Professional Resume
JEON, SONG YI 15 Park Drive, Apt#6, Fenway, Boston MA 02215 USA Tel.: +1/857 205 2811 [email protected] http://www.songyijeon.com/
Personal Data
• Name Jeon • First name Song Yi • Birthday August 28, 1984 • Place of birth TaeBeck, Republic of Korea (South Korea) • Nationality Republic of Korea
Early Education
• 3/2000 – 11/2001 High-school in Wonju city, Rep. Korea • 2005 Graduations exam in Wonju city, Rep. Korea
Professional Education
• 10/2002 ~ 11/2005 Musik u. Darstellende Kunst Uni. Graz, Bachelor Degree Program (Music and Art University Graz, Austria) - Composition, studied with Georg Friedrich HAAS and Gerd KÜHR • 10/2007 ~ 7/2008 Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel, Musik hochschule, Switzerland (University of Music Basel, Switzerland) Diploma – Composition, studied with Georg Friedrich HAAS
• 10/2008 ~ 7/2011 Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel, Musik hochschule Basel, Jazz Department Bachelor in Jazz Performance Voice, studied with Ann MALCOLM (10/2008~7/2010) and Lisette Spinnler(10/2010~) • 9/2011 ~ Present Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, Performance Major, Diploma concentrate in Jazz Voice, studied with Mili Bermejo, Lisa Thorson, improvisation with Tiger Okoshi, Dave Santoro, Ed Tomassi, Berklee Global Jazz Institute – studied with George Garzone
Concerts & Workshop & Projects
Song Yi Jeon Quintet
March 2010 Bscene 10, The Basel Clubfestival – Bird’s Eye Jazzclub CH July 2010 Schützenhaus Restaurant, Basel CH July 2010 Lange Erlen Restaurant „Chill out“, Basel CH August 2010 Em Bebbi sy Jazz, Basel (Basel city Jazz Festival) CH September 2010 500 Jahre Uni Fest (500years University Festival) in Botanische Garten, Basel CH November 2010 Burggartenkeller Verrein, Bottmingen, Basel CH January 2011 Esse Musicbar, Winterthur CH March 2011 Lebewohlfabrik Kulturclub, Zürich, CH April 2011 8-Bar, Basel, CH April 2011 NewComersNight in Konstanz, Konstanz9, DE May 2011 Off Beat Jazzfestival, Basel, CH June 2011 Bird’s Eye Jazzclub Basel, CH July 2011 Langnau Jazzfestival Junior Jazz meeting 2011, Langnau CH
March 2012 Savannah Jazz Club, San Francisco CA March 2012 Next Generation Jazz Festival, Monterey CA April 2012 St. Alban’s Parish Hall, Albany CA October 2012 Berklee College of Music Recital Hall 1W Boylston street 1140, Boston MA December 2012 Western Front, Cambridge MA February 2013 Berklee College of Music Recital Hall 1W Boylston street 1140, Boston MA September 2013 Berklee Performance Center (BPC) November 2013 Cafe 939, Red Room, Boston MA
• Alexander “Sandi” Kuhn Group – album release: January 2013 “The Ambiguity of Light” Received Landesjazzpreis des Baden-Wuettenberg 2013 Theaterhaus Stuttgart DE July 19, 2012/ July 23, 2013 • Tiago Michelin quintet • Crosswalk Anarchy – Fusion Jazz Band with Evan Waaramaa (2013) Wally’s Jazz Club, Boston residence band/Out of the Box Festival, Boston Opening for Miguel Zenon, The Falcon, Marlboro, NYC The Blue Note, EP release concert, NYC (11/01/2013)
School Workshops & Projects
• 2009 Artist Residence of Basel – Workshop, Project with “Jovino Santos Neto” in April, Concerts in Bird`s eye Jazz club in Basel, Switzerland • 2009 DKSJ All Star Project– Big Band Project conducted by Guillermo Klein Concert in 5 cities in Switzerland (Basel, Luzern, Bern, Lausanne, and Zürich) (DKSJ – Direktor/innen-Konferenz-Schweizer Jazzschulen) • 2010 Artist Residence of Basel – Workshop, Project with “Carlo Mombelli” in April, Concerts in Bird`s eye Jazz club in Basel, Switzerland Concert at “Off Beat” Jazz Festival Basel, Bar du Nord • 2011 Artist Residence of Basel – 5/9 ~ 5/29 Workshops with Guillermo Klein Concert at “Gare du Nord” 29th of May in Basel, Switzerland • March 2012 Maggie Scott’s Jazz Vocal Night – At Berklee College of Music David Friends Recital Hall (DFRH) • November 2012 Maggie Scott’s Jazz Vocal Night – At DFRH • November 2013 Maggie Scott’s Jazz Vocal Night – At DFRH • January 2013 Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) – March 2013 Concert at the Berklee High-school Jazz Festival • March 2013 Vocal Clinic: Singing with a Big Band by John Clayton at DFRH • March 2013 Concert
Private Workshops & Master classes
• International Masterclass Vaduz, Liechtenstein 2009 – Judy Niemack(Vocal) • Begues Jazz camp in Spain 2010 – Jorge Rossy(Drums), Ben Street(Bass), Peter Bernstein(Guitar), Michael Kanon(Piano), Eli Degibri(Tenor Sax) • Generations 2010 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland – Adrian Mears (Trombone), Harold Mabern (Piano), Eric Alexander (Tenor Sax), Joe Farnsworth (Drums) • Mission Jazz 2013 summer, Santa Fe, NM – Walter Smith 3rd
Other Projects & Activities
• DKSJ Exchange Night 2010 Concert of best Bachelor project of Jazz school Basel, Switzerland Simon Girard – Clochard Crew Concerts in 4 cities (Bern, Luzern, Lausanne, & Zürich) • Sound Expedition Big Band – Concerts in Switzerland, Germany. 2010/11 • Kulturkreis Arosa (Music&Art festival in Arosa, Switzerland) - July, 2010 Gast Singer for Festival Big Band. (Cond. Joel Schmidt) • Vinyard Basilea Church – Worship Band Piano player for 2 years •
• Sagit Zilberman Group – participated on her 1st album • Mina Yu Group – participated on her 1st album
Competitions & Awards
• Bucharest Jazz Competition 2011 • Next Generations Jazz Festival in Monterey, CA March, 31, 2012 ‒ Finalist in a Open Combo Division (Sponsored by Berklee College of Music)
• Voice Department Outstanding Achievement Award by Berklee College of Music –March 2013 • Billboard Endowed Scholarship awarded by Berklee College of Music – April 2013 • Quincy Jones CJ Scholarship awarded by Quincy Jones, sponsored by CJ&E in Korea ‒ October 2013
Other musical Activities
• Pyeong-Won Middle-school, Choir • Won-Ju city Youth Choir (2000 ~ 2001) • 2000 YMCA Won-Ju city Singing Contest Duet 2nd place • 2001 YWCA Won-Ju city Singing Contest Solo 1st place • Won-Ju High-school for woman, Choir • 2001 Gang-Won Province Youth competition for Music&Art – High-school Composition part. 2.Preis • January 2005 Broadcast composition „San-Cho“, a piece for Flute Solo on Radio ORF1 in Austria