2014-Jul | Member of the field research team for the survey of the current state of the transmission and preservation of the Korean intangible cultural assets in the U.S. West Coast. |
2006-Nov | Local Arrangement Committee member for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu. |
2004-Feb | Refereed “Samulnori as Traditional: Preservation and Innovation in a South Korean Contemporary Percussion Genre” for the Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology. |
2003-Jun-Jul | Coordinator and main lecturer of the month-long “Workshop on Korean Music for Overseas Musicologists” sponsored by the Korea Foundation and the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Seoul. |
2003-Apr | Assigned as the main narrator and the program booklet co-author of the Buddhist Rituals of Korea and Japan to be held in New York, hosted by the Japan Society. |
2002-Nov | Keynote speech given at the Second Kayagum Sanjo Festival and Conference held in Yongam, Korea. |
2001-Summer | Organized the “Workshop on Korean Music for Overseas Musicologists,” the month-long session co-sponsored by the Korea Foundation and the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, and served as the main lecturer. |
2001-Mar | Refereed Andrew Killick’s manuscript for a publication by the Oxford University Press. |
2001-Feb | Organized an international conference on Korean ethnomusicology “Research in Korean Music: Assessment and Prospects” held in Honolulu, supported by the Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa. |
2000-Spring | Served as the tour leader and lecturer for the Korea Foundation-sponsored tour program presenting Korean Buddhist performing arts at the Univ. of Hawaii, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. |
1997-Nov | Examiner of Annette Bowie's MA thesis (Monash University) entitled "Developments in Western Style Contemporary Music in South Korea, 1945-96, with Particular Reference to Composing Women." |
1997-Apr | Advisor for the cultural tour of India, China and Japan guiding trainees of the Innovative Design Institute of Samsung. |
1996-Nov | Advisor, ‘96 Seoul International P’iri Festival. ROK Ministry of Culture. |
1996-Jul | Organized and chaired a music session at the 3rd Pacific and Asia Conference on Korean Studies, Sydney. |
1996-Jul | Guest lecturer, The Korean Heritage College of North America Summer Program, Vancouver, B.C. Canada. |
1995-1996 | President of the Association for Korean Music Research (AKMR). |
1995 | "Court Music" and "Folk Music" written by me for New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians are included in Readings in World Music (Dubuque: Hunt) edited by James Chopyak. |
1995 | Music editor for China: Understanding Its Past, a publication project of the Curriculum Research and Development Group of the University of Hawai’i. |
1994 | Organizing Committee member, 1st Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Society for Ethnomusicology, Seoul, Korea. |
1992-1995 | Member, Advisory Committee of the Pacific and Asia Council for Korean Studies. |
1992 | Critique of the cultural sections of the Korean edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. |
1991-1992 | Secretary General of the 1st Pacific and Asia Council for Korean Studies held in Honolulu in July-August, 1992. Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa and the Academy of Korean Studies in Korea. |
1990-1991 | Senior Scholar, Integral Study of the Silk Road Maritime Route Expeditions sponsored by the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. |
1990 | Donated 9 photographs of Korean music to the Kodansha Corporation of Japan for inclusion in the Japanese translation of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. |
1988-1989 | Academic consultant for producing one-hour public radio program entitled "Old Traditions - New Sounds," produced by Rebecca Miller, World Music Institute, New York. |
1988 | Consultant and the principle interviewee for one 30-minute public radio program entitled "Sounds on the Rim," produced by Megan McNamer, Mansfield Center, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. |
1988 | 1st L.A. Festival Advisory Panel member. |
1987 | Appointed by the City of Honolulu as Official Representative to lead the goodwill performing troupe to Seoul, Korea in May. |
1986-1989 | Vice President, Hawaii Association for Korean Music, Art, and Culture. |
1985 | Performed changgu with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. |
1983 | Secretary General of the 1st Pacific and Asia Council for Korean Studies held in Honolulu in July-August, 1992. Co-sponsored by he Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Academy of Korean Studies in Korea. |
1982 | Co-Director, Hawaii Ethno-summer '82 (Festival of Ethnic Music and Dance), InterArts Hawaii. Advisory Panelist, (Hawaii) State Foundation on Culture and Arts. |
1981 | Program Chairman, International Symposium on the Historical and Social Dimensions of the Performing Arts of Korea, Honolulu. |
1981 | Member, Local Arrangements Committee, the 26th Annual Meeting of Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu. |
1980-1981 | Executive Secretary, the 26th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Seoul. |
1977 | Member, Local Arrangements Committee, the 24th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Honolulu. |
Courses Taught
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa & Other Universities:
Appreciation of Korean music, SNU (Seoul Nat'l U.) |
History of Oriental music, SNU |
Philosophy of Oriental music, Ewha Woman's U. |
Music of Korea, SNU, Academy of Korean Studies, EWU Internat’l Summer School |
Seminar in Korean music, SNU |
Korean music ensemble, Univ. Washington, Seattle. |
Anthropology of music |
Music cultures of the world, U. of Hawaii, U. of Wash., SNU |
Sound systems of world music |
Art music of Asia |
Music of China |
Music of India |
Music of Black Africa |
Music of the non-literate peoples |
Role and status of the professional musicians |
Music acculturation |
Organology |
Seminar in ethnomusicology, SNU, AKS, Korea National University of Arts |
Doctoral seminar in ethnomusicology |
Seminar in Asian music |
Seminar in transcription and analysis |
Membership in Professional Organizations
First President (1995-96) & member, Association for Korean Music Research (AKMR) |
Executive board (1996-2004) and member, Korean Musicological Society |
Member, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). |
Member, International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM). |