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Intermedia Composition and Performance

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Time: December 9, 2024

Location: Paine Hall, Harvard University

Role: Composer-performer

There will be a sound installation beginning at 6:30pm. The concert will begin at 7:00pm. Free and open to all, no tickets are required.

Performers: Fabian Almazan, Marisse Cato, Michele Cheng, George Cooper, Xavier Emmanuel, Weilu Ge, Micah Huang, Seiyoung Jang, Jelani Surpris, Special Guest: Devon Gates (’23)

Redline Redefined- Interactive map

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Time: December 8, 2024

Location: SF Bay Area

Role: Composer/collaborator

East Bay: Redline Redefined explores the history of redlining through the lens of 8 East Bay artists and encourages its audience to take a second look at who is included and excluded from conversations about development in modern-day East Bay. We believe the most effective way for audiences to understand who benefits and loses from urban restructuring is by listening to neighborhoods through new ears. This is neither a symphony nor a history tour - it’s a unique artwork that will prompt audiences to consider the foundation on which the East Bay cities are built.

 

Commissioned by thingamajigs

Proud to have Commons Archive, Golden Gate Branch Library, and City of Oakland as our partners for this project. This project was made possible thanks to the generous support of California Arts Council, The Bill Graham Foundation and The Puffin Foundation.

Sounding Psychedelia

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Time: November 16, 2024

Location: Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard

Role: performer

An immersive brainwave centered experience from the mind of CPCI graduate student Micah Huang –– Micah’s psychedelic brain waves, rendered by Dr. Ying Wu and her team at the UCSD Swarts Center for Computational Neuroscience are transformed into a musical performance by the ensemble: Michele Cheng (synth), Devon Gates (bass), Marrise Cato (voice), Weilu Ge (brain EEG), John Pax (serge modular synth), and Micah Huang (guitar).

 

A short discussion will follow the performance lead by assistant professor Yvette Jackson

Nouse-FM Benefit Concert Series

Time: November 15, 2024

Location: Cambridge, MA

Role: composer-performer

featuring Devon Gates, Michele Cheng, Micah Huang, and Xavier Emmanuel.

Sounds of De/Composition

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Time: October 5-6, 2024 (UTC-4)

Location: New York University

Role: Meoark

Sounds of De/Composition is the Fall 2024 conference organized by the Music Department of New York University’s Graduate School of Arts & Science. We invite participants to consider and create sonic traces of mutually constituted biological and social breakdown, uneven distributions of environmental violences across social categories, and (re)new(ed) futurities emerging from discarded or underground sites.

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LA Hungry Ghost Festival

Time: August 24, 2024 (UTC-8)

Location: Alpine Park, LA Chinatown

Role: Puppeteer

Honoring the past and celebrating the present with Lion Dance, Puppet Shows, Martial Arts, Music Performances, Altar Activations, and Family Fun. Free and open to everyone.

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Sonorities Festival Belfast

Time: April 12, 2024 (UTC+0)

Location: Accidental Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Role: Composer-performer

For forty years Sonorities has led the way for musicians, composers and sound artists from around the world to make and present work for curious listeners.

A biennial festival of sound and music, making a joyful commotion in Belfast since 1981.

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X Meoarks the Spot @ CCRMA

Time: April 5, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time UTC-8)

Location: CCRMA Stage, Stanford University

Role: Meoark

Meoark performs live with special guests at CCRMA.

Meoark (Michele Cheng & Hassan Estakhrian) is a duo from the San Francisco Bay Area. Their music draws inspiration from different genres and cultures of music including funk, rock, experimental, electronic, contemporary classical, and film music. The duo also incorporates custom instruments and audio effects, as well as puppetry, games, and visuals.

Sound Collage: performance workshop with Harvard Art Museums

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Time: March 15, 2024 (Eastern Standard Time UTC-5)

Location: Harvard Art Museum

Role: Improviser-performer (collaborator)

A performance-workshop series curated by Xavier Emmanuel with the Harvard Art Museums titled “Sound Collage.” Beginning on Friday, March 8, 2024, the series will feature collage-making and live ambient sound. 

CCA Freedom of Expression Exhibition at Cornell AAP

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Time: March 11-22, 2024 (Eastern Standard Time UTC-5)

Location: Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Cornell University

Role: Installation

Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) and the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) partner to host an exhibition that explores freedom of expression. In fall 2023, CCA announced a competition open to the Cornell community to propose projects associated with this theme, with the goal of showcasing these projects in AAP’s galleries. CCA selected 15 proposals to receive funding.

ICIT Anniversary Weekend and Concerts

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Time: March 8-9, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time UTC -8)

Location: The University of California, Irvine

Role: Presenter/Composer-performer

Celebrate innovation and creativity with the Department of Music at the University of California, Irvine, as they mark the 15th anniversary of the graduate program in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT). This unique program transcends musical boundaries, blending classical composition, computer music, improvisation and jazz under the guidance of a dedicated core faculty. With an emphasis on fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, students receive personalized mentorship to craft cutting-edge projects that redefine contemporary music.

Join us for a celebration of experimental music and innovative musical research by alumni and students of the ICIT M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs.

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