For the past few years, the Boston Academy for Korean Traditional Arts (BAKTA), based in Somerville, has been teaching both adults and children traditional Korean music and dance. After each series of classes, the students and teachers present a public performance of these arts, and their next show will happen in June.

Mina Cho, a professional musician who teaches at Emerson College and directs the BAKTA program, explains, “These performances present the kinds of music, dance, and drumming traditionally performed at Korean farmers’ celebrations for special events such as the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival and Lunar New Year.” In BAKTA’s upcoming show, colorfully costumed performers, including adults, children, and teens, will present solo and group music on traditional stringed instruments, play resonant percussion on large and small drums and gongs, and do solo and group dances, including the impressive Ribbon-Hat and Flower Dances.

Cho says, “Many of these traditional dances use circular movements. These express the cycles of life, and the connections between the three levels of heaven above us, the earth below us, and we human beings in between.”

The upcoming BAKTA show takes place Sunday, June 8, 4 pm, in the Fellowship Hall at the Somerville Community Baptist Church, 31 College Avenue (2 blocks from Davis Square). All ages are welcome, and admission is free.

BAKTA also offers private and group lessons in Korean traditional music and dance for both children and adults (ages 5 and up). For more information, see www.igji.org/bakta.