Digital recital with the Cincinnati Song Initiative

Support by the Aural Compass Projects.

The program is titled "On Belonging", which 'explores the diverse performers, composers and poets experiences of living in the Far East and the West, navigating issues of "culture shock" and cultural differences, the Expat and immigrant experience, creating identity and "home" etc. as we explore what Belonging in fact means to all of us.' 

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Bowdoin International Music Festival
Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music
Music in Eight Dimensions July 10, 2021

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Conducted by Boian Videnoff; Composer-in-Residence with the Mannheimer Philharmoniker's 2019-2020 Season to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the orchestra.

for Sheng, Cello and Ensemble (In Memory of Steven Stucky) 23’ (6’ Excerpt)

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A new double concerto for Sheng (Chinese Mouth Organ) and Cello was premiered by Sheng master Wu Wei and Cellist Jeroen Den Herder along with members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Cello Festival Zutphen in the Netherlands. 

Commissioned by Mimi Stillman for the Steven Stucky memorial concert at the Curtis Institute of Music

Concert recorded at the recital hall of the School of Music at the University of South Carolina

Commissioned by Symphony Space (NYC) and Hermitage Artist Retreat (Florida), Raspberry Pink: A Rhapsody for Soprano, Bass Baritone, Piano and Actress (2013) Lyrics by Susan Yankowitz for the project "November 21, 1963: The Day Before";

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Commissioned by bassoonist Michael Harley.

Premiered and recorded at the recital hall at School of Music of University of South Carolina in 2017-8, which will be released on Innova Record

for Solo Flute with Narration was composed to celebrate the birth of my son Steven Wen Sun, which was premiered at the Symphony Space in New York in 2013.

This performance is by Jennifer Parker-Harley at Uof SC's School of Music.

Piano-vocal version of Golden Lily (2014-9) Act One Scene 3. 

Features Soprano Amos, Diana (as Golden Lily), Counter-tenor J. Daniel Jenkins (as Granny Wang's son Idiot), Mezzo Soprano Janet Hopkins (as Granny Wang), with piano accompaniment Lynn Kompass 

World Premier concert performance of new opera Golden Lily (2014-9) Act One Scene 1&2. 

Features Chinese instrumentalists Chen Yihan (Pipa) and Dai Zifan (Sheng) with USC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Scott Weiss.

Curated by Opera at USC director Ellen Schlaefer.

Earth: I Song of Sorrow 悲歌行

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Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and Meet the Composer 

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April 14, 2013, Delaware County Community College New Music Concert Series Philadelphia, PA, USA

EARTH:_Interlude I & II Song of A Lonely Autumn Night 秋夜独歌

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Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and Meet the Composer 

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April 14, 2013, Delaware County Community College New Music Concert Series Philadelphia, PA, USA

Earth_Interlude II & III Song of Youth and Beauty 赞美歌

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Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and Meet the Composer 

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April 14, 2013, Delaware County Community College New Music Concert Series Philadelphia, PA, USA

Earth_IV Song of the Drunkard-Postlude 醉酒歌

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Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and Meet the Composer 

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April 14, 2013, Delaware County Community College New Music Concert Series Philadelphia, PA, USA

[12'57"]

Matthew Barber, conductor; Hilary Abigana, flute; Juliet Grabowski, clarinet; Melanie Sehman, percussion; David Plylar, piano; Heather Braun, violin; David Gerstein, cello

[06'40"] 

Orchestre National de Lorraine (France);

Jacques Mercier, conductor

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Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Association
 

[Electronics only, 12'18"]