The Sejong Cultural Society strives to advance awareness and understanding of Korea's cultural heritage amongst people in the United States by reaching out to the younger generations through contemporary creative and fine arts. more
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2022 Sejong Writing Competition
Eligibility: US and Canadian residents
Categories: sijo and essay
Status: closed
Competition deadline: March 31, 2022
2022 competition result: sijo winners | essay winners | winning entries
Eligibility: pre-college students
Categories: violin and piano ("virtual" competition)
Status: open
Submission deadline - October 1, 2022
Competition Results:
2021 competition: winners | judges (piano & violin)
2020 competition: winners | judges | Winners Concert (Virtual)
Sejong International Sijo Competition
Eligibility: any nationality (including USA and Canada)
Division: one division for all age
Sijo must be written in ENGLISH
Status: open
Competition deadline: September 30, 2022
2021 competition results: winners | judges | winners' sijo
Wisconsin Sijo Competition
Eligibility: Residents of Wisconsin
Division: adult | Senior | Junior
Status:closed
Competition deadline: January 17, 2022
2022 competition results: winners | judges | Entries
The Wisconsin Sijo Competition is a collaborated between CEAS at Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison and the Sejong Cultural Society
The Sejong Prize for Music Composition
Eligibility: open to all composers
Status: closed
Competition deadline: June 30, 2015
2015 competition results: winners | judges
| Ongoing | Online sijo class for educators |
| Sept 2022 | Sejong International Sijo Competition |
| Oct 2022 | 19th Sejong Music Competition (Open) |
| Nov 2022 | Virtual Fundraiser |
| 8/2022 | Sijo reference book has been published - "SIJO: Korean Poetry" (Edited by Lucy Park and Elizabeth Jorgensen) - sold at Amazon. Also, complimentary copies of this book is available for educators who teach SIJO in classes in USA. - Send an email to sejongculturalsociety@gmail.com. |
| 5/2022 | Sojung Hong's CD: From East to West - CD with 24 piano solo pieces with a Korean theme by Professor Sojung Hong (required repertoire of past Sejong Music Competition) |
| 5/2022 | 2022 Sejong Writing Competition Winners Announced (Essay / Sijo) Winners - sijo winners | essay winners | winning entries |
| 1/2022 | 2022 Wisconsin Sijo Competition Winners Announced - Winners | Winners Sijo |
| 10/2021 | 2021 Sejong Music Competition (virtual) Winners Announced - Winners | Winners Virtual Concert |
| 10/2021 | 2021 Sejong International Sijo Competition Winners Announced |
Sejong virtual fundraiser - October 20, 2021
Watch Full Length Virtual Fundraiser Video
- PlayList of Fundraiser Video clips
Highlights:
- About the Sejong Cultural Society
- Remarks & Greetings by Ambassador Kathleen Stephens
- Black Oak Ensemble Performance - Csardas
- Black Oak Ensemble Performance - Libertango
- Susanna Song Interview with Prof Mark Peterson
Thank You For Your Generous Support!
Check out our new SIJO Reference Book "SIJO:Korea's Poetry Form" - sample pages
Check out our sijo and music page to see how we've incorporated sijo into contemporary musical genres ranging from hip-hop to classical
Video recordings of three high school English teachers teaching sijo writing in their classes. (VA, WI and TN)
The sijo poetry form captures a Harvard professor's imagination - Read the Boston Globe's interview of Sejong Cultural Society Writing Committee member and competition judge David McCann on sijo in America. more
KBS2TV broadcast (in Korean) - TV news station in Korea, KBS2TV covered the Sejong Cultural Society's series of sijo events in April 2010, including a sijo-based poetry reading session with Korean traditional music, writing workshop, and seminar for English teachers.
| 1/7/2022 | What makes Sijo good ? - Prof Mark Peterson analizes and comments on winning sijo from the past Sejong Sijo Competitions. " the really better Sijo are ones that touch on really important issues or some emotional tie ..." (YouTube Chanel - The Frog Outside Well, 11/4/2019 posting, Sijo #3) What is important in translating Sijo? - Prof Mark Peterson emphasizes that "a sijo, in translation, should be a sijo...." (YouTube Chanel - The Frog Outside Well, 10/29/2019 posting, SIjo #2) |
| 7/1/2021 | Updated YouTube Sejong Channel www.youtube.com/user/koreantheme How to write sijo, Teaching sijo, sijo and music, sejong music competition winners performances, introduction to korean traditional dances ,,, |
| 1/17/2021 | (in Korean) Video recording of Korea Sijo Association's New Year round table discussion on "future of sijo": Lucy Park - Sejong Cultural Society, Prof. Mark Peterson, & Officers of Korea Sijo Association |
| 2015 | Chicago's WFMT 98.7 FM Radio program RELEVANT TONES producers visit Korea; Interviews with Korea's contemporary composers and exerpts of their pieces. PART 1 | PART 2 |
| INFO | Updated Sejong Cultural Society YouTube Channel |
| INFO | (in Korean) An introduction to the Sejong Cultural Society in Korean is now available. 세종문화회 소개 (한글) |
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