Traditional Korean Music Performance: Molgae at LMU

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Dec 09, 2014, 07:09 ET

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University will host the Korean musical group, Molgae (pronounced mōl-gay) on December 10^th in Murphy Recital Hall at 8 pm.

The event, presented in partnership with the Korea Foundation, is free and open to the public.

Molgae is a group of traditional Korean musicians who will present various different styles of traditional Korean songs and instrumental numbers. Molgae is also well known for their "fusion" of Korean music with western instruments, such as the guitar, bass and saxophone.

The group has performed at the 2002 opening of the Korea-Japan World Cup and numerous international events including the Haus der Kulturen welt Berlin, the 2008 World Music Festival in Morocco, and the 15th International Ritual-Traditional Theater Festival in 2011 in Iran. This will be their debut performance in Los Angeles.

In an effort to build a stable framework to facilitate regular cultural exchange and cooperation, and to boost Korea as a reliable partner for cultural interaction, the Korea Foundation organizes and promotes a diverse variety of Korea-related cultural and artistic activities abroad, including performance and exhibition events.

What: Molgae: traditional Korean music performance

Where: Murphy Recital Hall
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles 90045

When: Wednesday, Dec. 10
8 p.m.

About Loyola Marymount University
Located between the Pacific Ocean and downtown Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive university offering 60 major programs, 36 master's degrees and a doctoral degree in education from four colleges, two schools and Loyola Law School. Founded in 1911, LMU is ranked third in "Best Regional Universities/West" by U.S. News & World Report. LMU is the largest Jesuit Catholic university for undergraduates on the West Coast with more than 5,900 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate and law students. For more LMU news and events, please visit www.lmu.edu/news.

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