Folksong Revisited for piano solo
Current Projects:
Commissioned by Red Cedar Chamber Music, Jean will write a new piece for violin and cello
Blush for clarinet solo is the required piece for ICA 2023 YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION
Commissioned by Diablo Symphony Orchestra (Matilda Hofman, director), Jean is writing a new piece for orchestra
Commissioned by Choreographer Jia Wu and Saint Mary’s College, Jean is writing music for “Animal Farm”
Tapestry Choir will record Jean Ahn’s choral music in Fall 2024.
Commissioned by Chermak-Lee duo, Jean is writing a new piece for cello and piano to be premiered in Summer 2023 at Calliope Music Series.
"Korean Folksong Revisited", a collaborative project with Soprano Raejin Lee, will be published by Hildegard Publishing Company
Collaborating with Angela Han Art LLC for Realms of Courage: Celebrating Asian Women Composers
Jean will present “Music and Words” at Teaching & Learning Conference at UC Berkeley.
“Ornament” for piano duo was selected by Scorefollower.
“Lapis Reprobatus” was selected by Scorefollower.
Jean will write a new piece for Fivemind Reeds in 2024.
Performances:
May 12, 2024 Ensemble ARI will perform “The Usual, Unusually” for piano trio at Epworth Concert Series in Berkeley, CA.
March 30, 2024 “Froggy, Froggy” for viola solo will be premiered by Dinosaur Annex in Quincy, MA.
March 3, 2024 Diablo Valley Symphony (Matilda Hoffman, Director) will premiere “Many Hues of Green” at the Lesher Center for Arts
March 10, 2024 Byron and Friends will perform “Archimedes’ Principle” for baroque violin and harpsichord. Virtual Concert.
February 25, 2024 Koeun Grace Lee will perform “Folksong Revisited” at Grace Presbyterian Church, Walnut Creek, CA
February 24, 2024 “Ongheya” for solo piano will be performed at Sejong Music Gala at Northwestern University
February 17, 2024 “Ongheya” for orchestra will be played by UC Berkeley Philharmonic Orchestra
February 4, 2024 “Flashback of Ravel” for trio will be performed at the Berkeley Symphony Chamber Series, Piedmont Center for Arts, CA
February 6, 2024 “Short Hair” will be played by Jung Choi and Rajung Yang at Texas A&M University-Commerce
January 26, 2024 “Short Hair” will be played by Jung Choi and Rajung Yang at Korean Virtuosity Concert in Dallas, TX.
January 26, 2024 Edwin Kim Trio and Sooyeon Lyuh will perform “Archimedes’ Principle” at IBK Hall, Seoul, Korea
January 20 &21, 2024 “Jajang, Jajang” for gayageum and orchestra will be performed by Hwayoung Shon and the Santa Cruz Symphony (David Stewart, Director)
December 16, 2023 Tapestry Choir will premiere “From Above” at Tapestry’s 10th anniversary concert.
December 10, 2023 Chermak-Lee Duo will perform “Roll” for cello and piano at Elliot Carter’s Birthday Concert in Albany, CA.
December 9, 2023 Yoonjoo Hwang will premiere “Short Hair Monologue” at Pony Chung Fellow Workshop Concert at Korea University, Seoul, Korea
November 18, 2023 Chermak-Lee Duo will perform “Roll” for cello and piano at Santa Cruz Chamber Music Series
October 2, 2023 Julia Grenfell will perform “Awakenings” for piccolo and piano at Australian Flute Festival
September 28-30, 2023 Jean will present “Music and Words” at "Teaching Composition: A Symposium on Composition Pedagogy" at the University of Utah School of Music
September 23, 2023 Koeun Grace Lee will present “Jean Ahn’s Folksong Revisited: Integrating Korea and the West” at St.Olaf University’s Korean Composers Festival
September 22, 2023 Chermak-Lee Duo will perform “Roll” for cello and piano at Olympic Valley Chapel, Lake Tahoe, CA
October 1, 2023 Ensemble ARI will perform “The Usual, Unusually” for piano trio at CHIM Studio, CA
September 20, 2023 Ensemble ARI will perform “The Usual, Unusually” at UC Berkeley Noon Concert
September 10, 2023 Ensemble ARI will perform “The Usual, Unusually” for piano trio at Grace Presbyterian Music Series
July 23, 2023 Isaac Pastor-Chermak and Alison Lee will perform a new work for cello and piano at Calliope Music Series
June 15, 2023 “Ornament” for piano solo will be premiered by Jihea Hong at Seoul Arts Center, Korea
June 10, 2023 “Mongeumpo” for piano solo and “New Women” for oboe and piano will be played in DMZ, Korea
Spring, 2023 Klesis Chamber Ensemble will perform “The Usual, Unusually” for flute quartet
May 15, 2023 Earplay will perform “Lapis Reprobatus” at Old First Concerts
May 14, 2023 “New Piece” will be premiered by Diablo Valley Symphony (Matilda Hofman, director)
May 7, 2023 Jacquline Chew will perform “Mongeumpo” at SF Community Music Marathon at Old First Church, SF
April 1, 2023 Jasper De Boor will perform “ADGC” at Oberlin Conservatory
March 28, 2023 Kristina Mucha will perform “Blush” at Chicago College of Performing Arts
March 23-16, 2023 “Footsteps” will be performed at Turnup Festival in Tucson, AZ
March 28, 2023 “Roasted Chestnuts” will be performed by New Choir at UMC Berkeley
March 6, 2023 Jung Choi and Anatolia Ioannides will perform “SHORT HAIR” for oboe and piano at UNT.
March 5, 2023 Worcester-Jones, St. Goar, and Ward, Ford will premiere “OPEN” for voice, flute and piano at Collaborative Faculty Recital, Cadek Hall
January 29, 2023 Jiyeon Choi will perform “Blush” at UVA Chambermusic Series
January 7, 2023 Wonkak Kim will perform “Blush” at Inspired by Our Heritage concert at Beall Hall, University of Oregon
December 1, 2022 “Footsteps” will be performed at PEAK concert at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
November 25, 2022 “Lulu-Lulu II” for gayageum and orchestra will be performed by NHK orchestra
November 18, 2022 “Lulu-Lulu” will be performed by BAUP Orchestra at Benemérita University of Autonoma de Puebla, BUAP
October 2, 2022, “Fingerdance” was performed by Toglia and Tili-Trebicka’s Art within Bounds: Four Centuries of Piano Four Hands by Women Composers.
October 1, 2022 “Blush III” will be performed by AgorArt Ensemble in Italy.
October 2, 2022 “Nil-lili” will be performed by Jiyoung Lee at Korean Cultural Society of Boston’s “100 Years of Korean Art Songs”
Friday, September 16, “Fingerdance” was performed by Toglia and Tili-Trebicka’s Art within Bounds: Four Centuries of Piano Four Hands by Women Composers.
September 2022 Koeun Grace Lee will do a poster presentation at CMS Longbeach on “Jean Ahn’s Folksong Revisited: Integrating Korea and the West”
September 24, 2022 “Footsteps” will be performed at Lamorinda Arts Council’s “Art Embraces Music”
September 17, 2022 Alkali Collective will perform Salt for improvisers.
September 11, 2022 Ting Luo will perform Footsteps at Mira Theater Guild at Vallejo, CA.
August 27, 2022 “Blush III”will be performed by Vermillion Duet at Bouton Rouge, LA.
June 25, 2022 “Folksong Revisited” for voice and piano will be performed by Mira Huang and Abrahm Ross at Neo Voice Festival.
June 1, 2022 “Gangwondo Arirang” will be performed by Tapestry Choir in New York
May 23, 2022 “Blush” for clarinet will be performed by Wonkak Kim online at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s Korean Gallery
May 1, 2022 ”Blush III” for flute and clarinet will be premiered by Vermillion Duet at Louisiana's Old Capitol
April 9-10, 2022 “Remembrance” for two voices and piano quartet will be performed by West Edge Opera in San Francisco
April 5, 2022 Gayageum master Hyojin Kang will perform ONE-FIVE-EIGHT, Archimedes’ Principle and The Shadow of Cheoyeong Suite at Donwhamoon Center, Seoul, Korea.
March, 2022 “Short Hair” will be premiered at 2022 MTNA National Conference
March 30, 2022 “MARS” for piano and electronics will be performed by Ting Luo at Music at Noon, Sacramento
March 7, 2022 Jean will be on a podcast with Ting Luo and Zachary Hale for CAMP Composers Interview.
March, 2022 “Open” for soprano, flute and piano will be performed by Rebecca Goar, Ronda Ford and Lynn Worchester Jones at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Decemeber 17-19, 2021 “Footsteps” for piano and multimedia will be presented at Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand
November 11, 2021, 7:30PM CST Pianist Eugenia Jeong will perform “Folksong Revisited” at UChicago Presents
November 7th, 2021, 4:00PM New Arts Collaboration will premiere "Footsteps" for piano and multimedia at Old First Concerts
November 7th, 2021, 4pm Soprano Candace Jones and Pianist Jeffrey Sykes will perform “Open” for voice and piano at Caliope East Bay Music Series
October 17th, 2021 Lucas Giani will perform Blush at International Clarinet Association New Music Weekend
October 8th & 9th, 2021 UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra will perform “Berkeley Fanfare”
October, 2021 Earplay wil record and stream “Lapis Reprobatus” for flute, clarinet and cello
October, 2021 New Arts Collaboration will premiere "Footsteps" for piano and multimedia at Center for New Music, San Francisco
July 30, 2021 Jung Choi presented “Blush” for solo oboe at International Double Reed Society Symposium
June 25, 2021 Koeun Lee will perform “Folksong Revisited” at New Music Chicago Impromptu Fest Concert
June 11, 2021 Matthew Rasmussen will premiere "Machine Nature" for bassoon and multimedia at UC Davis Pitzer Center, CA online streaming
June 5, 6 &12, 2021 Trio 1828 will perform “Flashback of Ravel” for piano trio at the Berkeley Piano Club and St.Mary’s Cathedrahl
Jean's music will be performed by Five by Five this season.
May 28, 2021 Ergene Kang and Hyun Kim will perform Mongeumpo at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
May 15, 2021 Heeguen Song will perform Froggy, Froggy for solo violin at groupmuse concert.
April 25, 2021 3pm EST Korean Folksong Reivisted for voice and piano will be performed at Curtis Institute of Music.
April 7, 2021 Blush for clarinet will be played by Lucas Gianini at UNCG Honors Recital
April 2-4, 2021 SNOW for piano and multimedia will be presented at SLOMA Digital Short Film Festival.
March 27, 2021 Pianist Eunhee Park will perform "Folksong Revisited" at the Alabama Piano Gallery: Saturday’s at Steinway, Concert, Birmingham, AL, March 27, 2021 at 2 p.m. (CT)
March 17, 2021 2pm (CT) Pianist Eunhee Park will perform "Song of Mongeumpo" at the Piano Literature Recital, Guest Lecture Series, “Korean Piano Music, at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
March 15, 2021 Oboist Heather Killmeyer will perform "Blush" at Music by Women International Festival
March 3, 2021 Pianist Chialing Hsieh and violist Hsiaopei Lee will perform “Froggy, Froggy” at Northwestern State University.
March 7, 2021 Pianist Eunhee Park will perform "Song of Mongeumpo" at Music by Women International Festival
March 12, 2021 Mary Matthews will perform "TOYS" at Music by Women International Festival
March 5, 2021 Pianist Heejeong Kim and Eunsook Shin will perform “Fingerdance” for piano duo at Ilshin Hall, Seoul, Korea.
March 3, 2021 Pianist Chialing Hsieh and violist Hsiaopei Lee will perform “Froggy, Froggy” at Internation Music by Women Festival
February 25, 2021, 4PM PST Justin Croushore will perform “Micro-etude” for trombone at SAR@HOME concert. online streaming
February 14, 2021, 4PM Oboist James Austin Smith will perform “Blush” at OCMF: Love Notes
February 14, 2021 Violinist Yulee Seo and Gayageum master Hwayoung Shon will perform “The Love Song of Cheoyong” at Marin Symphony Showcase
February 12, 2021 Grace Koeun Lee will perform "Folksong Revisited" at Roosevelt University, Chicago online streaming
February 7, 2021 5:15 CDT Chanmi Jean and Amy Yeung will perform "Baetulga" at "East Meets West" online concert
February 28, 2021 Soojeong Choi will perform "Folksong Revisited" at WPTA USA-MISSOURI "East Meets West" online
Feb 5, 2021 at 8PM CDT, Chanmi Jean and Amy Yeung will perform "Baetulga" at Faculty Voice and Piano Duo Recital, UT-Martin
TBD Christman Opera Company will sing Open for soprano and piano at Voices Raising Voices
News:
Jean was chosen as finalist for 2020 & 2019 American Prize Orchestra Division.
Jean’s Footstep was chosen for 2022 Tokyo International Shortfilm Festival.
WOVEN SILK will be performed by Oakland Symphony this season. https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/artist/jean-ahn/
Jean's piece had an interview with Maestro Baldini.
Pianist Grace Lee will be recording Folksong Revisite on an album entitled Variations on a Theme by Stefan Wolpe in collaboration with an American composer Robert Gross
Jean is the composer-in-residence with SF Choral Artist this season. Read her interview.
Toys for flute and piano won the Honorable Mention (second place) from 2018 Flute New Music Consortium. (purchase score here)
"Gayaguem Music by Jean Ahn" CD will be recorded by Soloist JUL in June, 2020.
"Korean Folksong Revisited", a collaborative project with Soprano Raejin Lee, will be published by Classical Vocal Reprints in Fall 2021.
'Nilili' is designated as New England Piano Teachers' Association Piano Competition required piece. Purchase
Gangwondo Arirang received Honorable Mention from Cambridge Chamber Singers' Competition.
Fingerdance was selected by Khasma Duo. It was performed on their tour and is featured on their debut album 'switchback'
A Flash of Ravel received the 2nd prize from Plathner’s Eleven Composers Performance and Recording next season in Hanover, Germany.
Berkeley Arirang and Nil-lili have been selected by the Juventas New Music Ensemble for their upcoming season.
Salt has been selected for Podcasts of Contemporary Music.
Froggy, Froggy has given Honorable Mention from The Fifth House Ensemble. Performance next season.
A Flash of Ravel received Honorary Mention from Ensemble 212.
November 4, 2020 Lucas Gianni will perform "Blush" for solo clarinet at UNCG Music Department
October 17, 2020 Jean gives talk at New Music Symposium
September 19, 2020 7pm EST Alterego will premiere "Rememberance II" as a mini opera at Fringe Festival online
August 28, 2020 Ensemble Pan will perform "Froggy, Froggy" on their online streaming concert
August 21, 2020 Pianist Jieun Kang will perform "Mongeumpo" at Story of Life concert at Ilshin Hall
August 15, 2020 Seoul Chamber Orchestra will premiere "Masquerade" for string orchestra
June 21, 2020 Ensemble ARI will perform "Froggy, Froggy" on Epworth Online Concert Series
August 7, 2021 Regina Yost will premiere "Awakening" at Flute Association convention in Dallas Texas. Commissioned by Flutist Regina Yost
June 6, 2020 New Choir will sing Gangwondo Arirang in Southbay, California. (postponed)
May 2020, Dr.Sojung Lee Hong will record "Ongheya" for piano solo in her Korean Themed Composition CD
April 26, 2020 Ensemble ARI and Sooyeon Lyuh will perform "Archimedes' Principle" at Music at Epworth, Berkeley (postponed)
April 19, 2020 Symphony Parnassus (Stephan Paulson, director) will perform "Berkeley Fanfare" at Atrium Theater, San Francisco (cancelled)
March 22, 2020 New Choir will sing "Gangwondo Arirang" at Santa Cruz Chorale Invitational Concert.
March 1, 2020, 3 PM California Youth Symphony (Leo Eylar, director) will perform "Ongheya" for orchestra at San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Februrary 13, 2020 Hsiaopei Lee and Chialing Hsieh will perform "Froggy, Froggy" (Viola version premiere for viola and piano (Viola version premiere) at University of Southern Mississipi. livestream
Februrary 10, 2020 Soprano Raejin Lee will perform "K-Folksong Revisited" for voice and piano at University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Februrary 4, 2020 Pianist Koeun Lee will perform "Folksong Revisited" at Carrick Theater, Lexington, KY
January 31, 2020 Pianist Koeun Lee will give lecture recital on "Jean Ahn’s Folksong Revisited: Integrating Korea and the West” at CIA conference, South Florida
January 30, 2020 Jean will give lecture recital at CIA conference, South Florida
January 26, 2020 Jean's pieces will be performed at "Her Life as a Comfort Woman" dance and music event @ Education & Community Center in Brookline, MA.
January 24-26, 2020 Chai Collective Ensemble will perform "Flashback of Ravel" at Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL.
January 25, 2020 Karen Large will perform "TOYS" at(Re)Imagining New Music for Flutes: An FNMC Recital
January 24 & 25, 2020 Ensemble ARI will premiere a new piano quartet (Ensemble ARI commission, Intermusic SF grant)
December 13-15 2019 California Bach Choir will premiere "Roasted Chestnut" (SF Bach Choir commission)
November 15, 2019 Oakland Symphony (Michael Morgan, director) will perform "Woven Silk" for haeguem and orchestra
November 9, 2019 Dinosaur Annex will perform "Lasso, Lassus" in Cambridge, MA.
October 4, 2019 Heather Killmeyer will perform "Blush" for oboe at East Tennesse State Univerisy.
September 22, 2019 Ensemble ARI will perform "Flashback of Ravel" for piano quartet at Friends of Chamber Music, Stockton
August 6, 2019 Clarinetist Wonkak Kim will perform "Blush" at Chengdu International Festival, China
June 24, 2019 Clarinetist Wonkak Kim will perform "Blush" at ClarinetFest 2019, Knoxville, TN
June 18, 2019 Clarinetist Wonkak Kim will perform "Blush" at Lift Clarinet Academy
June 13, 2019 Pianist Sunhye Shim will perform "Folksong Revisited" for piano solo@ Ilshin Hall, Seoul, Korea
June 9, 15, 16, 2019 SF Choral Artists will premiere "Vocal Emotions" at Palo Alto, San Francisco and Oakland. tickets
June 8, 2019 Ensemble ARI will perform "Flashback" at ArtShare, LA.
May 18, 2019, 11am Mira Hwang will perform "Baetulga" at Pitzer Hall, UC Davis
May 3, 2019, 8pm Sooyeon Lyuh and Jean will perform "A" for piano and open instrument at SF Zion Lutheran Church
April 13, 2019 Clarinetist Wonkak Kim will perform "Blush" for clarinet solo at Oregon Clarinet Symposium
April 5, 2019 Untwelve trombonist Connor Thummel will perform "micro-etude" at Mis-en Place , New York
April 5, 2019 Flutist Mary Matthews will perform "Toys" on her faculty recital at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN.
April 3, 2019 7:30pm Violin Cello Duo Mari-Liis Pakk and Jason Calloway will perform "Lasso, Lassus" at New Music Miami Festival
March 29, 2019 8pm Piano duo Piano Talk will perform "Ornament" for piano duo at Trianon Theater, San Jose.
March 20, 2019 Pianist Jihye Chang will perform Fingerdance at UC Berkeley Noon Concert.
March 9, 10, 17, 2019 SF Choral Artists will premiere "You Are Lovely, but..." at Palo Alto, San Francisco and Oakland. tickets
March 4, 2019 "Archimedes' Principle" for saxophone, cello and piano will be performed at Faculty Artist Series Concert at UW Oshkosh (arrangement premiere)
February 10, 2019 Shelly Martinson will perform "Toys" at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK
January 12, 2019 7pm Ensemble ARI will perform "Flashback" at St.Mark UMC, Orinda
December 9, 15 & 16 SF Choral Artists will perform "The Word Became Flesh" at Palo Alto, San Francisco and Oakland. tickets
November 15, 2018 noon Violist Ellen Ruth Rose, Haegeum performer Sooyeon Lyuh and Jean will perform Salt for improvisors and piano at UC Davis Noon Concert.
November 11, 2018 2:30pm enhakē will perform "Stereograph" for clarinet quartet at Faye Spanos Concert Hall at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific
November 10, 2018 8pm enhakē will perform "Stereograph" for clarinet quartet at Festival of New American Music @Sacrament State University
November 9, 2018 9am Jean will give a talk for Composers Forum at Festival of New American Music
November 10, 2018 8pm Ensemble ARI will perform "Flashback" @ St. Paul’s Concert Series
November 10, 2018 8pm enhakē will perform "Stereograph" for clarinet quartet at Center for New Music, SF
Octover 8, 2018 7:30 enhakē will perform "Stereograph" at LeBaron Recital Hall, Davis Hall, Highland Street Montevallo, AL
September 29, 2018 7pm Pianist Jihye Chang will perform "Fingerdance" @Center for New Music, SF
September 21, 2018 8pm, Untwelve will perform "micro-etude" for solo trombone @Slate Arts and Performance, Chicago
September 12, 2018 Noon, Pianist Jieun Kang will perform "Nil-lili" and "Mongeumpo" @UC Berkeley Noon Concert
August 27, 2018 7:30pm Pianist Eunhee Park will perform Folksong Revisited @The University of Montevallo
July 21, 2018 8pm Ong Dance Company will perform "Saltdoll" at Ethnic Dance Festival @SF Opera House
June 2&3, 2018 Ensemble ARI will perform "Gangwondo Arirang" @Master Chorale Concert Series
May 5, 2018 7:00pm Violist Ellen Ruth Rose, haeguem performer Sooyeon Lyuh and Jean will perform "Salt" for improvisers
May 13, 2018 7:30pm Unheard of//Ensemble will perform "Stereograph" for clarinet quartet@ Appaluse New Music Festival
February 17, 2018 7:30 Voces Inauditae will sing "The Song of Mongeumpo" at St.Colombos-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh
February 9, 2018 8pm Invoke string quartet will play "Du-ru-ru-ru" at String Quartet Smackdown.
February 9&11, 2018 8pm Diablo Symphony will play Ongheya for orchestra. http://www.diablosymphony.org
February 5, 2018 7pm Pianist Youmee Kim will perform "Nilili" at La Pianista Festival, Taipei
January 31, 2018 Pianist Youmee Kim performed "Nilili" at Around the Worlds Concert, Indonesia
October 29, 2017 4pm: Duo Cameraderie will perform "TOYS" @ Piedmont Piano Company Concert Series. 1728 San Pablo Ave. at 18th St. Oakland, CA 94612 . http://piedmontpiano.com/
October 27, 2017 7:30pm: Duo Cameraderie will perform "TOYS" @ St. Paul’s Concert Series. 1924 Trinity Ave., Walnut Creek, CA.http://stpaulswc.org/wordpress/?page_id=6181
October 1 , 2017 4pm Ensemble ARI will perform "Archimedes' Principle" at All Saviors Lutheran Church Concert Series
September 10 , 2017 4pm Ensemble ARI will perform "Archimedes' Principle" at Old First Concert Series
August 30, 2017 "A Flash of Ravel" was performed at Horizon of Art series in Australia.
August 10, 2017 "A Flash of Ravel" was performed by the Muses Trio at the "Women in the Creative Arts Conference" in Australia.
July 2017 UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Sooyeon Lyuh will perform "The Woven Silk" in Granada, Spain.
June 4, 10 & 11 2017 8pm SF Choral Artist will premiere "Gangwondo Arirang" for mixed chorus.
May 5&6, 2017 8pm UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Sooyeon Lyuh will perform Haeguem Concerto. (world premiere) Tickets
April 23, 2017 3pm Heeguen Song will perform "Flash of Ravel" at Maybeck Studio in Berkeley Hills.
April 22, 2017 & May 1, 2017 Nicole Riner will perform "TOYS" for flute and piano at her recital, Wyoming.
March 31, 2017 "Lasso, Lassus" will be performed by Forty Sixty at Women Composers Festival of Hartford.
March 3, 2017 Jean will give a talk on "Folksong Revisited" at Music by Women Festival, Mississippi.
January 27 & 28, 2017 Ensemble ARI will premiere " Archimedes' Principle" for haeguem and piano trio.
September 16, 2016 Jean gave a lecture recital with Dr.Raejin Lee on "Korean Folksong Revisited" at SiMN, Curitiba, Brazil
September 14, 2016 Haguem player Sooyeon Lyuh and Jean will perform "Salt" at UC Berkeley Noon Concert
September 12, 2016 Haguem player Sooyeon Lyuh and Jean will perform "Salt" at Mills College Songline Festival.
June, 2016 Sooyen Cho will perform "Chroma" for gayageum duo at her solo recital
May 21&22, 2016 at 7pm Master Chorale will perform "Remembrance" for choir and chamber ensemble under the baton of Jean Ahn.
April 14, 2016 at 4pm Jean will give Composer Talk at UC Davis. http://arts.ucdavis.edu/event/jean-ahn-composer
April 14, 2016 at 12pm Haguem player Sooyeon Lyuh and Jean will perform "Salt" at UC Davis Noon Concert.
April 3, 2016 at 7:30pm Duo Cameraderie will perform "TOYS" at Piedmont Art Center.
March 19, 2016 Folksong Revisit was presented at the CMS Pacific Chapter.
March 5, 2016 Folksong Revisit was presented at the CMS Pacific Southwest Chapter.
March 20, 2016 at 3pm Duo Cameraderie will perform new piece at Maybeck Studio in Berkeley Hills.
January 16, 2016 Duo Cameraderie will premiere new piece at Old First Church, San Francisco
December 5, 2015 Amy Likar will perform "The Story of Nakyang" for danso and electronics at Trinity Concert.
October 18, 2015 Dr.Raejin Lee performed three songs from "Korean Folksong Revisited" at La Sierra University Faculty Recital
October 4, 2015 Dr.Raejin Lee presented "Korean Folksong Revisited" at National Association of Teachers of Singing, Los Angeles hosted at Chapman University.
September 19, 2015 Ensemble Ari and Pacific Choir performed "Remembrance" for piano quintet and chamber choir, St.Mary's College
September 16, 2015 at noon Ensemble Ari will perform "Remembrance" at UC Berkeley Noon Concert
June 4, 2015 Song Fest 2015 Soprano Raejin Lee gave lecture recital on Jean Ahn's "Folksong Revisit" for soprano and piano
July 4, 2015 at 7pm Composers of God Festival, Seoul Korea
May 29, 2015 time TBD DeYoung Museum / May 31, 2015 8pm MILL VALLEY 142 Throckmorton Theatre / June 1, 2015 8pm SF Conservatory of Music :
The Left Coast Ensemble premieres “Lapis Reprobatus” for flute, clarinet and cello buy tickets
March 22, 2014 at 3pm: Ensemble Ari performs “Froggy, Froggy” at St. Mary’s College, Moraga. Free
October 18, 2014 Ensemble Ari premieres “Remembrance” at the Korean War Memorial Concert at St.Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco
September 13, 2014 Gayaguem Solists JUL perform “Archimedes’ Principle” at St.Mary’s College
October 2-3, 2014 Khasma Piano Duo perform “Fingerdance” during their Midwest tour concert series
September 12, 2014 Gayaguem Solists JUL perform Composer Jean Ahn’s Portrait Concert at Center for New Music, San Francisco http://centerfornewmusic.com/calendar/old-instrument-new-sound/
September 10, 2014 Gayaguem Solists JUL perform “Chroma” at UC Berkeley Noon Concert
June 2, 2014 The Empyrean Ensemble performs “ADGC” at UC Davis
April 10, 2014 “Fingerdance” at “New Waves in the Far East”concert at the Texas Tech University
March 31, 2014 Earplay performs “ADGC” at ODC Theater, San Francisco
August 25, 2013 The Locrian Chambers Player premiere “Lasso, Lassus” at Riverside Church, NY
June 23, 2014 Pianist Sua Che peforms “Folksong Revisit” at Kumho Art Hall, Korea
May 8, 2013 Live electronics improvisation with Edward Shocker at Meridian Gallery, San Francisco
May 4, 2013 Pianist Susie Kim and Margaret Halbig perform “Fingerdance” at Veritas Spring Road Concert at Performing Arts Center, Mountain View
April 4, 2013 Live electronics with Piri player Yoonkyoungg) at Stanford University
October 27, 2012 UC Berkeley University Symphony Orchestra perform “Lu-lu, Lu-lu” under the baton of David Milnes
August 6, 2012 The Contemporaneous perform “Froggy, Froggy” at The Berkeley Arts Festival
June 29, 2012 The Pianissimo perform “Fingerdance” at Seoul Arts and Music Center
May 6, 2012 Pianist Eunbi Kim perform “Berkeley Arirang” at The Third Hand Concert in New York
February 6, 2012 Pianist Michael Mizrahi perform “Folksong Revisit” at SEAMUS conference
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11/11-12/2011 Youth-Full for string orchestra, commissioned by Beautiful Mind Ensemble, was performed at Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center, San Ramon
10/29/2011 Froggy, Froggy was performed by Seoul Yego Alumni Quartet in San Jose
10/14/2011 Shadow of Choeyong, collaboration with Ong Dance Company, will be performed at SF Dance Mission Theater (postponed)
10/13/2011 Froggy, Froggy was performed by Marine Chamber Orchestra at White House during President Obama and Korean President Lee’s State Dinner
9/27-12/4 Koto Etude for electronics was performed during the “Sounds From the Weave” installation at Penn State University
9/20/2011 Berkeley Arirang was performed by Mei Fang Lin at Feminist Theory and Music Conference at Arizona State University
8/26- 27/2011 Ongheya for orchestra, commissioned by KAMSA Youth Orchestra was played at Palo Alto Spangenburg Theater
7/30/2011 A Flash of Ravel for piano trio was performed at Festival of Contemporary Music, SF by Terrie Baune, Thalia Moore and Jaejin Lee
6/30/2011 Love From God for voice and piano received 1st Prize from KEMS CCM Open Competition
6/25/2011 A Flash of Ravel for piano trio was performed at Horizontal Harmonies II at Seoul National University, Korea.
5/30/2011 A Flash of Ravel for piano trio, commissioned by pianist Jaejin Lee, had a premiere at San Francisco Conservatory.
2/19/2011 Folksong Revist was played at Shin Eunsook solo recital.
1/29-30/2011 The Very Thought for string orchestra was played at the Beautiful Mind Ensemble concert.
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10/28-31/2010 Jean was a fellow composer at UC.Davis’ Madness and Music Festival. Her orchestra piece Lulu, Lulu was played by UC.Davis University Symphony under the baton of Christian Baldini
8/28/2010 Saltdoll for Two Piano and Dance, commissioned by Ongdance Company, was performed at Horizontal Harmonies Concert at Herbst Theater, San Francisco. Funded by Zellerbach Family Foundation
8/7/2010 Berkeley Arirang was played by Hubert Ho at the 8th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music
7/4-11/2010 Jean was a fellow composer at Etchings Festival at Auvillar, France. ADGC for viola and cello was played by East Coast Contemporary Ensemble.
4/18/2010 Zeteo was performed at Festival of New Music for Treble Voices, 4pm Sunday, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
4/18/2010 Folksong Revisit was played by Hubert Ho at the NACUSAsf Composers & Friends Concert, 3:00 pm Sunday, at the Foothill Presbyterian Church in San Jose
3/27/2010 Folksong Revisit was performed by Eun Sook Shin at her solo recital, sponsered by Seoul Yego Alumni Association. CSMA, Palo Alto, CA
2/26-28/2010 Zeteo, commissioned by Volti was performed in Berkeley, San Francisco and Ross under the baton of Robert Geary
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11/3,10,7,24/2009 Koto Etude was played during the Sounds from the Weave installation at Rutgers University. This event is to support woman in the contemporary art world.
11/14/2009 Froggy, Froggy for Piano Quartet was performed by NACUSA-SF Ensemble at the Composers Performance Ensemble Concert. 8pm, Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Rd. Portola Valley, CA 94028
5/22-23/2009 Open for Voice and Piano was performed by Nanette McGuinness at the Fresh Voices IX Festival in San Francisco
5/20/2009 Salt for orchestra was rehearsed during the Memphis Orchestra New Music Reading: Earshot sponsored by American Composers Orchestra. Led by Maestro David Loebel and Mentor composers Melinda Wagner and Michael Gandolfi. [button link="http://www.americancomposers.org/earshot/rel2009052021.html" size="small" text="grey" window="yes"]read more[/button]
4/17/2009 Presentation on the music of Jean Ahn was given at UC.Berkeley as a part of Composer Colloquium series.
4/3/2009 Berkeley Arirang for Piano and Electronics was performed by Marcel Rominger during the New York City Electronic Music Festival at CUNY Graduate Center.
3/7/2009 Open My Eyes for Mixed Chorus was premiered at Bay Area Korean Church Music Festival.
3/2/2009 OPEN for Saxophone Trio and Percussion was performed at University of Central Missouri New Music Festival.
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12/2008 Lulu, Lulu for orchestra was read by Berkeley Symphony at the Under Construction Concert in Berkeley. Conducted by Joana Carneiro
11/2008 Ongheya for orchestra was read by Berkeley Symphony at the Under Construction Concert in Berkeley. Conducted by Paul Hass.
5/16-17/2008 Salt for orchestra was premiered by University Orchestra led by David Milnes at their Evening Concert.
2/29/2008 Berkeley Arirang for Piano was performed by Shannon Wettstein(Zeitgeist) at Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts, Minnesota[/tab]
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