List of Works
Robe of the Mist for solo piano 1992 (Korean Contemporary Piano Music, volume III, Eumag Chunchoo, 2001).
Autumn for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone, and piano 1993
Min-Sok for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, two pianos, and four percussionists 1996
Summer Rain for solo piano 1998
Scent of Lilac for violin, cello, and piano 1999
Reminiscence for flute, violin, cello, piano, and percussion 1999 (KSCM TCMS-0006, 2000, CD KSCM, no date).
Sand Hills for flute, four timpani, and piano 1999
My Mind Flows as the River for two violins, viola, and cello, 1999 (KSCM TCMS-0023, 2001; CD KSCM, no date).
Longing for twelve cellos 2000
A Song of Sorrow for solo oboe d’amore 2000
Bamboo, Bamboo and the Peaks for four percussionists 2000
The Bamboo Trees Spreading Around for string orchestra 2001
Self-Portrait for two cellos 2001
Awakening from the Hibernation for two pianos 2001
Min-Sok II for samul nori and orchestra 2002
Min-Sok III for samul nori and four cellos 2002
The Journey for four marimbas 2002
Reflection for clarinet, viola, piano, and video 2002
River Bend Motion for flute, oboe, clarinet, mandolin, guitar, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion 2002
Transformation for clarinet, janggo, and two percussionists 2003
Beyond the Boundary for four percussionists 2005
Another Place for solo piano 2003
Longing II for twelve cellos 2003
The Coming of Light for clarinet and viola 2003
A Rhee Rang for three pianos 2004
Mind Game for electronic bass guitar, piano, and dancer 2004
Mind Game II for Korean traditional instruments and Western instruments 2005
Colors of May for four twelve-string gayageums 2006
Tranquil Contrast for twelve-string gayageum and percussion 2006
Four Seasons for solo haegeum 2006
Meditation for solo twelve-string gayageum 2007
Another Place for solo guitar 2007
Sound for four percussionists 2007
The Hill for two pianos and percussion 2007
Sound Motion for four daegeums 2008
Ivy for four percussionists 2008
Time Flux for three marimba players 2009
Keeping Things Whole for flute, clarinet, and percussion 2009
Water Color for solo vibraphone 2009
Heat Waves for daegeum, haegeum, percussion, and piano 2009
Longing for four twenty-five string gayageums 2009
Foot Steps for gum (Chinese string instrument) and Korean traditional percussion 2009
Toward Light for haegeum, twenty-five string gayageum and geomungo 2009
Flowing for haegeum and twelve-string gayageum 2009
Music Examples
My Mind Flows as the River
Example 1: mm. 1-8, with sustained G and staggered entrances outlining major and minor seconds.
Example 2: mm. 13-36, with drone on G, ostinato on G-Bb, and violin melody fluctuating between consonant and dissonant sonorities.
Example 3: mm. 98-105, with pitch repetitions, syncopation and irregular accents.
Transformation
Example 1: mm. 1-10, with dissonant vibraphone chords, angular clarinet line and colorful percussion effects.
Example 2: mm. 46-51, with dissonant dyads in vibraphone and gradual buildup of texture.
Example 3: mm. 162-170, with multiple layers of activity and clarinet playing in the style of the t’aepyongso.
The Hill
Example 1: mm. 1-4, with undulating minor seconds moving in parallel seconds (piano II), mirror images of the motive of a third and minor second (piano I), and three-note motivic idea in piano I (G#6-E6-G#7).
Example 2: mm. 42-45, with minor seconds, motive of the descending third and ascending seventh, and irregularly grouped rim shots in snare drum.
Example 3: mm. 129-136, with shift to more diatonic sonorities.
Example 4: mm. 166-173, with jazzy rhythms in snare drum and dissonant piano chords.