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Grace Beat Quartet, ​"Beat Mirage" Album Release 2/9/24

Happy New Year, everyone! The "Beat Mirage" album by Mina Cho's Grace Beat Quartet is almost here! We're excited to offer a sneak peek: a full video featuring scenes from the "Beat Mirage" album recording and our Berklee Performance Center show last fall. Enjoy and stay tuned!

NEW ALBUM RELEASED!


We are excited to announce that our new album, "Samulnori Fantasy: Seasons," has officially been released! Physical CDs and digital albums are available on various platforms in the US and Korea. For more information, please click the links below.

​On Korean Thanksgiving night (9.29.23), we had an amazing time at the Berklee Performance Center! The performance was incredibly powerful and inspirational, and the enthusiastic audience filled the entire house! We’re truly grateful for your heartwarming support and cheers throughout our “Seasons” journey. Please enjoy the concert highlights on our YouTube channel.
The Gugak Jazz Society performed on the last day of the 2023 Korea Traditional Performing Arts Festival (7.16.23) and was featured in a review in the monthly magazine "Gongjindan." Thank you for the precious review, Eunny Jang, a supporter of the Traditional Performing Arts Promotion Foundation!
Samulnori Fantasy: Seasons Premiere in Boston Highlights (Part I) Sep 10, 2022@NEC's Jordan Hall
사물놀이 판타지: 계절 보스턴 초연 하이라이트 영상 (1차) – 2022년 9월 10일 뉴잉글랜드 컨서바토리 조던홀
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written & composed by Mina Cho
performed by The Gugak Jazz Society 
Stay tuned for our next episodes and upcoming album to be released in 2023
with the new title, Samulnori P'antasi: Seasons!
​UnMyung 운명 ("Fate") from GreeKorea Spin-off with Samulnori Showcase 
August 7, 2021@CJ Cultural Foundation, AZIT, Gwangheungchang (Seoul, Korea)
We feel truly grateful to be able to share with you the very final result of the GreeKorea project. Here is the documentary, which is our story. Hope this resonates with your hearts in a very special way.
"Everyone’s story resembles another’s, and it is our hope that this music can inspire you to think about how to live together even when we face conflicts and differences. ... Life is improvisational, replete with unanticipated and astonishing events. We improvise to find creative solutions in the moment. We keep trying."
(from the GreeKorea "Greeting the Moon" album booklet)

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​We are pleased to announce the first official album of the Gugak Jazz Society, GREEKOREA "Greeting the Moon" <그릭코리아 "달맞이"가다> has been released both in the US and Korea. 
Physical album (USA)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095G5JW6Z?ref=myi_title_dp​
Digital album
https://thegugakjazzsociety.hearnow.com
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Physical album (Korea)
https://www.sonaeum.co.kr/product/untitled-64
"그리스와 코리아가 만나 ‘그릭코리아’라는 또 다른 존재가 되었다. ‘그릭코리아’가 되어 함께 달맞이 가는 풍경을 그린 그들의 음악 이야기에 삶의 고단함이 녹아있고, 이를 웃음으로 전환시키는 재치와 멋이 깃들어 있으며, 끊임없이 탐구하고 창작하는 국악재즈소사이어티 멤버들의 열정이 담겨져 있다. ‘그릭코리아’ 달맞이 가다… 한 편의 영화를 본 듯한 감동과 여운의 파동이 오랫동안 느껴지는 앨범이다."
Mina Cho's Pansori Cantata Gilryungjeon U.S. Premiere, October 8, 2019
​@ New England Conservatory's Brown Hall
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