The Korean Cultural Society of Boston
한미예술협회
KCSB Spring Concert
Marimba Concert with Ajaeng and Piano
Hayoung Song (Marimba); Yoona Kim (Ajaeng); Cholong Park (Piano)
Sunday, May 4, 3:00 pm
New England Conservatory's Brown Hall
290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
Program
J.S. Bach- violin sonata no.1 g minor
I. Adagio
Il. Fuge
IlI. Siciliana
IV. Presto
Tomasz Golinski- Luminosity for
I. Misterioso e cantabile
Il. Furioso
Peter Klatzow- Dances of Earth and Fire
Il. Con brio
Yoona Kim (TBD)
Emmanuel Séjourné - Concerto for Marimba and Strings
I. Tempo Souple
Il. Rythmique, energique
Artists
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Halle Hayoung Song
Hayoung Halle Song was born in South Korea in 1996. She attended Seoul Arts High School and went on to Korean National University of Arts (KNUA), where she studied under Kwangseo Park, Eunhye Kim, and June Moon Kyung Hahn. She graduated with the Percussion Performance bachelor’s degree in 2019. Song’s first recital was at Kumho Young Artist Series in 2015, and she reached the final round in the Marimba Competition of the Italy Percussive Arts Society in 2016. In 2018, she performed as soloist in the Marimba Spiritual with the KNUA Percussion Ensemble. As a percussionist, she was a member of the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra. Song graduated with master’s degree at New England Conservatory (NEC) in 2023 and has won the first prize in NEC Concerto Competition. She studied timpani and percussion with Daniel Bauch, Assistant Principal Timpanist and Section Percussionist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Yoona Kim is a Boston based ajaeng player, composer, and improviser. Her performances are deeply rooted in the richness of Korean court and folk music, juxtaposed with delicate noise, the soulful depths of traditional blues, and the dynamism of contemporary music. As a creative force, Yoona's evolving style weaves together the threads of tradition and innovation, forging a path that explores radical, non-linear temporalities. Her ajaeng stylings are both assertive and intuitive, honed over countless performances that have resonated with national and international audiences.
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Halle Hayoung Song
Cholong Park is a pianist who specializes in New Music. She is the founding member and pianist for two chamber groups: What Is Noise and Some Assembly Required. In 2014, Cholong made her Carnegie Hall debut, performing solo and ensemble works with What Is Noise. Her other ensemble group, Some Assembly Required, was a finalist for the American Prize Ernst Bacon Award for the Performance of American Music. She has released three albums, and the fourth will be released under PARMA recordings at What Is Noise's 10th-anniversary concert in Lincoln Center in 2025. Her albums are available on Spotify and iTunes.
Cholong works with several organizations as an Artistic Director. She was the Director of International Affairs for the DMZ International Music Festival in South Korea. In 2018, Cholong was the Artistic Director of “Voices of North Korean Refugees”,
In 2018, Cholong was the Artistic Director of “Voices of North Korean Refugees”, a music and performance event at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, MA raising funds for North Korean refugees. She was an Artistic Director for “Her Life as a Comfort Woman”, a music and performance event to raise awareness about the human rights issues of Korean "comfort women."
Cholong holds multiple teaching and staff pianist positions in the metro Boston area. She is a staff pianist at Longy School of Music of Bard College, a faculty member at All Newton Music School, and a district pianist at Needham Public School. Additionally, she serves as a director of music education and piano instructor at New England Music Academy. During the summer, she is a member of the Piano Faculty at the New England Music Camp held at the Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Maine.
She received her Master of Music in Piano Performance from Florida State University and a Graduate Performance Diploma in Collaborative Piano with a Chamber Music emphasis from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Cholong is also the organ scholar at the historic Old North Church in Boston and is affiliated with Steinway & Sons as an Educational Partner. The City of Boston awarded Cholong an Artist Certification.