Nonprofit Organization and the Transmission of Tradition and Cultural Change: Amateur Korean Percussion Troupes in South Korea Public
Lee, Hyeon Ju (2012)
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
Nonprofit Organization and the Transmission of Tradition and
Cultural Change:
Amateur Korean Percussion Troupes in South Korea
In this project, I examine the role of non-profit music
organizations in Seoul, South
Korea in shaping Korean cultural identities. I focus specifically
on amateur Korean
traditional percussion groups to explore how their musical and
organizational practices
contribute to the development of the samul nori percussion
genre since the late 1970s.
Based on the rural, outdoor practices of nongak, samul
nori developed as an urbanized,
indoor tradition for the concert-stage. Although its history is
relatively recent compared to
other "traditional" Korean music, the growth of the music itself
reveals a chronological story
about Korea within the contemporary period. From the 1980s onwards,
many new
percussion groups were formed to imitate and build on what that
original group, Samul-nori,
had done, that is, to revive, transform, and reinvent Korean
cultural traditions through
percussion music.
My project is a study of amateur, non-profit groups that perform
the core repertoire
of samul nori. These groups do not sustain themselves with
income earned through
performances. In fact, members of these avocational groups pay to
create opportunities to
perform. Unlike groups that musically expand tradition with the use
of newly-created
drums, different instrumentation, and new repertoire, avocational
percussion groups focus on
being accomplished in core repertoires and transforming the genre
within a traditional
framework. What are their motivations for performing Korean
percussion music the way
they do? What are the musical parameters of "tradition" that shape
their practices? How
does their organizational structure intersect with their musical
objectives? Using Korean
percussion music as a case study, I posit that non-profit, amateur
music organizations in
Korea creates a context in which core values of Korean cultural
traditions are expressed and
perpetuated through the intersection of musical learning,
repertoire choices, and performance,
and the structures and processes of the organization.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
………………………………………………………………………….ix
Introduction: An Ethnomusicological Study of Samul
Nori………………..………………..1
Chapter
1. Samul Nori Music and the Concept of National
Culture………………………….....7
2. Amateur Nonprofit Music
Organizations…………………………………………....14
3. Heung SaRang - An Amateur and Nonprofit Samul Nori
Organization……………29
4. Amateur Samul Nori Music Organizations and the
Transmission of Music,
Tradition and Culture
………………………………………………………….….…39
Conclusion…….……………………………………………………………………………...53
Glossary………………………………………………………………………………………56
Bibliography……...……….………………………………………………………………….57
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure Page
1. Map showing regional boundaries of South
Korea………………………………1
2. Profit-Nonprofit and Amateur-Professional Music
Organizations……………………………………………………………….…….15
3. Characteristics of Amateur and Professional
Organizations……………………..17
4. Two Types of Motivations in Profit
Organizations………………………………19
5. Original Samul-nori group in
1978………….…………………………………...21
6. Samul-nori Hanullim & Kim Duk Soo at Harvard University
in
2011…………………………………………………………………………..…...21
7. Organizational Culture in Profit and Nonprofit Music
Organizations…………...26
8. Members of Heung SaRang distributing gifts for the seniors at
the concert…..…30
9. Heung SaRang's performance at a community service event
………………........31
10. Monthly Budget and Expense Statement of Heung
SaRang………………..…....33
11. Studio of Heung
SaRang………………………………………………………....34
12. Organizational Chart of Heung
SaRang……………………………………….....37
13. Comparison in Performances of
Gil-Goonak………………………………..…...40
14. Main Karak on
Kkwaenggwari………………………………………………......41
15. Main Karak on
Ching…………………………………………………………....42
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