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JOOEUN PAK has appeared in major concert venues in the U.S., Korea, Italy, Jordan, and Germany including Carnegie Hall, NY, Kennedy Center in D. C., Ravinia IL, Al Hussein Cultural Center in Jordan, Theatre Vipiteno in Sterzing and was recently featured in Chicago radio station WFMT.Being a winner of a number of national and international competitions, Pak appears in concerts with winners of the renowned international competitions, including the Metropolitan National Council Audition, and the Tchaikovsky International Competition. She formerly worked as a collaborative pianist in Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Atlantic Music Festival and Indiana University String Academy. Pak is also a passionate advocate of creative interdisciplinary projects while actively commissioning and giving world premiers of compositions of our time. Upon winning the Grand Prize in the Latin American Music Competition, Pak released a CD featuring compositions by Latin American contemporary composers including Gabriela Lena Frank and Miguel del Aguila.
Pak was formerly a full-time lecturer in piano in Towson Univ., Visiting Assistant Professor of Piano in the Univ. of Puget Sound, Associate Instructor in Indiana Univ., Jacobs School of Music, Performing Artist and Faculty in Orfeo Music Festival, and a Music Faculty in American Academy of Jordan Summer Music Festival. Pak has given master classes nationally and internationally, appearing in National Conservatory of Music in Amman, Stetson University, Western Connecticut State University and Biola University Conservatory of Music this season.
Pak received DM in Piano Performance and Literature with minors in theory and chamber music under the mentorship of Manahem Pressler, a founder of the renowned Beaux Art Trio, to whom she also served as a teaching assistant. Pak’s study was supported by IU Jacobs School of Music Doctoral Fellowship, which was awarded for academic and performance excellence.
Degree
DMA in Piano Performance and Literature
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington
Other in Piano Performance
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
MM in Piano Performance
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington
BM in Piano Performance
University of Puget Sound
Published Works
- Pak, J. (2024). Original Paintings by the Performer for a solo piano concert, "Tempest". , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfnZdR6mH-o
- Pak, J. (2024). World Premier of Sonata No. 19, "Vjosa". , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4G_owgn92I
- Pak, J. (2023). Original Paintings by the Performer for solo piano concerts, "Pathétique". ,
- Pak, J. (2020). New American Volume 1: Works for Flute and Piano. . ,
- Pak, J. (2019). My Name is Belle Starr by Cherise Leiter. , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFtBr-w8oyU
- Pak, J. (2019). World Premier of Caroline Kyungah Ahn's "Water, Image Reflection and Memories". , https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=oG4W1QeTvBQ
- Pak, J., Sorgi, C. (2011). ...Eco de Violin. ,
Research Interests
Contemporary solo and ensemble literature
Movement and music making
Interdisciplinary projects including contemporary/ modern/ hiphop dance and visual arts
Teaching Interests
Piano Applied Lesson
Accompanying/ Collaborative Piano
Piano Pedagogy
Piano Literature
Chamber Music
Theory
Aural Skills
Class Piano
Movement in contemporary dance and music