Seojin Ha is a 16-year-old junior at Sunset High School in Portland, Oregon. He is the current Principal of Percussion of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. This is his sixth year as a percussionist, studying under Stephen Kehner.
He has performed for multiple organizations such as his high school's marching band, his school district's honor band, NAfME All-Northwest, Oregon All-State Orchestra as principal, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute Summer Camp. He has won numerous awards: winning second place in orchestral snare, rudimental snare, and mallets at the district-level, qualifying him to the state-level competition and taking fourth place for mallet and third place for orchestral snare.
Seojin also is the founder of Sounds of Giving and Melodies of McKinney-Vento Pogram, nonprofit organizations dedicated to bettering the community through music.
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Concerto para Marimba y Orquestra
No. 1 Op. 20(1957)
I. Moderato
Jorge Sarmientos
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