Taipei 101

Very happy to be spending some time in Taipei.  This is my first time in the city and first time in Taiwan as well.  It is a place that has been calling me for many years by way of friends and stories of bubble tea and night markets.

But, alas, I am here to work!  Tomorrow I will be presenting my music to students at Taipei National University of the Arts.  I’m grateful for this opportunity and look forward to introducing some of my recent (and not-so-recent) work.  As I have done on a few other occasions, part of my talk will be devoted to a discussion of the influence of Korean traditional music on my compositions.

(Still the night market beckons….)

Rise

I have just received a video of the performance portion of my February 3 lecture at HKBU.  I very much enjoyed sharing some of my music and ways of thinking about music with my colleagues and students.  Special thanks again to violinist Gary Ngan and pianist Kawai Chan for their wonderful playing.  Here is their performance of my 2003 work, Rise, inspired by the immersive and space-bending installation art of James Turrell.