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SUMMARY:CRS Presents Crossing Boundaries 25: When the Ancestors Speak by Jen Shyu\, Sumi Tonooka\, and Val Jeanty
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries 25: When the Ancestors Speak on Sunday\, December 14\, 2025\, at 7 pm at Greenwich House Music Hall. Curated by Jen Shyu\, this work by Jen Shyu (vocals\, Taiwanese moon lute\, Japanese biwa\, Korean gayageum)\, Sumi Tonooka (piano)\, and Val Jeanty (SoundChemist) explores the theme of immigration\, growing out of their own rich multi-ethnic family and musical histories\, from Africa\, Japan\, Timor\, Taiwan\, Haiti\, and beyond. This concert mixes music with movement and text\, further developing material which was first introduced during Jen Shyu’s 2023 residency at The Stone and expanded upon that fall in Crossing Boundaries 20. (Trio photo by Mariana Meraz) \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-the-ancestors-speak-by-jen-shyu-sumi-tonooka-and-val-jeanty-tickets-1860031316739\n \nVENUE LOCATION:\nGreenwich House Music School\n46 Barrow Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nDIRECTIONS:\nGreenwich House Music School is located in the West Village just west of Seventh Avenue. The Music Hall is located on the second floor\, and there is no elevator or wheelchair access. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:  \nThe nearest MTA station is the 1/9 station at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences\, the traditional and contemporary\, classical and experimental\, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are empowered to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical\, visual\, and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin\, who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement\, a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks\, resources\, and support to create vibrant\, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nJen Shyu photo by Daniel Reichert \nRome Prize\, Guggenheim\, and USA Fellow\, Doris Duke Artist\, multilingual multidisciplinary artist Jen Shyu was born in Peoria\, Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants. She has produced eight albums and a single available on her record label Autumn Geese Records. She’s performed at Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, National Theater of Korea\, Rubin Museum\, was named Downbeat’s 2017 Rising Star Female Vocalist\, and is a Fulbright scholar speaking 10 languages. She’s worked with such musical innovators as Sumi Tonooka\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Nicole Mitchell\, Val Jeanty\, Ikue Mori\, Zeena Parkins\, Linda May Han Oh\, Kris Davis\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Mark Dresser\, Francis Wong\, Jon Jang\, Vijay Iyer\, Kenny Barron\, Reggie Workman\, Bill Frisell\, and Immanuel Wilkins. Her “Song of Silver Geese” was among The New York Times’ “Best Albums of 2017.” Her third solo production and album “Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses” (commissioned by John Zorn) has received wide critical acclaim\, with “When I Have Power” NPR’s “Best Songs of 2021.” She is a Paul Simon Music Fellows Guest Artist\, a Steinway Artist and co-founder with Sara Serpa of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians). @jenshyu\, https://www.jenshyu.com \nSumi Tonooka photo by Karen Sterling \n2023 Pew Fellowship Awardee Sumi Tonooka has been called a “fierce\, fascinating composer pianist” Jazz Times “provocative and compelling” New York Times. With 15 recordings to her name and a vast catalogue of compositions and award winning works in genres symphonic\, chamber\, dance and film\, she continues to be a creative force. Recently\, Tonooka was a winning finalist for the Emerging Black Composers Project to compose her fourth symphony\, Only The Midnight Sky and Silent Stars premiered by the San Francisco Conservatory in February 2023. She is also a 2021 recipient of the Doris Duke\, Creative Inflections Grant\, with vocalist/composer Jen Shyu\, for In The Green Room\, inspired by the stories of Asian and African American women in Jazz. She was awarded the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works grant in 2019\, premiering later this year for her trio plus Alchemy Sound Project\, a composers collective that she started in 2015. @sumitonooka\, http://sumitonooka.com \n  \nVAL Jeanty photo by Richard Louissaint \nVal Jeanty is a Grammy-winning Afro-Electronica composer\, turntablist\, and SoundChemist whose work bridges ancestral Haitian Vodou traditions with experimental electronic soundscapes. A professor at Berklee College of Music\, Jeanty has performed at the Whitney Museum\, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City\, and internationally at the Venice Biennale in Italy and Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. A recipient of the 2024 United States Artists Fellowship\, the 2019 NYSCA/Roulette Residency\, and the 2022 NYC/CBA Toulmin Fellowship\, Jeanty continues to expand the frontiers of sonic expression while honoring her Haitian heritage. @valjeanty\, https://val-inc.bandcamp.com/ \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a Manhattan- and Tokyo-based arts and spiritual center founded in 2004 by Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham. Rooted in the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, CRS offers spiritual counseling\, healing\, and mind-training courses to practitioners around the world. The Center uses the arts as a vehicle for achieving awakening\, unity\, and peace. By producing exhibitions\, performances\, and an online arts magazine (onlylove.ART)\, and providing support for individual artists and partner organizations like Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) and Kotohogi\, CRS empowers a diverse\, international community of artists to experiment\, collaborate\, and share their visions. https://crsny.org
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LOCATION:Greenwich House Music Hall\, 46 Barrow Street\, New York\, 10014
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(Trio photo by Mariana Meraz) \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-the-ancestors-speak-by-jen-shyu-sumi-tonooka-and-val-jeanty-tickets-1860031316739\n \nVENUE \nGreenwich House Music School\n46 Barrow Street\nNew York NY 10014 \nDIRECTIONS:\nGreenwich House Music School is located in the West Village just west of Seventh Avenue. The Music Hall is located on the second floor and there is no elevator or wheelchair access. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:  \nThe nearest MTA station is the 1/9 station at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences the traditional and contemporary classical and experimental and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are empowered to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical visual and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks resources and support to create vibrant sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nJen Shyu photo by Daniel Reichert \nRome Prize Guggenheim and USA Fellow Doris Duke Artist multilingual multidisciplinary artist Jen Shyu was born in Peoria Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants. She has produced eight albums and a single available on her record label Autumn Geese Records. She’s performed at Carnegie Hall Lincoln Center Metropolitan Museum of Art National Theater of Korea Rubin Museum was named Downbeat’s 2017 Rising Star Female Vocalist and is a Fulbright scholar speaking 10 languages. She’s worked with such musical innovators as Sumi Tonooka Terri Lyne Carrington Nicole Mitchell Val Jeanty Ikue Mori Zeena Parkins Linda May Han Oh Kris Davis Wadada Leo Smith Mark Dresser Francis Wong Jon Jang Vijay Iyer Kenny Barron Reggie Workman Bill Frisell and Immanuel Wilkins. Her “Song of Silver Geese” was among The New York Times’ “Best Albums of 2017.” Her third solo production and album “Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses” (commissioned by John Zorn) has received wide critical acclaim with “When I Have Power” NPR’s “Best Songs of 2021.” She is a Paul Simon Music Fellows Guest Artist a Steinway Artist and co-founder with Sara Serpa of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians). @jenshyu https://www.jenshyu.com \nSumi Tonooka photo by Karen Sterling \n2023 Pew Fellowship Awardee Sumi Tonooka has been called a “fierce fascinating composer pianist” Jazz Times “provocative and compelling” New York Times. With 15 recordings to her name and a vast catalogue of compositions and award winning works in genres symphonic chamber dance and film she continues to be a creative force. Recently Tonooka was a winning finalist for the Emerging Black Composers Project to compose her fourth symphony Only The Midnight Sky and Silent Stars premiered by the San Francisco Conservatory in February 2023. She is also a 2021 recipient of the Doris Duke Creative Inflections Grant with vocalist/composer Jen Shyu for In The Green Room inspired by the stories of Asian and African American women in Jazz. She was awarded the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works grant in 2019 premiering later this year for her trio plus Alchemy Sound Project a composers collective that she started in 2015. @sumitonooka http://sumitonooka.com \n  \nVAL Jeanty photo by Richard Louissaint \nVal Jeanty is a Grammy-winning Afro-Electronica composer turntablist and SoundChemist whose work bridges ancestral Haitian Vodou traditions with experimental electronic soundscapes. A professor at Berklee College of Music Jeanty has performed at the Whitney Museum the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and internationally at the Venice Biennale in Italy and Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. A recipient of the 2024 United States Artists Fellowship the 2019 NYSCA/Roulette Residency and the 2022 NYC/CBA Toulmin Fellowship Jeanty continues to expand the frontiers of sonic expression while honoring her Haitian heritage. @valjeanty https://val-inc.bandcamp.com/ \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a Manhattan- and Tokyo-based arts and spiritual center founded in 2004 by Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham. Rooted in the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) CRS offers spiritual counseling healing and mind-training courses to practitioners around the world. The Center uses the arts as a vehicle for achieving awakening unity and peace. By producing exhibitions performances and an online arts magazine (onlylove.ART) and providing support for individual artists and partner organizations like Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) and Kotohogi CRS empowers a diverse international community of artists to experiment collaborate and share their visions. https://crsny.org;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=46 Barrow Street:geo:-74.004512,40.7321499
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SUMMARY:Paradise Laboratory:  LOOKING-MIND by Hyo Jee Kang
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents LOOKING–MIND\, a unique and ground-breaking performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and improvisation by Seoul-based pianist Hyo Jee Kang in conjunction with the real-time visual presentation of data of her brain activity as measured by a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) device while she plays. The program will include a presentation about this research into the relationship between creative activity and brain activity and further demonstration and explanation of the device\, the first such demonstration of this technology in the United States. A similar program\, “Bach-Brain” was premiered by Kang last month at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul\, South Korea. \nLOOKING–MIND is a metaphor of Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Through the Goldberg Variations and brain imaging scan you can enter a new world of another universe but it is born in your brain. \nThe musical program includes: \n\nJ.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 with fNIRS (Brain Imaging Scan) \n\n\n\n\nAria\nVariatio 1. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 2. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 3. Canone all’Unisono. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 4. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.\nVariatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga\nVariatio 8. a 2 Clav.\nVariatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.\n\n\n\n\nHyo Jee Kang’s “Mind Improvisation” with video by Joo Hun Lee and sound by Jinok Cho and Hyo Jee Kang\n\n\nArtist Talk\n\nWhile Kang plays\, the NIRSIT Lite — a portable fNIRS device developed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Professor Hyunmin Bae and produced by OBE Lab — measures the activation level of hemoglobin in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. The measured brain activity is graphically presented in real time via video projection.  \nIn “Mind Improvisation\,”  the data of this device is transformed into synthesized sound and projected visuals. Kang started with the question of “how the brain moves when humans perform artistic actions.” First\, she scans her own brain\, transmits the data in real time\, and uses it as a value for sound formation. This is again used as a value for the image transformation\, and the sound and visual image being transformed by the performer’s brain action causes an instantly improvised transformation of the performer again. In other words\, a situation develops where the input and output of sound\, image\, and the performer’s brain activity and performance continuously transform each other. \nTickets are $20 and are available online through eventbrite.com and at the door for cash only\, if not sold out. All patrons must show proof of vaccination at the door in order to be admitted\, no exceptions. In addition\, masks must be worn throughout. \nDuring Kang’s three-week residency in New York City\, she will also lead workshop demonstrations of the device. \nPARADISE LABORATORY is a playground for sonic and visual experimentation. Conceived of during the pandemic by the renowned Korean traditional multi-instrumentalist\, curator\, and scholar gamin\, Paradise Laboratory provides musical artists with opportunities to rehearse\, record\, film\, and perform with other musical\, visual\, and dance artists in an experimental\, process-oriented\, and artist-centered fashion. \nABOUT HYO JEE KANG \nHyo Jee Kang has been focusing on transformation between media and objects to create a new art form. She works with media artists and live electronic performers presenting improvisation and recomposed composition as well as her originals. Her activity as a composer\, performer\, creator and improviser has been featured throughout the world in Germany\, Spain\, Italy\, Korea\, Japan\, USA\, Israel\, and so on. Hyo Jee currently resides in Seoul and serves as a faculty member at Korea National University of Transportation. In May 2018\, she gave her solo performance with great success at Lincoln Center\, including the Conceptual Transformation Performance “Pyung Yang.” She was one of 12 artists from around the world selected to participate in Seminar in Taipei\, a platform for in-depth exchange in both theoretical and practical fields\, at the 2018 Taipei Arts Festival X in Taiwan. Seminar in Taipei is an initiative of Pro Helvetia\, the Swiss Arts Council\, in partnership with the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan\, Korea Arts Management Service\, the National Arts Council of Singapore\, and the Arts and Theatre Institute of the Czech Republic\, realized in collaboration with the Taipei Arts Festival. FLY IN WATER\, created by Hyo Jee and other members of MAG performance group\, was presented by CRS in August 2019. \nHer work “Yut-Nori” is an interactive performance that consists of real-time Yut-nori ( Korean more than 1000 year-old game) performed on stage and selected music play and the sound of throwing Yut(half-rounded stick) in real time through the symbol of the yut boardplate. It was premiered by two pianists and two yutnori actors\, and the visual art works of the game board expressing the image of Yut-board in this work were invited to the Concept Arts exhibition in New York\, USA. \nHer work “This Is Not Me” was commissioned and world premiered by Korean traditional music player Kim Hyeon-Hee as a conceptual music work. Contemporary dancer Jeong Jae-woo interpreted as movement and music\, and film director Heo Cheol-Nyeong interpreted it as a documentary film.  \nAs a promising artist (MAP artist) of the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture\, she successfully held a musical monologue “Do or not” directed by Park Sang-Yeon. She opened up new possibilities of performing arts that constantly exchanges multifaceted\, improvised\, but philosophical messages between a creator\, interpreters\, and audience.  \nIn 2017 Hyo Jee released “G.Ligeti-H.J.Kang Lux Aeterna\,” a collaboration with a wearable artist\, combining Korean dance and media art with colleague Kyoung Mi Kim.  \n Hyo Jee Kang has won numerous prizes including the monthly music contest at the age of 10\, the youngest grand prize in the Teenager Competition\, 2nd prize in the Ihwa Kyunghyang Competition\, and was selected as a young artist in Kumho for a solo recital. \nShe went on to study at Seoul National University and continued her music studies at the Hanover College of Music\, theater\, and media in Germany where she majored in piano and composition under Johannes Schoellhorn. She then went on to study and major in piano at the Konzertexamen course under the supervision of Professor Matti Raekallio. For Yisang Yun’s Shao Yang Yin and other performances performed at the Mönchhaus Museum der modernen Kunst in Goslar\, Germany\, world-renowned professor Arie Vardi said\, “I love her unique personality and her outstanding musicality as a pianist\, composer\, improviser\, and creator. ”  She appeared in a commemorative concert\, Schumann Brahms Festival Chamber Music Series in Bucheon City and held a duo concert with violinist Kwon Hyuk-Ju as an opening concert of Sonata Series of Baroque Chamber Hall. \nShe has appearances in various series performances such as Park Chang-Soo’s The House Concert\, Daegu Music Festival\, the 20th anniversary of the Hongga Art Museum in Taiwan\, and Listen to Tomorrow at the Hanover University of Music.  \nHyo Jee’s YouTube channel is youtube.com/hyojeekang. \nHer web site is http://www.hyojeekang.com \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)\, a platform created to empower\, elevate\, normalize and give visibility to women\, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race\, sexuality\, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide\, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. \nhttps://crsny.org \nTICKET LINK:https://bit.ly/3Rg54it \nCOVID POLICY: Proof of full vaccination is required to enter\, no exceptions. Masks must be worn throughout. Seating is limited and includes seating on the floor. Please do not come if you are symptomatic. Ask for a refund instead or donate your ticket. \nVENUE LOCATION:Greenwich House Music School46 Barrow StreetNew York\, NY 10014212-991-0003 \nDIRECTIONS:   \nGreenwich House Music School is located in the West Village just west of Seventh Avenue. The Music Hall is located on the second floor and there is no elevator or wheelchair access. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:  The nearest MTA station is the 1/9 station at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square. \n 
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LOCATION:Greenwich House Music Hall\, 46 Barrow Street\, New York\, 10014
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Through the Goldberg Variations and brain imaging scan you can enter a new world of another universe but it is born in your brain. \nThe musical program includes: \n\nJ.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 with fNIRS (Brain Imaging Scan) \n\n\n\n\nAria\nVariatio 1. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 2. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 3. Canone all’Unisono. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 4. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.\nVariatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga\nVariatio 8. a 2 Clav.\nVariatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.\nVariatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.\n\n\n\n\nHyo Jee Kang’s “Mind Improvisation” with video by Joo Hun Lee and sound by Jinok Cho and Hyo Jee Kang\n\n\nArtist Talk\n\nWhile Kang plays the NIRSIT Lite — a portable fNIRS device developed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Professor Hyunmin Bae and produced by OBE Lab — measures the activation level of hemoglobin in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. The measured brain activity is graphically presented in real time via video projection.  \nIn “Mind Improvisation”  the data of this device is transformed into synthesized sound and projected visuals. Kang started with the question of “how the brain moves when humans perform artistic actions.” First she scans her own brain transmits the data in real time and uses it as a value for sound formation. This is again used as a value for the image transformation and the sound and visual image being transformed by the performer’s brain action causes an instantly improvised transformation of the performer again. In other words a situation develops where the input and output of sound image and the performer’s brain activity and performance continuously transform each other. \nTickets are $20 and are available online through eventbrite.com and at the door for cash only if not sold out. All patrons must show proof of vaccination at the door in order to be admitted no exceptions. In addition masks must be worn throughout. \nDuring Kang’s three-week residency in New York City she will also lead workshop demonstrations of the device. \nPARADISE LABORATORY is a playground for sonic and visual experimentation. Conceived of during the pandemic by the renowned Korean traditional multi-instrumentalist curator and scholar gamin Paradise Laboratory provides musical artists with opportunities to rehearse record film and perform with other musical visual and dance artists in an experimental process-oriented and artist-centered fashion. \nABOUT HYO JEE KANG \nHyo Jee Kang has been focusing on transformation between media and objects to create a new art form. She works with media artists and live electronic performers presenting improvisation and recomposed composition as well as her originals. Her activity as a composer performer creator and improviser has been featured throughout the world in Germany Spain Italy Korea Japan USA Israel and so on. Hyo Jee currently resides in Seoul and serves as a faculty member at Korea National University of Transportation. In May 2018 she gave her solo performance with great success at Lincoln Center including the Conceptual Transformation Performance “Pyung Yang.” She was one of 12 artists from around the world selected to participate in Seminar in Taipei a platform for in-depth exchange in both theoretical and practical fields at the 2018 Taipei Arts Festival X in Taiwan. Seminar in Taipei is an initiative of Pro Helvetia the Swiss Arts Council in partnership with the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan Korea Arts Management Service the National Arts Council of Singapore and the Arts and Theatre Institute of the Czech Republic realized in collaboration with the Taipei Arts Festival. FLY IN WATER created by Hyo Jee and other members of MAG performance group was presented by CRS in August 2019. \nHer work “Yut-Nori” is an interactive performance that consists of real-time Yut-nori ( Korean more than 1000 year-old game) performed on stage and selected music play and the sound of throwing Yut(half-rounded stick) in real time through the symbol of the yut boardplate. It was premiered by two pianists and two yutnori actors and the visual art works of the game board expressing the image of Yut-board in this work were invited to the Concept Arts exhibition in New York USA. \nHer work “This Is Not Me” was commissioned and world premiered by Korean traditional music player Kim Hyeon-Hee as a conceptual music work. Contemporary dancer Jeong Jae-woo interpreted as movement and music and film director Heo Cheol-Nyeong interpreted it as a documentary film.  \nAs a promising artist (MAP artist) of the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture she successfully held a musical monologue “Do or not” directed by Park Sang-Yeon. She opened up new possibilities of performing arts that constantly exchanges multifaceted improvised but philosophical messages between a creator interpreters and audience.  \nIn 2017 Hyo Jee released “G.Ligeti-H.J.Kang Lux Aeterna” a collaboration with a wearable artist combining Korean dance and media art with colleague Kyoung Mi Kim.  \n Hyo Jee Kang has won numerous prizes including the monthly music contest at the age of 10 the youngest grand prize in the Teenager Competition 2nd prize in the Ihwa Kyunghyang Competition and was selected as a young artist in Kumho for a solo recital. \nShe went on to study at Seoul National University and continued her music studies at the Hanover College of Music theater and media in Germany where she majored in piano and composition under Johannes Schoellhorn. She then went on to study and major in piano at the Konzertexamen course under the supervision of Professor Matti Raekallio. For Yisang Yun’s Shao Yang Yin and other performances performed at the Mönchhaus Museum der modernen Kunst in Goslar Germany world-renowned professor Arie Vardi said “I love her unique personality and her outstanding musicality as a pianist composer improviser and creator. ”  She appeared in a commemorative concert Schumann Brahms Festival Chamber Music Series in Bucheon City and held a duo concert with violinist Kwon Hyuk-Ju as an opening concert of Sonata Series of Baroque Chamber Hall. \nShe has appearances in various series performances such as Park Chang-Soo’s The House Concert Daegu Music Festival the 20th anniversary of the Hongga Art Museum in Taiwan and Listen to Tomorrow at the Hanover University of Music.  \nHyo Jee’s YouTube channel is youtube.com/hyojeekang. \nHer web site is http://www.hyojeekang.com \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians) a platform created to empower elevate normalize and give visibility to women non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race sexuality or ability across generations in the US and worldwide through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. \nhttps://crsny.org \nTICKET LINK:https://bit.ly/3Rg54it \nCOVID POLICY: Proof of full vaccination is required to enter no exceptions. Masks must be worn throughout. Seating is limited and includes seating on the floor. Please do not come if you are symptomatic. Ask for a refund instead or donate your ticket. \nVENUE Greenwich House Music School46 Barrow StreetNew York NY 10014212-991-0003 \nDIRECTIONS:   \nGreenwich House Music School is located in the West Village just west of Seventh Avenue. The Music Hall is located on the second floor and there is no elevator or wheelchair access. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:  The nearest MTA station is the 1/9 station at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square. \n ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=46 Barrow Street:geo:-74.004512,40.7321499
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