List of Works
Suite for solo piano 1976
A Piece for cello and piano 1977
Rondo for violin, cello, and piano 1977
Sonata for cello and piano 1978
Three Movements for violin, cello, and piano 1978
String Quartet I for two violins, viola, and cello 1978
Woodwind Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon 1979
Chamber Music for piano, violin, cello, clarinet, and horn 1979
Ensemble for One Mediocrity and Five Individuals for piano, violin, cello, clarinet, horn, and tape 1979
The Lord’s Prayer for chorus with organ accompaniment 1979
A Piece for orchestra 1979
Yeo-ho-wa, My Shepherd for chorus 1980
Six Pieces for clarinet, piano, and percussion 1980
The Prayer on the Ge[th]semane for soprano, baritone, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone, tom-toms, suspended cymbal, and timpani 1980
String Quartet II for two violins, viola, and cello 1981
Six Little Pieces for violin, cello, and piano 1981
The Lord’s Prayer for soprano and piano 1981
String Quartet II for two violins, viola, and cello 1981
Jesus Christ on the Cross for narrator and nine players 1982
Mass for chorus and four soloists with organ accompaniment 1982
Recollection for solo violin 1990
Lyricism for two vibraphones and daegeum 1990
Gyul I for daegeum and percussion 1991 (CD Contemporary Music Society Seoul vol. 18, 1991)
Gyul II (Sori-Gyul) for soprano and piano 1992
Gyul III for solo cello 1993 (KSWC 9404, 1994; CD KSMC vol. 2, 1994)
Eo-ul-lim for violin, daegeum, and piano 1994
If those two are eventually one for two sopranos, baritone, and piano 1995 (Seoul: Korean Society of Women Composers, 1995)
Trio on the tune of “Saiya saiya” for cello, daegeum, and percussion 1995 (Seoul: Korean Society of Women Composers, 1996)
Two Small Lullabies for soprano and piano 1996
Requiem for daegeum and gayageum 1996 (KSWC 9807, 1998; CD Society of Contemporary Music UNJI, 2008)
Serenade for Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra 1996
Three Movements for percussion and string orchestra 1997
Gyul IV for percussion (snare drum and tambourine) 1997
Gyul V for solo piano 1997 (Korean Contemporary Piano Music, volume III, Eumag Chunchoo, 2001)
Suite for solo percussion 1998
Gyul VI (Suite) for solo violin 1998
Suite for violin, cello, and piano 1998
Lullaby I and II for soprano and piano 1998
San-Do-Hwa for baritone and piano 1999
Maria’s Prayer I for violin, viola, and cello 1999
Gyul VII for solo timpani 1999
Gyul VIII for solo oboe 2000
Requiem for orchestra 2000
Lullaby for flute/piccolo, oboe/oboe d’amore, clarinet, and bassoon 2001
Maria’s Prayer II for soprano, clarinet, cello, and percussion 2001
The Tree for percussion quartet 2002
A Song of a Leaving Man for four gayageums 2002
Ba-ram-gyul for two daegeums and chamber orchestra 2002
In Between for gayageum and yanggeum, 2003
A Song of a Man Resting in Peace for daegeum and orchestra 2003
Summer Time for percussion quartet 2004
Beyond There for violin, viola, cello, and piano 2004
A Child Reaching for a Star for tenor, baritone, and piano 2004
Over and Beyond for daegeum and percussion 2005
Over and Beyond for five percussionists and orchestra 2005 (Soo Moon Dang, 2006)
Suite (Nature and I) for solo piano 2006
Nocturne (The Song of Stars) for clarinet, violin, and piano 2007
A Peaceful Scene for soegeum and three daegeums 2007
Over the Mountains for solo cello 2007
The Voice from Home for trombone, two violins, viola, and cello 2007
Gyul IX for solo daegeum, 2007
Time and Tide/Recollection for three performers (high, low, and piano) 2007
Symphonic Poem: The Garden of Stars for orchestra 2007 (Soo Moon Dang, 2007)
Symphonic Poem: The Adoration of Art for orchestra 2007
The Sky for percussion quartet 2008
Man—Life—Love for solo percussion and percussion orchestra 2008
The Memory of the Feature for chamber orchestra 2008
Gyul X for solo organ 2009
The Way of . . . for viola and double bass 2009
Flow for gayageum and percussion 2009
Back to Dust for viola and metal percussion 2009
Hymn for solo organ 2010
Passacaglia for string orchestra 2010
Wood Story for four percussionists 2010
Gyul XI for gayageum and percussion 2010
The Garden of Clouds for thirteen percussionists 2011
Contemplation for clarinet, violin, viola, and cello 2011
The Angel of Snow for thirteen percussionists 2011
The Winter Night Song for three basses and nine percussionists 2011
Music Examples
Gyul III
Example 1: B section, with contrasting note values, minor seconds, expressive dynamics and large interval leaps.
Example 2: D section, shifting to a higher register with tremolos and rapid repetition of a conjunct melodic idea (E-Eb-D-C-Eb-E-F-E).
Example 3: conclusion of F section with shifting registers, and G section, with slower and more sustained motion.
Requiem
Example 1: opening section, with long notes, dynamic shadings, and pitch-bending in the daegum and the tritone Db-G in the kayagum.
Example 2: section two, with theme based on four pitches (F-Ab-Bb-C) and its variants.
Example 3: concluding section, with daegum climax on Eb6, and tritones preceding the final resolution on G5 and C3.
The Garden of Stars
Example 1: mm. 29-36, with main melody introduced in the trumpet beginning in m. 30.
Example 2: mm. 70-84, with climax in mm. 73-80 followed by more subdued section using glissandos, tremolos and pitch repetitions.