Scoring / Instrumentation
Orchestra: 2 2 2 2 – 2 2 2 1 – 3perc – str.
2019-09-05
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Nashville Symphony
Premiere
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사라지는 목소리들 (Disappearing Voices) — a concert of chamber works about endangered animals, planned, composed, and artistically directed by SiHyun Uhm, performed by 강나경 (violin), 김승민 (cello), 김세현 (clarinet), and 김채린 (piano). Produced with support from Arts Council Korea (2025 청년예술가 도약 지원) and the Seoul Foundation (2025 예술창작활동지원). Reviewed by Monthly Review (ireview.kr).
George Rothman conducts Riverside Symphony in the Lincoln Center premiere of SiHyun Uhm's vibrant orchestral work 'Ladybug in the Room'.
Ladybug in the Room for orchestra read by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Bradley Thachuk as part of the American Composers Orchestra's EarShot New Music Readings (Jan 28–29, 2020), with mentor composers Robert Beaser, Chen Yi, and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate.
Ladybug in the Room for orchestra performed by the Riverside Symphony at The Dimenna Center, New York (January 2020).
Ladybug in the Room workshopped at the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab with Giancarlo Guerrero, Aaron Jay Kernis, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Kip Winger.
Ladybug in the Room for orchestra performed by the Daegu MBC Orchestra in Daegu, South Korea (June 2019).
George Rothman conducted Riverside Symphony in the celebrated New York premiere of 'Ladybug in the Room' at Alice Tully Hall.
ACO's EarShot interview on Ladybug in the Room, ahead of the Buffalo Philharmonic readings in January 2020.
91Classical spotlights five emerging composers at the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab, including SiHyun Uhm's 'Ladybug in the Room.'
Brass Band
A brass band work where sound becomes a mnemonic—a fragile key to sensations that can't be precisely recalled.
String Orchestra
An expansive, deeply emotive work for string orchestra exploring the bittersweet resonance of nostalgia and separation.
Orchestra: 2 2 2 2 – 4 2 2 1 – timp., 1perc, harp – str.
Awarded 1st Prize by the Arts Council of Korea, portraying the dense canopy of an Amazonian ecosystem.
