Friday, June 22 C-Day (Concert Day). Choi is to meet us at 12:30 and takes us to lunch. So after breakfast I head over to...
Category: Maestro’s South Korean Adventures
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 8
Thursday, June 21 The morning pattern continues: a long walk/run around the lake, breakfast, wait five minutes for some brewed coffee at Starbucks, walk across...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 7
Wednesday, June 20 A routine has been established of an American or Korean breakfast followed by a stop at Starbucks. At a Korean coffee house,...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 6
Tuesday, June 19. We are on our own today as Choi has a concert elsewhere in the area. Changwon has a Philharmonic–a full-time orchestra, Busan...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 5
Monday, June 18 It is Monday which marks the first day of rehearsals with the Changwon Philharmonic. Choi has been very upbeat about the orchestra...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 4
Sunday, June 17th. Another slow morning with some coffee in the room, reading, study of music, and then down to breakfast. This morning, Leslie tries...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 3
Saturday, June 16 We spent a slower morning, same choices for breakfast, although my Korean meal had seaweed soup as the centerpiece on this AM....
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 2
Friday, June 15. The exhaustion of travel knocked us out for the night and we awoke on Friday AM relatively refreshed and looking forward to...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 1
Prologue. For almost two years Useon Choi–up until recently the principal clarinetist of the Fort Collins Symphony–and I have been working on an artist exchange...