Creative works
Works
Doyennes' Diaries (2022)
Custom instruments with FX
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MATA Festival
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Performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble and Michele Cheng at Roulette Intermedium, NYC, U.S.
Photo © 2022 Paula Court
A Different Reality (2020)
Marimba & electronics
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Commissioned by National Sawdust
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Performed by Ian Rosenbaum at National Sawdust, NYC, U.S.
Multiverse (2024)
Live green screen, projection, video, electronic music, mask theatre, and live musician
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Performed by Micah Huang (guitarist), Michele Cheng (puppeteer) at Harvard University, U.S.
Photo © 2024 Victor Arul
Foreign Earth (2023)
Custom instrument, toy objects, custom audio processing tool, bass, vocals, animations
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Co-composer: Hassan Estakhrian
@ Accidental Theatre, Belfast, NIR., U.K.
@ CCRMA, Stanford University. U.S.
@ ICMC, Boston, U.S.
@ New York University. U.S.
@ Harvard University, U.S.
@ University of Guelph, Canada
@ New Music Gathering, Portland, OR, U.S.
Video © 2024 Constantin Basica
Strawberry Creek Park Redefined (2024)
Audiovisual with field recording
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Commissioned by thingamajigs's Redlined Redefined Interactive Map project
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Co-creator: Simona Fitcal (video)
Jaack (2023)
A musical puppet theatre work
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Commissioned by JACK Studio (JACK Quartet)
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Credits: Michele Cheng (music, video score, AI images, puppets maker, puppeteer, voice-over, smart mirror builder; Simona Fitcal (interactive visual arts, animation); Hassan Estakhrian (voice-over)
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Speed Dating (2019)
Ambisonics and three-screen videos
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Credits: Michele Cheng (music, puppetry); Simona Fitcal (video); Anna Elder (vocals)
@ CCRMA at Bing Studio, Stanford, California
@Sonorities Festival Belfast, Belfast, NIR, U.K.
@ University of California, Riverside, U.S.
@ MANTIS Festival, Manchester, ENG, U.K.
Ethnosexualization (2016)
Mixed band
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Performed by Sharon Kuo (actor), Molly Jones (sax), George Wheeler (EWI), Jordan Watson (e-guitar), Hassan Estakhrian (e-bass), Borey Shin (accordion), and Oliver Dobrian (drum) at Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL), Irvine, CA, U.S.
Doyennes' Diaries (2020)
Custom instrument with FX
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Composed and improvised by Michele Cheng
@ SICMF, South Korea
@ ICMC, Chile
@ alokori: Montréal, Canada
@ University of Guelph, Canada
@ CCRMA @ Home, Stanford University, U.S.
@ NYCEMF, NYC, U.S.
@ Hot Air Festival, San Francisco, CA, U.S.
@ She Scores Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.
@ IAWM Conference, Corvallis, OR, U.S.
@ SEAMUS, U.S.
@ Harvard University, U.S.
@ University of California, Irvine, U.S.
Beauty Standards (2023)
An installation with custom smart mirrors, videos, and electronics
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Co-composer: Seiyoung Jang
@ Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Cornell University, U.S.
@ Paine Hall, Harvard University, U.S.
Pro5ling (2022)
An improviser on custom instrument with FX in front of a custom smart mirror
Performed by Greg Stuart at Milstein Hall, Cornell University, U.S.
Voir dire (2018)
A musical fairytale based on true story
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Performed by Niki Johnson (percussion), Colin McCall (percussion), Anna Elder (soprano), Elizabeth Gartman (soprano), Robert Black (bass) at New Music on the Point
Blursday (2020)
Solo bass, vocal, and live-processed FX
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Credits: Laura Nygren (performer), Juliet Fraser (audio excerpts from 'An identity in lockdown')
101 Fun Exercises for Old Couples (2019)
For soloist
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Premiered by saxophonist Antonin Bourgault at Laboratoire de musique contemporaine de Montréal
@ Katzin Concert Hall, Temple, AZ, U.S. (clarinet)
@ Casa Obscura, Montréal, QC, Canada. (bass clarinet)
@ Laboratoire de musique contemporaine de Montréal, Canada. (saxophone)
Cultural Spacesuit (2015)
Mixed ensemble
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Performed by Desiree Nguyen (actor), Richard Savery (bass clarinet), Taylor Censoprano (harp), Jordan Watson (e-guitar), Hassan Estakhrian (e-bass), and Borey Shin (piano) at Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL), Irvine, CA, U.S.
Projects
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To Be Heard X Unheard
Experimental music theatre
OMW
Documentary film
Photography
Collections
Scoring
Deathigner (2013)
Animation
A warm story about a little grim reaper who is lucky that having great talent for fashion design.
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Credits: Tzu-Hsuan Fei (animation), Kuan-Tien Chen (animation), Ke-Ching Chang (animation), Ya-Chu Hsu (animation), Li-Ying Fu (animation), Michele Cheng (original score)
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Best Animation Original Score of 4C Digital Design Awards (Taiwan)
Rosemary (2014)
Animation
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Credits: Chun-Wei Kuo (animation), Michele Cheng (original score)
Retreat (2014)
Motion Picture
RETREAT is a thriller movie, inspired by Film Noir which was popular in the 50s.
Film by Rag. Film Entertainment
Ciao (2014)
Animation
Lance is a magician who is trapped in another dimension, living in a chalet where there is no exit and couldn't reach out to the outside world. One day, an idea pops out in Lance's mind, and he creates...
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Credits: Chi-yi Li (animation), Ying-juan Cai (animation), Yu-chian Lin (animation), Pei-ti Cao (animation), Michele Cheng (original score)
重甲機神 Baryon (2014)
TV Show
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作品規格 / 2D+3D / 1920x1080
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製作公司 / （預定未來成立）乾坤一擊創意 One Punch Creativity Inc.
吻在月球崩毀時 Kiss on the Moon (2013)
Theatre play
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國立中山大學劇場藝術學系冬季獨立呈現