Soomin Kim

Introduction
Soomin Kim was born in South Korea. She now is a junior majoring in Composition at Open Conservatoir. She is a composer with brilliant ideas and extremely talented however she hasn't found a direction and style that speaks to her. This gives her the chance to experiment with new sounds as well as styles within her music composition. - One minute video of Soomin Kim introducing herself and talks about the program she is on during the festival along with talking about her style of composing.

Works
Sea of City (2017)

Comparisons
I was able to hear Soomin's City of Sea in the Alba Music Festival. Her work was extremely moderner and sounded so much like she wrote music in order to express emotion. In comparison to other music performed during the festival, it is very clear that Soomin's work is very different. at the music she wrote for this festival sounded extremely modern. This is true especially compared to the traditional style of music that was being heard throughout the concert.

Observations
While listening to Soomin's piece during the festival, I found an important observation I made was that her music consisted of burst of sound from the bass clarinet as well as smooth long, yet strong notes from the marimba. I observed that the notes played by the marimba within this specific piece sounded more like how the sea would sound based on emotional construction. Then, the bass clarinet played notes that I feel represented the sea in which is reference in the title. I feel this is an important observation because now it is possible to have a connection between the title and the actual music, therefore it is possible to have an understanding of the purpose of the piece, which allows for a better emotional connection.