"Chung is a bright light on the Winnipeg cello scene, her intelligent musicality and rich resonance [are] valuable additions to any ensemble... devoted and playing with admirable gusto!"
Minna Rose Chung is a founding member of the Azure String Quartet.
The Azure String Quartet was formed in 2010 by four musicians who are passionate about chamber music and hope to inundate their city and region with the art form. Violinists Elation Pauls and Chris Anstey, and violist Laszlo Baroczi, are members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, while cellist Minna Rose Chung is Professor of Cello for the University of Manitoba's Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music. Each member is active in teaching and performing, and all are dedicated to giving back to the community through master classes and sectionals for the University of Manitoba's Preparatory Division, the U of M's WSO mentorship program and the Winnipeg Youth Orchestras. In 2011 they performed at the U of M's Gala concert in honour of Michael Matthews, and were presented by the Women’s Committee of the WSO. In 2012 they made their debut with the Musical Offering concert series, performing an engaging program of Mozart and Haydn. Besides focusing on the standard quartet literature, the Azure Quartet has undertaken projects with composers of today and looks forward to discovering vintage and new works for this ensemble.
In June 2012, Dr. Chung performed in two of the new works and collaborated in curating the musical choices for Q Dance. Read more about it on the QDance website, and in a Winnipeg Free Press article.
Recent Performance:
In January 2012, Minna performed as part of a concert of contemporary chamber music from the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival. She performed the solo cello work "Stigmata" by Vincent Ho.
The music is by the festival's Distinguished International Guest composers, Kaia Saariaho and Valgeir Sigurdsson, Canadian composers Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte & Vincent Ho (WSO Composer in Residence), and by the Dutch composer Jurriaan Andriessen. The concert featured several of Winnipeg's top chamber musicians, including violinists Gwen Hoebig (WSO concertmaster) & Oleg Pokhanovski, The WSO Clearwater String Quartet, ‘cellists Yuri Hooker & Minna Rose Chung, pianists David Moroz & Megumi Masaki, and organist/synthesist Tim Hecker.
Westminster United Church was completely filled with enthusiastic New Music fans.
Listen to the concert (recorded by CBC)
In October and November 2011, Minna toured with the Munich Symphony Orchestra through the United States. She participated in the second part of this extensive tour, performing in a classical program including Mozart's Requiem and Arnold Schönberg's "Verklärte Nacht".
The classical section of the Munich Symphony's tour comprised 18 concerts and took the orchestra through the Middle West and the Southern States. Philippe Entremont, the Conductor Laureate of the Munich Symphony, conducted this portion of the concert. The Gloria de Cantores, a prominent American chorus, also took part.
(L) Faculty cellist Minna Rose Chung in a soundcheck rehearsal with Munich Symphony Orchestra in Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht for string orchestra.
(R) In a rare event, Minna Rose practices instead of taking advantage of "break/coffee time"
Korean American cellist Minna-Rose Chung is Assistant Professor of Cello at the University of Manitoba Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music. She is also founder and director of Project Rio, a multi-collaborative effort that brings Winnipeg musicians to Rio de Janeiro to perform at the prestigious Rio International Cello Encounter.
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B.Mus. (Oberlin), M.Mus. (Northwestern), D.M.A. (Stony Brook) Principal Teachers:
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| Highlights | In 2007, Minna-Rose made her Carnegie Hall debut as a founding member of the Pangea String Quartet in conjunction with the Kronos Quartet Young Artists Concert Series. In 2010, she joined the newly formed Azure String Quartet, a Winnipeg based ensemble commissioned to perform new works for chamber music. |
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| Awards and Recognition | Prior to her appointment at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Chung served as Assistant Professor of Cello at the University of Fairbanks Alaska, and Lecturer of Music and faculty cellist at Lawrence University Conservatory and Academy of Music, Appleton, Wisconsin. Her prize-winning students continue to distinguish themselves at music festivals and competitions across the continent.
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| Ongoing Research & Creative Activity | Minna-Rose continues to tour internationally as both guest artist and teacher with numerous festival orchestras and collaborative ensembles including the Okemo Young Artist program, Santo Domingo International Music Festival, Rio de Janeiro International Cello Encounter and the RICE Cello-Dance series in Brazil.
Vice President: Winnipeg Violoncello Society Summer Music Festival Faculty: Okemo Young Artist Program, Ludlow Vermont Guest Artist: Rio International Cello Encounter, Brazil Winnipeg International Cello Festival 2011, Canada Santo Domingo Music Festival, Domincan Republic |
| In the Faculty | Assistant Professor of Cello
Instructor: Pizzicelli Cello/Bass Ensemble Director: University of Manitoba Project RIO Coordinator: University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Coach
David Harrington, violinist of the acclaimed Kronos String Quartet, |
B.Mus. (Oberlin), M.Mus. (Northwestern), D.M.A. (Stony Brook)
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Personal websites:
Minna Rose Chung
University of Manitoba Project Rio
University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra
Contact:
316 Music Building
Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music
University of Manitoba
65 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
Phone: 204.474.8307
Email (yahoo)
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Listen to the Artist:
Minna-Rose performs on a 1770 AUGUSTINIUS CHAPPUY French cello and a 1999 Isaac Salchow bow and can be heard in exclusive broadcasts for NPR National Public Radio, CBC Radio 2, WFMT Radio Fine Arts Chicago, WPNE Green Bay, and KUAC Fairbanks, Alaska.
Discography:
Bachianas Braziliaras, New World Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor and Renee Fleming, soprano. Supporting musician.
In the News:
Minna-Rose and Dr. Judy Kehler-Siebert will present a concert in Nacka, Sweden at the Dieselverstaden Library on June 18.
Project Rio is an initiative to bring notice to our Winnipeg music community through our proposal to fund a performance exchange with Brazilian conservatories. All the contacts with Brazil universities have been made through David Chew, Director and Founder of RICE. Eventually Project Rio hopes to garner Canadian government and university support to maintain an annual program to bring our talent to Brazil and hold clinics in our areas of expertise.
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