UPCOMING GMI EVENTS
Mission and Ministry Forums
The Global Mission Institute, along with Cross-Cultural Education at Luther Seminary, hosts weekly lunchtime discussions each Thursday during fall and spring semesters. These will begin again on February 9, 2012.
Spring Global Fair Trade Fair
Tuesday-Thursday, April 24-26, 2012
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Olson Campus Center, Chapel Narthex
NOTE: Cash or Check only
Other GMI Events
Love All around the World III
GMI Benefit Concert
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Time tbd
Olson Campus Center, Chapel of the Incarnation
The concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the Global Mission Institute at Luther Seminary
Performers:
Dr. Mikyoung Park, is a lyric coloratura soprano from Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Park has also Doctoral of Musical of Arts degree (DMA) in voice performance and received a Voice Pedagogy Certificate at the University of Minnesota. She received a Bachelor of Music (BM) and Master of Music (MM) from Seoul National University. She completed the Opera Institute program while receiving her degrees. Since 2004, she has been an associated member of the National Association of Teachers Singing (NATS). As a Opera performer, she sang Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring, Echo in Ariadne auf Nazos, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Violetta in La Traviata, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera, Mimi in La Boheme, Gilda in Rigoletto, Papagena in The magic Flute, and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Beside of her vocal career, Mikyoung Park holds the Master of Sacred Music program (MSM: majoring in choral conducting and minoring in organ) at Luther Seminary. Currently she is in the Master of Divinity program concentration on CYF (Children, Youth and Family) at Luther Seminary.
Momoko Tanno, soprano, received her M.M. from University of Minnesota in Vocal Performance, B.A. from Nihon University, Tokyo, and studied voice and French in Paris for three years. She is a frequent performer of opera, musical, theater, oratorio and recitals in the United States, Japan, and Germany. Her stage credits include, M. Butterfly (Guthrie Theater), Figaro, Don Juan Giovanni (Ivey Award), Carmen (Tony Award winning-Theatre de la Jeune Lune, American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Pacific Overtures (Park Square Theater/Theater Mu), Dipped in Love, and The Walleye Kid (Mu Performing Arts). She has also performed with Bach Society of Minnesota, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Dale Warland Singers, Dorian Opera Theatre, First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis, Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Heilbronn, Germany, Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Tokyo, Mixed Blood Theater, Nautilus Music-Theater, Oregon Bach Festival, Skylark Opera, and others.
Sei Hoon Ahn a Korean tenor, is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Vocal Performance at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He received his Master of Music from Indiana University in Voice, and Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea. He is currently a student of Mrs. Elizabeth Mannion at the Institute of Vocal Artistry in St. Paul, and his former teachers include Mr. William Shriner, Mr. Giorgio Tozzi, and Mr. U.K. Yim. Mr. Ahn is a frequent performer of opera and oratorio; his operatic repertoire includes La Traviata, La Bohème, Carmen and the Le Nozze di Figaro, and he has performed solos in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He was a member of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Anniversary Chorale in the 2008-2009 season. Mr. Ahn is a member of Music Teachers National Association ( M.T.N.A.) and has taught voice at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and his private studio.
Greg Kajiwara, clarinet, currently teaches and performs throughout the Twin Cities and is a primary substitute for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. Greg was born in Westlake Village, California, where he began studying the clarinet at the age of 12. In the summer of 1993, Greg was accepted into Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan where he studied clarinet performance with Richard Hawkins. He received his Bachelor of Music in Clarinet performance from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where he studied with Yehuda Gilad, Mitchell Lurie and Michelle Zukovsky, Principal Clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Greg moved to Minneapolis in 2000 where he completed his Master of Music degree in clarinet performance from the University of Minnesota, studying with Burt Hara, Principal Clarinet of the Minnesota Orchestra. Greg has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Duluth Superior Symphony, Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra and the Round Top Music Festival Orchestra to name a few.
Born in Seoul , Korea , Jieun Kim has performed as a collaborative pianist with various artists and has maintained a demanding performance schedule. Her artistic strength in both chamber music and vocal music has led to appearances at numerous recitals and concerts in Korea , France , Finland and the United States .Jieun Kim recently received her DMA degree in collaborative piano and coaching at the University of Minnesota , where she studied under professors Timothy Lovelace, Noriko Kawai and Margo Garrett. Jieun Kim holds B.M and M.M degrees in piano performance from Ewha Womans University in Seoul , Korea as well as an M.M degree in collaborative piano and coaching from the University of Minnesota.
GMI Photo Albums
Photos from past GMI Donor Dinners, our annual celebrations of gratitude and mission, along with Highlights of past academic years can be found on our photo album page!
