Biography
Dr. Yoon Joo Hwang, Associate Professor of Music (Bassoon & Music Theory) at the University of Central Florida, has taught and performed throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe. Her multicultural education and performance backgrounds brought together a hybrid of teaching, research, and creative work nationally and internationally. Dr. Hwang founded and hosted the International Bassoon Meetup and the International Orchestral Excerpts Competition and the International Bassoon Unconventional Collaboration Competition for the 21st century bassoonists with key teachers around the world. Dr. Hwang organized a series of masterclasses for young bassoonists from five continents performing for the principal bassoonists from the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Whitney Crockett and Shawn Mouser), the New York Philharmonic (Judith LeClair and Kim Laskowski), Berlin Philharmonic (Stefan Schweigert), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Gustavo Nuñez and Simon Van Holen), Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (Matthias Racz and Hans Agreda) and Vienna Philharmonic (Sophie Dervaux) among others.
Dr. Hwang was invited to give a lecture and perform including Columbia University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, University of Southern California (USC), University of Michigan, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, University of Florida, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womans University, Hanyang University, Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Shanghai Orchestra Academy and Shenzhen Arts School. She was invited to perform solo recitals for the International Double Reed Society (IDRS), the National College Music Society (CMS), the Florida Music Teachers Association, as well as at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York. She has performed with the Sarasota Orchestra, the Sarasota Opera and the Florida Orchestra, to name a few. Dr. Hwang founded the Tomo Bassoon Trio and the Duel Bassoon and Oboe Duo.
She has a diverse research portfolio and conducts interdisciplinary research, contributing in diverse ways to the field of music. Dr. Hwang has been invited to present scholarly research papers at meetings of the Association of Asian Studies, Society of Ethnomusicology, the College Music Society, the International Double Reed Society, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research (Tokyo, Japan), the International Congress of the European Association for Music in Schools at the Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany).
Dr. Hwang served the 2023 Norman Hooks Young Artist Competition Advisory Board Committee of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) and she was appointed to serve as Vice President of Korean Relations of the Asian Double Reed Association (ADRA). Recently, Hwang was appointed to serve as a Visiting Professor at Seoul National University and Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea and served as a Visiting Scholar at Seoul National University, Korea National University of Arts and Korea University, a position that offers an unparalleled opportunity to advance her research into the influence of Western classical music on the modern contemporary era in Korea.
Dr. Hwang earned a D.M.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder under the guidance of Yoshi Ishikawa and an M.M. from UCLA, where she studied with Charles Coker and John Steinmetz. While studying at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg in Germany, she worked with Günter Blahuschek of the Bamberger Symphoniker and Yoshi Tominaga of the Universität Mozarteum. She also studied at the University of Southern California with Shawn Mouser, Associate Principal Bassoonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and received a Performance Diploma from Boston University under Matthew Ruggiero, Associate Principal Bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Education
- B.M. in Bassoon Performance from Sookmyung Women's University
- M.M. in Bassoon Performance from University of California, Los Angeles
- Certificate in Woodwind Performance from Boston University
- Certificate in Bassoon Performance from University of Southern California
- D.M.A. in Bassoon Performance and Pedagogy from University of Colorado Boulder
Recent Research Activities
- "Global Transformation and Water Conservation: Mobilizing Musicians to Assuage the National Drought Crisis," National College Music Society, 2016.
- "Choosing a Graduate Program in Bassoon: A Survey of Programs in the United States, Germany, and Korea" (Doctoral Dissertation, 2017)
- "Why the United States? A Guide to Choosing Graduate Programs in Bassoon for International Students "(Pedagogy Dissertation, 2017)
- "How Asian Identity Impacts Asian Performers in Classic Music: East Asians Meet Western Musical Culture," Ewha Music Research Institute, 2017.
- "Diversity and Inclusion: The Keys to Understanding, Mentoring, and Recruiting Asian International Students in a Competitive Global Marketplace," National College Music Society, 2018.
- "Finding Our Voices as Women (Research Institute of Asian Women," Sookmyung Women's University, 2019.
- "Demanding Equity with Excellence: Asian Female Musicians Assert Their Voices, Reclaiming Their Identity in Music Performance," College Music Society Southern Conference, 2019.
- "Diversity and Inclusion in Double Reed Pedagogy: A Survey of Programs in the United States, Korea and Germany," International Double Reed Society, 2020.
- "Diversity and Inclusion in Bassoon Pedagogy and Education: A Survey of Programs in the United States, Korea and Germany," National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, 2020.
- "Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Classical Music Education: Understanding Cultural and Traditional Influences in the U.S., Germany and Korea," National College Music Society, 2020.
- East Asian Women in Classical Music: Moving Beyond Traditional Gender Roles and the Label of the ‘Female Musician' (Meg Quigley Bassoon Symposium, 2021)
- "Finding their voices through music: Asian female musicians and the performance of identity," Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (AHSE), 2021.
- "Defining Encouraging Diversity: A Survey of High-Profile Community-Oriented Music Education Program in the U.S., Germany and Korea," Music Teachers National Association, 2021.
- "Diversity in Composition: Reflection of the Diasporic Lives and Extra-Cultural Korean Identities of Isang Yun and Younghi Pagh-Pann," Rocky Mountain Music Scholars Conference, 2021.
- "Korean Composer Jisoo Lee (b.1981)’s Bring Me Home (2019) Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, " College Music Society South Central Chapter, 2021.
- "A Practical Pedagogy for Connecting Ear Training to Music Practice and Performance," College Music Soceity Northwest Regional Conference, 2021)
- "East Asian Female Classical Musicians and the Performance of Identity," Interdisciplinary Symposium Age/ing and Gender in Popular Culture at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 2021.
- "Isang Yun, An Intercultural Composer: Reflections on Korean Culture, Politics and Traditions," Association for Asian Studies, 2021.
- "Globalized and Inclusive Double Reed Education: Tracing History and Curricular Development of Double Reed Education in Korea," International Double Reed Society Conference, 2021.
- "Music Beyond Politics: Isang Yun’s Transformative Harmonization of the Shared Culture and History of South Korea and North Korea," National College Music Soceity, 2021)
- "Yun Geuk Young’s Musical Gift to Korean Children: Creating a Musical Language for Children’s Songs in Colonial Korea," Society of Ethnomusicology, 2021.
- "Inclusive Wind Education: The Adoption of American Wind Culture in Korea during the Korean War, 1950-1953," National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Conference, 2021.
- "Korean Classical Musicians’ Identities in Korean Film Music," Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, 2021.
- “Music in Postwar North Korea,” Inaugural Asian Classical Music Initiative International Conference University of Kansas, 2022.
- “Music and Music Education of North Korea: Children’s Pathway to Society and Ideology,” Association for Asian Studies, 2022.
- “Music beyond the DMA: Insights into North Korean Society through its Music,” New Perspective International Conference, Ewha Womans University, 2022.
Professional Activities
Visiting Professor, Seoul National University
Visiting Professor, Yonsei University
Visiting Scholar, Seoul National University
Visiting Scholar, Korea National University of Arts
Visiting Scholar, Korea University
Founder and Host, International Bassoon Meetup
Founder and Host, National Bassoon Meetup
The Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition Advisory Board Committee, International Double Reed Society (2023 IDRS)
Vice President (Korea), Asian Double Reed Association (ADRA)
Research Mentor, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida
Founder and Member, Tomo Bassoon Trio
Founder and Member, Duel Duo
Artistic Director, UCF Bassoon Workshop
Awards
Seoul Youth Orchestra Scholarship Award (2005)
UCLA Fine Arts Trust Award (2006)
Marc and Judy Rubin Scholarship Award (2006)
Asian Youth Orchestra Scholarship Award (2009)
Sookmyung Alumni Outstanding and Talent Development Scholarship Award (2013)
Sejong Symphonic Wind Orchestra Appreciation Award (2018)
Courses
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