Sunhong Kim (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Ethnomusicology program and a student in the Women's and Gender Studies certificate program and World Performance certificate program at the University of Michigan. Her doctoral project focuses on exploring the aural significance of instrumental sound in the performance practices of gugak (traditional Korean music) musicians in Seoul, South Korea. Drawing on her nine years of experience performing the piri (a double-reed wind instrument) within Seoul’s gugak community and institutions, she investigates how the musical elements of Korean instruments and its evolution of the musical canon are interrelated with social dynamics of the South Korean society since the mid-20th century. Additionally, her research has been expanded to a transpacific musical flow between the US and the Republic of Korea from the 20th century onward.
Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology with an emphasis on ethnomusicology, University of Michigan, 2020-present
(Embedded) M.A. in Musicology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2023
M.M. in Korean Music (piri/taepyeongso performance), Ewha W. University, 2019
B.M. in Korean Music (piri/taepyeongso performance), Ewha W. University, 2017
The Michigan Daily, Sep 17, 2023
The Michigan Daily, Mar 14, 2023
Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Univ. of Michigan, May 30, 2023
"A Wholehearted Musical Experiment: Exploring Korean Sanjo on Violin." Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation Gongzindan Black 18. Webzine.
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