Lee Chan-Hae was born in 1945 in Seoul, Korea. She received Bachelor's degree from Yonsei University. Also, she got her Master's degree and Ph. D. (course work) from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C., USA. Recently, she has appointed as General Secretary of Asian Composers League in Korea, and also President of the Korean Society of 21st Century Music, a board member of Korean Music Association and vice President of the Society of Korean Women Composers. She received the National Composition Prize of Korea in 1998. At present, she is Secretary General of Asian Composers League.
"O Lord, Here I Am" (For three choruses, a cappella): This piece was written by the commission of Seoul music festival and performed firstly at the main hall of korean national theater in 1984. Since that time on, this piece had been performed many times at musical theater, universities, and churches in Korea. This piece which is a cappella, is composed of three choruses-male, female, and mixed chorus.
Born in 1913. Music Teacher's Diploma, as graduate in composition and band conducting, University of the Philippines, 1938; and post-graduate studies in composition, Julliard School of Music in New York, 1947-48. He rose from assistant instructor in theory to chairman of the composition and conducting department of the University of the Philippines College of Music. He was with the faculty of several music schools including St. Scholastics's College, St. Theresa's College, St. Paul College. He was at one time musical director of the Dramtic Philippines at the Metropolitan Theatre, 1943-45; and Professor Emeritus, Up College of Music (Theory and Composition) 1980. He won the Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1962, and Recognition Award of the Rizal Provincial League, Pasay Civic League, Rizal Press Club.
MAGSI-AWIT KAYO SA PANGINOON is a song of praise inspired by a popular biblical passage, taken from the book of Psalms. "Sing a new song unto the Lord!" It speaks of how we can lift praises to our God through the very music that emanates from our soul.
Born in 1929 in Hokkaido. He composed for the first time when six years old. He graduated in 1 952 from the department of composition in Tokyo Music School (Tokyo National University of fine arts and music today). Since then, he has been playing an important role as one of composers representing the writing music world of Japan. His original, individual creativity as the result of multiple inquiries about folk music of Japan and World is highly evaluated both at home and abroad.
"Maimai", "Noyosa": These works were written in 1969 by the commission of Japan Chorus Association and Columbia Record. They are two pieces of " 12 inventions by Japanese folksongs" for a cappella, mixed chorus, both of them folksongs for people living in mountain regions. "Maimai" is handed down from generation to generation as well, a song of Kaguramai with ancient melodies "Maimai" is a song including "Ritsu-scale", that is, scale of Gagaku introduced from the Chinese continent. "Maimai". I completed it for chorus with a European. Renaissance taste to create an unrestrained polyphonic music. "Noyosa" (a song of Bon-dance) is a song for festival and also folksong with very cheerful, joyful rhythm and expressive melody.
