Bio
Andy Park (Seonghoon Park) is a pastor, film composer, orchestrator, arranger, and conductor whose work bridges the film screen, the concert stage, and the sanctuary.
Trained in choral conducting at Chongshin University and in computer music at Sangmyung University, he went on to earn a Master of Music in Scoring for Film and Multimedia from New York University. Over more than two decades in Korean film and television, he has orchestrated scores for some of Korea’s most beloved films, including Miracle in Cell No. 7, Operation Chromite, Salut d’Amour, I Can Speak, and My Way, as well as the hit drama IRIS. As a composer, he has written for film and television, from Dok, a New Currents selection at the Busan International Film Festival, to SBS’s long-running Unanswered Questions. He served as music director for the film 2 Percent (2023) and for the documentary In the Sea of Strange Thoughts (2025), an official selection of the Busan International Film Festival. He also orchestrated the official anthem of the Asian Football Confederation and conducted the Korean Film Music Concert with the National Symphony Orchestra.
A dedicated educator, he has taught harmony, orchestration, arranging, conducting, and film music for nearly two decades. He served as an adjunct professor at Sejong University’s Graduate School of Convergence Arts and as a full-time professor and department chair at the Seoul School of Integrated Arts. He is the author of Jazz Harmony 1 and the founder and producer of the record label Enharmonic Music, whose releases include Sun Hang Lee’s first and second albums (2011).
Throughout his life, music and ministry have been inseparable. Since 1990 he has led church choirs in Seoul, New York, and Southern California, and in 2019 he composed and directed the musical Joseph for the 40th anniversary of Changdae Church. He holds a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry from International Reformed University & Seminary, and currently serves as associate pastor, worship leader, and choir director at New Life Korean Church of Irvine.
Through Music, Worship and Thought, he shares reflections on music, faith, and life, hoping to embrace the depth and beauty of life and the fullness of love.
CV
Education
- International Reformed University & Seminary (IRUS), D.Min. — Los Angeles, CA (2023 – 2026)
- International Reformed University & Seminary (IRUS), M.Div. — Los Angeles, CA (2020 – 2023)
- University of Kansas, Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, two semesters of coursework — Lawrence, KS (2019 – 2020)
- New York University, Master of Music, Scoring for Film and Multimedia — New York, NY (2004 – 2006)
- Sangmyung University Graduate School, Master of Music in Computer Music — Seoul (1999 – 2003)
- Chongshin University, Bachelor of Music in Church Music, Choral Conducting — Seoul (1989 – 1993)
Teaching Experience
- IRUS, Dean of Students (2020 – 2021)
- Yonsei University Institute of Continuing Education, Film Music Professional Program — Lecturer, Advanced Orchestration (2019)
- Sejong University Graduate School of Convergence Arts — Adjunct Professor, Advanced Harmony and Pop Orchestration (2014 – 2019)
- Sejong University Global Lifelong Education Institute, Dept. of Applied Music — Lecturer, Contemporary Harmony and Arranging (2014 – 2019)
- Seoul Digital University, Dept. of Applied Music — Lecturer, Conducting and Understanding Film Music (2012 – 2020)
- Seoul School of Integrated Arts, Division of Applied Music — Full-time Professor & Department Chair (2012 – 2014)
Church Ministry
- New Life Korean Church of Irvine — Choir Director, Irvine, CA (2021 – Present)
- Los Angeles Open Door Church — Choir Director & Media Minister, Los Angeles, CA (2020 – 2021)
- Changdae Church — Director, Zion Choir, Seoul (2011 – 2019)
- Jangwi Central Church — Director, Zion Choir, Seoul (2009 – 2010)
- Grace Presbyterian Church of New York — Choir Director, New York, NY (2004 – 2006)
- Changshin First Church — Director, Hallelujah Choir, Seoul (2001 – 2003)
- Seoul Woorim Church — Director, Third Service Choir, Seoul (1996 – 2001)
- Teukgong Church — Choir Director, Suwon (1994 – 1996)
- Kyungshin Church — Youth Choir Director, Seoul (1991 – 1993)
- Sunghwa Church — Youth Minister & Choir Director, Seoul (1990 – 1991)
Publications
- Jazz Harmony 1, Hyundae Music Publishing (2018)
- Master’s thesis: “An Analysis of D. Shostakovich’s Ballet Suite The Golden Age, Op. 22a” (2003)
Music / Portfolio Page
Film — Music Director · Composer
- In the Sea of Strange Thoughts (2025) — Music Director; Official Selection, 30th Busan International Film Festival
- 2 Percent (2023) — Music Director
- The Pension (2018) — Composer
- Honeymoon Hotel Murder Case (2015, Korea–China co-production) — Composer
- A Boy’s Story (2013) — Composer
- The Pot (2008) — Composer; New Currents section, 13th Busan International Film Festival
Film & TV — Orchestration
- Birth (2022)
- Rookies, Composer (2018)
- I Can Speak (2017)
- Operation Chromite (2016)
- The Brothers (2015)
- Salut d’Amour, In the Hero (2014)
- Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
- My Way (2011)
- Athena: Goddess of War (SBS drama, 2010)
- IRIS (KBS drama, 2009)
Television & Documentary — Composer
- Return of Iljimae (MBC drama, 2009)
- The New Long March of China (KBS special documentary, 2002)
- Unanswered Questions (SBS, 2001–2003)
- In Search of Our Letters (Daegu MBC anniversary special documentary, 2001)
Stage · Conducting · Other Works
- Musical Joseph (2019) — Composer & Director; Changdae Church 40th Anniversary production
- Korean Film Music Concert (2019) — Conductor & Arranger, National Symphony Orchestra (Korea)
- Official AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Anthem — Orchestration
- CCM digital single In His Grace (feat. Shin-hee Lee) (2017) — Composer
- Ilsan Youth Symphony Orchestra — Conductor (1999–2003)
- Chongshin University Men’s Chorus — Conductor (1992–1993)