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INTERMEDIA

Jaack (25') 2022

Puppets, custom smart mirrors, interactive visuals, electronic music, and string quartet

Commission: JACK Quartet (U.S.)

2023    Mannes School of Music, Manhattan, NY, U.S.  Watch

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)

Speed Dating (10') 2019

Ambisonics and three-screen video with puppet

2025    Puppet Power 2025

2022    MANTIS Festival, University of Manchester, U.K.

2021    Audiovisual Frontiers, University of California, Riverside, U.S.

2020    Sonorities Festival Belfast, Belfast, NIR, U.K.

2019    Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University, U.S. (Premiere) Watch

Solo duet for Vocalist and Hand Puppet

2023    The Asian American Avant-Garde, Boston. MA, U.S.

2020    eavesdropping symposium, London, ENG, U.K.

2019    UCI Illuminations: Asian Immigration as Creative Muse, University of California, Irvine, U.S.

2019    Resonance Café, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

2019    Vu Symposium at Park City Library, Park City, UT, U.S.

2019    Music & Erotics Conference at University of Pittsburgh, U.S. (Premiere) Watch

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

A Different Reality II (4') 2026 

Marimba piece with electronics and interview

Grant: Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry Fund, New Music USA's Creator Development Fund

2026    Levy Lorenzo: Paine Hall, Harvard University​

Earth Beats (8) 2023

For 2+ musicians and electronics

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

Doyennes' Diaries  (10') 2020

Custom instrument(s) with FX & pre-recorded narratives

2026    Playgrounds of Sound, CalPoly, U.S.

2024    University of California, Irvine, U.S.

2023    Ensemble alokori: Le Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, QC, Canada

2023    Sound, Meaning, Education, Guelph, Ont, Canada

2023    Throwdown, Harvard University, U.S.

2022    International Contemporary Ensemble: MATA Festival at Roulette, Brooklyn, U.S. Watch

2022    IAWM’s conference, Corvallis, OR, US

2022    Napoleon Electronic Media Festival, Eastern Illinois University, U.S.

2021    ICMC International Computer Music Conference, Santiago, Chile

2021    SEAMUS Virtual National Conference

2021    NYCEMF New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, NYC, NY, U.S.

2021    Hot Air Music Festival, San Francisco, CA, US

2020    Seoul International Computer Music Festival (KEAMS), Seoul, South Korea

2020    CCRMA @ Home, Stanford, CA, U.S. (Binaural mix) Watch

2020    She Scores Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.

921 01:47:12.6 a.m. (14') 2015

Solo bass, vocals, narration, and live-processed FX

2015    Motion Capture Studio at University of California, Irvine, U.S.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC (ORCHESTRA, ENSEMBLE, SOLO)

 

it is how it is (16') 2022 

Sinfonietta (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, celesta, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, bassand audio track

2023    Festival Chamber Orchestra: Cornell University, U.S.  Watch

2017    Experimental Symphonic Orchestra

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

Jaack (25') 2022

Puppets, custom smart mirrors, interactive visuals, electronic music, and string quartet

Commission: JACK Quartet (U.S.)

2023    Mannes School of Music, Manhattan, NY, 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.

Speed Dating (10') 2019

Solo duet for Vocalist and Hand Puppet

2023    The Asian American Avant-Garde, Boston. MA, U.S.

2020    eavesdropping symposium, London, ENG, U.K.

2019    UCI Illuminations: Asian Immigration as Creative Muse, University of California, Irvine, U.S.

2019    Resonance Café, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

2019    Vu Symposium at Park City Library, Park City, UT, U.S.

2019    Music & Erotics Conference at University of Pittsburgh, U.S.  Watch

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