Seoul Rotary holds Trio Suits concert to support nature

Trio Suits / Courtesy of Trio Suits

Seoul Rotary Club is hosting the "Born from Nature" charity event, offering an evening of live music, food and drink as well as networking opportunities. The dinner will be held at The Mansion in central Seoul's Itaewon on Jan. 14.

The highlight of the evening will be a concert by the Trio Suits, featuring Korean American pianist Edwin Kim, violinist So Jae-wan and cellist Shin Ho-cheol. The first half of the show will feature instrumentals, including two selections of Korean composer Lim Dong-chang's original works in the style of Korean traditional music. The second half will focus on the team's vocal repertoire, which will include an arrangement of Cho Yong-pil's "Song of the Wind." The song selection is aimed to evoke a collective appreciation for the invaluable inspiration that nature has provided to humanity.

The title, "Born From Nature," aims to convey the organization's message of environmental preservation. About two-thirds of the funds raised from ticket sales will be donated to the Rotary Foundation Korea and Seoul Rotary Club for their environment-related community service initiatives as the environment has become a new area of focus for Rotary International.

The live music is from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Afterwards until 9 p.m., attendees are welcome to stick around and mingle with the performers as well as enjoy a full service bar and food menu. The event sponsors include The Mansion, Perrier Korea and Yamaha Music Korea.

The Rotary Foundation is a nonprofit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International, one of the world's largest service organizations, to achieve world understanding and peace through humanitarian, educational and cultural exchanges. Seoul Rotary Club was founded in 1927. Throughout almost a century of activity, it has conducted various community services, fundraising and professional development events for English-speaking professionals in Seoul. It established a satellite club, Seoul Young Leaders Club (SYLC) to allow young professionals to participate.

Tickets for the charity concert and networking session cost 50,000 won for the general public, 40,000 won for Rotarians and 20,000 won or Rotaracts and SYLC members. Tickets to the networking session only cost 20,000 won. Reservations can be made online. Visit portal.clubrunner.ca/12259 and search for the events sidebar or click on Jan. 14 on the calendar.