Kolleen Park (born May 1, 1967) is an American-born

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nKolleen Park celebrates Lithuania's national day
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, conductor, and

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, and is also a judge on the Korean talent show

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Background

Kolleen was born in the United States to a Korean father and an American mother of Lithuanian descent. Kolleen has two sisters named Kim and Kelly. She is bilingual, being fluent in both English and Korean. She has a bachelor's degree in cello from California Institute of the Arts and a master's degree from Seoul National University's Graduate School of Music in traditional Korean music.

Career

Kolleen currently serves as artistic director for Kyyk Musical Studio and as head professor at Howon University. She was the conductor for the musical "

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", 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

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. Kolleen performed her one-woman show "This is Kolleen" to open the 2011 Seoul Jazz Festival. In 2011, she also directed the Korean production of

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. Kolleen starred in the Korean production of the rock musical "

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" starting November 18, 2011.

References

External links

* http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000508079 * http://cafe.naver.com/kyyk/339 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110823054121/http://news.tvreport.co.kr/main.php?cmd=news%2Fnews_view&idx=54471 * http://star.mk.co.kr/new/view.php?mc=ST&no=102665&year=2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Kolleen Living people American people of Korean descent 1967 births South Korean conductors (music) California Institute of the Arts alumni South Korean women South Korean people of Lithuanian descent American people of Lithuanian descent 21st-century conductors (music) Seoul National University alumni