Chan-Hae Lee was born in 1945 Seoul, Korea. She received Bachelor's degree from Yonsei University. Also, she got master's degree and Ph.D.(course work) from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C., USA. She had studied composition with prof. Jae-Yul Park, prof. Un-Young La and Dr. George T. Jones and counterpoint with Dr. Conrard Bernier. For many times, she took music seminars and festivals in Europe, also her works have been performed by major symphonies and chamber groups in Korea and abroad.

Since 1977, she has been appointed as a professor of composition at college of music in Yonsei University Seoul, Korea. And she was a visiting scholar at Okland University(1984) and National Conservatory at Paris(1994). She had music seminar course of "Kodaly Method" in Hungary, 1989.

Recently, She is General secretary of ACL/Korea and president of the Korean society of 21st Century music, a board member of Korean Music Association and vice president of The Korean Women Composer. Also she received The National Composition Prize of Korea. Recently She is Secretary General of ACL.
 

Principle Works

<Orchestra>
·"A Flame" for Violin Solo and Orchestra(1999)
·"KangKangsuele" for Orchestra
·Symphony of Psalm with Chorus, Soprano, Bariton(1976)
·Overture for Orchestra(1976)
·Symphony No.2(1976)
·Symphony No.1(1976)

<Chamber Music>
·"Martyr" for Chamber Orchestra(1993)


<Musical>
·"He"(1999)


<Pansori=Mono Opera>
·"Job" for Percussion and Korean Buk(1999)

<Chorus>
·"O, Lord Here I Am" for three Choruses(1984)
·"Spinning Wheel" for mixed Chorus(1979)

<Chamber Music : above 5 players>
·"The First Creation" for Soprano, Baritone, Piano, Cello, Flute (1981)
·"Revival" for Piano, Cello, Violin, Mezzo Soprano and baritone (1980)

<Chamber Music : below 5 players>
·From the point, From the line for Violin Solo (1997)
·Transfiguration for String Quartet (1998)
·The Pilgrims Progress for Chamber Ensemble (1990)
  ① "Dream" for one Chamber Ensemble
  ② "Start on Journey" for Piano Solo
  ③ "Under the Cross" for Cello Solo
  ④ "Agony" for String Quartet
  ⑤ "Glorification" for 3 Percussion players
·"Galpiri" for Clarinet Solo (1982)

<Chamber Music : included Korean instrument>
·"Structure" for Kayakeum and String Quartet
·The Progress of Pilgrims for Taegum Solo

<Percussion Music>
·Tabnacle for 4 percussion players
·"Glorification" for 3 percussion players

Writing

·New style of Sight-singing Ear-training Ⅰ.Ⅱ (1995, Tearim press)

Translation

·Joseph Machlis : Introduction to Contemporary Music (1988, Soomoon press)
·K. Jeppesen Counterpoint-the polyphony vocal style of the sixteenth century (1986, Soomoon press)
·Salzman : Twentieth-Century Music An Introduction (1979, Soomoon press)

Cooperative Translation

·J. J. Fux : The Study of Counterpoint (1985, Sekuang press)
·G. T. Jones : Music Theory (1979, Soomoon press)
·R. Ottman : Harmony, Advanced Harmony (1979, Soomoon press)
·Materials and Structure of Music (1991, Sekuang press)