E-reum/이름
Joshua SuhListen here.
E-reum is a piece written for solo piano improvisation. The concept that I’m choosing to focus is the question: “What does it mean, then, when an individual deems inadequate a name that has been perfectly successful at picking them out and starts going by a different name?”.
The main melody starts off in Bb emphasizing the pitch “F” and slowly introduces the pitch “E”, representing the individual rejecting the name given and deciding to go by a new name. Slowly the piece explores this new piece before modulating fully into a piece now no longer in Bb but now in A where the pitch “E” is much more stable. Finally, I chose to title the piece E-reum/이름 as it comes from the Korean word for name and emphasizes the final pitch “E” that our individual has settled on.