K-Art Song Storytelling Workshop: Re-imagining Peace and Humanity

Join us at the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (KCCDC) for a K-Art Song Storytelling Workshop: Re-imagining Peace and Humanity, a performance, discussion, and workshop at the intersection of traditional Korean music and poetry, presented in partnership with the K-Art Song Cultural Bridge Project.   Experience live performances of Korean art songs, a genre known in Korean as gagok (가곡), that synthesize music and poetry with lyrical storytelling that reflects the complex modern history of the Korean Peninsula. Through collaborative narrative discourse with participants, this workshop intends to not only introduce the genre’s unique artistry but to awaken a collective sense of compassion and shared moral imagination, inviting listeners to re-imagine global peace together.   Art songs, also known as Lied music, are a traditional form of sung poetry. In Korea, this operatic, classically-minded genre adapts a European concept with Korean aesthetics, expression, and musicality, often integrating works by influential 20th century Korean poets like independence activist Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945) and others.   Through the “K-Art Song” medium, this event aims to evoke sound- and emotion-based dialogues and lyric-centered conversations. Participants are invited to join in this collaborative process by sharing their own experiences, co-creating stories of empathy and cultural solidarity on the path toward peace.   K-Art Song Storytelling Workshop: Re-imagining Peace and Humanity Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. Free with an RSVP (below) RSVP FOR THIS EVENT!   About the K-Art Song Cultural Bridge Project   The K-Art Song Cultural Bridge Project, affiliated with the Narrative Transformation Lab at the Carter School, seeks to cultivate shared experiences of the narratives embedded in Korean art song through storytelling and collective narrative discourse with international audiences. As a nexus model that interweaves live performa