Mission Statement
Stanford Hwimori is a multiethnic group comprised of
students, alumni, and other members of the Stanford community that are
committed to the performance and perpetuation of Korean cultural performing
arts on-campus and in the Bay Area. The group was founded by three
Korean American students in 1993 and was originally called Stanford Samulnori. Since then, we have changed the name of our group, grown to a
membership of over 15 students, and expanded our repertoire to include
dances such as talchum (mask dance), o-buk-chum (lit, "five
buk dance"), and minyo (songs) in addition to
p'ungmul (folk drumming).
The word "hwimori" has two meanings. In one sense, hwimori
is a quick, energetic 2-beat rhythm in Korean traditional music. The word
also has another connotation: a political movement bringing together people
and groups in a united effort for social change. As such, we members of
Stanford Hwimori aim to educate
ourselves and our audience about the rich cultural heritage found in
p'ungmul as well as to promote social justice and general appreciation
of cultural diversity through our performances. |
What's New
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Good job to everyone on the FACES concert! Young Hun is working on putting up pictures from the performance.
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To all potential members - join us during our first information session on October 2, 2008 for some free Korean food and meet the members of Hwimori! We've got a performance planned for you, and a drumming workshop afterwards that should be a blast.
(All of the current members are counting on you guys coming... otherwise, we don't get to touch any of the food... >.< )
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Oh, and if the Members page looks a bit broken, we're working on that. The rest of the site's fine, though, so feel free to browse around! |
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