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Professional biography of Jeong-Yang Park
Jeong-Yang Park

Jeong Yang Park (born in Korea) is a U.S.A. composer.

Jeong Yang Park began his study at Yon-sei University in Korea, and pursued at University of California

at Los Angeles in U.S.A.

He completed his Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania, where he was a student of George Crumb in 1988.

He has also studied with Richard Wernick, James Primosh, Byung-kon Kim, In-yong La.

Jeong Yang Park has been awarded the following prizes and honors: Korean Music Award (2005), Nitsche Music Prize for "Spectra for Orchestra" from University of Pennsylvania (1998), Grand Prize for "Strata for Orchesrta" at the 3rd Annual Pusan Contemporary Music Festival (1994).

He premiered many contemporary music in U.S.A., Italy, Germany, Russia, and in Korea. He founded and conducted Sahmyook Missionary Orchestra from 2001-2007.

He has been conducted and premiered numerous contemporary music also.

Currently he is teaching at Sahmyook University as a composition and theory professor from 2000.

He is a member of NACUSA (National Association of Composers/U.S.A.), PCMC (Pacific Contemporary Music Conference), Contemporary Music Society in Seoul, ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music).

He is also actively working in the field of Ethnomusicology and Psychology of music.

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