Category Archives: Announcement

PS Quartet No.1 News

07/22/2018Announcement, Compositionsjoowonpark

My PS Quartet No. 1 for electronic ensemble had an exciting debut season last year. In addition to multiple performances, the piece was featured in Score Follower. You can now watch the score of the piece while listening to the recording:

Compare this with the original video:

I also have received a grant to write and perform more piece for electronic ensembles from the Wayne State University’s Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Program. The PS Quartet was used as an example of what the possibility of an electronic ensemble. With the grant, I will be purchasing 16 Dualshock controllers and write a piece for a large-scale electronic ensemble. More info soon!

MMEA Presentation: Majoring in Music Technology

07/22/2018Announcement, Research, Teachingjoowonpark

This page contains a PDF version of the slides I am using for the Michigan Music Education Association’s Summer Technology Workshop 2018 (event link).

MajoringTech.pdf

Majoring in Music Technology: An Introduction to Undergraduate Music Technology Programs in Michigan

The presenter will discuss the similarities and differences between various music undergraduate technology majors offered by the 4-year universities and community colleges in Michigan. The session will also provide tips on the application procedure and portfolio preparation.

ParkJones – new album of electroacoustic duo

12/11/2017Announcement, Collaborators, Compositionsalbum, composition, live electroacoustic, live electronic musicjoowonpark

Composer/Saxophonist/Technologist extraordinaire Molly Jones and I made an album. It is released by NoRemixes. Here are two video previews of the album as well as the link to the Bandcamp site. All tracks in the album were recorded live.

Enjoy!

Modulationist

12/09/2016Announcement, Compositionsalbum, cmin13, modulationistjoowonpark

Last week, my 3rd solo album, Modulationist was released on NoRemixes Label (click on the album cover).

Tracklist

Here’s the promo writing from the record label describing the album.

Known for his series of YouTube video series entitled ‘100 Strange Sounds’, Joo Won Park returns to NOREMIXES for his second album, Modulationist, which finds the composer incorporating live instrumentation into his bed of electronic disturbances.

On his previous NOREMIXES album, Overundertone, Joo Won Park toned down the raw and often aggressive nature of the ‘100 Strange Sounds’ series into more quirky melodic passages that mixed foundsound with his SuperCollider experiments. With Modulationist, the composer pits live performers against the computer with the entire album arching towards a full-on digital takeover. Percussionist Hunter Brown, joins Park on vibraphone during opener, ‘Hallelujah’, a sparse starting place. Complexity develops with ‘Armor+2’ featuring Giovanni Bertoni on clarinets. ‘Notation for Synth’ provides a playful break from the tension as electronics take center stage. This is followed by ‘JNNJ’ which pits dueling percussion against electronics in the album’s most rhythmically challenging work. ‘Swamps, Showers, and Creatures’ utilizes foundsound and sparse electronics with bursts of oboe, for the last sign of acoustic instrumentation on Modulationist. The electronics takeover, however, fitting closer ‘Modulationist’ shows just how hands-on Park is with his electronics as the composer utilizes no-input mixing for a full on sonic assault on the listener.

Hunter Brown, percussion (Hallelujah /JNNJ)
Giovanni Bertoni, clarinets (Armor+2)
Louis Pino, percussion (JNNJ)
Theodosia Roussos, oboe (Swamps, Showers, and Creatures)

There are three previously-unreleased tracks in this album. Cmin13 and Modulationist are created exclusively for this release. The two tracks are examples of the musical directions I am currently interested in. I also included a stereo “studio” version of Singaporean Crosswalk. It sounds quite different from the live recordings as it has different ways to spatialize the sound.

I think I have an intimate personal story to share in this album. Have a listen!

A new album is coming!

04/09/2015Announcement, Compositionsjoowonpark

My new solo album titled Overundertone will be released on this coming Monday (April 13) by NoRemixes label. If last album, 120V was a collection of my old pieces, this album is a representation of where I am now. Almost all the tracks in the album use computer-synthesized sounds. Just like anything with with the computer, the sounds in this album are precise, digital, almost to the point that it feels unnatural and inhuman. But I like that aspects of computer music.

Album Art work by Sarah Snyder

I think I made an interesting album. I hope you like it, too.