Wooden Fish Ensemble
202 Years of Strings and Piano

Thalia Moore, cello
Richard Worn, double bass
Thomas Schultz, piano

Franz Schubert excerpt from Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840
Franz Schubert Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821
Louis Moreau Gottshalk, arr. Schultz The Banjo
Hyo-shin Na Kafka’s Hands World Premiere
Hyo-shin Na Pushing Open the Garden Gate World Premiere
Hyo-shin Na Walking, Walking 

Spanning the centuries from Schubert’s Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano and Piano Sonata in C to Gottschalk’s masterpiece The Banjo and San Francisco’s own Hyo-shin Na. Featuring two of her new works Kafka’s Hands for cello and double bass and Pushing Open the Garden Gate for cello, double bass, and piano along with Walking, Walking for piano. A reception will follow the concert! Everyone is cordially invited!

The San Francisco based Wooden Fish Ensemble presents concerts featuring music and musicians from a variety of cultural and national backgrounds working together in a collaborative way. The Ensemble has performed concerts of traditional music from Asia alongside new music by a diverse group of composers that includes John Cage, Christian Wolff, Frederic Rzewski, Morton Feldman, Hyo-shin Na, and Walter Zimmermann, with numerous world premieres.

Duo Soriga

Josephine Lee, soprano
Hwayoung Shon, gayageum

Duo Soriga unites soprano Josephine Lee and gayageum performer-composer Hwayoung Shon in an intimate dialogue between voice and Korean strings, blending masterful performance with exploratory sound to create poetic musical narratives across tradition and contemporary expression. Soriga is a creative fusion of the Korean words ‘Sori’ (voice/sound) and ‘Gayageum’, while also carrying the poetic nuance of “a beautiful sound blooms” in Korean. They weave together the profound resonance of the gayageum, an instrument that mirrors the depths of human emotion, with the clarity of the human voice into a single, unified breath. As Josephine’s lyrical narratives unfold alongside Hwayoung’s intricate and expansive melodies, the two voices respond with tenderness and precision, creating a distinctive and evocative musical dialogue.

Spanning modern interpretations of traditional folk songs, refined art songs, and contemporary compositions, Duo Soriga captures both the serene aesthetics and inner dynamism of Korean music, offering audiences a timeless resonance and intimate connection.

Josephine Lee: www.josephineleesoprano.com

Hwayoung Shon: www.hwayoungshon.com