Ensemble History: Music of Korea Ensemble

The Music of Korea Ensemble was created when Danny Lee was hired by the Music Department as a lecturer in 1967. The course was first offered during the 1968-69 academic year as Music 70/170N. The two instructors for the Music of Korea Ensemble have been: Danny Lee (1967-97) and DongSuk Kim (1997 to the present). A number of community musicians have performed with the group over the years.

Dong Youp Lee playing Korean daegum Photo: Courtesy Ethnomusicology Archive	Max Harrell and the Music of Korea Ensemble Photo: Courtesy Ethnomusicology Archive
Music of Korea Ensemble (2004) Photo: Tim Rice	Music of Korea Ensemble at the Hammer Museum (2005) Photo: Romeo Guzman
DongSuk Kim teaches kayagum in the Korea Room (2008) Photo: Reed Hutchinson	Music of Korea Ensemble (2006) Photo: Todd Cheney