[KS] 2009 New York Sanjo Festival and Symposium; Announcement and Call for Papers

[Robert Provine]

[Posted on behalf of Dr. Ju-Yong Ha, juyong at hamusic.org, to whom all inquiries should be
sent.]

The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism proudly presents the 2009 New York
Sanjo Festival in collaboration with the Gugak FM Broadcasting System in Seoul and the
Music Department of the CUNY Graduate Center under the direction of Professor Stephen Blum
and Ju-Yong Ha. The festival will include a symposium and concerts with the world’s
leading Asian and Korean music scholars and sanjo and sinawi masters of South Korea,
recognized as “National Human Treasures of Korean Intangible Cultural Asserts.”


2009 New York Sanjo Festival and Symposium:
Korean Sanjo and Other Improvisational Traditions in Asia

Monday & Tuesday, October 19-20, 2009

THE GRADUATE CENTER, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Elebash Recital Hall
Proshansky Auditorium

The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism proudly presents the 2009 New York
Sanjo Festival in collaboration with the Gugak FM Broadcasting System in Seoul and the
Music Department of the CUNY Graduate Center under the direction of Professor Stephen Blum
and Ju- Yong Ha. The festival will include a symposium and concerts with the world’s
leading Asian and Korean music scholars and sanjo and sinawi masters of South Korea,
recognized as “National Human Treasures of Korean Intangible Cultural Asserts.”

Invited participants include the keynote speaker, Robert Provine (University of Maryland,
College Park), Stephen Blum (Graduate Center, CUNY), Richard Wolf (Harvard University),
Anthony T. Rauche (University of Hartford), R. Anderson Sutton (University of
Wisconsin—Madison) and Oh Sung Kwon (Hanyang University).  Sanjo Masters scheduled to
perform are Master Hyun Sook Park (gayageum), Master Hwan Young Park (daegeum), Master Tae
Baek Lee (ajaeng), Master Yoon Jeong Heo (geomungo), Master Sung-A Kim (haegeum) and
Master Chung Man Kim (janggo).

Call for Papers
The 2009 New York Sanjo Festival invites submissions in the form of papers of original
scholarship concerning “Korean Sanjo and Other Improvisational Traditions in Asia.”  We
wish to explore the way in which all the aspects of the Korean sanjo tradition interact
(its socio-cultural background, history, structure, and performance practice), and examine
similar traditions and genres in Asia with an emphasis on the shared characteristics
developed through the creative process by master musicians refining their life-long
accumulated improvisational and performance skills. At the heart of this issue is how
master musicians individualize and personalize their music thus creating unique
performance styles and idioms which became part of the heritage handed down to their students.

The panel will welcome papers which discuss sanjo or other improvisational repertoires of
Korean music, and/or any of the improvisational genres in Asia. The submitted papers
should have a comparative/comprehensive approach to the musical and social aspects of the
genres examined, taking into account the contemporary perspectives of globalism, and
imported and/or exported “cultural exchanges.”

The festival committee will provide lodging (hotel room) and per diem in Manhattan during
the festival period for a total of three days, October 18 through 20.  The presenters must
provide for their own travel expenses, including air fare, train, bus and taxi.

The Submission Deadline: Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted to Dr.
Ju-Yong Ha (juyong at hamusic.org) by Friday, August 20. The abstract should include the
title of the paper, your name, e-mail, phone number, and academic or professional
affiliation.

Review panel: Dr. Stephen Blum (CUNY Graduate Center), Dr. R. Anderson Sutton (University
of Wisconsin, Madison) and Dr. Robert Provine (University of Maryland, College Park).

Publication opportunity:
A scholarly journal publication, based on the papers of 2009 New York Sanjo Festival, is
being initiated, entitled “Korean Music,” with this year’s topic, “Korean Sanjo and Other
Improvisational Traditions in Asia.” Selected papers will include the presentations by the
invited scholars, and the executive editor of the volume is Dr. R. Anderson Sutton.
Submissions from other participants are encouraged.