Kolleen Park

Kolleen Park
Hangul 박영미
Revised Romanization Park Young Mi
McCune–Reischauer Pak Yŏng-mi

Kolleen Park (also known as Bakkalrin and Park Young Mi), is a South Korean musical director, conductor, and actress, and is also a judge on the Korean talent show Korea's Got Talent.

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Background

Kolleen was born in the United States on May 1, 1967. Her father is Korean and her mother is Lithuanian-American. Kolleen has two sisters named Kim and Kelly.[1]

She has a bachelor’s degree for the cello from California Institute of the Arts and a master’s degree from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Music in Korean traditional music.[2]

Career

Kolleen currently serves as artistic director for Kyyk Musical Studio and as head professor at Howon University.[2]

Currently she is the conductor for the musical "Aida", the Korean version of Disney's first original Broadway musical rather than the opera, which was the most popular show in Korea at the end of 2010 and topped the booking rankings for December that were compiled by Inter Park.[1]

Kolleen performed her one woman show "This is Kolleen" to open the 2011 Seoul Jazz Festival.[2]

In 2011, she will also be directing the Korean production of Rent.[1]

Kolleen will star in the Korean production of the rock musical "Next to Normal" starting from November 18, 2011.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Musical Director Kolleen Park Lives for the Moment of Performance". The Chosun Ilbo. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/01/08/2011010800380.html. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Kollen Park storms Seoul jazz festival". Korea Herald. http://www.koreaherald.com/lifestyle/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110515000005. Retrieved June 10, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Kolleen Park to Make Stage Acting Comeback". The Chosun Ilbo. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/03/19/2011031900338.html. Retrieved June 10, 2011. 

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