 2007
When Mom Was Young for female chorus and piano 2007
When Pear Blossoms Are Scattered for female chorus and piano 2007
Laundry for male chorus and piano 2008
Dialectical Salsa for Chinese erhu and piano 2008
Variations for solo piano 2008
And another . . . for solo piano 2008
Pomegranate for female chorus and piano 2009
Air for String Orchestra: Song to the Moon 2009
Gap-Chun (Beautiful River) for soprano and piano 2009
Dancing Dolls for solo piano 2010
Dancing with C-H-O-P-I-N for four-hand piano 2010
Simple Dances for clarinet and vibraphone 2010
While Waiting for soprano and piano 2010
The Day You Come to Me for soprano and piano 2010
A Paraphrase of the Korean Folk Song “Ong-Heya” for two pianos 2011
Pasqueflower for alto and piano 2011
Star in my Heart for tenor and piano 2012
Music Examples
In Subtlety, In Brilliancy
Example 1: mm. 1-24, showing pitch sequence leading to emphasis on Eb, tritone Eb-A, and related three to four-note ideas leading to climax in third octave of flute.
Example 2: mm. 65-78, showing staccato passages on ascending fourths and pitch sequence C5-F4-F5-Eb leading to climax on G6.
Variations
Example 1: theme, mm. 1-5, showing four-note motives in right hand and left hand, the resulting dissonances, six- and four-note chords, and minor second followed by A#.
Example 2: variation 2, mm. 1-7, showing development of first to third notes of each motive.
Example 3: variation 3, mm. 1-5, showing the combination of three notes from each motive with the addition of foreign notes.
Example 4: variation 8, mm. 1-18, showing original right-hand motive with pitches inserted in original left-hand motive, leading to a return to their original forms.