Other Minds Podcast

My conversation with Joey Bohigian is up now on the Other Minds Podcast, where I talk about the importance of physicality in performance, just intonation, genetic memory, and my new album Practicing Sands. I’m looking forward to being a part of this year’s festival lineup at the Great Star Theater in SF! More info at otherminds.org

Tools of Creation: The Cello - “15 Questions” Interview

Thanks to Tobias Fischer for this insightful interview on the cello and my inspirations, influences, and the infinite resources of this wooden box I play…check it out at 15questions.net

The Secret of Growth - NakedEye Ensemble at Temple University

In case you missed NakedEye Ensemble’s recent performance at Temple University, here’s a video of The Secret of Growth, my audio-visual ancestral altar. Catch the entire concert here, including works by Rusty Banks, Richard Belcastro, Zack Browning and Frederic Rzewski.

Sound/scapes at the Asian Art Museum SF

Here are video documentations of my Sound/scape performances at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. The June performance is inspired by the works of Filipino-American artist Carlos Villa. The July performance, In the Cave of Guanyin, is inspired by the Chinese manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of Compassion. The final Sound/scape, Skipping Stones and Speaking Pines, is performed with Kanoko Nishi-Smith and takes inspiration from the paintings and brushwork of Uragami Gyokudo, Tokuyama Gyokuran, and Chiura Obata. Deep thanks to Janet Oh, curator, Jenny Chu and Steve Kaye for video, and Norman Teale for the audio recordings.

Practicing Sands - review in The Quietus by Jennifer Lucy Alan

Many thanks to Jennifer Lucy Allan for including a review of Practicing Sands in “Rum Music for August” - check it out at thequietus.com

Practicing Sands - preorder out on fo’c’sle

Practicing Sands, a solo album for cello and voice, is available for preorder and officially releases on September 14th! Available as CD/digital at: focslemusic.com

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