Tiny Distillery Concerts: Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim & Tate Benson

Join us for an evening of violin + traditional Korean drum music and cocktails/mocktails!

🎟️ Doors open at 7:30pm
🎶 Show starts at 8:00pm
🥃 Cocktails & mocktails available for purchase at this groupmuse. Please support local business by getting at least 1 drink at the bar!

🎻 About Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim:
Based in New York City, South Korean violinist Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim has been presented by acclaimed organizations such as Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Chamber Music America, House of Yes, International Contemporary Ensemble, Joe’s Pub, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Luzerne Music Center, Metropolis Ensemble, The Juilliard School, Prague Conservatory, and Music Technology at Mason Gross. Lim’s early performing career, starting at the age of 10, mainly took place in South Korea, Czech Republic, Germany, and the UK. Her debut album, Starling (2023), was picked album of the day on Bandcamp Daily, picked best new song on Paste Magazine, and premiered on Deepest Currents. Lim is co-founder of Impromptuo and Muzosynth Orchestra (formerly the Moving Orchestra), both of which focus on performing free-form improvisation. She was also founding member of the Unison Quartet, prize winners at the Bartók World Competition in 2021. Lim is current faculty member at Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and Noel Pointer Foundation, as well as former faculty member at Luzerne Music Center, New Amsterdam School and Kneisel Hall Adult Chamber Music Institute. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts.

🥁 About Tate Benson:
Tate Benson (he/they) started playing Pungmul in 2021 with a crew of other Korean Queer and Trans folks who offer our presence/playing at actions in support of Black Liberation, BIPOC and multiracial communities of color, immigrant/undocumented, houseless, and disabled communities; and especially Queer, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming communities of color. Pungmul is an indigenous farmers’ tradition of Korea that includes drumming, dance, rituals, singing, and storytelling. There are 4 main percussive instruments representing elements of a storm - wind, lightning, thunder and rain. The philosophy of pungmul is one of unifying people and nature, and as queer and trans Koreans, we bring the rhythms of pungmul to rallies and actions. We move in the spirit and lineage of farmers, student resistance movements, and other dissenters who moved before us. Tate enjoys playing the buk and being in breath with those that he plays with. He has played in spaces such as for Healing Justice Lineages, Moim, Ropes and Rhythms, and casually with friends and community members. You can also find him nerding out about cartoons, therapy, so many forms of creation including queerness.

What's the music?

Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim (she/her)

Tate Benson Buk (Korean Traditional Drum)

Attendees

Adrienne B. (she/her)

Ianjoe C. (he/him)

Jae G.