CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series vol. 22, gamin x elizabeth hoffman, curated by gamin, in the Immersion Room, Avery Fisher Center, on the 7th Floor of NYU’s Bobst Library on Washington Square South.

This concert explores the profound theme of crossing boundaries, a continuation of our series that invites reflection on the values of transcending limits. Whether these boundaries are forbidden zones, mental constructs, or cultural divergences, the performance seeks to bring them into mutual awareness. Through a powerful blend of music and meditation, this event challenges audiences to rethink the divisions that shape our world and to discover the unity that lies beyond. Join us for an evening of immersive soundscapes and thought-provoking artistry as we journey across these borders together.

RSVP is required by 12 p.m. on 9/21, the day of the concert. NYU will receive your name and email address and email you a pass, which you will need to enter the Bobst Library building.

TICKET LINK:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-22-gamin-x-elizabeth-hoffman-tickets-1002133707897

VENUE LOCATION:
Immersion Room, Avery Fisher Center, 7th Floor, Bobst Library, NYU
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

DIRECTIONS:
NYU’s Bobst Library is located on the south side of Washington Square between Schwartz Plaza and LaGuardia Place.

NEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:  
8th Street N/R/W
Astor Place 6
W 4th St/Wash Sq. A/C/E/B/D/F/M

ABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES

CROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences, the traditional and contemporary, classical and experimental, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical, visual, and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin, who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/

Crossing Boundaries is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and administered by LMCC. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks, resources, and support, to create vibrant, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

gamin (b. 1976 – also known as Gamin Kang) is a renowned Korean musician and multi-instrumentalist, celebrated for her mastery of traditional wind instruments, particularly the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe), taepyeongso (conical oboe), and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated master for Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. Trained under the mentorship of living national treasure, Jeong Jae-guk, gamin has reinterpreted Korean classical music while exploring contemporary and experimental sounds. Her performances have captivated audiences worldwide, blending the rich heritage of Korean music with innovative improvisation. As a former principal player of the National Gugak Orchestra, gamin continues to expand the boundaries of Korean music through her solo projects and collaborations with global artists.

gamin was awarded a Jerome (Hill) Foundation Artist Fellowship 2021-2023. Since 2022, gamin has taught graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. In 2023, gamin was awarded an artist fellowship by the Howard Foundation. Since 2018, gamin has curated performances for the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series, which she conceived.

gaminmusic.com

Elizabeth Hoffman, composer (NYC), works in acoustic, electroacoustic, and computer media, and has created collaborative projects with performers including Ivan Goff, Jane Rigler, Margaret Lancaster, gamin, Marianne Gythfeldt, Elena Demyanenko, String Noise, Azalea Twining, and a recent work for Glass Farm Ensemble’s Nieuw Amsterdam – New York album on Innova. Elizabeth teaches in NYU’s Arts and Science Music Department. Her electroacoustic music is published by Empreintes DIGITALes. She has received Bourges, Prix Ars, Pierre Schaeffer, and Sonic Circuits prizes; and MacDowell, NEA, Seattle Arts Commission, and Jerome Foundation grants and an International Computer Music Association commission. Her interactive music connects computer processes to acoustic instruments in textural, tuning, and spatial explorations, or algorithmic application as in a permanent installation in Bobst Library Atrium. Her interest in feminist re-tellings and in the imprint of society on subjectivity, in dialogue and intervention through music, is a long-standing focus. She is also a pianist.

https://wp.nyu.edu/elizabeth_hoffman/

https://as.nyu.edu/departments/music/people/faculty/elizabeth-hoffman.html

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

CRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts.

Since its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently, CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians), a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions.

https://crsny.org