posted August 28, 2008
) Kangwon Arts School Students |
The Kangwon Arts High School is located in one of Chattanooga’s sister cities, Kangnung, Korea. The school is a state government funded, nationally recognized institution of Fine Arts specializing in music, visual art and dance.
Dr. Sin-Hsing Tsai, herself a product of such a school, says the students focus most of their time on their arts, not really emphasizing Math or Science or such subjects.
The students are intended to move toward careers in the Arts and advanced training after finishing the high school. Students from all over Korea go through a stringent audition and selection process to earn a place at the school and being selected is a real honor.
The students met UTC professors Dr. Tsai and Maestro Jooyong Ahn in the summer of 2007 when they visited the school and gave master classes. The students so enjoyed working with Tsai and Ahn that they chose to raise their own funds to come for a visit to the UTC Campus for more masterclasses and to explore UTC as a college option.
The 35 students whose specialities include piano, violin, voice, and Korean folk instruments and song will attend classes at UTC, will visit GPS, and will take in the Chattanooga area scenery from Sept. 5-15.
The concert to be given on September 11 will include both Western music and Korean Folk music. Highlights among the evenings program include a Korean folk duet and Womens’ Chorus, solos for piano and violin, a piano trio, an Oboe quartet, duo pianos, a Gayageum solo (a zither-like 12-string instrument), and an ensemble of Korean folk percussion.
For further information contact the UTC Music Dept. Office, 423 425-4601.
) Jooyong Ahn Master Class |
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