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The poster includes a photo of a woman smiling, some other members of the ensemble, and details about additional performances and contact information, including QR codes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999067121-149XP2OXR28DIUG212V5/Flyer-1-25-192.jpg Ensemble Ari - Flyer-1-25-192.jpg (Copy) (Copy) A flyer for Ensemble Ari concert featuring women classical singers and BAVA singers, scheduled for January 25 and 26, at Saint Mary's College Chapel and Covenant Presbyterian Church in California. It includes concert times, venues, a photo of the ensemble with members holding violins, and headshots of featured soloists, Rhoslyn Jones, Lily Bobrick, and Isabella Lopez. The flyer shows sponsorship logos at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/f929527d-0bbb-4b27-9934-f1b193f3ca6a/480226910_952921320298691_22592558865554381_n.jpg Ensemble Ari Flyer for Ensemble Ari concert on May 12 at 4 PM, featuring musicians Heeguen Song, Sarah Hong, Sharon Lee Kim, and Jean Ahn, with guest Caroline Lee. The concert is held at 1953 Hopkins Street, Berkeley, California, with free admission and donations accepted. The flyer includes information about Korean influences, classical works, and Covid safety guidelines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999070720-T58ANW151N2PARL1PM9E/Screen-Shot-2019-07-15-at-11.13.26-AM.png Ensemble Ari - Screen-Shot-2019-07-15-at-11.13.26-AM.png (Copy) (Copy) Poster for a classical music concert featuring the ensemble ARI, directed by Petrushka and Jean Ahn, with members playing violin, cello, and featuring a grand piano. The event is at Los Altos Lutheran, 460 S El Monte Ave, Cuesta, with ticket prices and website information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/47be7629-d255-484b-834b-33d772575101/476315150_1165724948893944_594284845551546968_n.jpg Ensemble Ari A flyer for a musical meditation event at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, California, on August 14, 2022, at 4 pm. It lists the program including works by Fritz Kreisler and Johannes Brahms, performed by Ensemble Ari with Jiwon Evelyn Kwark on violin, Sarah Hong on cello, and Jin Kyung Lim on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999068411-URERCA1KG1JF6XRFSA43/Michael-Lee-Brahms-Meets-The-West-Poster-May-18-2019-Updated-version-7PM.jpg Ensemble Ari - Michael-Lee-Brahms-Meets-The-West-Poster-May-18-2019-Updated-version-7PM.jpg (Copy) (Copy) Event poster for a concert titled "Brahms Meets the West," featuring Ensemble ARI and guitarist Cameron O'Connor, with pictures of ensemble members and details about the performance and composers, held June 8, 2019, at Art Share L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1e22b91f-2fdf-4856-b7a4-1c39dc41d82f/476815938_1169594995173606_7618178961862504527_n.jpg Ensemble Ari Poster for SF Music Day featuring Ensemble ARI with five women musicians holding string instruments, smiling outdoors, with event details for October 9 from noon to 7 PM, website sfmusicday.com, and a design with red and black curtains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999067519-M2JRL3842I5ENFBSCSRJ/IMG_3293-1.jpg Ensemble Ari - IMG_3293-1.jpg (Copy) (Copy) Flyer for a benefit concert titled 'PHOS Presents vol.14' with Ensemble Ari, scheduled for Saturday, March 30th, 2019 at 7 pm at Foothill Congregational Church, Los Altos, CA. The event features performances by Astor Piazzolla, Bruno Ruviaro, Gaspar Cassadó, Vittorio Monti, and Maurice Ravel, with artists Jean Ahn, Heeguen Song, Jiwon Evelyn Kwark, Sarah Hong, and Sharon Lee Kim. The flyer includes details about the benefactors, music education efforts, and contact info. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/c58af7fe-40e5-476c-a1f5-fa691e704f92/486827617_1210147877784984_3331070796569661784_n.jpg Ensemble Ari Flyer for the 2023 Grace Presbyterian Church Monthly Concert Series featuring Ensemble Ari. The concert includes pieces by Jean Ahn, Ernest Bloch, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Korean Songs. Performers are Jean Ahn, Sharon Lee Kim, Sarah Hong, Jooheon Kong, and Eunsom Lee. The event is on Sunday, September 10th at 3:00 PM at Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice Valley Blvd, Walnut Creek, CA. Free admission, live streaming available via YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999065411-OLBY94T66TCWXXRY9RD8/Ari-flyer-3-2019.jpg Ensemble Ari - Ari-flyer-3-2019.jpg (Copy) (Copy) Event poster for 'Music at Old St. Hilary's' featuring Ensemble Ari, a group of five women musicians with violins, a cello, and a piano, performing on Sunday, March 17 at 4 p.m. at Old St. Hilary's Landmark, Tiburon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/be209235-5d12-43c8-8039-ec214f7f241e/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+2.01.53%E2%80%AFPM.png Ensemble Ari Event poster for Ensemble ART concert with soprano Candace Y. Johnson at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Albany, California on November 7, 2021 at 4:00 PM. Features a black-and-white photograph of five women, including a violinist, with additional smaller photos of three performers at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999064322-4J6G7PSEQL5ILWK03VYG/1_12_2019-Ari-Poster3.jpg Ensemble Ari - 1_12_2019-Ari-Poster3.jpg (Copy) (Copy) Concert poster for Ensemble Ari featuring a photo of five women holding musical instruments and sitting on a stage. The event is Saturday, January 12 at 7 pm at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Orinda, California. The program includes performances by various musicians, with details of composers and instruments. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999067010-IGLSRM4VLDE9S4362QU7/Flyer-1-26-18-2.jpg Ensemble Ari - Flyer-1-26-18-2.jpg (Copy) (Copy) Event poster for 'Ensemble ARI with Calextone' concert featuring a photograph of a string ensemble performing on stage, with event details, program list, and photos of four individuals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999064609-ATCIFZ990S2M6DHS2FM9/Ari-10117.4PM.png Ensemble Ari - Ari-10117.4PM.png (Copy) (Copy) A concert poster for Ensemble Ari, featuring a group of five women with musical instruments including violins, a cello, and a piano, dressed in formal and semi-formal attire. The poster lists performers’ names and details of the event at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on October 1st at 4:00 pm, with free admission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999073411-CY7ECXKUD8HRLVGYFJLN/ari2.jpg Ensemble Ari - ari2.jpg (Copy) (Copy) Poster advertising Ensemble ARI concerts featuring Korean American musicians, including details of events at Saint Mary's College on September 19, 2015, and U.C. Berkeley on September 16, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999070409-8FNE6R771RVH49E1TGA9/ari_concert.jpg Ensemble Ari - ari_concert.jpg (Copy) (Copy) Flyer for the Korean War Memorial Concert at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco on October 18th, 2014, featuring an image of soldiers marching with rifles in a silhouette style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/71576000-4135-4c55-93a2-2f403b2d149f/9_20_25.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/d1d19e97-4f56-4800-8325-48360038eba1/%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0%EC%B5%9C%EC%A2%85.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/9d5d0e0b-7112-4e08-a04c-6edbdd5dcb54/ARI.MegArtHall.Poster.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/361d1e9e-5e2c-4c49-9d1c-e2821b04eda8/Screen+Shot+2023-10-06+at+12.17.19+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/c3a015ab-ab91-434a-a064-72598b30d59e/Screen+Shot+2023-10-06+at+12.24.02+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/2b138b19-e39b-4aaa-bfe4-ee168dac9208/20140301_Trade+151_0124+1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/9c6cd395-8feb-4a4c-8398-12550f66df5a/Screen+Shot+2022-09-12+at+9.33.09+AM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/89f54894-88a2-4aba-99c6-f7334e527781/Poster.2024.Fall.jpeg Ensemble Ari - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1597999073310-5HEVTRLL729WXRHIM8I2/sharon_lee.jpg Ensemble Ari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610149255763-70JA8SU4DR6K4OGURNLQ/Screen+Shot+2021-01-08+at+3.40.30+PM.png Ensemble Ari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610147504457-CGLAM495EK557BBWAL52/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-08%2Bat%2B3.10.42%2BPM.jpg Ensemble Ari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610147756830-RAS84B7M02XKW77WDJU4/Cello_Sarah%2BHong.jpg Ensemble Ari Sarah Hong, Cello Acclaimed by music critics as “free, warm and a very expressive” performer, cellist Sarah Hong was born in Seoul, Korea. She began studying cello at the age of six and was selected as most promising young cellist in the nation at the age of 16, with her performance broadcasted nationwide by KBS. She made her New York debut at Carnegie Hall as a winner of Artists International. Ms. Hong studied at the Juilliard School (B.M. & M.M.) and finished her artist certificate in chamber music at the SF Conservatory under the direction of Bonnie Hampton. Ms. Hong lives in Los Altos where she balances a busy career as a soloist, collaborative artist, and teacher. Currently, she is a cellist of Le Due Muse with pianist Makiko Ooka, Ensemble Ari, and San Francisco Cello Quartet. She teaches string orchestra at the King's Academy and cello sections at CYS and KAMSA youth orchestras. She has started the ‘Phos (φῶς)’ Benefit Concert Series to help support various non-profit organizations serving children all over the world in 2014. (www.cellistsarahhong.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610147829327-01GFFD45ESRBX9YPLDBR/joo_won_kang.jpg Ensemble Ari Joowon Kang, Baritone South Korean baritone Joo Won Kang continues to establish himself as one of the most talented baritones today, popular both with audience and critics. A member of the Merola Opera Program, he was an Adler Fellow and sang with SF Opera, Los Angeles Opera, North Carolina Opera, Seattle Opera, Arizona Opera (Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Wolf Trap Opera and Opera Theatre of St. Louis (Germont in La Traviata). He will sing with The Metropolitan Opera next season. He was the first-prize winner of Fort Worth Opera’s 2014 McCammon Voice Competition, which led to recital appearances both in Fort Worth and New York City. He has also garnered top prizes in such important vocal competitions as the Gerda Lissner International Competition, Opera Index Vocal Competition, Giulio Gari International Competition, Palm Beach International Competition, and the Ades Vocal Competition at Manhattan School of Music, as well as a Semi-Finalist placement in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610153166679-KXW7EI28IE4K4FG2UOF4/JEAN2.jpg Ensemble Ari Jean Ahn, Director/Composer Born in Korea, Jean Ahn finished her B.A. and M.M. at Seoul National University and Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. Her creative output includes works ranging from solo instruments to full orchestra, as well as choral, dance and electroacoustic music. Jean was the finalist for 2018 & 2019 Women Composers Commissions by the League of American Orchestras and her music was performed by Oakland Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Earplay, Left Coast Ensemble, Volti, UC Davis Orchestra and more. She was featured at New Music Miami, New American Music Festival, Women Composers Conference (Australia), Aspen Music Festival, June in Buffalo, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Etchings Festival, IAWM Beijing Congress, SEAMUS and New York City Electronic Music Festival among others. She was the composer-in-residence with SF Choral Artists last season and she is currently working on a multimedia piano piece for New Arts Collaboration. Jean's music often brings Asian traditional elements into western music. Her “Folksong Revisited” for piano and voice/piano collections are the ongoing projects that show her vision to introduce Korean songs and techniques to professional performers in the US. She is a Lecturer at UC Berkeley and Music Director at CHIM Studio. www.jeanahn.com https://www.jeanahn.com/home/folksong-revisited daily 0.75 2026-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610232989560-BQJLQ66Z02Z10FHX770V/Brazil_Simn.jpg K-Folksong Revisited Núcleo Música Nova, Brazil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610232326197-K4DPXJSW9EQQQBCCOU9Z/Screen+Shot+2021-01-09+at+12.32.36+AM.png K-Folksong Revisited Composers in Asia, University of Florida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/1610232273291-9YF9INPWMAKVBR1R6L63/20200131_140946.jpg K-Folksong Revisited CIA Symposium Korean Art Song Revisited: A Guide to Diction and Style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3ef5aaa716671d68b99ac6/162e0ab8-7f75-46a1-9810-e9adbb63a9e1/Korean+Art+Song.Cover.png K-Folksong Revisited Purchase Digital Score Purchase a Hard Copy Contents 1) Performance of five re-composed Korean Folksong 2) Explanation of a proper style and diction for singing Korean Art Songs 3) IPA and word by word translations of the texts Performance Notes Stylistic ornaments of the melody line are important elements in Korean music. These improvisational ornamentations of the melodic line are called the sigimsae in traditional Korean vocal music. Sigimsae can be understood as an idiomatic expression for ornamental techniques, and depends on an individual artist’s personal creativity and skill. [1] Below are the ornamentations that are used throughout this collection. However, these are guidelines rather than a precise notation. The sigimsae used in each performance are dependent on the decision of the singers. While following the basic melodic shape of the ornamentation, the singers have freedom to interpret and execute according to their own mood, feeling, and the natural character of their voice, expressing their individuality. [1] Kim, Heesun. (2009). Music of Sanjo. Y.Lee (Ed.). Sanjo. Seoul, Korea: The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts https://www.jeanahn.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2026-05-14