Memories Unsettled Gibbs Street Duo

• HyeKyung Lee (b. 1959): Distant Memories (Version for Cello & Piano):
• 1 Lee: Distant Memories (Version for Cello & Piano) 10:05
• Dorothy Rudd Moore (b. 1940): Dream and Variations:
• 2 Moore: Dream and Variations 15:28
• James Lee III: Abraham's Son (In Memoriam, Trayvon Martin):
• 3 III: Abraham's Son (In Memoriam, Trayvon Martin) 08:23
• Dorothy Rudd Moore: Dirge and Deliverance:
• 4 Moore: Dirge and Deliverance: I. Adagio 10:01
• 5 Moore: Dirge and Deliverance: II. Allegro 07:31
• Ching-chu Hu: Night:
• 6 Hu: Night: I. Slumber 04:10
• 7 Hu: Night: II. Tossing and Turning 04:37
• Total Runtime 01:00:15

Info for Memories Unsettled

"Memories Unsettled" explores music that has too often been marginalized from the historical musical canon. Sun Min Kim and Hilary Glen joined forces during the height of the pandemic, forming the Gibbs Street Duo. This piano-cello duo tours colleges and universities across the country, sharing their inspiring music with students, faculty, and other patrons of the arts. The album features composers from diverse backgrounds including Dorothy Rudd Moore, James Lee III, Ching-chu Hu, and HyeKyung Lee. Moore’s Dirge and Deliverance is a sonata in two movements written in 1971 that uses music to reflect on the Black experience in 1960s America. Abraham’s Sons written by James Lee III was written in 2013 to express horror and outrage at the killing of Trayvon Martin. Through these pieces and more like them, the Gibbs Street Duo demonstrate the power and relevance of music as a catalyst for change.

Gibbs Street Duo:
Hilary Glen, cello
Sun Min Kim, piano

The Gibbs Street Duo
was formed in June 2020 with the intent to seek out, explore, and introduce music of historically-marginalized composers to the musical canon. During the height of the pandemic, the duo focused their energy on presenting their ideas about this recording project at national conferences and various institutions of higher education around North America. Currently, the Gibbs Street Duo is touring colleges and universities across the country to share this inspiring music with students, aficionados, and other music professionals.

Hilary Glen
cellist, has been praised as a “standout performer” who has successfully “taken on the demanding and most expressive responsibilities assigned to [her] instrument.” As an enthusiastic performer, she enjoys a varied career that has taken her from the Italian Alps to Carnegie Hall and many places in between. She has collaborated with musicians including Gil Shaham, Gary Hoffman, Yefim Bronfman, and The Who. Formerly a cellist with the New World Symphony, Glen currently performs as the Assistant Principal in the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, Principal of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Georgia, and is a section member of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and the Des Moines Metro Opera.

Sun Min Kim
South Korean pianist Sun Min Kim serves as Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Denison University. He made his debut with the Ulsan Symphony Orchestra at age 13, performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto. He has been a prizewinner of national and international competitions such as the Maria Canals International Piano Competition, MTNA, and International Crescendo Music Awards. In 2008, the professional music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon awarded him the Sterling Achievement Award, the highest honor that the fraternity bestows upon its collegiate members. As a laureate of various awards, he debuted at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and other prestigious venues across the United States and abroad.

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