Chinary Ung
NIRMITA COMPOSERS INSTITUTE
Nirmita Officers:
Chinary Ung, Co-founder, Artistic Director
Susan Ung, Co-founder, Chair Performance Area
Koji Nakano, General Manager
2017 Nirmita Composers Workshop is partnership with Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand
Chinary Ung, Cambodia/USA
Sean Heim/USA
Koji Nakano, USA/Japan
Pang Vongtaradon/Thailand
Siraseth Pantura-umporn/Thailand
Faculty Performers
Elizabeth McNutt, flute (USA)
Kate Stenberg, violin (USA)
Shalini Vijayan, violin (USA)
Susan Ung, viola (USA)
Maggie Parkins, cell (USA)
Shannon Wettstein Sadler, piano (USA)
Hong Sreysantepheap/Cambodia
Ven Phath Malina/Cambodia
Sros Som Piseth/Cambodia
Kampanart Chantima/Thailand
Pongsakorn Rattanapattarakul/Thailand
Soonthorn Tanjapoh/Thailand
Radduen Chuntarabud/Thailand
Vi Phan, Vietnam
Wai Hin Ko Ko/Myanmar
Anousone Pranikay/Laos
Ryle Nicole Q. Custodio/Philippines
Special Thanks to Mr. Damrih Banawitayakit, Former Dean of the Faculty of Music at Silpakorn University.
Sipakorn University in Bangkok co-hosted the Nirmita Composer Workshop, where, for two weeks, selected young composers from six Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) were invited to take private lessons and composition seminars from a roster of international guest composers and musicians and compose and present short new works.
Shannon Wettstein, Demonstrating extended piano techniques.
Workshop demonstration
Chinary Ung
Workshop discussion.
Lecture on tradtional Thai music by, Prof. Anant Narkkong, on the right.
Shannon Wettstein Sadler/piano; Elizabeth McNutt/flute, rehearsing studnet work.
Elizabeth McNutt and Susan Ung, faculty performers.
Presentation by faculty performers.
Koji Nakano giving a talk on his music.
Students from six nations in the region attending a lecture.
Thankful for the guidence during the Nirmita Composers Workshop.
Trying local Thai cuisine.
Shannon Wettstein Sadler and Elizabeth McNutt on a farwell sight seeing, on a boat.
Susan Ung feeding elephants.
Graduation Party.
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