Kyong Mee Choi

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Kyong Mee Choi
최경미[1]
Born1971 (age 54–55)
Alma mater
OccupationMusician
EmployerRoosevelt University
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2008)
Academic background
ThesisSpatial Relationships in Electro-Acoustic Music and Painting (2005)
Doctoral advisorGuy Garnett
Musical career
GenresElectroacoustic music
LabelRavello Records

Kyong Mee Choi (born 1971) is a South Korean composer based in the United States. A 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, she is currently the Program Director of Music Composition/Music and Computing, and a Professor of Music Composition at Roosevelt University in Chicago.[2]. Choi is also a visual artist, painter, organist and poet, received several prestigious awards and grants including John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Robert Helps Prize, Aaron Copland Award, John Donald Robb Musical Trust Fund Commission, Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, First prize of ASCAP/SEAMUS Award, Second prize at VI Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo, Honorary Mentions from Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges, Musica Nova, Society of Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Luigi Russolo International Competition, and Destellos Competition.

Biography

Choi, born in 1971,[3] began her collegiate studies at Ewha Womans University, where she earned her bachelor of science in chemistry and science education in 1995 and finished master studies in Korean literature at Seoul National University in 1997.[4] Later, she moved to the United States where she earned both her master of music (1999) and doctor of musical arts degrees (2005) from Georgia State University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, respectively.[4] Her doctoral dissertation was Spatial Relationships in Electro-Acoustic Music and Painting [5]

In 2008, Choi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition.[6] Among many of her honors are an ASCAP/SEAMUS Award first-place prize, Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, and a John Donald Robb Musical Trust Fund Commission.[2]

Choi was one of the visiting artists at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts in 2013.[7] She was a guest artist at Electronic Music Eastern 2019 at Eastern Illinois University.[8] Choi presented her piano-voice piece "Tao" at the University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music's 2004 Music04 festival.[9] Her dissertation composition,[4] a piano-percussion piece named "Gestural Trajectory", won her the Robert Helps Prize in 2006 and premiered at the University of South Florida the next year.[10][11] Michael Huebner of The Birmingham News called the premiere of Choi's piece "Inner Space" one of the highlights of Cello OUT Outside 2009 at Birmingham–Southern College.[12]

Three of Choi's compositions have been released in the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States's Music from SEAMUS series.[13][14][15] Her piece "Tensile Strength", composed with Timothy Ernest Johnson, was included in the compilation album In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008).[16] Her opera The Eternal Tao was released by Ravello Records in 2013;[17]. Aucourant Records published her CD, SORI, featuring her eight compositions for solo instrument and electronics. The project was supported by the IAS Artist Project Grant from the Illinois Arts Council.


Discography

Title Year Details Ref.
The Eternal Tao 2013
  • Released: January 29, 2013
  • Label: Ravello Records
 [17]

Other compositions

Title Year Album Ref.
"Tensile Strength"
(with Timothy Ernest Johnson) 		2008 In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008) [16]
"Inner Space"
(by Choi herself and Craig Hultgren) 		2013 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 22 [13]
"Train of Thoughts"
(electronics; by Choi herself) 		2019 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 28 [14]
"Flowering Dandelion"
(violin; by Sarah Plum) 		2023 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 32 [15]

References

  1. ^ Young, Yu Sun (2022). "A Study on Piano Duo < In Void > by Kyong Mee Choi". Research in Music Pedagogy (in Korean). 23 (2): 57-76. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Kyong Mee Choi". Roosevelt University. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  3. ^ "Kyong Mee Choi". Wind Repertory Project. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "KYONG MEE CHOI • DMA" (PDF). Roosevelt University. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  5. ^ "Spatial Relationships in Electro-Acoustic Music and Painting". IDEALS. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  6. ^ "Kyong Mee Choi". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. ^ Zipp, Yvonne (January 31, 2013). "Arts, busines topics of WMU lecture". The Kalamazoo Gazette. p. A6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Electronic Music Eastern 2019 at EIU featuring guest composers". Journal Gazette and Times-Courier. February 21, 2019. p. A7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Hutton, Mary Ellyn (June 21, 2004). "Music04 on cutting edge". Cincinnati Post. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "NAME DROPPING". Chicago Tribune. November 29, 2006. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Fleming, John (February 16, 2007). "Pianist, orchestra director make for a comfortable pairing". Tampa Bay Times. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Range of sounds bounced off brick walls outside". The Birmingham News. September 4, 2009. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b "The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States: Music from SEAMUS, vol. 22". New Focus Recordings. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  14. ^ a b "The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States: Music from SEAMUS, vol. 28". New Focus Recordings. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  15. ^ a b "The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States: Music from SEAMUS, vol. 32". New Focus Recordings. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  16. ^ a b "In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008)". Electrocd. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  17. ^ a b "The Eternal Tao". Ravello Records. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
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