BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130520T005610CEST-3828GHkAHW@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130520T225610Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: World On Stage presents SOUNDS OF KOREA\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441650999/World_On_Stage_presents_ SOUNDS_OF_KOREA\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-11-03\nEvent Date End: 2012-11-03 \n\nSounds of Korea is a unique show which presents the traditional music\ , song\, and dance from Korea by some of the most well known and talented musicians\, singers\, and dancers in the US. Sounds of Korea is the premie r performance group of Korean traditional arts in the U.S.\n\nThe director of the Sounds of Korea show\, Sue-Yeon Park\, is one of the foremost Kore an artists in the United States today. A dancer\, she was trained under Ma ster Yi Mae Bang\, one of South Korea's Living National Treasures\, and ha s obtained the prestigious title of yisuja which designates her mastery at the highest level of Master Yi's performance lineage of Salpuri-chum. She also holds the title of distinction\, yisuja\, for the preservation of Se ungmu. Sue Yeon Park performs extensively in the U.S. Europe and South Kor ea. In her long-time affiliation with the Korean Traditional Performing Ar ts Association of New York (KTPAA)\, she has been an instrumental leader a nd teacher and has been serving as the President and Artistic Director for the last six years. She has produced and presented at such prestigious ve nues as the Lincoln Center\, Symphony Space\, Merkin Hall\, the Smithsonia n Institution\, and the Museum of Natural History. She has given guest mas ter classes and adjudicates for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) annual competition since 2004. She is a recipient of the New York Governor's &ldquo\;Award of Excellence&rdquo\; in recognition of her outstanding achievements and community service to the Empire State\, & ldquo\;Best Artist of the Year&rdquo\; Award from the Foundation for Korea n Arts and Culture in Korea\, and the &ldquo\;Award of Recognition and App reciation&rdquo\; from Asian American Cultural Center at Rutgers Universit y for her dedication to Korean art and music. In 2008 Sue Yeon Park was na med as a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow. She rec eived this honor as a Korean musician and dancer in recognition of her wor k\, for nearly three decades\, bringing traditional Korean arts to America n audiences. She is the first Korean American artist to receive this honor .\n\nSonghee Lee is the principal dancer of Sounds of Korea and has been a ctively performing around the world. Ms Lee has performed at such venues a s the Greek National Dance Theater\, Dora Stratou for the CID UNESCO World Congress on Dance\, NEA Montana Folk Festival\, Lincoln Center\, Symphony Space\, International Festival at Chihuahua\, Mexico\, etc. Currently\, M s. Lee is Artistic Director and Choreographer for the Songhee Lee Dance Co mpany in New York.\n\nJung Hee Oh is the principal voclist of Sounds of Ko rea. A Korean traditional vocal artist specializing in gayageum byeongchan g (a vocal genre with self-accompaniment of the gayageum) and pansori (a t raditional story-telling genre performed by a solo vocalist accompanied by a drummer). She is a proté\;gé\; of the Korean National Human Treasure of Pansori\, Master Suk Sun An. Ms. Oh is an isuja for Intangibl e Cultural Property No. 23 (gayageum sanjo and gayageum byeongchang)\, a t itle granted under the Republic of Korea's Cultural Properties Protection Act to an artist who has met all requirements for qualification as a poten tial successor to the National Living Treasure for a specific cultural pro perty. She has appeared live throughout the United States and Korea. She a lso has taught in Korea at Sangmyung University and Seoul Arts University\ , where she had studied under the tutelage of the late Park Kui-Hee and Ah n Sook-Sun\, two of Korea's National Living Treasures. In 2004\, she place d second in the Korean Music Association's Jeonju National Competition.\n \nEnjoy !!!\n\nWatch Sounds of Korea on Youtube: http://bit.ly/P3FtoY\n\nV isit WorldOnStage.com for details of all our Fall Season Performances.\n\n Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/worldonstage DTSTART:20121103T000000 DTEND:20121103T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:World On Stage presents SOUNDS OF KOREA TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR