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INTERMEDIA

Multiverse (8') 2024 

Audiovisual, field recording, mask puppet, live green screen

2025    Holden Chapel, Harvard University, U.S.

2024    Paine Hall, Harvard University, U.S. Watch

Noop (n/a) 2024 

Custom hand puppet with interactive technology

2026    Playgrounds of Sound, CalPoly, U.S.

2024    CCRMA, Stanford University. U.S.

Foreign Earth (8') 2023

Custom instrument, vocals, animations

Co-creator: Hassan Estakhrian

2026    Playgrounds of Sound, CalPoly, U.S.

2025    ICMC International Computer Music Conference, Boston, U.S.

2024    Accidental Theatre, Belfast, NIR., U.K.

2024    CCRMA, Stanford University. U.S. Watch

2024    New York University. U.S.

2023    Paine Hall, Harvard University, U.S.

2023    University of Guelph, Canada

2023    New Music Gathering, Portland, OR, U.S.

Beauty Standards (7') 2023

Immersive audiovisual installation with custom smart mirrors

Co-creator: Seiyoung Jang

Grant: Cornell Council for the Arts

2024    Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Cornell University Watch

2023    Paine Hall, Harvard University Watch

Space Junk (10') 2022

Custom instrument, vocals, animations

Co-creator: Hassan Estakhrian

2026    Playgrounds of Sound, CalPoly, U.S.

2025    Holden Chapel, Harvard University, U.S.

2024    CCRMA, Stanford University. U.S.

2023    Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Pro5ling (8'30'') 2022 

An improviser on custom instrument with FX in front of a custom smart mirror with AI generated art

2022    Greg Stuart: Milstein Hall, Cornell University, U.S. Watch

Whose Turn Is It Anyway (25') 2021

An improv musical puppet theatre project for 6 people

2023    Harvard New Ensemble: Harvard University, U.S. (Excerpts)

2021    Stanford New Ensemble: Stanford University, U.S. (Premiere)

Different Mirrors (N/A) 2016

I. Oral Languages (Korean, English, Chinese, Cantonese, and Vietnamese)

I. Two string instruments, pre-recorded tracks, and visual arts 

2017    Winner, The American Prize in Opera, Theater, Film, Dance-- Student Division

2017    Finalist, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards

Grant: Experimental Performance Lab Technology Support Grant

2016    Experimental Performance Lab (XMPL) at University of California, Irvine, U.S.

II. Writings (Chinese, Persian, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Japanese)

II. Two woodwind instruments from different cultures and visual arts

2017    Winner, The American Prize in Opera, Theater, Film, Dance-- Student Division

2017    Finalist, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards

Grant: Experimental Performance Lab Technology Support Grant

2016    Experimental Performance Lab (xMPL) at University of California, Irvine, U.S. Watch

2016    Orange County Museum of Arts, Newport Beach, CA, U.S.

ELECTRONIC/ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC

Earth Beats (8) 2023

For 2+ musicians and electronics

2023    TAK Ensemble: Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, U.S.  Watch

ACOUSTIC MUSIC (ORCHESTRA, ENSEMBLE, SOLO)

101 Fun Exercises for Old Couples (N/A) 2019 

For soloist(s)

2019    Casa Obscura, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. (Bass Clarinet version)
2019    Katzin Concert Hall, Temple, AZ, U.S. (Clarinet version)

2019    Laboratoire de musique contemporaine de Montréal, Canada. (Saxophone version)  Watch

Conversation-ish (n/a) 2018

A musical card game for duos to a community

2019    fff: Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, U.S.  Watch

2018    New Music On the Point, Leicester, VT, U.S.  Listen

Emotional Games (n/a) 2014

For 5 performers in any instrumentation

2019    Ensemble Instrumental de l'ESM Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: ESM Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon, France

2014    Motion Capture Studio at University of California, Irvine, U.S.  Listen

PUPPETRY

Whose Turn Is It Anyway (25') 2021

An improv musical puppet theatre project for 6 people

2023    Harvard New Ensemble: Harvard University, U.S. (Excerpts)

2021    Stanford New Ensemble: Stanford University, U.S.

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