She Dances - @ Center For New Music
A beautiful evening of music last night at the Center for New Music performed by Rose Hegele and Sarah Cahill which included my piano piece She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees and an evocative rendition of Aida Shirazi’s Albumblatt. Here in good company with Sarah, Rose and Pamela Z!
In The Cave of Guanyin @ Asian Art Museum SF
Thanks to everyone who came out last night for my second Sound/scape performance at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco! What a treat to turn Samsung Hall into a listening cave honoring the deity Guanyin. Photo by Sarah Cahill.
The 3rd Floor presents Theresa Wong & Friends
June 24th and June 25th shows have been cancelled due to covid exposure. Please stay tuned for postponed dates in the future!
Interview in San Francisco Classical Voice
I’ve shared some of my ongoing work as an inaugural Sound/scape performer at the Asian Art Museum in this interview with Iris Kwok: www.sfcv.org
Sneak peak of Sound/scapes in the works at the SF Asian Art Museum
Here's a sneak peak at what I've been up to at the Asian Art Museum in preparation for three performance 'Sound/scapes' this summer on June 16, July 14, and August 18. Many thanks to curator Janet Oh and videographer Matthew Pendergast for the fantastic teamwork on this video. More info here
Guest on Nia Li's podcast "Walk Me Through"
In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, I recently had a wonderful conversation with Nia Li, host of the podcast "Walk Me Through" about composing "Memories To Light" with Danny Clay, a montage of home films showcasing the everyday lives of Asian Americans. We also talk about our shared experiences of searching for self-knowledge and understanding about our Chinese-American heritage.
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Artist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum
Kicking off my time as performing Artist-In-Residence at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum and grateful to curator Janet Oh for this amazing opportunity. Stay tuned for ‘Sound/scapes’ performances of new works inspired by artwork in the collection this summer: June 16, July 14, and August 18.
Celebrating Mills College Music
Proud to be part of this continuum. Company style improvisation with Chris Brown, Zeena Parkins, Fred Frith, Kristian Dahlbom, Evelyn Davis, Nava Dunkelman, Gabby Fluke-Mogal, Jordan Glenn, John Ivers, Kevin Robinson, Sudhu Tewari, and TW on April 24th, 4pm @ Marilyn McArthur Holland Theater, Lisser Hall, Mills College. Full festival program here
Premiere of 'Tuyshtak' - San Francisco Conservatory of Music Clarinet Studio
Tuyshtak, a piece for 6 B flat clarinets in just intonation, had a beautiful premiere at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Hats off to Jeff Anderle for leading the clarinet studio with such grace and especially to Luis Cruz, Eugenia Coe, Nicholas Weathers, Clayton Luckadoo, Meli Everson, and Yijin Wang for such a wonderful performance.
Premiere of 'The Secret of Growth' - NakedEye Ensemble
NakedEye Ensemble performing The Secret of Growth at Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse in Philadelphia, after a premiere at Delaware Community College in Media, Pennsylvania. Glad I got to beam over via zoom to talk about the piece before the show! Gratitude to Ju-Ping Song for the invitation to create this piece and to Chad Kinsey, Christy Banks, Andy Thierauf, and Peter Kibbe for the great performances! See a video of the performance here.
Premiere of "In Stillness I Sing" - San Francisco Girls Chorus with Sarah Cahill
Here’s a snapshot taken at a rehearsal before the March 13th premiere of In Stillness I Sing, a piece commissioned by San Francisco Girls Chorus that has been in the making for the last year and a half. Thanks to artistic director Valérie Sainte-Agathe, pianist Sarah Cahill, engineer Zach Miley, and all the choristers and team of SFGC that made this program such a special one.
I Care If You Listen
Many thanks to Lauren Ishida for this interview in “I Care If You Listen” - it’s a big week as I’ll be premiering two works which have occupied me much of the pandemic: “In Stillness I Sing” commissioned for San Francisco Girls Chorus and pianist Sarah Cahill (March 13 at the Bayview Opera House in SF) and “The Secret of Growth”, a work for video and quintet commissioned by NakedEye Ensemble (March 10 at Delaware Community College in Media, PA).
Rocket 八十八 - for Phill Niblock
Take a listen to Rocket 八十八 (Baat-Sahp-Baat), a new piece created in celebration of Phill Niblock’s 88th birthday, with Ellen Fullman on Long String Instrument and Shoveler (a new expanded ‘box bow’ tool) and TW on cello and electric guitar. This piece was part of Double Infinity - a marathon online festival in December 2021.
On the Record: In Conversation with Sean Meehan
Meehan’s Sectors (for Constant)
I'm pleased to share a recent conversation with percussionist, graphic artist and filmmaker Sean Meehan about our shared passion for recording and releasing music. We delve into microphone techniques and our approaches to graphic design with many detours and turns along the way. This interview is part of Recordedness, an online journal curated by Swiss-based violist Frantz Loriot. Read our interview in this new installment here: www.recordedness.org
Invisible Jukebox in the Wire
Ellen Fullman and I are proud to bring you October’s Invisible Jukebox in The Wire! Featuring tracks by Sean Meehan, Gabby Wen, Fred Frith, Halvcirkel Quartet, Phill Niblock and many more. Heaps of thanks to Derek Walmsley for the invitation, Jack Bool for the photography and the team @thewiremagazine. Please support this terrific publication by subscribing or purchasing a copy at: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/
The Chromelodia Project premieres "OCCHIO"
Huge thanks to Kyle Bruckmann and Chris Brown for the mind and ear bending music and especially to Brent Miller and Ann Marie of Center for New Music for presenting Chris’ stunning piece Occhio! Check out the recording of the livestream here. photo: Brent Miller
Recording 'She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees'
What a joy and gift to work with pianist Sarah Cahill and engineer Matt Carr on a recording of She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees, tucked away by the sea at St.Stephen’s church in Belvedere, Tiburon. Stay tuned for Sarah’s future release!
Interview in "15 Questions" on alternative tuning systems
Many thanks to Tobias Fisher for the invitation to do this interview on alternative tuning systems - read here at: 15 Questions (photo by Peter Gannushkin)
On KALW with San Francisco Girls Chorus & Sarah Cahill
Tune in to KALW.org on Sunday June 13th 8pm PST to hear an excerpt from my newly commissioned work In Stillness I Sing, written for and in collaboration with the San Francisco Girls Chorus and pianist Sarah Cahill. Set to words written by the singers about their lock-down experiences, this first movement was recorded live by the chorus and Sarah from their own homes using JackTrip Virtual Studio. An excerpt of the piece will be featured on Sarah’s KALW radio show "Revolutions Per Minute" and include a conversation with SFGC Artistic Director Valérie Sainte-Agathe, myself and several Premier Ensemble choristers. Read more about the piece in this week's SFGC Postcard.
Annotations in the May issue of the Harmonic Series newsletter
Many thanks to Keith Prosk for including my graphic notation for Xenoglossia and Harbors (with Ellen Fullman) in the May issue of the harmonic series newsletter. Check it out here along with many other wonderful interviews and scores: harmonicseries.substack.com