Korea Music Foundation presents
Annual Holiday Concert at the
Korean Cultural Service, New York
















Thursday December 20, 2007 7:00 pm
460 Park Avenue (at 57th Street)
6th floor

Hyun Ju Song (soprano)
Sung Young Moon (tenor)
Sang Joon Park (flute)
Kyung-A Yoo (piano)

with special appearance by

MIRAFLORES TRIO
Yumi Cho (violin)
Sarah Koo (cello)
Theresa Ja-Young Kim (piano)

-Come and join the festivities in this annual holiday concert! A night of holiday cheer, friendship and Christmas carols. The program will include Gesu Bambino, Winterland, Claire de lune, Four Tango and more. There will be Christmas Carols Sing Along at the end of the concert!!!

For further informations please contact KMF.
Tel:212-942-5978
www.Koreamusicfoundation.org

My next performance at the
Korean Cultural Center

ANNUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT
Thursday December 20, 2007 7:00 pm


















Photo by Rod Goodman
http://www.rodgoodmanphoto.com/

Korean Cultural Service NY
-click to view the website
460 Park Avenue (57th St.)
6th floor

-I will be performing Cécile Chaminade's Concertino in D Major, one of the most beloved and important piece written for the flute. Don't miss it!!!

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)











Read about Chaminade on the wikipedia:
Cécile Chaminade

This concert is presented by Korea Music Foundation and will present gifted young artists:

Hyun Ju Song (soprano)
Sung Young Moon (tenor)
Kyung-A Yoo (piano)
and
MIRAFLORES TRIO
Yumi Cho (violin)
Sarah Koo (cello)
Theresa Ja-Young Kim (piano)

-Come and celebrate the holidays with beautiful music!!! There will be Christmas Carols Sing Along at the end of the concert.

For further information, please contact the KMF.
Tel: 212-942-5978
www.Koreamusicfoundation.org

Three upcoming performances at the Amato Opera:
Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme

Sunday December 16, 2007 2:30 pm
Sunday December 23, 2007 2:30 pm
Saturday December 29, 2007 7:30 pm








Amato Opera
Anthony Amato
Artistic Director
319 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-8200
Email: info@amato.org

-I will be playing principal flute in one of the most beloved operas of all time, Puccini's La Boheme. Please come and enjoy the beautiful music, and remember to bring a handkerchief!!!

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) as Mimi
-Beautiful American soprano
Edmond Clément (1867-1928) as Rodolfo
-Great French lyric tenor


Puccini with Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)
-who conducted the first performance of La Boheme









Read about La Boheme, Puccini, Farrar, and Toscanini on the following links, and listen to Clément on Youtube!!!

La Boheme
Giacomo Puccini
Geraldine Farrar
Arturo Toscanini
Edmond Clément

Pictures from the Catacoustic Consort concerts in Cincinnati

Saturday November 17, 2007
Sunday November 18, 2007

Annalisa Pappano (treble viole)
Lucas Harris (theorbo)

Rehearsing Couperin's Pièces de Clavecin










Marin Marais Pièce en Trio













Hotteterre Ecos














Heudelinne Suites de Pièces













Montéclair Concerts à deux

Upcoming performances with
CATACOUSTIC CONSORT

Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:00 pm









Photo by Rod Goodman
http://rodgoodmanphotographer.com/

Duets Made in Heaven
Music for Treble Viol and Theorbo
(with Baroque Flute)





-I will be performing in two upcoming concerts with the Catacoustic Consort in Cincinnati, winner of Early Music America Competition, 2003. I will be joining two distinguished artists, Catacoustic Consort's Artistic Director Annalisa Pappano (Treble Viola da Gamba) and Lucas Harris (Theorbo), based in Toronto, Canada.

Beautiful music of Marin Marais, Louis Heudelinne, Johann Hardt, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair and more!!!

Annalisa Pappano
Lucas Harris
















Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:30 pm
Clifton United Methodist Church
(click to view directions)
3416 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati (Clifton), Ohio

Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:00 pm
St. Gabriel Church
(click to view directions)
48 West Sharon Avenue, Glendale, Ohio
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Both venues are handicap-accessible.
Tickets: $20 general, $7 student. Children 12 & under are always free.
Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling 513.772.3242.

Linda Chesis Flute Recital

Sunday November 11
3:00 pm

Manhattan School of Music
The William R. and Irene D. Miller Recital Hall
120 Claremont Avenue
New York, NY 10027

-I would like to invite you all to a Faculty Recital of renowned flutist and my former professor at Manhattan School of Music, Linda Chesis, who will perform all contemporary American flute music by Vincent Persichetti, Johan Corigliano, Aaron Copland, Peter Schickele, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Dric Ewazen. Along with distinguished assisting artists, this recital will be joined by seven former and current flute students of Linda Chesis, performing Monochrome I and V by Peter Schickele for EIGHT FLUTES!!
The concert is free but seats are limited... come early!!

Assisting Artists:

Colette Valentine (piano)
Sara Cutler (harp)
Amy Burton (soprano)
Sylvia Rosenberg (violin)
Karen Dreyfus (viola)
Alan Stepansky (cello)

Monochromers Seven
(in alphabetical order):

Alexandra Hamilton
Gina Izzo
Erin Lesser
Sang Joon Park
Jessica Schmitz
Lance Suzuki
Amy Tori

Pictures with Anthony Amato

-What a great pleasure it is to play for this wonderful man, Maestro Anthony Amato!! Please enjoy the pictures (click on each picture to view full size) and if you'd like to learn more about Signor Amato and the Amato Opera, click here - http://www.amato.org/

My next two performances at the
Amato Opera
Double feature:
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci

Sunday October 28, 2007 2:30 pm
Saturday November 10, 2007 7:30 pm

319 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-8200
Email: info@amato.org

-I will be playing principal flute on the above two dates of these treasured verismo operas. Please come and experience the drama, the tragedy, and the beautiful music.

Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana

Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci











Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)

Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)











Emma Calvé (1858-1942)
Great French Soprano and one of the greatest Santuzzas

One of the greatest tenors of all time Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) as Canio











Read about Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Calvé and Caruso on the Wikipedia:

Cavalleria Rusticana
Pagliacci
Pietro Mascagni
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Emma Calvé
Enrico Caruso

Pictures from
Korea Music Foundation Concert
October 20, 2007

-Evening of Professor Gilsang Kwon's songs was a great success!!!

[click on each picture to view full size]

Pre-concert dinner
[Professor's family Mrs. Kwon and Ms. Kwon (daughter)
are seated at the right]








Rehearsal








Concert


























Professor's thank you speech








Professor and Mrs. Kwon









Cast with Professor Soon Hee Lee
(President of Korea Music Foundation)








with flute students









Celebration

KOREA MUSIC FOUNDATION
presents
An Evening of Kwon Gilsang (b.1927)







Hyun Ju Song (soprano)
Yong Kyung Park (mezzo soprano)
Byungwoo Kim (baritone)
Sang Joon Park (flute)
Kyung-A Yoo (piano)
Dong-Gyun Ham (piano)

Thursday October 18, 2007 7:00pm
Korean Cultural Service NY
460 Park Avenue (57th St.)
6th floor

For further informations, please contact the KMF.
Tel:212-942-5978
WWW.Koreamusicfoundation.org

Invitations to The Barber of Seville
Amato Opera
(click to view Amato website)











-I will be playing principal flute in three upcoming performances of Amato Opera production of The Barber of Seville.

Saturday September 22, 2007 7:30pm
Sunday October 7, 2007 2:30pm
Sunday October 14, 2007 2:30pm

Giachino Rossini (1792-1868)


Come and experience the delights of Rossini's brilliant opera buffa in two acts, based on Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville, libretto by Cesare Sterbini.



Some of the great Rosinas from the past:

Adelina Patti (1843-1919)
-Considered by many to be the greatest singer of all time, she was coached by Rossini himself !!

Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935)
-great Polish soprano











Conchita Supervia (1895-1936)
-great Spanish mezzo soprano who revived the role
in its original mezzo key



Read all about Rossini, Patti, Sembrich and Supervia at Wikipedia:

Giachino Rossini
Adelina Patti
Marcella Sembrich
Conchita Supervia

Amato Opera
Anthony Amato
Artistic Director
319 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-8200
Email: info@amato.org

Pictures with La Donna Musicale
Thursday July 26, 2007
Lindsey Chapel - Emanuel Church, Boston


























left to right: click on each name to see link

Margaret Angelini (harpsichord)
Elisabeth Baber (soprano)
Laury Gutierrez (viola da gamba)
Youngmi Kim (soprano)
Annalisa Pappano (treble viol and pardessus de viole)

-These two pictures were taken at the last of three successful concerts of La Donna Musicale: Venezia! Women Composers in 17th & 18th Century Venice

Upcoming performances with
LA DONNA MUSICALE

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:00 PM
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:00 PM
Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:00 PM








photo by Rod Goodman
http://www.rodgoodmanphotographer.com/

VENEZIA!

Women Composers in 17th and 18th century Venice:
Barbara Strozzi, Anna Bon and Antonia Bembo

-I will be performing in three upcoming concerts with early music ensemble La Donna Musicale (click to see the website) in Boston, director Laury Gutierrez (click to see link). La donna Musicale is dedicated to the research and the historical performance of Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Contemporary music by women composers. I will be playing Flute Sonata IV in D Major and Trio Sonata IV in G Major by Anna Bon (1739/40 - ??), two charming Rococo pieces.

Laury Gutierrez
Director of La Donna Musicale











La Donna Musicale

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:00 PM
St. Peter's Church
320 Boston Post Road
Weston, MA
Purchase tickets online!

Wednesday, July, 25, 2007 8:00 PM
West Parish Garden Cemetery
129 Reservation Road
Andover, MA
Pruchase tickets online!

Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:00 PM
Emmanuel Church
15 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
Purchase tickets online!

Tickets $15, students & seniors: $10