Kolleen Park is a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n musical director

Music director

A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...

, conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

, and actress

Actor

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, and is also a judge on the Korean talent show Korea's Got Talent

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.

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.

Career

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

Currently she is the conductor for the musical "Aida

Aida (musical)

Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....

", 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

Inter Park

Interpark is a Korean online auction and shopping mall where people from all around the world buy and sell goods and services.-History:Intepark was founded in 1996 by Lee Ki Hyeong and Lee Sang Kyoo as "AuctionWeb" and "ShoppingMall", parts of a larger personal site. Originally, the site belonged...

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

In 2011, she will also be directing the Korean production of Rent

Rent (musical)

Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

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

External links

• http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000508079
• http://cafe.naver.com/kyyk/339
• http://news.tvreport.co.kr/main.php?cmd=news/news_view&idx=54471
• http://star.mk.co.kr/new/view.php?mc=ST&no=102665&year=2011