Eunjung Choi, Lori Kicks, Laura Keith

Eunjung Choi
Claflin University, South Carolina

Eunjung Choi is an Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She holds degrees from the University of South Carolina, Ball State University, Dongduk Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea and completed a Management Development Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

 

Lori Hicks
Claflin University, South Carolina

Lori Hicks, a native of Detroit, Michigan, is the recipient of the Master of Music degree from Bowling Green State University and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan.  She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

 

 

Laura Keith
Claflin University, South Carolina

Dr. Keith is a music educator, pianist, and clinician. She is part of the faculty at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, where she teaches music history, music education, piano, and honors thesis. During the fall of 2001, she traveled to the People’s Republic of China as a guest lecturer and spent two weeks in Beijing teaching courses on American music and conducting research on music education at Capital Normal University. Dr. Keith received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Howard University, Washington DC. She earned her Masters in Music Education degree and her Doctorate in Philosophy in Music Education from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.

Talk Title: Exploring South Carolina African American Composers’ Classical Music

African-American music of all types in the United States has been enriched by the integration of elements from many cultures. The purpose of this lecture-recital is to increase the understanding of historical, political, cultural and social influences and impacts related to South Carolina African-American classical composers and their music. Dr. Trevor Weston, Dr. John Lane, and Dr. Cedric Adderley have been selected due to their prominence in South Carolina as composers who happen to be African-Americans. Each composer has composed numerous pieces with several of their selections performed in South Carolina as well as other states.

The lecture-recital will consist of three components:
(a) Relevant biographical-chronological information about three composers
(b) General compositional styles in each of the featured compositions and
(c) Performance of one or two compositions of each composer.

WEB LINK: http://www.claflin.edu/academics/school-of-humanities-social-sciences/music