Chung Park is quickly establishing himself amongst the finest of the next generation of American conductors. Eminent composer Steve Reich described his conducting as “revelatory” and called him “a young conductor to keep an ear and eye on”. Critic Lawrence Johnson of the Miami Herald hailed his recent performance of the Mahler/Stein 4th Symphony as “alert and well paced” and his conducting of the Debussy Afternoon of a Faun as “lucid and refined”.
Mr. Park has worked with some of today’s finest soloists, including trumpeters Marc Reese of the Empire Brass and Craig Morris, former principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with pianist Lori Sims, winner of the 1996 Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, and Monica Yunus of the Metropolitan Opera.
In addition to his duties at UND, Mr. Park serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Miami based chamber orchestra Project Copernicus (http://projectcopernicus.org). Park holds degrees from the University of Illinois, Western Michigan University, the Peabody Conservatory, and is currently completing his doctoral studies at the University of Miami where he was the recipient of the Presser Foundation Music Prize and the UM Alumni Association Student of Distinction Award. Further studies include the Pierre Monteux School, the South Carolina Conductor's Institute, Tafelmusik Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Aspen Music Festival, and the International Festival-Institute at Roundtop, Texas, where two groups he led were chosen to perform on the "Best of the Summer" concerts during consecutive summers.
Mr. Park has performed in masterclasses for Marin Alsop, Andrey Boreyko, Per Brevig, Raymond Harvey, Catherine Comet, Pascal Verrot and Jorge Mester. Following his master's work at the University of Illinois, Park studied viola in Hannover, Germany with Hatto Beyerle of the Alban Berg Quartet.
Prior positions include Acting Director of Orchestra activities at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, Music Director of the Young Musician’s Orchestra in Coral Gables, FL, as well as the faculties of the University of Chicago and Indiana University - South Bend. Park served as conductor of the Western Michigan University Chamber Orchestra and Opera Theater and was also Music Director of the South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Park conducted an all-Hovhaness concert in May 2006 with the Filharmonia Bourgas (Bulgaria), underwritten by a grant from the Theodore Presser Foundation. A CD of this program, recorded with the Frost Symphony Orchestra, is slated for release on Centaur Records in 2007.
Further information about Prof. Park is available at http://chungpark.com.
Professor Park encourages all prospective string students to contact
him for information about UND's string program. Prospective students are also encouraged to set up a private lesson with Professor Park. There is no charge for this lesson.
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