Green Peacock

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The serene and starry sky and the shining sun are peacocks. The calm, azure heavens, bespangled with a thousand stars, a thousand brilliant eyes, and the sun rich with the colours of the rainbow, offer the appearance of a peacock in all the splendour of its eye-besprinkled feathers.

When the sky or the thousand-rayed sun (sahasrânçus) is hidden in the clouds, or veiled by the autumnal waters, it again resembles the peacock, which, in the dark part of the year, like a great number of vividly-coloured birds, sheds its beautiful plumage, and becomes dark and unadorned; the crow which had put the peacock’s feathers on then returns to caw amongst the funereal crows.

In winter the peacock-crow has nothing remaining to it except its disagreeable and shrill cry, not dissimilar to that of the crows. It is commonly said of the peacock that it has an angel’s feathers, a devil’s voice, and a thief’s walk. The crow-peacock is proverbial.

● About Me

Dr. Eunji Park has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician, accompanist, and piano instructor. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree (D.M.A.) and Master of Music degree (M.M.) in piano performance from the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington D.C. (U.S.A.) and a Bachelor of Music degree (B.M.) in piano performance from the University of Seoul (South Korea). She studied with pianist Jung-hwa Lee, Ja-Hyang Lim, Byung-Woo Yoon, Bradford Gowen and Dr. Kaltchev as well as chamber musicians Dr. Robert Newkirk and Michael Mermagen. Prizes and honors include the 15th National Saemaul Art World: International Young Artist Music Competition and the 86th Sopa Art World. She was awarded Korean Honor Scholarship from Korean-American Embassy, Benjamin T. Rome School of music Scholarship, and National Honor Roll of Guild Teachers.
She has performed in a variety of recitals throughout the United States, Italy, and South Korea. She has been a featured soloist with Sinfonia Perugia Orchestra in Italy. She has performed solo and chamber music at the Summer Music Festival in New Jersey, the Music Naturally Summer Festival in Pennsylvania, and the Perugia International Music Festival in Italy. She has also performed in master classes for Dr. John Gorman, Fraces Veri, Dr. Daniel Lau, Dr. Asaf Zohar, and others. She joined as a member of Cosmopolitan Clavier and Piano Extravaganza and has given numerous piano recitals in the Washington D.C Metro area. She served as a pianist at Washington Zion Presbyterian Church and Bethany Presbyterian Church, MD.
Dr. Park is an active member and adjudicator of professional organizations, including the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association (NVMTA), the Maryland State Music Teachers Association (MSMTA), the Montgomery County Music Teachers Association (MCMTA), National Guild of Piano Teachers (NGPT), and American Masters Music Awards (AMMA) and Young Musicians Inspiring Change (YMIC). She was invited to judge many piano competitions including NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards Competitions, MSMTA Spring festival: Piano Ensemble Competition, MTAGB Judged Recital, and YMIC Piano Competition.
As an experienced instructor, she taught group and private piano courses in Workforce Development & Continuing Education Program (WD&CE) at Montgomery College, Rockville and International School of Music, Bethesda, MD. She had a thriving private piano studio in Montgomery County, Maryland for 15 years and many of her students received honors and prizes in regional and state piano competitions including MCMTA Judged recital, MCMTA Evelyn Swarthout and Patrick Hayes Competition, MSMTA Spring Festival: Piano solo, MSMTA Miriam S. Gottlieb Memorial Piano Competition, MSMTA Gertrude S. Brown Memorial Concerto Competition, and NCMTA Piano Contest as well as college admission.
Recently, she lived in South Korea in 2020-2023. She was a piano faculty in Instrumental Music Program (IMP) and choir accompanist at Chadwick International School (CIS), Songdo. She performed many vocal concert series at Mozart Concert Hall, Praum Musical Museum Concert Hall, Art & Culture Salome Hall, and Chadwick Performing Arts Center. Currently, she resides in Northern Virginia. She is serving as a chair of AMMA Academic Assessment Exam and YMIC Artistic Committee. She is a piano faculty member at Catoctin School of Music in Leesburg and she maintains a private piano studio in Loudoun County, VA.