UC Irvine

Although much research exists on both historical considerations of Korean music and intercultural relations, little attention has been paid to the processes and possibilities of intercultural collaboration of jazz and traditional musicians. As a practice-based inquiry, the research presented herein supported the musical composition and performance of WindWave, for mixed Korean and Western instruments. The topic is explored using sociological and musicological frames, and particular attention is given to the interplay of place and personal conviction in forging musical understandings. In addition, the dissertation explores ideas of Koreanness through its manifestations in K-Pop and traditional musics and documents how the findings were applied to a creative intercultural collaboration.