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The Sorel Organization proudly announces their 2009 Recording Grant recipient, Bora Yoon. Ms Yoon's recording entitled, "Sunken Cathedral" traces the meditative and transcendental properties of sound from early music to new music today. Her recording will juxtapose works centuries apart by composers from the 12th to 19th century, alongside original experimental 21st century works and collaborations -- including choral commissions by the Young People's Chorus of New York and the SAYAKA Women's Choir of Tokyo. Instrumentation of the record will span a dynamic range of ancient and modern instruments: ranging from classical voice, viola, Stroh violin circa 1890, conch, megaphone, antique gramophone, piano, cell phones, radios, metronomes, bike bells, turntable, antique and altered vinyl records, ancient Tibetan singing bowls, chime stickes, Buddhabox loop machines, laptop, electronices, and Subwoofing Spoons, a custom instrument designed by Bora Yoon & programmed by Brooklyn's League of Electronic Musicians & Urban Robots (LEMUR).

Ms. Yoon qualified for the Sorel Recording Grant in 2008 with her choral sound installation / surround-sound work, "Semaphore Conductus", featured on the upcoming recording.

The Sorel Organization has come to understand the importance of professional recordings in the process of becoming a true professional musician and therefore expects to expand the area in future years.