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Ewha’s 125th Anniversary Concert
Date: August 27th, 2011, 8PM
Place: Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music
Sponsored by: Ewha Girls’ High School Alumnae Association of North
America
What is Ewha?
Ewha means ‘pear blossom’ in Korean, and is the name of the very
first Korean girls’ school which was originated 125 years ago by two
foresighted women who lived in Northeast Ohio. They were Mrs. Mary
Scranton who was the founder of Ewha, and Mrs. Lucinda Baldwin who
was the very first donor of the school with $88. They were followed
by two more principals from Ohio; the second principal, Ms. Louisa
Rothweiler and the forth, Ms. Lulu Frey. Under their leadership from
1890 to 1921, Ewha flourished even more.
125 years ago, Mrs. Mary Scranton started Ewha with one abandoned
young girl. Since then Ewha has evolved with time, but still
remained as Ewha Girls’ High School in her original historical
campus. In 1935 it branched out to reach more women becoming a
college, which is now known as Ewha Womans University. Today, Ewha
has grown dramatically, and is now represented in about 20,000 high
school and university female students.
This Ewha’s 125th Anniversary concert is being held to celebrate the
beautiful 125 years history of Ewha which began right here in
Northeast Ohio, and commemorate these two foresighted women whose
vision and determination were to educate Far East Korean Women of
late 1880’s.
This year, the proceeds of this concert will be partly used in
providing scholarships to the students of Ravenna, Ohio as a token
of our deepest gratitude to this region. The rest will assist in
providing scholarships to students who are talented, deserving but
the most unfortunate students in Korea, India, Pakistan and northern
China bordering North Korea.
Please join in with us for this wonderful event.
Program of the Concert
Festival Chamber Orchestra: Joel Smirnoff
Conductor
Holberg Suite, Prelude E. Grieg
Jacqueline Choi, Cello
Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 R. Schuman
Eunsun Chung, Gayageum Solo:
Kimbyungho Ryu Gayageum Sanjo, Korean traditional Music
Opera Stage
Doll Song (from Les Contes d’ Hoffmann); J. OffenbachIs
Is it true? (from L’Elisir d’amor); G. Donizetti
O mio Babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi); G. Puccini
Brindisi (from La Traviata); G. Verdi
Intermission
Joan Kwuon, Violin; to be announced
Young Hae Han, Hyewon Kim;
Concerto for two pianos in Eb, K 365, Allegro; W. A. Mozart
Ewha Alumnae Chorus Hyunjoo Yun
Conductor
Thanks be to God; Stanley
D. Besig
La Serenata; P. Tosti
Korean Folk Songs
Hallelujah; Handel
You are also cordially invited to
*A lecture on Japanese and Korean Art
Subject: The lure of painted poetry
Date: August 27th, 2011 at 2:30Pm
Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Lecturer: Dr. Seunghye Sun, an associate curator of CMA
There will be no charge for this lecture.
For questions, please contact us at
ewhagirls.northamerica@gmail.com or calling 440-526-3025
*Biannual Banquet celebrating the 125th
Anniversary of the Ewha
Date: August 28th, 2011 at 6pm
Place: Embassy suite Hotel,
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio
Key note speaker: Dr. Soon-Young Yoon,
A UN representative for the International alliance of Women and
Vice-chair of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY
Sponsored by: Ewha Girls’ High School Alumnae Association of North
America
Tickets are available for $85, and may be purchased
by calling 440-526-3025,
or by emailing ewhagirls.northamerica@gmail.com
Please help us raising scholarship funds for deserving, talented but
underprivileged young women in underdeveloped countries and Korea by
sending your contribution to
EWHA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (EEF), INC.
P.O. Box 470146 Broadview Hts., Ohio 44147
EEF is tax exempted 501(c) organization.
You are cordially invited toa series Of
Celebration of 125th Anniversary of EWHA
August 27th, 2011
to August 29th, 2011
Cleveland, Ohio
Sponsored by Ewha Girls’ High School Alumnae Association of North
America
Supports from:
Charak Center for health & wellness
Ewha Girls’ High School Alumnae
Association of Korea
Drs. Hill and Thomas
Louise Franke (Severance Family)
Summa Health System
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