Serra Miyeun Hwang

Serra Miyeun Hwang
Born 1962
Era Contemporary

Serra Miyeun Hwang (born 1962) is an Korean-American composer. Her work uses elements of Korean folk music.[1] She is also a percussionist, playing Korean drums.[2]

Biography

Hwang was born in Seoul, Korea and emigrated to the United States as a teen.[3] In 1988, she was the composer who won the University of Michigan's Concerto Competition.[4] Hwang was also the winner of the 1992 Search for New Music Competition sponsored by the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM).[5] Hwang did her undergraduate work at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[6] In 1993, she earned her PhD in Musical Arts in Musical Composition, along with a minor in ethnomusicology from the University of Michigan.[7] After finishing her degrees, she spent time in London and in Chonju.[8]

Work

Hwang's work incorporates both drums and folk music from Korea in her compositions.[9] Her work on Beckoning (2012) "augments solo cello with Korean drums to evoke memories of her childhood in Seoul, Korea."[10] Her piece, Sojourn (2004), uses traditional Korean drum rhythms and the piano.[11] Chan E. Park in The World of Music, describes Hwang's compositions as "liberating" both Western-style music and the folk sounds of Korean kugak into something that becomes "'fresh music for foreigners' while 'returning to roots' by honoring past traditions."[12]

References

  1. ↑ Wallace, Sherry (2000). "New Music Cafe at IWU to Present World Premieres". News and Events (Illinois Wesleyan University). Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Vittes, Laurence (1 January 2013). "Cello Professor Delivers World-Class Premieres". Strings. Retrieved 4 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Serra Hwang". Women in Film. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Student Activities". Music at Michigan 22 (1): 24. 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Search for New Music by Women Composers: Past Award Recipients". International Alliance for Women in Music. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  6. ↑ School of Music, Theatre & Dance. University of Michigan. 1988.
  7. ↑ "Composing Identity: Korean Sentiment and Sounds in an American Context Berkeley, CA, March 2003". Department of Music. University of California, Berkeley. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Boldly Expressive!". Dram. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Moore, D (November 2012). "Beckoning". American Record Guide 75 (6): 222. Retrieved 4 January 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Distressed Surfaces and Layers of Recollection". WQXR. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Concert XXII". Center for New Music. The University of Iowa. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Park, Chan E. (2010). "Poetics and Politics of Korean Oral Tradition in a Cross-Cultural Context". The World of Music 52 (1): 658–669. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via JSTOR. (subscription required (help)).

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