Jennifer Choi
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Jennifer Choi is a Korean-American violinist based in New York City. Choi graduated from the Juilliard School and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and has performed in a variety of settings including solo violin, chamber music, and creative improvisation and performed with the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Columbia Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Youth Philharmonic, and the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC) among others.
Early life
Career
Choi has collaborated with artists such as Fred Sherry, Stephen Drury, members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Corigliano and Miró String Quartet, Fireworks New Music Ensemble, the Either/Or Ensemble,{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Bernard |date=2007-09-17 |title=Cryptic Messages or Silence From the '60s Avant-Garde |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/arts/music/17kitc.html |access-date=2022-07-04 |issn=0362-4331}} and the Sirius Quartet.
In 2011, Choi joined the string quartet ETHEL{{Cite news |last=Midgette |first=Anne |date=2012-01-24 |title=Ethel string quartet's powerful music was overwhelming |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ethel-string-quartets-powerful-music-was-overwhelming/2012/01/24/gIQABnYTOQ_story.html |access-date=2022-07-04 |issn=0190-8286}} where she took the place of Mary Rowell.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Rory |date=September 2011 |title=Jennifer Choi Replaced Ethel Founding Violinist |volume=26 |page=19 |work=Strings; San Anselmo |issue=2 }}
She has premiered, performed, and recorded works by contemporary composers such as John Zorn,{{Cite news |last=Stabler |first=David |date=12 October 2003 |title=Music review howl and honk |pages=E01 |work=The Oregonian; Portland, Or.}}{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Ben |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGvnDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22jennifer+choi%22+violin&pg=PT394 |title=Derek Bailey: And the Story of Free Improvisation |year=2013 |publisher=Verso Books |isbn=978-1-78168-489-4 |language=en}} Annie Gosfield,{{Cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Marion Lignana |date=2005-06-21 |title=An ethereal mix of satellite sounds and violin |pages=61 |work=Newsday (Nassau Edition) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104931372/an-ethereal-mix-of-satellite-sounds-and/ |access-date=2022-07-04}} Danielle Eva Schwob,{{Cite web |last= |date=16 August 2021 |title=How I write for strings – composer Danielle Eva Schwob |url=https://www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/how-i-write-for-strings-composer-danielle-eva-schwob/13459.article |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=The Strad |language=en}} Christian Wolff, Lee Hyla, Neil Rolnick, and Randall Woolf, Elliott Sharp, Richard Carrick, Keeril Makan, Susie Ibarra,{{Cite book |last=Hale |first=James |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_coda-magazine_march-april-2005_320 |title=Coda the Journal of Jazz & Improvised Music March–April 2005: Iss 320 |date=2005 |publisher=Coda Publications |others=Internet Archive |pages=31 |language=English |issue=320}} and Wadada Leo Smith.
Discography
A stalwart in the NYC contemporary music scene, Jennifer had recorded over a dozen albums for John Zorn's label, TZADIK
References
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External links
- [http://www.jenniferchoi.com/ Jennifer Choi website]
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Category:American women violinists
Category:American musicians of Korean descent
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Category:Portland Youth Philharmonic alumni
Category:21st-century American violinists
Category:Ethel (string quartet) members
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