This Azure Day by Seo Jung-ju (trans. Chae-Pyong Song and Anne Rashid)

On this blindingly azure day,
let us long for those we miss.

There, where autumn flowers sit,
green has given in to red.

Let the snow fall.
Let spring return.

What if you are alive when I die?
What if I am alive when you die?

On this blindingly azure day,
let us long for those we miss.

푸르른 날/서정주(1915~2000)

눈이 부시게 푸르른 날은
그리운 사람을 그리워하자.

저기 저기 저, 가을 꽃 자리
초록이 지쳐 단풍 드는데

눈이 내리면 어이하리야
봄이 또 오면 어이하리야

내가 죽고서 네가 산다면!
네가 죽고서 내가 산다면?

눈이 부시게 푸르른 날은
그리운 사람을 그리워 하자.

azure day (푸르른 날)

Studio track 1

Canon for 5 Players B Major

best heard on headphones or good speakers

recording of performance on Friday January 29th, 2016 ~8:20pm CST at High Concept Labs in Chicago IL. 

BELLS AT SEA (2014) for voice, two wind instruments, bowed string instrument, percussion, sine-tones, and found field recordings. Text from Robert Grenier's SENTENCES.
performed by Jessie Downs, Zachary Good, Ryan Zerna, Myra Hinrichs, Ryan Packard, & Douglas Farrand.
recorded by David Zuchowski.

BELLS AT SEA

Field recording of a bus ride with Elektrosluch, electromagnetic listening device.

Electromagnetic Bus

A QUARTET FOR FRANÇOIS MORELLET (2012), for string quartet

François Morellet (1926-) is a contemporary French painter, 
engraver, sculptor and light artist. 
This short piece is based on his painting “Violet, bleu, vert, 
jaune, orange, rouge”, 1953, Centre Pompidou. 
The six colours are the ingredients of the piece. The musicians 
choose their six sounds freely. 
The music comes directly from the structure of the actual 
painting.


(UK première at Wigmore Hall, London - 27 FEB 2016)

APARTMENT HOUSE 
Gordon Mackay, violin 
Hilary Sturt, violin 
Bridget Carey, viola 
Anton Lukoszevieze, cello 

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more about Apartment House:  
www.antonlukoszevieze.co.uk
www.apartmenthouse.co.uk
https://soundcloud.com/apartment-house

A QUARTET FOR FRANÇOIS MORELLET (Apartment House)

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some chords
quiet playback volume recommended 

composed february 2016 in buffalo ny and west orange nj
premiered may 8th 2016 at Rust Belt Books, Buffalo NY
Jessie Downs (dulcimer), Derick Evans (bass guitar), Douglas Farrand (guitar, composition), Zane Merritt (electric guitar), Katie Weissman (violoncello)

some chords (february 2016)

duets for simple patterns of guitar harmonics and the trees and traffic on walnut street

November 11th 2016

26.04.2017
Konzert Minimal @ OTB #1

Johnny Chang: Citaric Melody for Oum Kalthoum (Berlin version)

Konzert Minimal Quintet:

Joe Kudirka, electric guitar
Koen Nutters, harmona
Derek Shirley, cello
Rishin Singh, trombone
Eric Wong, guitar

Johnny Chang: Citaric Melody for Oum Kalthoum (Berlin version)

v rough recording of melodica quartet
june 2018 recording of score written in august 2017

practicing playing melodica quietly

When I write, I like to think about pluralism, class, and identity as it exists in all the unspoken ways it does among creative peoples. I also reflect often on how to live a meaningful life and how to love.

My works have been realized primarily across Europe and the United States. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in piano performance and composition from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and a Master’s degree in composition from the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague. I am currently residing in Los Angeles, California.

azure day (푸르른 날)

eugene a. kim