Kay Rhie, a South Korean composer, is currently an Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory at UCLA, and her experiences in Los Angeles, Ithaca, New York, and South Korea influence her compositional voice.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kay Rhie's aesthetic and cultural identity resist a singular definition, reflecting the hybridity and expressive identity of a diasporic composer, as noted by Isang Yun scholar Jeongmee Kim.
Composition History
The piece "Cereus, Night Blooms" is dedicated to Kay Rhie's late father, In-young Rhie, a writer who never returned to creative writing after immigrating from South Korea to the United States.
Composition History
The "Quake Suite" is derived from an opera about Los Angeles, commissioned by Opera UCLA, which explores the meaning of 'home' and 'homecoming' for Kay Rhie, who returned to the city after 15 years.
Composition History
The work "...in the dreams of another..." was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic and depicts efforts to connect between dislocated individuals, inspired by observations of people talking over each other on Zoom.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Kay Rhie's works explore artistic explorations of place and situation, often reflecting a sense of displacement and aiming to confront, console, or comprehend instability.
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