Performance

Intersegmental 38 with the Baltimore Composers Forum

Saturday, February 22, 6:30pm

Recital Hall, Center for the Arts, Towson University

1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204

How do we cross over the border with music? How do we prompt unity? How do we compose global peace? This concert of works by diverse members of the Baltimore Composers Forum draws inspiration from Mina Choen’s series of “Unification Dream” paintings. Pieces explore the idea of crossing over the 38th parallel which runs through and connects both Maryland and Korea (DMZ). Featured composers include Jin-Hwa Choi, Se-Yeon Oh, Anna Rubin, Ha-Eun Lee, Young-Wook Lee, Keith Kramer, Garth Baxter, Janice Macaulay, Gavin Brown, Ljiljana Becker, Ian Rashkin, and Ariyo Shahry. Featured performers include Ji Eun Kim (soprano), Soyeun Jung (gayageum), Youngik Jang (guitar), and Bonghee Lee (piano).

Image: Intersegmental 38 musicians with painting detail, clockwise: Bonghee Lee; Soyeun Jung; detail of Dreaming Unification #12: Protest Peace aka Flag Figuration #12 (Umma, Unification “엄마, 통일”) by Mina Cheon with Kim Il Soon, 2019; Youngik Jang; Ji Eun Kim.