List of Works
Songs (“Dancing Maiden,” “Lake at Night”) for two sopranos 1990
Monologue for clarinet 1990
Trio for flute, oboe, and clarinet 1990
Movement for orchestra 1991
A Day of a Mountain for orchestra 1992
String Quartet for two violins, viola, and cello 1993
Trio for violin, viola, and cello 1993
We Have Found the New Way to Our Freedom for women’s chorus 1993
Poems of My Heart for women’s chorus and harp 1994
When It Begins for orchestra 1994
Piece for flute and piano 1994
Movement for string quartet 1995.
Garak-II for harp 1995
In the Heat of Summer for flute and harp 1996
The Autumn Prayer for clarinet 1997
Early Spring (“Saepum”) for soprano and piano 1998
Melodic Touch on Seasons for soprano and piano 1998 (Soo Moon Dang, KSWC 2001-10)
Christmas Fantasy for organ 1998
Soul (Hon) for clarinet and piano 1999
Dance with Circles for computer 1999
Planet 2000 for computer 2000
Eternal Glory for orchestra 2001
In Harmony with Independence for violin and viola 2002 (Soo Moon Dang, KSWC 2002-05)
A Journey from the Morning Calm for orchestra 2002
Becoming One for daegeum and Korean drums (buks) 2003
Paramron (“Wind”) for mixed chorus 2003
Shapes for marimba 2004
Play for marimba 2004
The Lilac for soprano, flute, and viola 2004
Song of an Old Soldier for soprano, flute, and viola 2004
Toward Uncertainty for flute, viola, and piano 2005
Song of Mongkeumpo for piano, two violins, viola, and cello 2005
Music for Children: The Power of the Truth for flute, oboe, violin, cello, and piano 2005
Continuum for solo piano 2005
Music for Children: A Different Figure, and Different Heart for flute, oboe, and piano 2005
Song of a Broad Bellflower for three gayageums 2006
Sacred Song: The Bell Tolls for soprano and piano 2007
Sacred Song: The Reason for Joy for soprano and piano 2008
Love, Praise for solo flute 2008
Sacred Song: The Light and the Salt for soprano and piano 2008
Medley on Korean Folk Songs for wind ensemble 2008
Sacred Song: Word Became the Flesh for soprano and piano 2009
Rapport for solo piano 2009
Music Examples
Continuum
Example 1: mm. 1-12, showing four-note ostinato in syncopated rhythm and major/minor seconds in left hand.
Example 2: mm. 33-42, showing first recognizable motive from children’s song and sustained Ab with Db-Eb motive in left hand of piano.
Example 3: mm. 73-82, showing most recognizable version of children’s song within the context of an entirely harmonic section.
Example 4: mm. 83-91, showing triplet figurations with augmented fragment from children’s song.
Song of Mongkeumpo
Example 1: Mongkeumpo Taryong melody.
Example 2: mm. 7-15, showing first phrase of Mongkeumpo Taryong in the first violin with repeated pitches in lower strings and syncopated idea outlining intervals from folk song in right hand of piano.
Example 3: mm. 106-119, showing harmonics and rhapsodicfirst violin part based on motives from folk song.
Example 4: mm. 151-162, showing variants of folk song in violoncello with microtonal intervals, left-hand pizzicato and sul ponticello bowings in other string parts.