Kang Min Shin Attends Aspen Music Festival
Dear Anthony Quinn Foundation,
With your Scholarship, I participated in the 2015 Aspen Music Festival and School in this summer. It was a very high-level guitar program, as I had expected. During the 4 weeks of my session, I received very insightful and helpful masterclasses from Sharon Isbin on my solo pieces and also great lessons on a variety of chamber music from other music teachers. It was awesome to see how much I can improve on my musicality, and I especially loved practicing with a unique and talented violin student I met at Aspen.
Using what I learned, I was accepted and performed in a duet at the Spotlight Concert with the violinist, and later I performed it again, along with a solo, a guitar quartet, and ensemble at the "Students of Sharon Isbin" recital on the last day of the guitar program.
The concert was excellent, and it was a great experience to play with other very talented students. I was especially touched when my audience members waited and did a standing ovation for me when I boarded the shuttle bus to go back to my lodging. I realized how much my music could impact people and give them joy. It also inspired me to keep on improving my music.
I am very grateful for the AQF Scholarship which allowed me to have this great opportunity.
Kang Min Shin
Jordan Alexandra JunYi Hadrill, violin Kang Min Shin, guitar (Student of Tali Roth, Juilliard Pre-College) 2015 Aspen Music Festival Classic Guitar Recital "Guitar Students of Sharon Isbin" Thursday, August 20, 2015 Scanlan Hall
Piazzolla - Bordel 1900 (from "Histoire du Tango")
Jordan Alexandra JunYi Hadrill, violin Kang Min Shin, guitar (Student of Tali Roth, Juilliard Pre-College) 2015 Aspen Music Festival Classic Guitar Recital.