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ㅎㅎㅎ At long last, my college music honors senior thesis has been completed! I opted for a 3-movement orchestral composition based on Korean music, ranging from older traditional folksong and instrumentation to current-day Kpop. This piece was generously recorded by my college's orchestra; they sightread it, worked on it for 30-45 minutes, then re-recorded sections of it. I ended up editing together the better snippets of the whole reading, so forgive any weird jilts/pauses between sections!

If you or someone you know would like to perform this piece with an ensemble, (either orchestral or wind symphony) feel free to reach out to me here or via one of my social platforms/email listed in my bio and I'll get back to you ASAP. :)

And if you'd like a deeper dive into each movement's cultural inspirations, here they are below:

1. “Pungmulnori meets Gayageum”

This first movement was largely inspired by different Korean traditional instruments – the beginning is reminiscent of pungmulnori, or the small Korean percussion ensemble sound with traditional Korean percussive instruments (emulated by different Western percussion here). As the percussive instruments fade away, the French horn contrapuntal line becomes the spotlight and serves to shift into a defined tonal center and harmony. Later a quick-paced harp/string line joins to resemble the sound of the gayageum when played alongside pansori (emulated by the wind instruments), formally called gayageum byeongchang. Overall, a light but beautiful melodic movement.

2. “Jindo-Bonjo Dance”

What would a musical journey through Korea be without Arirang? As one of Korea’s significant intangible cultural assets with incredible historical value, I felt like this composition wouldn’t be complete without the inclusion of Arirang. Most Western orchestral pieces that use Arirang typically use the brighter Bonjo variation of Arirang that came from Seoul; however, the other well-known variation of Arirang originates from Jeonnam, recognized as the birthplace of several genres of Korean folk music, and is called Jindo Arirang. In this movement, Jindo and Bonjo Arirang come together in a sort of waltz-like fashion to share the spotlight.

3. “Feel the Korean (Hallyu) Wave”

Last (but definitely not least), a musical movement on K-pop! Something that often gets misconstrued in music is that K-pop is a single genre of music – that’s totally wrong! Rather, K-pop is a term that can refer to the Korean music industry and Korean pop music culture, but K-pop itself is composed of many, many genres, ranging from bubble-gum pop to indie to R&B to rock to electro- swing to trap to reggaeton... but really, above the musical aspect, to me, K-pop is supposed to be fun, enjoyable, and unifying.JI hope you feel that through this composition!
Some K-pop groups I took inspiration from: Red Velvet, 2NE1, BTS, Infinite, Big Bang, Blackpink... see if you can hear similarities to their music!

**Hallyu literally translates to Korean Wave and was often used to describe the rise in popularity of Korean media in mainstream culture.**

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Where Old Meets New: A Musical Journey Through Korea (음악 논문)

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