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The Department of Wind Instruments includes woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments. In order to train students to become fluent performers, Professors Young Rhyul Kim (horn) and Kyoung Hwan Choi (percussion) along with other famous performing educators teach the students the correct posture for performing, breathing techniques, and resonance techniques. They also teach orchestral studies as well as performance for the instruments in their area of specialization in order for students to become talented performers. In order to further develop their performance techniques, students participate and perform in different ensembles and master classes.
In 1961, a wind ensemble group was formed at Seoul National University. Today, a concert is held annually as well as numerous project concerts, television performances, and other concerts held in major cities across Korea. It is through these performances that students obtain experience in performing and thus develop proficiency in their repertoires. The Seoul National University Wind Ensemble is known for its unique sound as well as its superb harmony and has received outstanding reviews.
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| In 1999, Professors Hye Sun Baek and Hyung Joon Jang performed with the wind ensemble, which resulted in a recording and a CD release. The CD focused on an academic repertoire and featured a brilliant performance which has since been broadcasted frequently. In 2001, a concert headlining the highlights of Verdi's opera, La Traviatta was held and showed the public that a wind ensemble was capable of performing music that was written for orchestras. Donald Hunsberger, the conductor for the Eastman Wind Ensemble for the past forty years, conducted a concert for the wind ensemble performance in 2002, where Strauss' works for wind ensembles and, contemporary works by Milhaud and Malcolm Arnold were performed. It was for this performance that national recognition was given for the further development of wind ensembles. |
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