MUSIC

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

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

Performed by Cincinnati Camerata

Sliced Fruit

For String Orchestra (2020)

ca. 8 minutes

Crystalline

For Piano and Wind Ensemble (2018)

ca. 8 minutes

CHAMBER

like a Frog

For Soprano Voice and Piano Quintet (2022)

Written for the Yellow Barn Festival

ca. 10 minutes

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

Where Before Was Gray

For String Quartet (2019)

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

ca. 6 minutes

Performed by Chamber Project St. Louis

Forget your scarf in my life

For Piano Trio (2021)

Written for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute

ca. 6 minutes

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

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

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

Rice!

For Marimba and Piano Trio (2022)

Written for the Yellow Barn Festival

ca. 6 minutes

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

Ceiling Stars

For Piano Trio (2020)

Written for Luna Composition Lab

ca. 6 minutes

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

Crystalline: A Fantasy for Piano and Violin

For Piano and Violin (2018)

ca. 5 minutes

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

Subtle Asian Traits

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

Written in collaboration with poet Emma Sidnam

ca. 5 minutes

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

Subtitles/closed captioning included (click CC button)

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

Served with Miso Soup and Rice

For 2 Violins (2020)

ca. 2 minutes

Driftwood

For Piano, Cello, and Oboe (2019)

ca. 4 minutes

Singerie

For Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon (2019)

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

ca. 2 minutes

Sakura Reinvented

For 2 Pianos (2017)

ca. 4 minutes

SOLO AND ELECTRONIC

Ipseity

For Solo Violin and Fixed Media (2021)

Written for Sunset Chamberfest

ca. 4 minutes

Performed by Ken Aiso (violin)

We Are the Architects

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

ca. 7 minutes

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

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

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

In Spite Of

For Solo Violin (2020)

ca. 4 minutes

Performed by Peter Cheng (violin)

Shards

For Solo Piano (2019)

ca. 5 minutes

Performed by Madeline Clara Cheng (piano)

A Stray Pearl

For Solo Piano (2019)

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

ca. 3 minutes

Performed by Boston Conservatory (piano)

dong

For Solo Cello (2023)

Commissioned by Jessie Kong for Joey Shin

ca. 1 minute

As if my brain had split

For Solo Soprano Voice (2022)

Written for Lucy Shelton

ca. 2 minutes