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ATTAKORN SOOKJAENG
Attakorn Sookjaeng began his composition lessons with Dr. Daniel Eichenbaum and Dr. Brian
Mills when he was a pre-college student at the College of Music, Mahidol University. During his
undergraduate studies at Mahidol University, he had both composition and orchestration lessons
with Atibhop Pataradetpisan and Valeriy Rizayev. He also had his private music theory lessons
with Dr. Jiradej Setabundhu. Attakorn furthered his Master’s degree at Mahidol University where
he studied music composition with Dr. Julia Lake Bozone. Afterwards, he earned a Doctor of
Arts degree from University of Northern Colorado under the guidance of Dr. Paul Elwood.
In addition to the academic courses, Attakorn was also a member of Mahidol University Pop
Orchestra (2008 – 2009) as a pianist and participated in the musicals The Tale of Anazia (2009),
In-Chan (2010) as a pianist and Cleopatra (2011) as a composer and arranger. He participated in
the World Saxophone Congress XV (2009) in Thailand and Gala Concert of Yamaha Australian
National Band Championships (2010) in Hobart, Australia as a clarinet player of Mahidol Wind
Symphony. He also performed ‘The Art of Improvisation’ coached by Ken Ueno in Thailand
International Composition Festival 2014 as a clarinetist.
Attakorn was commissioned to compose Chai Mon-kon Kaa-Taa for choir and chamber
orchestra for the project “Lan Bodhi: Temple in the Cloud” at Siam Paragon in 2012. He
arranged music for the album Plum Blossom Vol. 2 (Plum Village songs for the practice of
mindfulness) in 2013. The piece Remoteness was selected and performed in Fürth, Germany as a
part of the Thai Vision Ambassador Competition by Stefanie Waegner (cello) and Pavarati Mani
(piano). He received the Grand Prize from Young Thai Artist Award Competition 2014 by SCG
Foundation for the piece Bubbles of Time and had an opportunity to have a reading session for
the same piece by Ensemble Mosaik (Germany) in 2015. During the study in USA, his music has
been performed in several major events such as the 18 th World Saxophone Congress (Croatia),
the 2 nd Asia Saxophone Congress (China), Open Space Music Festival (USA), ClarinetFest ® 2021
Virtual (USA), and North America Saxophone Alliance (USA).
Mills when he was a pre-college student at the College of Music, Mahidol University. During his
undergraduate studies at Mahidol University, he had both composition and orchestration lessons
with Atibhop Pataradetpisan and Valeriy Rizayev. He also had his private music theory lessons
with Dr. Jiradej Setabundhu. Attakorn furthered his Master’s degree at Mahidol University where
he studied music composition with Dr. Julia Lake Bozone. Afterwards, he earned a Doctor of
Arts degree from University of Northern Colorado under the guidance of Dr. Paul Elwood.
In addition to the academic courses, Attakorn was also a member of Mahidol University Pop
Orchestra (2008 – 2009) as a pianist and participated in the musicals The Tale of Anazia (2009),
In-Chan (2010) as a pianist and Cleopatra (2011) as a composer and arranger. He participated in
the World Saxophone Congress XV (2009) in Thailand and Gala Concert of Yamaha Australian
National Band Championships (2010) in Hobart, Australia as a clarinet player of Mahidol Wind
Symphony. He also performed ‘The Art of Improvisation’ coached by Ken Ueno in Thailand
International Composition Festival 2014 as a clarinetist.
Attakorn was commissioned to compose Chai Mon-kon Kaa-Taa for choir and chamber
orchestra for the project “Lan Bodhi: Temple in the Cloud” at Siam Paragon in 2012. He
arranged music for the album Plum Blossom Vol. 2 (Plum Village songs for the practice of
mindfulness) in 2013. The piece Remoteness was selected and performed in Fürth, Germany as a
part of the Thai Vision Ambassador Competition by Stefanie Waegner (cello) and Pavarati Mani
(piano). He received the Grand Prize from Young Thai Artist Award Competition 2014 by SCG
Foundation for the piece Bubbles of Time and had an opportunity to have a reading session for
the same piece by Ensemble Mosaik (Germany) in 2015. During the study in USA, his music has
been performed in several major events such as the 18 th World Saxophone Congress (Croatia),
the 2 nd Asia Saxophone Congress (China), Open Space Music Festival (USA), ClarinetFest ® 2021
Virtual (USA), and North America Saxophone Alliance (USA).
