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INTERMEDIA

 

Harajuku girls (20') 2025

Experimental podcast with mask actor and AI chatbots

2025    Podcast recording

When water has perfect memories- Toffia (10') 2025

Immersive audiovisual installation

Residency: 33 Officina Creativa

2025    33 Officina Creativa (33OC), Toffia, Italy

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

Strawberry Creek Redefined (6') 2024 

Audiovisual work with processed field recordings

Co-creator: Simona Fitcal

2026    Walking Festival of Sound, Cambridge, MA, U.S.

Commission: Thingamajigs, Oakland, CA, U.S.

2024    Redlined Redefined interactive map 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

Prosimetrum (5') 2023

Organ piece with live custom hand puppetry from the organ gallery

Commission: Nathan Mondry (organist, U.S.)

2023    Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University

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

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

Behind the scenes (5'30'') 2022

Micro-documentary with animation and live percussion duo

2022    NOMON: Cornell Cinema, U.S.

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)

Peeter & the Woolf (3') 2020 

Chamber Orchestra & SMATB with puppet and video

2025    Puppet Power 2025

2020    orkest de ereprijs: 26th Young Composers Meeting, Apeldoorn, NL (Premiere) Watch

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

Ethonosexualization (6’) 2016

Septet (soprano saxophone, EWI, 2 electric guitars, electric bass, accordion, and drum) with video and 3 actors

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.

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

I You (14') 2016 

I. Prologue / II. Internal Conflicts / III. External Forces / IV.  Way to go (Epilogue)

Piano with 2 Female Dancers and 3 Actors

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.

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

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.

Mother & Daughter  (N/A) 2016

Vocal, taiko, and photography

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

To be continued (9’) 2016

Octet (soprano saxophone, EWI, 2 electric guitars, electric bass, accordion, drum, and piano) and film

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.

Cultural Spacesuit (8’) 2015

Quintet (bass clarinet, electric guitars, electric bass, harp, piano, and electronics) and a bilingual actor

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. (Premiere) Watch

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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​

SCDS (7') 2025 

Sonic documentary

2026    Walking Festival of Sound, Cambridge, MA, U.S.

Earth Beats (8) 2023

For 2+ musicians and electronics

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

Microuniverse (5'30'') 2021

Multichannel electronics

2022    ESPACIOS SONOROS, Salta, AR

2021    Midday Music in Lincoln, Cornell University, U.S.

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.

A Different Reality (3') 2020 

Marimba piece with electronics and interview tracks

Commission: National Sawdust (U.S.)

2020    National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival Watch

Blursday (Solo bass, vocals, narration, and live-processed FX(4') 2020

2020    ISSTA 2020: SONIC PRACTICE NOW, Ireland

2020    New Music On The Point Alum Commissioning Project, U.S. Watch

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.

Lost, am I (6') 2014

Soprano, lute, and live audio processing

2014    Telematics Concert between University of California, Irvine & University of California, San Diego, U.S.

mroF tcefreP ehT (13’) 2013

Sextet (tenor, trumpet, percussion, piano, cello, electric bass) and pre-recorded tracks

2013    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University. Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chopin Plays Variations on His Etude Op 10-4 2010

Fixed media (audio)

生生不息 (Prospering) (3’) 2007

Fixed media (audio)

2007    Winner in Digital Music for the u19 Award, a youth media arts competition modeled after Prix Ars Electronica u19- CREATED YOUR WORLD and was hosted by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

蝴蝶 (Butterfly) (5’30’) 2004

Fixed media (audio)

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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

小提琴協奏曲-金馬主題協奏曲: Violin Concerto – Concerto of Golden Horse Winning Theme Songs (12'5'') 2022

I. The White-Haired Beauty / II. Secret / III. Taipei Exchanges

String Orchestra and Harpsichord

Commission: Baroque Camerata (Taiwan)

2023    Baroque Camerata: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

FIGHT (3') 2020

Mezzo Soprano & Piano

Commission: White Snake Project (U.S.)

2020    White Snake Project, Boston, MA, U.S.

情思: 台灣民謠三部曲: Violin Concerto in A Minor (10') 2020

I. Allegretto (in A minor) / II. Adagio (in C major) / III. Allegretto (in A minor)

String Orchestra and Harpsichord

Commission: Baroque Camerata (Taiwan)2021   Baroque Camerata: Fu Jen Catholic University

2021    Baroque Camerata: Nat'l Sun Yat-sen University

2021    Baroque Camerata: Kaohsiung Medical University

2021    Baroque Camerata: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Premiere)

時空夢迴 (4’) 2020

Octet (fl, ob, hp, pn, perc, vn, va, vc)

Commission: Sharing Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan)

2022    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Beigang Cultural Center. Yunlin, Taiwan

2022    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

秋日午後 (4’) 2020

Octet (fl, ob, hp, pn, perc, vn, va, vc)

Commission: Sharing Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan)

2022    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Beigang Cultural Center. Yunlin, Taiwan

2022    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

珠。雨。露 (n/a) 2020

Octet (fl, ob, hp, pn, perc, vn, va, vc)

Commission: Sharing Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan) 

2022    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Beigang Cultural Center. Yunlin, Taiwan

2022    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

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

I Can't Understand a Word You Are Saying (5') 2019 

Trio (soprano, piano, and cello), text by Helen Zhibing Huang

2026    Wear Yellow Proudly: Cohen-Davison Family Theatre, the Peabody Institute

2026    Wear Yellow Proudly: Art Song Chicago

2022    Wear Yellow Proudly: The Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia, PA, US  Watch
2022    Karol Lipiński Academy of Music, Wrocław, PL

2020    Resonance Works, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.

Commission: White Snake Project (U.S.)
2019    Emerson Paramount Center, MA, U.S.

2019    CitySpace, Boston, MA, U.S.

2019    Pao Performing Arts Center, Boston, MA, U.S.

2019    Multicultural Arts Center, Boston, MA, U.S.

Voir Dire (8') 2018

Quintet (2 sopranos, 2 percussions, and contrabass)

2018    Finalist, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards​

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

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

Vivaldi and the Northwest Summer Monsoon: Violin Concerto in D Major (5') 2017

I. Allegro / II. Largo /  III. Allegro

String Orchestra and Harpsichord

Commission: Baroque Camerata (Taiwan)  Listen (excerpt)
2018    Baroque Camerata: Theatre at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (Premiere)
2018    Baroque Camerata: Chiayi City Cultural Bureau Concert Hall, Chiayi, Taiwan
2018    Baroque Camerata: Kaohsiung Music Hall, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Monologue <Drinking Alone with the Moon> by Li Bai (701-762 AD) (10') 2017

Sheng

Preconsciousness (10’) 2015

Septet (soprano, flute, tenor saxophone, cello, piano, harp, and prepared electric bass)

2017    Publisher: ink&coda issue 4.2 | Summer 2017

2015    Winifred Smith Hall at University of California, Irvine, U.S.  Listen

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

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

Mujeres (6') 2014

I Prologue-Mujeres /  II The Amazons / III Woman by the Riverside / IV Fabiana Criolla / V The Marion / VI Eyes of the Birds / VII Epilogue- Granny Raquel

Duet (cello & piano)

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

Botany Images (10’) 2012

I. Willow-Salix babylonica / II. Lichen /  III. Liquidambar- Liquidambar formosana

Percussion trio

2019    Stanford New Ensemble: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, U.S.

2013    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

童趣 (Playful Kids) (5’) 2012

Flute ensemble and toy percussions
2015    Motion Capture Studio at University of California, Irvine, U.S.

2013    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Beigang Cultural Center. Yunlin, Taiwan

2013    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

Commission: Tone Melody Flute Ensemble. (Taiwan)

2012    Tone Melody Flute Ensemble: National Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2012    Tone Melody Flute Ensemble: Marteaux Café & Musical Performing Arts Theater, Taipei, Taiwan

Midnight Ocean (2') 2012

Piano

Rumor & Slanders (1')

Piano

The Narrator (8’) 2011

I. Main TItle / II. Ending Credits (Love Theme)

Symphonic Orchestra with Choir

2016    Second Runner Up, Reno Pops Orchestra Composer’s Night Competition

寄語 (6’) 2011

Harp duet

Commission: Chia-ling Chang (harpist, Taiwan)

2011    National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

The Uneven(?) Clock (1’) 2011

Vibraphone and Glockenspiel

Variable Stars (7’) 2011

String Quartet

2015    Amaranth Quartet: University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S

2013    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

2012    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

2012    Cultural Bureau of Kaohsiung Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tango Out of Control (4’) 2011

Quartet (violin, cello, double bass, and piano)

2012    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Fantasy above the Heavens (4’) 2011

Quartet (trumpet in Bb, tenor trombone, and piano)

2013    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Doggy Human Doggy's Game (3’) 2011

Trio (violin, cello, and piano)
2012    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

2012    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

露絲白蘭琪 (Rose Blanche) (11’) 2010

Quartet (oboe, clarinet in Bb, cello, piano) and a storyteller, Text: Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz

2012    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Cultural Affairs Department, Yunlin County Government, Taiwan

2012    Music Department Concert Hall at Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Isolated Dreamer, Esteemed Vagrant (6’) 2009

Quintet (alto, clarinet in Bb, cello, vibraphone, and piano)

迎向前方 (Looking Forward) (5’)

Symphonic Orchestra

Commission: International 21st Summer Deaflympics
2009    Taipei Symphony Orchestra: Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan

前塵往事 (Somewhere in Memories) (4’) 2008

Octet (Flute, oboe, harp, piano, violin, viola, cello, and synthesizer)

2012    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2011    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

值得等待 (Longing) (5’) 2008

Ocarina, Violin, Cello, Flute, Oboe, Harp, Piano, and Synthesizer.

2012    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

時間長河 (Time River) (4’30'') 2007

Violin, Cello, Flute, Oboe, Harp, Piano, Synthesizer, and Wind Chimes.

2011    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
2011    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2007    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

朋友 (Dear Friend) (6'30'') 2004

Piano

2012    Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

地球與一隻鳥的對話 (Dialogue between a Bird & Mother Nature) (4') 2004

Version I: Piano

Version II: Flute, Oboe, and Piano.
2011    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2011    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

蝴蝶 (Butterflies) (5’30'') 2004

Piano

Fixed media (audio)

鄉音 (Hometown Images) (4’30'') 2004

Septet (flute, oboe, harp, piano, violin, cello, and synthesizer)

2012    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

2011    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2011    Sharing Chamber Orchestra: National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

青澀夢幻 (Sentimental Dreams) (4') 2002

Piano

2012    Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

風之舞 (The Dancing Winds) (1’30'') 2001

Duet (violin & piano)

指尖精靈 (The Dancing Elf) (4'30'') 2002

Piano
2011    National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2011    National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

林間精靈 (Elf in the Forest) (3') 2001

Piano

2002    Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

海上的夕陽 (Sunset above the Ocean) (3') 2000

Piano

2012    Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

2011    National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2011    National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

星河 (Star River) (2') 2000

Piano

2012    Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

法國民謠幻想曲 (French Ballad Fantasy) (2') 1999

Piano
2011    National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2012    Yunlin County Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan

2011    National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

和煦的微風 (Genial Winds) (2') 1999

Piano

六首鋼琴即興小品 (Six Untitled Free Improvisation) (N/A) 1998

Piano

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SCORING & SOUND DESIGN

Lucky (5') 2020

Animation score

2020    University of California, Los Angeles Capstone Project

Missing Ingredient (5') 2019

Animation score

2020    University of California, Los Angeles Capstone Project

Intermedia Musical: Tdot (40') 2018

Theatre music and sound design

2018    National Taiwan Normal University Capstone Project

Kokoro (5') 2015

Original score for documentary OMW

String quartet, piano, and taiko

Grant: Mentor Graduate Diversity Awards

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

Song of Magic Birds (n/a) 2015

Original score for documentary OMW

Violin, cello, and piano

Grant: Mentor Graduate Diversity Awards

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

Urban Romance (6') 2015

Original score for documentary OMW

Violin, cello, and piano

Grant: Mentor Graduate Diversity Awards

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

¡Diversi…Qué? (40') 2015

Theatre music and sound design

2015    Department of Drama, University of California, Irvine Production

Rosemary (4'30'') 2014

Animation score

2014    School of Visual Arts Capstone Project

曇華 (5') 2014

Animation score

2014    National Taiwan University of Arts Capstone Project

Ciao (5') 2014

Animation score

2014    Asia University Capstone Project

吻在月球崩毀時 (35') 2013

Theatre music and sound design

2013    National Sun Yat-Sen University Capstone Project

Deathigner (7') 2013

Animation score

2013    winner in 4C Digital Design Awards in Animation Score, Industrial Development Bureau Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan

2013    National Taiwan University of Arts Capstone Project

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SONGWRITTING

Sorry (4') 2022

Synthesizer writing for Valerian Sun’s single Sorry

Lullaby of Nostalgia (4') 2015

Cover in Taiwanese Dialect

Soundtrack for documentary OMW

On My Way (3') 2015

Original song in English

Soundtrack for documentary OMW

On My Way (3') 2015

Original song in Taiwanese Mandarin

Soundtrack for documentary OMW

月球搖籃曲 (3') 2013

Original song in Taiwanese Mandarin

For theatre play 吻在月球崩毀時

寄語 (5') 2010

Original song in Taiwanese Mandarin

叮噹叮咚  (2') 2010

Original song in Taiwanese Mandarin

青春  (4') 2008

Original song in Taiwanese Mandarin

Starry Night  (5') 2008

Original song in English

值得等待  (4') 2008

Original song in Taiwanese Mandarin

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PUPPETRY

 

Harajuku girls (20') 2025

Experimental podcast with mask actor and AI chatbots

2025    Podcast recording

Up in the Sky (3') 2025

Custom toy theatre for Antenna Fuzz’s music video

2026    Playgrounds of Sound, CalPoly, U.S.

2025    Paine Hall, Harvard University, U.S.

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.

Prosimetrum (5') 2023

Organ piece with live custom hand puppetry

Commission: Nathan Mondry (organist, U.S.)

2023    Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University

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.

Peeter & the Woolf (3') 2020 

Chamber Orchestra & SMATB with puppet

2025    Puppet Power 2025

2020    orkest de ereprijs: 26th Young Composers Meeting, Apeldoorn, NL  Watch

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.  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.  Watch

Anchor 7

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

 

Behind the scenes (5'30'') 2022

Synopsis: Behind the scenes ponders on the past, the present, and the uncertain future of a cultural identity through historic footage of the Taiwan Strait Crisis and autoethnographic narratives.

2022 Cornell Cinema, Cornell University, U.S.

OMW (40') 2015

Custom toy theatre for Antenna Fuzz’s music video

Synopsis: Four young 1.5 generation Taiwanese Americans living in Southern California find themselves balancing between two contrasting cultures. As emerging artists in their mid-twenties, Queena, Willie, Michun, and Michele discuss their intergenerational and personal stories and how these emotional, goofy, and yet insightful experiences shape their art and identities.

2017 Finalist of the Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards

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

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