Serra Miyeun Hwang Explained

Serra Miyeun Hwang
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Alma Mater:University of Michigan
Era:Contemporary
Module:
Child:yes
Hangul:황미연
Hanja:黃美衍[1]
Rr:Hwang Miyeon
Mr:Hwang Miyŏn

Serra Miyeun Hwang (born 1962) is a Korean–American composer. Her work uses elements of Korean folk music.[2] She is also a percussionist, playing Korean drums.[3]

Biography

Hwang was born in Seoul, South Korea and emigrated to the United States as a teen.[4] In 1988, she was the composer who won the University of Michigan's Concerto Competition.[5] Hwang was also the winner of the 1992 Search for New Music Competition sponsored by the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM).[6] Hwang did her undergraduate work at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[7] In 1993, she earned her PhD in Musical Arts in Musical Composition, along with a minor in ethnomusicology from the University of Michigan.[8] After finishing her degrees, she spent time in London and in Jeonju as an adjunct professor at Jeonju University.[1] [9]

Work

Hwang's work incorporates both drums and folk music from Korea in her compositions.[10] Her work on Beckoning (2012) "augments solo cello with Korean drums to evoke memories of her childhood in Seoul, Korea."[11] Her piece, Sojourn (2004), uses traditional Korean drum rhythms and the piano.[12] 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."[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 「전북 국악사」펴낸 황미연씨. Dong-a Ilbo. 19 February 1999. 11 July 2016.
  2. News: New Music Cafe at IWU to Present World Premieres. Wallace. Sherry. 2000. News and Events. 4 January 2016. Illinois Wesleyan University.
  3. News: Cello Professor Delivers World-Class Premieres. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911201733/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2951890511.html. dead. 11 September 2016. Vittes. Laurence. 1 January 2013. Strings. 4 January 2016. HighBeam Research .
  4. Web site: Serra Hwang. 4 January 2016. Women in Film.
  5. Student Activities. 1988. Music at Michigan. 5 January 2016. 24. 22. 1.
  6. Web site: Search for New Music by Women Composers: Past Award Recipients. 4 January 2016. International Alliance for Women in Music. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160118143912/http://iawm.org/competitions/search-for-new-music/search-for-new-music-past-award-recipients/. 18 January 2016.
  7. Book: School of Music, Theatre & Dance. University of Michigan. 1988.
  8. Web site: Composing Identity: Korean Sentiment and Sounds in an American Context Berkeley, CA, March 2003. 14 March 2003. 4 January 2016. Department of Music. University of California, Berkeley.
  9. Web site: Boldly Expressive!. 5 January 2016. Dram.
  10. Beckoning. Moore. D. November 2012. American Record Guide. 4 January 2016. 75. 6. 222. subscription . EBSCO.
  11. Web site: Distressed Surfaces and Layers of Recollection. 8 October 2012. 4 January 2016. WQXR.
  12. Web site: Concert XXII. 5 May 2013. 4 January 2016. Center for New Music. The University of Iowa.
  13. 41700052. Poetics and Politics of Korean Oral Tradition in a Cross-Cultural Context. Park. Chan E.. 2010. The World of Music. 1. 52. 658–669.

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