MUSIC

UP NEXT: Spring 2024 premiere of new choir work commissioned by UUCWC Crossing Chorale!

COLLABORATIONS

Flowers for a Vase

Electronic/Synth film score (2024)

Animated by Christina Zhang (@cronchy_baguette)

ca. 3 minutes

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Wait, does anyone know what's going on?

Electronics and recorded vocals (2024)

Choreographed and Performed by Emmy Berg, Avery Zerr, and Jaelin Born

Vocals by Andrew Daetz & Victoria Lowe

ca. 10 minutes

LARGE ENSEMBLE

Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds

For SATB Choir, with divisi (2023)

Commissioned by the May Festival for Cincinnati Camerata

ca. 8 minutes

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Performed by Cincinnati Camerata

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Love Loved Love

For SATB Choir (2024)

Commissioned by the UUCWC Crossing Chorale

ca. 5 minutes

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Sliced Fruit

For String Orchestra (2020)

ca. 8 minutes

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Crystalline

For Piano and Wind Ensemble (2018)

ca. 8 minutes

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CHAMBER

like a Frog

For Soprano Voice and Piano Quintet (2022)

Written for the Yellow Barn Festival

ca. 10 minutes

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Performed by Lucy Shelton (soprano), Kristy Chen (violin I), Serin Park (violin II), Jacqueline Liu (viola), Loa Cho (cello), and Alex Nam (piano)

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Where Before Was Gray

For String Quartet (2019)

Written for Boston Conservatory at Berklee's High School Composition Intensive

ca. 6 minutes

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Performed by Chamber Project St. Louis

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Forget your scarf in my life

For Piano Trio (2021)

Written for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute

ca. 6 minutes

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Performed by the Triple Helix Piano Trio

Butter and Vanilla Extract

For Violin and Cello (2023)

Written for the Bergen International Festival

ca. 5 minutes

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Performed by Classical Link: Ariane Jebsen Alvestad (violin) and Balder Hella Mikkelsen (cello)

sodas, waters for $1!

For Soprano Voice, Violin, Piano (2022)

Written for Visions and Voices' Interstitial Festival

ca. 6 minutes

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Performed by Oliviana Marie (voice), Daniel Young (violin), and Madeline Clara Cheng (piano)

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Rice!

For Marimba and Piano Trio (2022)

Written for the Yellow Barn Festival

ca. 6 minutes

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Performed by Judy Hu (marimba), Leah Amory (violin), Angela Sun (cello), and Orion Kim (piano)

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Ceiling Stars

For Piano Trio (2020)

Written for Luna Composition Lab

ca. 6 minutes

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Performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Derrick Skye (conductor), Tereza Stanislav (violin), Trevor Handy (cello), and Vicki Ray (piano)

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Crystalline: A Fantasy for Piano and Violin

For Piano and Violin (2018)

ca. 5 minutes

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Performed by Peter Cheng (violin) and Madeline Clara Cheng (piano)

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Subtle Asian Traits

For Speaking Voice, Piano, and 4 Alto Saxophones (2020)

Written in collaboration with poet Emma Sidnam

ca. 5 minutes

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Performed by Emma Sidnam (voice) and Madeline Clara Cheng (piano, alto saxophone)

Subtitles/closed captioning included (click CC button)

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Pennies and Lemon Soap

For Flute, Violin I, Violin II, and Piano (2022)

Written for Salastina Sounds Promising

ca. 6 minutes

The Silence of Clattering Spoons

For Alto Saxophone and Violin (2022)

ca. 4 minutes

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Served with Miso Soup and Rice

For 2 Violins (2020)

ca. 2 minutes

Driftwood

For Piano, Cello, and Oboe (2019)

ca. 4 minutes

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Singerie

For Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon (2019)

Written for Boston Conservatory at Berklee's High School Composition Intensive

ca. 2 minutes

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Sakura Reinvented

For 2 Pianos (2017)

ca. 4 minutes

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SOLO AND ELECTRONIC

Ipseity

For Solo Violin and Fixed Media (2021)

Written for Sunset Chamberfest

ca. 4 minutes

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Performed by Ken Aiso (violin)

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We Are the Architects

For Solo Performer - Piano, Alto Saxophone, Mezzo-Soprano Voice (2023)

ca. 7 minutes

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Performed by Madeline Clara Cheng (piano, alto saxophone, voice)

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Words Are Last to Fall Asleep

For Solo Flute (Bass + C Flute)

Written for the Wildflower Composers Festival, formerly the Young Women Composers Camp

ca. 4 minutes

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Performed by International Contemporary Ensemble: Isabel Lepanto Gleicher (bass flute, C flute)

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In Spite Of

For Solo Violin (2020)

ca. 4 minutes

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Performed by Peter Cheng (violin)

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Shards

For Solo Piano (2019)

ca. 5 minutes

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Performed by Madeline Clara Cheng (piano)

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A Stray Pearl

For Solo Piano (2019)

Written for Boston Conservatory at Berklee's High School Composition Intensive

ca. 3 minutes

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Performed by Boston Conservatory (piano)

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dong

For Solo Cello (2023)

Commissioned by Jessie Kong for Joey Shin

ca. 1 minute

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As if my brain had split

For Solo Soprano Voice (2022)

Written for Lucy Shelton

ca. 2 minutes