premiered by Washington Square Contemporary Society at Tenri Cultural Institute.

Program Note:

The motivation to create this piece comes from the feeling of "찌리릿(zzi-ririt)," which is, in translation, "electrifying." In other words, it is a feeling in which you are coming out of numbness and feeling the blood flowing again. Unusual moments of feeling  찌리릿 may have attending visual, emotional, and sensual components: love at first sight, Le Corbusier's Longchamp church, bungee jumping in Macau Tower (770 feet up), P'ansori (Korean tradition vocal music) live performance, and Marilyn Monroe's standing over a subway grate in a white halter dress (Seven Year Itch). I believe everyone has different experiences with this feeling and unfortunately although it makes us feel alive, it doesn't last for long. Because its impact is really strong, I wondered if as a composer I could create this feeling in my music and present it to the audience.  Because I couldn't find the same word in English, I've kept the Korean one. This piece was composed during my artist residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, generously supported by the Jane Geuting Camp Fellowship. 
 


찌리릿! (zzi - Ri - Rit!) for Flute/Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and Piano

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Yoon-Ji Lee is a Korean composer based in New York. Her music is sound-based and non-linear with powerful focus regarding moment by moment gestures, textures and tone colors. She also has been experimenting with contextual improvisation (composing certain materials and frameworks for performers to improvise with) as well as intercultural musical sources. Her works have been performed in Korea and around the U.S., by ensembles including JACK Quartet, MIVOS Quartet, Argento Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, and Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin and many others. Lee also has many current composition commissions, for Washington Square Contemporary Society and ensemble mise-en, as well as for several solo performers.  Her work Lyric Montage was selected for the 2012 New Music Miami ISCM Festival.  In 2012 Lee also received the Patsy Lu Award, from International Alliance of Women in Music. Previously she was awarded the Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, which funded her PhD studies at NYU and Jane Geuting Camp Fellowship from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Lee has participated in artist residencies at Atlantic Center for the Arts, where she worked with Elliott Sharp, VCCA, and Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts.

찌리릿! (zzi - Ri - Rit!) for Flute/Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and Piano

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