Hillyer College and The Hartt School are excited to welcome three distinguished artists and students from the Department of Korean Music at Seoul National University—Korea’s premier institution for traditional and contemporary arts—for a vibrant Multicultural Music Festival on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
Audiences will have the chance to experience the beauty, power, and innovation of Korean music through a 12:45 p.m. workshop in the Shaw Center, and a free 7 p.m. concert in Lincoln Theater.
The program will showcase some of the most beloved genres and repertoires in Korean traditional music, alongside contemporary works by Astor Piazzolla, Donald Womack, and Robert Carl—highlighting both the richness of Korea’s musical heritage and its connections to global artistic traditions.
This year’s festival also includes a dynamic collaboration with The Hartt School’s Jazz Department, uniting Korean traditional performers with Hartt’s jazz artists for an inspiring cross-cultural performance. Joining jazz guitar faculty member Richard Goldstein will be Hartt School students Grant Boes (piano), Patrick Gordon (bass), and Sanga Yoon (cello), as well as Hartt School alumna and Hartt Community Division instructor Selah Kwak (violin) and Sangwon Lee (clarinet) with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.
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