Recent and upcoming performances
2008
Agoraphobia for flute, harp, electronics and interactive video, Amsterdam, July 18. Jonathan Keeble, flute; Ann Yeung, harp; World Harp Congress.
Silent Black Outside for Gamelan Semara Dana with electronics. The Bali Art Festival, Denpasar, June 21. East West Ensemble, I Ketut Asnawa, director. (Urbana performance on April 19.)
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou for Pink Martini and orchestra. Pink Martini with the Colorado Symphony, Denver, Colorado, May 2.
Agoraphobia for flute and harp (acoustic version), Belgrade, April 14. Jonathan Keeble, flute; Ann Yeung, harp.
Duo for flute and clarinet, Arizona Flute Fair, April 12; Arizona State University, April 13. Kim Risinger, flute; David Gresham, clarinet.
The Machine Awakes for soprano and piano. University of Louisville, April 9.
Pulse Aria for viola and electronics. University of San Diego, April 9. Chia-Ying Hsu, viola.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou for Pink Martini and orchestra. Pink Martini with the Miami Pops Orchestra, Carnival Center, Miami, March 21.
Seven microworlds for flute, guitar and electronics, Illinois State University, March 18. Kim Risinger, flute; Angelo Favis, guitar.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou for Pink Martini and orchestra. Pink Martini with the National Symphony, Washington, DC, February 28-March 1.2007
Two scenes from Paradises Lost, an opera-in-progress. American Opera Projects, New York City, October 12-13. Steven Osgood, artistic and music director.
Four opera scenes, collaborations with writers Taylor Graham, Marcia Johnson, Alicia Payne, and Sandy Pool. Opera Briefs 7, Toronto Ontario, September 28-29. Tapestry New Opera Works, Wayne Strongman, artistic and music director.
The Floating World for orchestra. Illinois Summer Youth Music, Urbana, June 23. Donald Schleicher, conductor.
Nebulae for harp, electronics and video. American Harp Society summer institute, Chicago, June 20. Ann Yeung, harp.
Viriditas for flute, viola and harp. The Debussy Trio, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 17. (also broadcast on KMZT)
The Machine Awakes for soprano and piano (premiere). Text from the novel Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers; premiered with a reading by Mr. Powers from his novel. Caroline Worra, soprano; Ling-Ti Huang, piano. Illinois One State Conference, Urbana, May 17.
"The Nothing Outside" and "Errors," two arias from the opera-in-progress Paradises Lost; and "The Orchestra," based on a poem by Kim Stanley Robinson. American Opera Projects song concert; Caroline Worra, soprano; Matthew Curran, bass; Abby Fischer, mezzo-soprano; Jennifer Peterson and Kelly Horsted, piano. New York City, May 11-12.
Seven Microworlds for flute, guitar and electronics. University of North Texas Contemporary Music Ensemble (Elizabeth McNutt, director), April 9.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou for Pink Martini and orchestra. Pink Martini with the Orchestre National d'Ile de France, Paris, March 25.
Viriditas for flute, viola and harp. The Debussy Trio, Bel Air, California, March 25.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou for Pink Martini and orchestra. Pink Martini with the BBC Orchestra, London, March 21.
The Dove Is Sad for piano. Amy Dissanayake, UIUC, March 7; Chicago, February 13.
Seven Microworlds for flute, guitar and electronics. Light in Winter Festival, Ithaca, NY, January 27. Wendy Mehne, flute; Pablo Cohen, guitar.
The Dove Is Sad for piano (premiere). William Heiles, UIUC, January 23.2006
Nebulae for harp, electronics and video. International Computer Music Conference, New Orleans, November 9. Ann Yeung, harp.
Flow for recorder quartet and chamber orchestra. Quartet New Generation with the New Philharmonic, Kirk Muspratt, director, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, October 20-21.
Movements from Seven Memorials for piano. Gloria Cheng, Piano Spheres recital, Los Angeles, September 19.
Movements from Seven Memorials for piano. Gloria Cheng, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, July 30.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou for Pink Martini and orchestra. San Francisco Symphony with Pink Martini, July 28.
Excerpts from a chamber opera in progress, Paradises Lost. New York City Opera VOX 2006: Showcasing American Composers. Skirball Center, Washington Square Park South, New York, May 6-7. Steven Jarvi, conductor.
Nebulae for harp, electronics and video. University of Illinois, April 11. Ann Yeung, harp.
Nebulae. SEAMUS national conference, the University of Oregon, Eugene, April 1. Ann Yeung, harp.
Paradises Lost excerpts, University of Illinois New Music Ensemble, March 15. Stephen Taylor, conductor.
Achoo Lullaby. University of Iowa, February 25. Jonathan Keeble, flute.2005
Pulse Aria (version for flute and electronics). Illinois State University, November 6. Kim Risinger, flute.
Pulse Aria / Achoo Lullaby (version for viola and electronics). Vanderbilt University, Nashville, October 19. Daniel Reinker, viola. (also broadcast on Nashville's NPR affiliate)
Pulse Aria / Achoo Lullaby (version for flute and electronics). National Flute Association Convention, San Jose, CA, August 12. Jonathan Keeble, flute.
Two movements from Seven Memorials for piano. Srinakharinwirot University Composition Festival, Bangkok, Thailand, July 28. Christopher McKiggan, piano.
Nebulae for harp, electronics and video. World Harp Congress, Dublin, July. Ann Yeung, harp.
Viriditas for flute, harp and viola. The Debussy Trio, Naperville, Illinois, April 17.
Quark Shadows for horn, viola, doublebass and piano. Composers Inc. Ensemble, San Francisco, April 11.
Shattering Suns for wind ensemble with sampler. University of Massachusetts-Amherst wind ensemble, Laura Rexroth, director, March 7.
What Falls Away Is Always for horn and marimba. Jeff Matter, marimba; Anthony Licata, horn. Two UIUC student recitals, spring semester.
Two movements from Seven Memorials for piano. Western Illinois University New Music Festival, March 7-9. Eun-Jin Lee, piano. Further performances at UIUC.
Pulse Aria / Achoo Lullaby for viola and electronics. Kansas City, Musica Nova ensemble, February 4.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou (Through Shadow) for Pink Martini and orchestra. Seattle Symphony, January 14.
2004The Floating World for orchestra (premiere). Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, 17 December. Libertyville High School Orchestra, Jeremy Marino, director.
Seven Microworlds for flute, guitar and electronics. Brigham Young University Contemporary Music Ensemble, 1 December. Morris Rosenzweig, director.
Seven Memorials for piano (premiere). Piano Spheres recital, Los Angeles, 26 October. Gloria Cheng, piano.
Sun Setting at Cannon Beach for SATB choir (premiere). UIUC Concert Choir, 22 October. Chet Alwes, director.
Transfiguration for SATB soloists with orchestra (premiere). Quad City Symphony, Davenport, IA, 2-3 October. Don Schleicher, director.
Pulse Aria / Achoo Lullaby for viola and electronics. University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 20 September. Dinorah Marquez, viola. (Also featured as part of an installation/performance art work by Raoul Deal and Leandro Soto, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, in April.)
Pulse Aria for viola and electronics. Venice, Italy, 1 July. International viola competition, Chia-Ying Hsu, viola.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou (Through Shadow) for Pink Martini and orchestra. Rochester Philharmonic, 27-28 February. Jeff Tyzik, conductor.
Seven Memorials for piano (preview performance of five movements). UIUC, 23 February. Gloria Cheng, piano.
The Surface of Last Scattering for winds and percussion (premiere). UIUC Wind Symphony, 18 February. James Keene, director.
Pulse Aria / Achoo Lullaby for flute and electronics (premiere of flute version). Oklahoma public radio broadcast performance, 25 January. Jonathan Keeble, fl. Further performances at North Texas State University and UIUC.
2003What Falls Away Is Always for horn and marimba (premiere). Christopher Norton, marimba; Leslie
Norton, horn. Nashville, May 4.
Unfurl for two harps. Ann Yeung and Kyo-Jin Lee, UIUC faculty recital, April 18.
Pulse Aria / Achoo Lullaby for viola and electronics. WILL Second Sunday concert, Krannert
Art Museum, Urbana, May 4; Rudolph Haken, viola.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou (Through Shadow) for Pink Martini (a Latin/dance group) and orchestra.
Performances in March and April by the Kansas City Symphony and Toronto Symphony.
Nebula for solo cello, UIUC composers concert, February 27. Laurien Laufman, cello.
In the Balance, Illinois Music Educators Association, February 1. Illinois All-State Orchestra, Don Schleicher, dir.
2002In the Balance, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, October 19. Don Schleicher, dir.
Nebula for solo cello, UIUC faculty recital, September 21. Laurien Laufman, cello.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou (Through Shadow) for Pink Martini and orchestra. Performances in January,
May, June, August and September by the Nashville Symphony, Charlotte Symphony (NC),
New Jersey Symphony, Sunriver Festival Orchestra in Oregon, San Antonio Symphony.
Viriditas, St. Paul, American Harp Society Biennial Conference, June 20, the Debussy Trio.
Unfurl for two harps; World Harp Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, July 25. Ann Yeung and Kyo-Jin Lee, harps.
Pulse Aria for viola and electronics. UIUC faculty recital, November 5; Michigan City, Indiana, August 21; Rudolph Haken, viola.
Northwestern University student recital, June 5; Jill Fratianne, viola.
Seven Microworlds for flute, guitar and electronics. SEAMUS National Conference, University of
Iowa, April 4. Kim Risinger, flute; Angelo Favis, guitar.
Shattering Suns for winds and percussion; University of Illinois, March 1. UIUC Wind Symphony, James Keene, director.
Shadowed Sun, Ying Chen, flute; Adrian Griffin, trumpet; University of Illinois, February 24.
Quicksilver for horn, viola and oboe. Anne Kogan, UIUC student recital, February 11.
2001Quark Shadows for horn, viola, doublebass, and piano, Chicago Symphony Center, November 18.
Musicians from the Chicago Symphony, MusicNOW concert series (premiere).
Pale Blue Dot for wind ensemble, Cornell University, October 30. Cornell Wind Ensemble, David
Conn, director.
Viriditas for flute, harp and viola, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, California, July 24. The Debussy Trio. Further performances in Los Angeles, Illinois State University, and the University of Illinois.
Seven Microworlds for flute, guitar, and electronics, Electronic Music at Lewis Festival, Romeoville,
Illinois, May 5. Kim Risinger, flute; Angelo Favis, guitar. Also performed at ISU, January 23.
In the Balance for orchestra, Peoria IL, April 22. Central Illinois Youth Symphony, Steven Huang,
director. Further performances in Illinois.
Pulse Aria/Achoo Lullaby, Christchurch, New Zealand, April 8. International Viola Congress, Kate Hamilton, viola.
Four Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons for SATB chorus, Pittsburg State University, Kansas,
March 11 (first complete performance). University Chorus, Susan Marchant, director.
Areophany for SATB chorus, Illinois State University, March 4. University Chorus, James Major, director. Further performances in Illinois.
Chuan Yueh Yo Gou (Through Shadow), Eugene, Oregon, February 14. Pink Martini with the Eugene Symphony. Jacksonville, Florida, January 15-16. Pink Martini with the Jacksonville Symphony.
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