FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“Korean Music”
EVENT: The George Washington University, in
cooperation with the Cultural and Information Service of the Embassy of the
Republic of Korea, presents the 8th annual Hahn Moo-Sook (HMS)
Colloquium in the Korean Humanities, under the theme of Korean music. Two
eminent musicologists, Byung-ki Hwang of Ewha Womans University and Member of
the Republic of Korea Academy of Arts and Letters, and Robert C. Provine of the
University of Maryland, will talk about different varieties of traditional
Korean music and their relationships with Chinese musical traditions. The
speakers will address the wider and sensitive issue of Chinese cultural
influences on Korea. Hwang will explore the functional, expressive, and
technical differences between Chinese-style music and native music as both are
preserved in present-day Korea. Provine will describe the remarkable story of
the close relationship between music and standardized measurements in Korea and
China. Three distinguished discussants, Chan E. Park of the Ohio State
University, Andrew P. Killick of the Florida State University, and Elizabeth D.
Tolbert of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, will present commentaries on the
subject from different perspectives.
WHEN: Saturday,
October 20, 2001 (9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), followed by buffet lunch.
WHERE: Korean
Cultural Service
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
[Metro: Dupont Circle--North Exit. Parking
available at the Cultural Service and two neighboring Embassy buildings 2320 or
2450 Mass Ave.]
COST: Free
and open to the public, but space is limited and reservations are required.
BACKGROUND:
The HMS Colloquium in the Korean Humanities Series at GW provides a forum
for academic discussion of Korean arts, history, language, literature, thought
and religious systems in the context of East Asia and the world. The Colloquium
series is made possible by an endowment established by the estate of Hahn
Moo-Sook, one of Korea’s most honored writers, in order to uphold her spirit of
openness, curiosity, and education. This year’s colloquium is co-sponsored by
GW’s Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Korean Embassy.
For more information about the colloquia series, visit our
website, http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/special/. For
reservation, contact Mr. Gregory Shook (Tel) 202-797-6343, (Fax) 202-387-0413,
<gregorys@koreaemb.org> or Dr.
Young-Key Kim-Renaud (Tel) 202-994-7107, (Fax) 202-994-1512, <kimrenau@gwu.edu>].