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For Orchestra:

2006 SHEPHERD SONG for string orchestra and children's choir, 4 mins

Premiered and 10 subsequent performances in March and April 2007, Winnipeg, Canada

Conductor: Rei Hotoda, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Centennial Concert Hall and other concert halls in Winnipeg

2005 TWO POEMS for chamber orchestra, 8 mins

*Orchestra Composition Competition from ECU New Music Festival

Read in January 2006, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago

Conductor, Cliff Colnot, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Premiered in July 2006, La Grande Salle, Arsenal, Metz, France.

Conductor, Jacque Mercier, Orchestre National de Lorraine

2001 TWILIGHT, for large orchestra, 14 mins  
2222-4221-4pec-2 harps-strings (16, 14, 12, 10, 6)

For Instrumental Theatre:

2007 PARAMITA for 14 players, 30 mins

Premiere in May 2007, Ganz Hall, Chicago

Barbara Whitney, Stage Director, Eighth Blackbird Sextet, Pacifica String Quartet, Yang Wei (pipa), Daxun Zhang (Double Bass), Stas Venglevski (accordion) and Tony Arnold (voice)


For Large Chamber Ensemble:
2009 TANGENTS, for ten players, 10 mins

Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass and percussion

Premiere in July 2009, Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara

2004 TANGENT, for ten players, 9 mins

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, 2 trumpets, horn, tenor trombone, tuba, percussion, violin and cello

2004 OUTSIDE, for 14 Players, 8 mins

Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, C trumpet, harp, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass

2003 TRANSIENCE, for nine players, 14 mins

Flutes, piano, percussion, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos

Premiered in 2003, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago

Conductor, Cliff Colnot; Pacifica String Quartet and Eighth Blackbird ensemble

The second performance in 2006, Theatre at Museum of Contemporary Art at Chicago      

Conductor, Cliff Colnot; Pacifica String Quartet, Eighth Blackbird and Clay Condon

1999 SPREADING, for ten players, 10 mins

Piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, and tympani


For Quintet

2007 SFUMATO, for woodwind quintet, 6 mins
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn
Premiered in August 2, 2007, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival

 

For Quartet:

2005  AFTERGLOW for string quartet, 10 mins

Premiered in 2005, Court Theatre, University of Chicago

Pacifica String Quartet

The second performance in 2005, Baird Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo

Quartuor Diotima 

2002 SUFFUSING…SIGH for string quartet, 15 mins

Premiered in 2002, Fulton Hall, University of Chicago

Pacifica String Quartet

2002 SI FAN II, for four Chinese instrumentalists, 9 mins

Premiered in 2002, SALLE OLIVIER MESSIAEN, Paris, France

Commissioned by Radio France, Festival Presence

Tianyin Chinese Ensemble

2000 CONDENSATION for String Quartet, 16mins

Premiered in 2001, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Violins, Zhou Houze and Xiaomao WangViola, Fei Cao; Cello, Yao Dong



For Duet
:

2008 FOUR DUETS, for 8 instruments, 10 mins

Violin & double bass, violin & viola, flute & cello, clarinet & horn

Premiered in August 2008, Chamber Music Hall

Tanglewood Music Center, MA

Fromm Players

2008 HER WALTZ, for Soprano and Piano, 5 mins

Premiered in July 29, 2008, Chamber Music Hall

Tanglewood Music Center, MA

Soprano: Allison Angelo; Piano: Nareh Arghamanyan

2006/08 SOTTO VOCE, for Flute and Piano, 7 mins

Premiered in July 27, 2008, Seiji Ozawa Hall

Tanglewood Music Center, MA  

Flute: Brook Ferguson, Piano: Yoko Kida

2006 SOTTO VOCE, for Flute and Piano, 6 mins

Premiere in May, 2007, commissioned by Barnett Foundation

Barnett Family Foundation Flute Competition

2006 JUN, for Chinese Pipa and Double Bass, 7 mins

*2008中国TMSK刘天华奖中国民乐室内乐作品比赛优秀奖 (2008China TMSK Liu Tianhua Composition Compeititon)

Premiere in 2006, December 17, Fulton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago

Commissioned by The Art Institute of Chicago & Silk Road Chicago

Pipa, Yang Wei; Double Bass, Daxun Zhang

1998 SI FAN, for two Chinese instruments (pipa & erhu), 8 mins

Premiered in 1998, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing International Art Salon and Beijing Concert Hall,

Pipa: Weiwei Lan; Erhu: Yang Cai

1997 FLOATING, for female voice and piano, 3mins

Premiered in 1997, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Vioce: Du Wei; Piano:Yao Chen

1996 AD LIBITUM, for timpani and piano, 6 mins,

Premiered in 1996, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou

Timpani: Qiaosi Xu; Piano: Yao Chen

1995 MO RAN HUI SHOU, for soprano and piano, 5 mins

Premiered in 1996, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou

Soprano: Mei Li; Piano, Yao Chen

 

 

For Solo:

2000/09  POUR, for bayan, 10 mins 

2008 DES OMBRES HEUREUSES, for flute, 3mins

Premiered at soundSCAPE Music Festival, S. Maria Gualtieri, Pavia, Italy

Flute: Rachel Beetz

2004 WINGING, Blackbird Variation, for piano solo, 2 mins

Premiered in Chicago in 2005 PianoForte Chicago Studio

Piano: Lisa Kaplan

2000 POUR, for Bayan solo, 8 mins

Performed since 2000, in Tianjing, Beijing, Moscow

Bayanist: Han Luo

Second performance in 2002, Northwestern University, Illinois

Bayanist: Stas Venglevski

1998 FIVE CHINESE FOLK TUNES, for piano solo, 8 mins

Performed in 1999, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Piano: Meng Lu, Jie Liang

Second Performance in May 2006, Shin Higuchi Institute, Chicago

Piano, Rei Hotoda

1995 PIANO SUITE5 mins

Performed in 1996, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou

Piano: Yao Chen

   

For Film:

2009 Film Music for I LEARNED HOW TO FLY

In demand of Art Institute of Chicago

2004 Documentary Music for TEAM SPIRIT

In demand of Japanese American Chicago Nisei Athletic Association

1999 Film Music for SUN_DANCE FELLOW AND PEANUT BOY
In demand of Beijing Cinema College,  Film Center, 2000