43rd Korean Music Association Annual Concert
Free (RSVP required)
- Brendan Shea, violin
- Yerin Kim, piano
- Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano
- Yujin Kim, soprano
- Kyungsin Kim, piano
- Jason Nam, piano
- Lindsey Hansen, soprano
- Northwest Girlchoir
Franz Liszt / Franz Schubert — Die Forelle, S. 563, No. 6 (Yerin Kim, piano)
Franz Schubert — Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (arr. Liszt; Yerin Kim, piano)
Franz Schubert — Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D. 934, Op. 159 (Brendan Shea, violin)
Charles Gounod — Roméo et Juliette ("Romeo and Juliet") ("Amour ranime mon courage"; Yujin Kim, soprano)
Antonín Dvořák — Songs My Mother Taught Me, B. 104, Op. 55, No. 4 (Yujin Kim, soprano & Northwest Girlchoir)
Hyeyoung Cho — Unable to Forget (Lindsey Hansen, soprano & Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano)
Hyeyoung Cho / Hong Nan-pa — Spring in My Hometown (고향의 봄) (Lindsey Hansen, soprano & Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano)
This FREE ADMISSION concert will feature a variety of classical music from across Korea and the Western hemisphere. The concert will begin with 2023 KMA Youth Competition grand prize winner, Jason Nam. Next pianist Yerin Kim will perform Schubert/Liszt song transcriptions Die Forelle and Erlkonig. The renowned violinist Brendan Shea, winner of the Gold Medal and Audience Awards from the Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition and more, will perform Franz Schubert's Fantasie in C major for Violin and Piano, D. 934. Soprano Yuijn Kim will perform Charles Gounod's "Amour ranime mon courage" ("Poison Aria") from Roméo et Juliette. Soprano, Yujin Kim & Northwest Girlchoir will perform Antonín Dvořák's "Als die alte Mutter" ("Songs My Mother Taught Me") from Gypsy Songs, B. 104, Op. 55. Also mezzo-soprano Soon Cho and soprano Lindsey Hansen will perform, as a duet, Unable to Forget and Spring in my Hometown by Hyeyoung Cho. All the songs will be accompanied by pianist Kyungsin Kim. The Northwest Girlchoir, led by Karen Bruno, artistic director, will also perform at the concert.
About Brendan Shea, violin
Brendan Shea is an award winning violinist and chamber musician. His chamber music awards were won when he played with the Wasmuth Quartet and include the Bronze Medal at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Gold Medal and Audience Award at the Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition, and Grand Prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. As a founding member of the Wasmuth (now Verona) Quartet, he performed across the United States, Germany, and Japan.
Brendan has performed with many world class ensembles and performers. As a soloist he has performed with orchestras in Washington D.C, Brussels, Sendai, Indianapolis, and South Bend. His award winning duo, the Shea-Kim Duo, has competed internationally and performed recitals in Asia, Europe and North America. Their awards include the Ackerman Chamber Music Award and Gold Medal at the Manhattan International Music Competition. Their second CD, The Sound and the Fury, was released by Blue Griffin Records in November of 2021. He premiered Frederic Rzewski’s Night, Death, and Devil with the Emmy Award winning 8th Blackbird. He has been a finalist and semi-finalist at the Queen Elisabeth, Isang-Yun, Seoul, Sibelius, and Carl Nielsen, and has taken first place with Honors at the Glazunov International Competition in Paris. He and his wife Yerin Kim formed the Shea-Kim Duo in 2015, and recently released their first studio album "The Sound and the Fury '' Under Blue Griffon Records.
He recently moved to Seattle from South Bend, Indiana where he was a member of the Euclid Quartet at Indiana University South Bend, visiting professor of violin/viola at the University of Notre Dame, and concertmaster of the South Bend Symphony. He is currently the concertmaster of the Boise Philharmonic and Langroise Trio Artist-in-Residence at the College of Idaho.
https://www.brendansheaviolin.comAbout Yerin Kim, piano
About Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano
Praised by Opera News for her "potent presence" and acclaimed by Cincinnati Post as "regal in bearing, with vocal endowments to match," lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho has gained recognition for her sensitive artistry. She is renowned for her performances in recital, concert, and opera stages.
https://www.plu.edu/music/staff/soon-cho/About Yujin Kim, soprano
About Kyungsin Kim, piano
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
200 University St.Seattle, WA 98101
United States