Teaching Portfolio
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What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp
Where it is: Osceola, WI
When I taught here: ongoing, since 2022
Who I taught: K-12 students in groups of 10-30 at a time
Class format: 30- to 40-minute classes with each age group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp
Where it is: Rochester, MN
When I taught here: ongoing, since 2022
Who I taught: K-9th grade students in groups of 6-10 at a time
Class format: 40-minute classes with each age group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it is: Korean language school
Where it is: Wheeling, IL
When I taught here: ongoing, since 2020
Who I taught: 3rd-8th grade students in groups of 8-16
Class format: 50-minute classes every Saturday in 6-week rotations for each group
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it is: a professional development conference for music educators in Illinois
Where it is: Peoria, IL
When we taught here: January 28, 2023
Who we taught: adult music educators
Clinic format: 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute workshop and brief Q&A session (co-presented with Suwan Choi and Byoung Sug Kim)
What we taught: using Korean drumming as a way to expose students to diversity in the classroom
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What it is: Korean traditional performing arts school for Korean Americans and their families
Where it is: Shoreview, MN
When I taught here: ongoing, since 2020
Who I taught: youth and adults in groups of 2-8
Class format: weekly zoom classes, from 30-minutes to an hour
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp
Where it is: Crosslake, MN
When I taught here: ongoing, since 2024
Who I taught: 7th-12th grade students in groups of 10-16 at a time
Class format: 30-minute classes with each group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it is: a professional development conference for educators
Where it is: Geneva, IL
When we taught here: March 3, 2023
Who we taught: adult educators
Clinic format: 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute workshop and brief Q&A session (co-presented with Suwan Choi and Byoung Sug Kim)
What we taught: using Korean drumming as a way to expose students to diversity in the classroom
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What it is: Korean adoptee centered Korean culture camp
Where it is: Pella, IA
When I taught here: ongoing, since 2021
Who I taught: K-12 students in groups of 6-12 at a time
Class format: 45-minute classes with each group every day for 3 days, plus a short end-of-weekend performance
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it is: Korean culture camp for Korean American youth
Where it is: Minneapolis, MN
When I taught here: ongoing, since 2022
Who I taught: 6th-7th grade students in groups of 12-30 at a time
Class format: 30-minute classes with each group every day for 5 days, plus a short end-of-week performance
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it was: a virtual cultural event for Korean school students throughout the midwest
Where it was: zoom
When I taught here: April 30, 2022
Who I taught: K-8th grade Korean school students throughout the Midwest
Class format: 30-minute lecture
What I taught: Korean Music: Then and Now, Traditional Instruments in Korean Music Today
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What it is: a one-time hands-on workshop
Where it is: various locations
When I taught it: various dates
Who I taught: various age groups, usually groups of 10-30
Class format: 30-minute to 1-hour in which participants can learn to play an actual rhythms on the Korean drums
What I taught: the various names for Korean drumming, the names of each of the four instruments and what they symbolize, hot to sit with instrument, how to hold the stick(s), how to play a basic rhythm
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What it is: Chicago Public School
Where it is: Chicago, IL
When I taught here: 2022-2024
Who I taught: 18 Latinx 3rd-6th grade students
Class format: 2-hour classes once a week throughout the school year with multiple performances in December and May
What I taught: samulnori
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What it is: student leadership of youth Korean music program
Where it is: Wheeling, IL
When I taught here: August 2020 - August 2024
Who I taught: 9th-12th grade students
Class format: 30-minute to 1-hour meeting once a week before their music class
What I taught: youth leadership, event coordination, identity and expression, communication skills
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What it is: higher learning instution where I received my Master's degree in Ethnomusicology
Where it is: Vancouver, BC, Canada
When I taught here: September 2018 - April 2019
Who I taught: 22 music major and non-major university students
Class format: course for credit; 1.5-hour classes twice a week, alternating between sectional and ensemble classes, with a final hour-long performance at the end of the year
What I taught: samulnori, pungmul
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What it is: after school ensemble program
Where it is: Aurora, IL
When I taught here: 2022-2023 September-May
Who I taught: 12 high school students
Class format: 1.5- to 2-hour classes once a week on Tuesdays, with a performance at the end of the school year, taught alongside band director Jordan Yi
What I taught: yeongnam samulnori