Concerts

도깨비 (Dokkaebi) for solo gayageum performed

박다연 독주회

Premiere of Woven Sound, Performance of Mu
엮은 소리의 프리미어
巫(무)의 공연

Younjoo Lee and Wade Troyer perform the impishly playful Goblins (도깨비),
for oboe and piano

Hee-yoon Yang performs Gumiho
for 25-string gayageum
양희윤 25현 가야금 위한 달에 비친 아홉 꼬리를 연주

경기시나위오케스트라, 해금: 김준희
Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra
and soloist Junhee Kim perform
Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto
혼무 Dancing With Spirits

Ignace Jang and Ron Levy give the premiere of Donald Womack’s lyrical and soaring every day that comes and goes, for violin and piano 

And this one is of eternity. It never stops opening.


The beauty it shines is the same as the path it travels in and out


of paradise, every second, of every hour, of every day that comes and goes.

—Aberjhani

해태 Haetae,
for sanjo gayageum 
김소정의 가야금 독주회

Jiyoung Yi performs gayageum concerto Scattered Rhythms with
the Seoul National University Gugak Orchestra

이지영, 가야금
서울대학교
국악관현악

Dankook University Gugak Department presents Donald Womack’s Fire Wires for gayageum and geomungo ensemble

단국대학교 국악과가 가야금과 거문고 앙상블을 위한
도널드 워맥의 파이어 와이어를
연주한다

The Seoul National Gugak Center Orchestra performs Donald Womack’s second gayageum concerto 
무노리 (Mu Nori)

Sagye Ensemble performs Donald Womack’s Fire Wires for gayageum quartet

가야금앙상블 사계가 도널드 워맥의 파이어 와이어를 연주한다

소리 (Sori) for haegeum, cello and janggu performed on the recital of Jiwoo Sun

선지우독주회

Younjoo Lee gives the world premiere of the impishly playful Goblins (도깨비), for oboe and piano at the International Double Reed Society Conference

Seoul Piri Ensemble performs
Donald Womack’s
이무기 (Imugi)

서울 피리 앙상블가 도날드 워맥의
이무기을 연주합니다

Yoonjeong Heo and Gyeongeun Choi give a repeat performance of Donald Womack’s
Depth Perception 
for geomungo and cello at the National Theater of Korea’s Yeowoorak Festival
국립극장의 여우락 페스티벌
허윤정, 거문고
최경은, 첼로

Yoonjeong Heo and Gyeongeun Choi perform Donald Womack’s
Depth Perception 
for geomungo and cello at the National Theater of Korea’s Yeowoorak Festival
국립극장의 여우락 페스티벌
허윤정, 거문고
최경은, 첼로

A spring breeze melts the snow… 한줌 봄바람에 쌓인 눈이 녹듯… for haegeum, gayageum and janggu performed on the recital of Seoyeon Kang

강서연독주회

Yoonjeong Heo and
Jonghwa Park perform
Tiger Burning Bright
at the Corée à Paris festival

Donald Reid Womack’s gayageum, viola and janggu trio Intertwined

가야금, 비올라, 장구 삼중주가 Intertwined

Chonnam National University Gugak Department presents Donald Womack’s Fire Wires for gayageum and geomungo ensemble

전남대학교 국악과가 가야금과 거문고 앙상블을 위한
도널드 워맥의 파이어 와이어를 연주한다

Jiyoung Yi performs
Highwire Act

줄타기 — 이지영, 가야금

YoonJae Lee performs
금강 전도 (Geumgang Jeondo) for piri and janggu
at the 29th annual winner’s recital for recent university graduates

이윤재, 피리와 장구를 위한 금강전도
제 29회 전국신인정가악발표회

Repeat performance of
Depth Perception
for geomungo and cello

World premiere of
Depth Perception
for geomungo and cello

Seoul Gayageum Ensemble 서울 가야금 앙상블 performs Labyrinth 미로 for gayageum quartet

Asia Zither Musicians’ Association premieres “7″, quadruple concerto for koto, guzheng, gayageum and geomungo, with Korean ensemble

아시아琴교류회이 국악 앙상블과 함께하는 고토, 구정, 가야금, 거문고를 위한 4중 협주곡 “7”을 초연합니다

Seoul National University Gayageum Ensemble
서울대학교 가야금 앙상블
performs Labyrinth 미로
for gayageum quartet

Donald Reid Womack’s gayageum, viola and janggu trio Intertwined performed on the recital of Eunseon Baek

도날드 워맥의 가야금, 비올라화 장구 위한 Intertwined
백은선 가야금 독주회

The Seoul National Gugak Center Orchestra performs
신명 (Shinmyeong). Commissioned as an homage to the music of shaman ritual, the piece draws on the free spirited, energetic character of sinawi, with its its driving rhythms, and wild, almost chaotic character.

Circular Momentum 원형운둥력 for gayageum trio and percussion

도날드 워맥의 가야금 트리오와
장구를 위한 원형운둥력 

The Ieum Festival Orchestra performs
Emerging Light

이음 음악제, 오케스트라 이음의 연주:
서광 (Emerging Light) 

Yoonjeong Heo and Jonghwa Park wrap up their concert tour with a performance of Tiger Burning Bright at the Asia Culture Center World Music Festival

Yoonjeong Heo and Jonghwa Park perform Donald Womack’s ferocious Tiger Burning Bright, for geomungo and piano at Daejeon Arts Center

Yoonjeong Heo and Jonghwa Park perform Donald Womack’s ferocious Tiger Burning Bright, for geomungo and piano at Seoul Arts Center Summer Music Festival

도깨비 (Dokkaebi) version for gayageum trio performed in Indonesia

가야금: 박정은, 김보경, 김하연

Gayageum:
Park Jeongeun, Kim Bokyung, Kim Hayeon

도깨비 (Dokkaebi) version for gayageum trio performed in Indonesia

가야금: 박정은, 김보경, 김하연

Gayageum:
Park Jeongeun, Kim Bokyung, Kim Hayeon

도깨비 (Dokkaebi) for solo gayageum performed

윤예슬 독주회

The Seoul Metropolitan Traditional Orchestra and soloist Yoonjeong Heo premiere Donald Reid Womack’s geomungo concerto Black Dragon

서울시국악관현악단과 솔리스트 허윤정이 도널드 워맥의
거문고 협주곡 ‘검은 용’를 초연한다

Sohee Park performs Gumiho
for 25-string gayageum
박소희 25현 가야금 위한 달에 비친 아홉 꼬리를 연주

미로 Labyrinth performed

Tetsuya Nozawa performs Off Balance for shamisen

野澤徹也が三味線のための『Off Balance』を演奏する

Seoul National University Gugak Department presents Donald Womack’s Fire Wires for gayageum and geomungo ensemble

서울대학교 국악과가 가야금과 거문고 앙상블을 위한
도널드 워맥의 파이어 와이어를 연주한다

Jiyoung Yi performs gayageum concerto Scattered Rhythms with
J Gugak Orchestra

Donald Reid Womack delivers keynote speech at the 2023 International Symposium on New Music for Chinese Instruments, hosted by the
Taipei Chinese Orchestra

The Seoul Metropolitan Traditional Orchestra and soloist Ae-ra Kim perform Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto Dancing With Spirits

서울시국악관현악단과 솔리스트 김애라가 도널드 워맥의
해금 협주곡 ‘혼무’를 연주한다

소리 (Sori) for haegeum, cello and janggu performed on the Wicked Goat concert series

Anna Womack, viola
Jiyoung Yi, gayageum
Donald Reid Womack, janggu

Hyuntak Chu performs Donald Womack’s
shaman-inspired 巫 (무, Mu)

추현탁, 가야금

조봉국, 장구

Jueun Jang 장주은 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

도깨비 (Dokkaebi) for solo gayageum performed

이보경 독주회

Asia Zither Musicians’ Association premieres Fire Wires, for gayageum and geomungo ensemble

아시아琴교류회이 가야금과 거문고 앙상블위한
파이어 와이어을 초연합니다

The National Orchestra of Korea performs Emerging Light 서광. Commissioned as a response to the pandemic, the piece explores the relationship between darkness and light as a metaphor for the emergence from difficult times

Kyo-Shin-An Arts and Arianna String Quartet perform
天の浮き橋 The Floating Bridge of Heaven,
for shakuhachi, shamisen and string quartet

소리 (Sori) for haegeum, cello and janggu performed

황한나독주회

Chuljin Kim performs Donald Womack’s
shaman-inspired 巫 (무, Mu)

김철진, 가야금

The Huntsville Youth Orchestra and soloist Christopher Molina premiere Donald Womack’s concertino for shakuhachi and orchestra. Mournful and contemplative, yet healing and hopeful, the piece is an elegy to the victims of the pandemic and all that has been lost. Shakuhachi inhabits a space between the free floating rhythm and intensely expressive gestures of hōnkyoku – the traditional music of the instrument – and a more lyrical style. 

Kyo-Shin-An Arts and Arianna String Quartet perform
天の浮き橋 The Floating Bridge of Heaven,
for shakuhachi, shamisen and string quartet

The Ieum Festival Orchestra and soloist Jiyoung Yi perform the gayageum concerto
Scattered Rhythms

Seoul National University Gayageum Ensemble performs the wickedly playful Dokkaebi

미로 Labyrinth performed
at Seoul National University

Eunah Noh, Jiyoung Yi and Woongsik Kim give the Korea premiere of A spring breeze melts the snow… for haegeum, gayageum and janggu

한줌 봄바람에 쌓인 눈이 녹듯…의 한국 초연
노은아 (해금), 이지영 (가야금), 김웅식 (장구)

The Jeollabuk-do Gugak Center Orchestra gives the first performance of Donald Womack’s 신명 (Shinmyeong). Commissioned by the orchestra as an homage to the music of shaman ritual, the piece draws on the free spirited, energetic character of sinawi, with its its driving rhythms, and wild, almost chaotic character

Yoonjeong Heo and Jonghwa Park premiere Donald Womack’s ferocious Tiger Burning Bright, for geomungo and piano

Rippling Liquid Metal (물결모양의 금속들)
performed at the
Donhwamun Gugak Chamber Music Festival

한양가야금앙상블이 미로을 연주합니다 Hanyang Gayageum Ensemble performs Labyrinth 미로

Donald Womack’s 巫 (무 Mu)
for gayageum and janggu

도날드 워맥의 가야금과 장구를 위한 巫 (무 Mu)

Including Donald Womack’s Circular Momentum 원형운둥력 for gayageum trio and percussion

도날드 워맥의 가야금 트리오와 장구를 위한 원형운둥력 

Gayageum Ensemble SAI will present a concert of Donald Womack’s music at the National Gugak Center on June 9, performing six of his works for solo gayageum and one work for gayageum ensemble

Lim Jungmin 임정민 performs
A Gathering Wind 대바람
for daegeum and janggu

Seoul National University Gugak Department presents a concert of Donald Womack’s works for gayageum ensemble, performing five pieces in a culminating event of the composer’s yearlong residence at SNU 

Donald Womack conducts the Seoul National University Gugak Orchestra and soloist Soeun Yu 유소은 in a performance of Spiral Toward the Center of the Sky, the second movement of his gayageum concerto Scattered Rhythms

Haegeum virtuoso Eunah Noh gives the
premiere of Donald Womack’s
A spring breeze melts the snow…
한줌 봄바람에 쌓인 눈이 녹듯…
for haegeum, gayageum and janggu

The Taipei Chinese Orchestra and soloist Jiyoung Yi perform Donald Womack’s gayageum concerto Scattered Rhythms, in the premiere of the version for Chinese orchestra 

The goblins of Korean mythology run amok as Jungmin Song 송정민 wrestles with
Donald Womack’s wild and playful
도깨비 Dokkaebi (Demons)

Pro Musica Nipponia performs Donald Womack’s 太刀花 (Sword Flower) for shakuhachi and violin
日本音楽集団はドナルド・ウォマックの
尺八とバイオリンのための『太刀花』を演奏します

Donald Reid Womack’s gayageum, viola and janggu trio Intertwined performed at
Seoul National University

Premiere of the gayageum, ajaeng and geomungo version of Donald Womack’s
Ritual Resonance 궂울림

The goblins of Korean mythology run amok as Chuljin Kim 김철진 wrestles with Donald Womack’s wild and playful 도깨비 Dokkaebi (Demons)

Najung Jin 진나정 gives the premiere of Donald Womack’s 25-string gayageum virtuoso tour de force Spiral Grooves 나선 그루브 

Seoul National University Gugak Department presents Donald Womack’s Rippling Liquid Metal for mixed ensemble.

서울대학교 국악과가 도날드 워맥의 피리, 소아쟁,
25현 가야금, 거문고, 장구/징과 꽹과리를 위한
물결모양의 금속들을 연주합니다.

Veritas Musicae premieres Donald Womack’s
시조 (Sijo) for piano trio

Premiere of Donald Womack’s
Circular Momentum 원형운둥력
for gayageum trio and janggu

Kyeongeun Yu 유겅은 premieres
Donald Reid Womack’s 대바람 A Gathering Wind
for daegeum and janggu

Seoul Piri Ensemble performs
Donald Womack’s 이무기 (Imugi)

서울 피리 앙상블가 도날드 워맥의 이무기을 연주합니다

Jiyoung Yi performs gayageum concerto Scattered Rhythms with
Korean Orchestra Ensemble Baron

The Jeollabuk-do Gugak Orchestra performs
무노리, Donald Womack’s second gayageum concerto 

The National Orchestra of Korea premieres Emerging Light 서광. Commissioned as a response to the pandemic, the piece explores the relationship between darkness and light as a metaphor for the emergence from difficult times

KBS Traditional Orchestra performs
Donald Womack’s
The Sound of Drums Echoes Beyond the Heavens

KBS 국악관현악단이 도날드 워맥의
하늘 저편에 울려 퍼지는 북소리를 연주합니다

Including Donald Womack’s 소리 (Sori)

Busan National Gugak Center Orchestra performs The Sound of Drums Echoes Beyond the Heavens for Korean traditional orchestra

Gilseon Jung performs Ritual Resonance 굿 울림

The Jeollabuk-do Gugak Orchestra performs Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto
혼무 Dancing With Spirits

University of Hawaii Symphonic Wind Ensemble Performs Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds, including Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts

강은일 해금플러스
Kang Eun-il and HaegeumPlus give a repeat performance of Islands Rising

University of Hawaii Symphonic Wind Ensemble Tours Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds, including Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts
February 23 and 24

강은일 해금플러스
Kang Eun-il and HaegeumPlus premiere
Islands Rising 

Utah Symphony Performs Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds, including Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts February 11, 12, 24, 25 and 26

Yang Jing performs Elements 五行, for pipa

Intertwined, for viola, gayageum and janggu, performed by Seoul National University Touring Ensemble

Intertwined, for viola, gayageum and janggu, performed by Seoul National University Touring Ensemble

ドルチェ邦楽合奏団 Dolce Ensemble premieres Donald Womack’s 白雨 (White Rain)

Intertwined, for viola, gayageum and janggu, performed by Seoul National University Touring Ensemble

한양대학교 국악과 가야금 앙상블
Hanyang Unversity Gayageum Ensemble performs Labyrinth 미로 for gayageum quartet

Joseph Genualdi and Thomas Rosenkranz perform Donald Womack’s lyrical work for violin and piano An Infinite Moment

소리 (Sori) for haegeum, cello and janggu performed

Breaking Heaven 破天 for shakuhachi, cello and koto performed

Soloist Jin Sol Kwon and the Chung-Ang University Orchestra perform Donald Womack’s gayageum concerto Scattered Rhythms
권진솔, 가야금 협연, 중앙대학교 국악 관현악단

The quintet version of Intertwined
performed on the Seoul National University
annual showcase concert

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra performs Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts, one movement of Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds. This work, the result of a six-composer collaboration and scored with original video by several of Hawaii’s top filmmakers, highlights the native birds of Hawaii that are facing extinction.

Faculty of Korea National University of Arts perform 소리 (Sori)

Seoul Piri Ensemble gives the world premiere of
Imugi 이무기

Miran Choi 최미란 performs Donald Womack’s
巫 (무 Mu) for gayageum and janggu

Dalmoon Art Company 아트컴퍼니달문 premieres the sextet version of Intertwined for daegeum, haegeum, viola, 2 gayageum and janggu

Donald Womack’s 소리 (Sori) for haegeum, viola and janggu

Jihyun Yun 윤지현 performs Donald Womack’s 巫 (무 Mu) for gayageum and janggu

Hee-Yeon Choi haegeum recital 최희연 해금독주회

Jeongmin Son performs 금강 전도 (Geumgang Jeondo) for piri and janggu

Se-yeon Park premieres two commissioned works, 달에 비친 아홉 꼬리 (Gumiho) for 25-string gayageum, and 해태 Haetae, for sanjo gayageum. 박세연의 가야금 독주회

소리 (Sori) performed at the haegeum recital of Eunyeong Kim. 김은영 해금 독주회

Soloist Jiyoung Yi 이지영 and the National University of Colombia Conservatory of Music Orchestra perform Scattered Rhythms, Donald Reid Womack’s concerto for gayageum and orchestra

Virtuoso piri player Kyung-ah Kim’s recital features the world premiere of Rippling Liquid Metal for piri, gayageum, ajaeng, geomungo and percussion, as well as a performance of 금강 전도 (Geumgang Jeondo) for piri and janggu.

The Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and soloist Yoon-jeong Heo 허윤정 give the world premiere of Donald Reid Womack’s concertino for geomungo and large chamber ensemble Power Lines

Jihyun Yun 윤지현 performs 巫 (무 Mu)

Three Psalms performed by Jonathan Morales

Ji Eon Lee 이지언 performs 도깨비 (Demons)

Yang Jing joins University of Hawaii faculty to perform 五行 Elements, for pipa and string trio

가야금 피어나 컨템포러리, featuring
미로 Labyrinth and 줄타기 Highwire Act

Virtuoso pipa player Yang Jing and the Royal Theatre of Hong Kong Chamber Players perform Donald Reid Womack’s 五行 Elements

Renowned pipa player Yang Jing and Luzern Festival Strings perform the quartet version of
五行 Elements

The Honolulu Symphonic Chorus performs Donald Womack’s richly beautiful a cappella setting of
O magnum mysterium

Seoul Gayageum Ensemble 서울 가야금 앙상블 performs Labyrinth 미로 for gayageum quartet

The Gyeonggi Korean Orchestra, with soloist Gilseon Jung, gives the world premiere of
Donald Reid Womack’s shaman-influenced gayageum concerto 무노리 (Mu Nori)
경기도립국악단, 가야금: 정길선

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra gives multiple performances of Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts, one movement of Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds. This work, the result of a six-composer collaboration and scored with original video by several of Hawaii’s top filmmakers, highlights the native birds of Hawaii that are facing extinction.

Soloist Ralph Farris and the Raleigh Chamber Orchestra with conductor Peter Askim present the world premiere of Blue Ridge Seasons, Donald Reid Womack’s bluegrass-tinged viola concerto

소리 (Sori) performed on the haegeum recital of Soobin Kim 김수빈

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra gives multiple performances of Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts, one movement of Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds. This work, the result of a six-composer collaboration and scored with original video by several of Hawaii’s top filmmakers, highlights the native birds of Hawaii that are facing extinction.

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra gives multiple performances of Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts, one movement of Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds. This work, the result of a six-composer collaboration and scored with original video by several of Hawaii’s top filmmakers, highlights the native birds of Hawaii that are facing extinction.

Se-yeon Park 박세연 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

Ensemble Nabi performs Crossed Wires 혼선 for two 18-string gayageum

Donald Reid Womack’s trio Spiral Toward the Center of the Sky performed on the annual
Seoul National University showcase concert

Hyemi Kim 김혜미 and Hyunju Song 송현주 perform the duo version of 줄타기 Highwire Act for gayageum

So Young Jeun performs 금강 전도 (Geumgang Jeondo) for piri and janggu

Yoon-jeong Heo 허윤정 gives the world premiere of Donald Reid Womack’s virtuosic tour de force Power Lines, for geomungo

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra premieres Donald Womack’s Owls on Stilts, one movement of Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds. This work, the result of a six-composer collaboration and scored with original video by several of Hawaii’s top filmmakers, highlights the native birds of Hawaii that are facing extinction.

Duo Yumeno performs A Glinting Edge of Sky

국립국악관 창작악단 The National Gugak Center Orchestra and soloist Aera Kim 김애라 give a repeat performance of Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto 혼무 Dancing With Spirits

국립국악관 창작악단 The National Gugak Center Orchestra and soloist Aera Kim 김애라 perform
Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto
혼무 Dancing With Spirits

Intertwined, for viola, gayageum and janggu, featured at the Gimhae Gayageum Festival

Hanyang Unversity Gayageum Ensemble 한양대학교 국악과 가야금 앙상블 performs Labyrinth 미로 for gayageum quartet

Pianist Matthew McCright performs the virtuosic ode to rain, water (falls)

Duo Yumeno performs A Glinting Edge of Sky for cello and koto

Kyo-Shin-An Arts and Voxare String Quartet perform 天の浮き橋 The Floating Bridge of Heaven, for shakuhachi, shamisen and string quartet.

Duo Yumeno gives the world premiere of the cello and koto version of A Glinting Edge of Sky

Hye-won Kim 김해원 performs
금강 전도 (Geumgang Jeondo) for piri and janggu

Seul Gi Lee 이술기 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

Soloist Jihyun Yun 윤지현 and the Seoul National University Traditional Orchestra perform
Donald Reid Womack’s gayageum concerto
Scattered Rhythms

Ji-young Yi 이지영 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act at the Morelia Music Festival

Soloist Soojeong Ko 고수정 and the Seoul National University Traditional Orchestra perform
Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto
혼무 Dancing With Spirits

국립국악관현악단 The National Orchestra of Korea and soloist Jiyoung Yi 이지영 perform
Scattered Rhythms, Donald Reid Womack’s
concerto for gayageum and gugak orchestra

소리 (Sori) performed at Hanyang University, featuring haegeum player Sung Ah Kim 김성아

Ensemble Collabo premieres the quintet version of Intertwined for haegeum, viola, geomungo, janggu and piano

서울 가야금 앙상블 Seoul Gayageum Ensemble
gives the premiere of
Labyrinth 미로 for gayageum quartet

Cheoljin Kim 김철진 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

Pro Musica Nipponia performs Donald Womack’s triple concerto Three Trees 三木, in honor of the late Minoru Miki. Hiromu Motonaga, shakuhachi; Akiko Kubota, biwa; Reiko Miyake, 21-string koto; Donald Reid Womack, conductor

故三木稔先生に捧げるトリプルコンチェルトThree Trees 三木。 演奏家：日本音楽し集団；元永拓、尺八；久保田晶子、琵琶；三宅礼子、二十絃箏；ドナルド・リード・ウォマック、指揮

소리 (Sori) performed at the haegeum recital of Jyeonghyun Joo 주정현 해금 독주회

소리 (Sori) performed at the haegeum recital of Jyeonghyun Joo 주정현 해금 독주회

Kyung-ah Kim gives the world premiere of 금강 전도 (Geumgang Jeondo) for piri and janggu
금강 전도의세계 초연, 김경아의 피리 독주회

Ji-young Yi 이지영 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

Jeongah Jo 조정아 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

김해시립 가야금연주단
The Gimhae Municipal Gayageum Orchestra performs Crossed Wires 혼선

Ensemble 212 and soloist Sooyeon Lyuh give the U.S. premiere of Donald Womack’s haegeum concerto, in its version for chamber orchestra

Spiral Toward the Center of the Sky performed by Chiwan Park (piri), Jiyoung Yi (gayageum), and Woongsik Kim (janggu)

Intertwined performed by
Jiyoung Yi (gayageum), Jeungmin Park (cello),
and Donald Reid Womack (janggu)

World premiere of Intertwined with
Jiyoung Yi (gayageum), Anna Womack (viola),
and Donald Reid Womack (janggu)

Ji Eon Lee 이지언 gives the world premiere of 도깨비 (Demons) for solo sanjo gayageum

Eonhwa Lee, gayageum recital 이언화, 가야금 독주회

Jiyoung Yi 이지영 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

Contemporary Music Ensemble performs
Spiral Toward the Center of the Sky
on November 3 and 4

소리 (Sori) performed at the haegeum recital of Saehanbyeol Mun 새한별의 해금 독주회

The Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra and soloist Samsoo Jang 장삼수 perform Scattered Rhythms, Donald Reid Womack’s concerto for gayageum and Western orchestra.

The Sound of Drums Echoes Beyond the Heavens performed by the Traditional Orchestra of the Korea National University of the Arts,
Sung Jin Kim, conductor
도날드 워맥의 하늘 저편에 울려 퍼지는 북소리
한국예술종합학교 관현악, 지휘자: 김성진

김해시립 가야금연주단 Gimhae Municipal Gayageum Orchestra  performs Liquid Metal for gayageum ensemble and percussion.

경기도립국악단, 해금: 단유미
Gyeonggi Korean Traditional Orchestra
and soloist Yumi Dan perform
Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto
혼무 Dancing With Spirits

Donald Reid Womack’s short work 短歌 (Tanka), for shakuhachi, violin and cello, is premiered in New York City

졸타기 Highwire Act – version for gayageum ensemble

소리 (Sori) performed at the
Bang on a Can Festival.

The Society of Kim Byung-ho Sanjo School gives the world premiere of Crossed Wires 혼선, Donald Reid Womack’s duo for two 18-string gayageum.

Jiyoung Yi 이지영 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

Donald Reid Womack’s A Glinting Edge of Sky for shakuhachi and koto , and 太刀花 (Sword Flower) in its version for shakuhachi and violin will be featured at the world’s premiere international shakuhachi event, with renowned shakuhachi performer Hiromu Motonaga

김해시립 가야금연주단 The Gimhae Municipal Gayageum Orchestra gives the first performance of Liquid Metal for gayageum ensemble and percussion.

The National Orchestra of Korea 국립국악관현악단 and soloist Jiyoung Yi 이지영
give the world premiere of
Scattered Rhythms, Donald Reid Womack’s concerto for gayageum and gugak orchestra

The KBS Traditional Music Orchestra, with soloist Semi Lee, performs Donald Reid Womack’s haegeum concerto 혼무 Dancing With Spirits 

Yi Jiyoung 이지영 performs 줄타기 Highwire Act

The Hawaii Youth Symphony gives the world premiere of Donald Reid Womack’s RUSH

Highwire Act 줄타기 performed by Jiyoung Yi