Contact: Maridith Geuder
Native Korean instruments and costumes will be featured in a free dance performance Tuesday [Sept. 23] at Mississippi State University.
The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts program begins at 7:30 p.m. in the McComas Hall theater.
The concert is presented by the music education department, in collaboration with the University Honors Program and the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies.
Dancers will offer a varied selection, including chamber music, a court number dating from the reign of King Sunjo (1800-34) of the Chosun Dynasty and a dramatic song based on folk stories and legends. They also will present a dramatic song based on folk legends set to percussion and featuring rhythms from farmers' music.
Featured musical instruments include a 6-stringed zither plucked with a short bamboo rod, gongs, an hourglass drum, and a 12-string zither.
Following the concert, the Korean-American School of Starkville will be host for a public reception in the theater lobby.
Earlier Tuesday, the musicians and dancers will perform at a 12:30 p.m. University Honors Forum in the School of Architecture's Bettersworth Auditorium. On Wednesday [the 24th], the group performs again in the same location for the music education department's "Wednesdays at 2," a 2 p.m. weekly program for faculty and music education students.
For more information on the performances, contact the department at (601) 325-3070.