OREGON BACH FESTIVAL
Concerts, Workshops,
Lecture/Demonstrations & Presentations:
Premieres and performances of music by
more than 40 international symposium participants
Three Concerts of
Intercultural Composition Projects
Instrumental composer participants will compose a piece for one of the following intercultural composition projects that will be premiered by the following performers from our roster of guest artists-in-residence:
Project #1: South Korea
Traditional Korean Instruments + Clarinet & Piano
Concert: July 3, 2023
Eunah Noh, haegeum
[two-string Korean fiddle]
Eonhwa Lee, gayageum
[plucked 12-string Korean zither]
Jung-min Lim, daegeum
[large Korean transverse flute]
Wonkak Kim, clarinet
Eunhye Grace Choi, piano
A Collaboration with Special Guest Artists from South Korea
Sponsored by the Global Scholars Program, University of Oregon
Project #2: Japan
Shakuhachi + World Instruments
Concert: July 4, 2023
Daniel De Togni, shakuhachi
[vertical end-blown Japanese flute]
Project #3: Indonesia
Balinese Gamelan + World Instruments
Concert: July 5, 2023
Pacific Rim Gamelan
Robert Kyr, Director
[metallophones, gongs & drums]
Artist-in-Residence
Presentations & Discussions
Symposium sessions (90-120 minutes each) with our artists-in-residence as listed above under “Three Concerts of Intercultural Composition Projects.”
Participant Presentations &
Discussions of Their Music
Each composer participant will have the opportunity to give a presentation about their music to the rest of the symposium. There will also be a means for composers to share additional information about themselves and to connect with other symposium composers and composer/performers for possible future collaborations.
A two- or three-session film festival, during which composers and composer/performers will introduce and show their films, followed by a discussion with symposium participants, moderated by symposium director, composer and filmmaker Robert Kyr.