Jim Hubbard and Minnie Park
James “Jim” Hubbard – Founding Partner/Chairman, Jiminiworld Incorporated Partner/Writer/Theorist/Composer/Lyricist, Musical English
A Little About Minnie
Minnie Park
- Graduated from Korean University of Foreign Studies, Jiminiworld-Co-founder/Partner
- Musical English-Sole founder.
- Musical Bible School Co-founder, TV & Radio personality , English story & musical writer.
- Seoul National Symphony Orchestra Vice-chairperson, Director-English musical group King’s Angels.
- Voice Actress, Announcer, C. M Song singer of hundreds of songs, University professor.
- Developer of the three main theories that are the foundation of Musical English: THE, TBE, SALT theories
- 1982 ~ MBC University Song Festival silver prize winner ‘Sunshine’
- 1990 ~ Countless appearances on KBS, MBC, SBS, CBS, CTS, etc. TV & radio
- 1997 ~ Many performances and concerts at leading concert halls with renowned orchestras Musical Bible Study head national training & instruction lecturer Musical English teaching and instruction pedagogy head national lecturer Musical English chief national instruction and pedagogy lecturer for elementary school teachers University professor and national lecturer for Musical English pedagogy and methodology.
Writer: Musical English/ Rhythm Phonics/ Little Musical English/ MBS(Musical Bible Study)/ Musical Storytelling/Musical World Story / Musical ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Snow White’, ‘ Happy Birthday, Tiger’, ‘Tarzan’, ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Lady Choon Hyang’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Heong Boo and Nol Boo’, ‘Kong Jwee and Paht Jwee’, ‘Alice In Wonderland’, ‘Aladdin’, ‘Swan Lake’ and over 400 other stories and textbooks for teaching the English language through music.
A Little About Jim
James (Jim) Hubbard
Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, where he graduated from the New England Conservatory with a Vocal Performance Degree and Vocal Pedagogy Degree, Jim wound up in South Korea after being drafted towards the end of the Vietnam War era in 1972. Jim fell in love with the country and learned to speak Korean as well as the native speakers.
Jim has performed in the US and Korea countless times in many operas, concerts, musicals in many venues throughout the USA, including, Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, etc. Performed with: Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Fiedler, Gunther Schuller, Arthur Berger, Gunther Schuller, Gyorgy Ligyti, Daniel Pinckham, James Levine, et al.
In South Korea, Jim worked with several TV broadcast stations including KBS, MBC, CBS, PBS, and more where he hosted his own shows and performed on countless others.
Currently Jim keeps busy as a Classical Vocalist, University Professor and Lecturer, TV & Radio Broadcaster, Artistic Director, and Seoul National Symphony Orchestra. Jim is a Founding Partner/Chairman, Jiminiworld Incorporated, and Partner/Writer/Theorist/Composer/Lyricist for Musical English.
Jim has studied 8 languages, performed professionally in over 70 languages and developed the three main theories that are the foundation of Musical English: THE, TBE, SALT.
Jim has or still holds teaching positions at Jung-Ang University, Pyongteak University, Megastudy, Samgwang, TLBU & Gwangsung International Schools, Countless master classes in classical singing, American Diction & Pronunciation, early childhood education.
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