The National Gugak Center—Korea’s foremost institution for traditional music—joins forces with the Bay Area’s acclaimed Del Sol String Quartet to offer California audiences a rare and resonant experience. The festival blends traditional Korean musical practices, Western classical instrumentation, and cutting edge music technology in the world premiere of a over 20 newly commissioned works by faculty and graduate student composers from UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.

Two concerts on Fri., Nov. 14 feature a first-of-its-kind ensemble pairing two gayageums—Korea’s zither-like string instrument—with a Western string quartet. In two additional performances on Sat., Nov. 15, traditional Korean wind instruments—the piri, saenghwang, and daegeum—are transformed through real-time computer sound processing into a striking electroacoustic experience.

ADMISSION
– Open admission/first-come, first-served seating (no ticket required)
– Free and open to the public
– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time
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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Two-days of events at UC Santa Cruz, each with two back-to-back concerts, including:

Soloists of Korea’s National Gugak Center with San Francisco’s Del Sol String Quartet
Fri. Nov. 14, 5:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., UCSC Music Center Recital Hall

Music for Traditional Korean Wind Instruments and Electronics
Sat. Nov. 15, 5:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., UCSC Music Center Recital Hall

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The festival is the culmination of a two-year collaboration between the National Gugak Center, the UC Santa Cruz Music Department, UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) and the Department of Music at UC Berkeley, and Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).

The Korean Experimental Music Festival is supported by: The National Gugak Center; the UC Santa Cruz Music Department; The Hellman Fellows Program; The Arts Research Institute, UC Santa Cruz; Porter College, UC Santa Cruz; the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, UC Berkeley; the UC Berkeley Music Department; CCRMA at Stanford University, and others.

VISITOR PARKING AT UCSC
– Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event

This program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.