I’m so pleased to learn that my upcoming portrait CD with Albany Records has received funding from the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University. I expect the CD to be out later this spring and am so impressed with the level of musicianship of soprano Tony Arnold and the members of Zohn Collective. The CD will feature my large-scale Sandburg Songs, along with chamber music from the last decade. Thanks to all the staff at Albany Records for their support of my work.
Mise-en Festival 2020
I’m very pleased to be one of seven composers from around the world selected to compose a new work for New York City-based ensemble mise-en for this year’s Mise-en Festival, to take place June 23-28 in New York. My planned work is tentatively called Parallel Lives and is inspired by my own experience traveling back-and-forth between Hong Kong and the US (and many other places!) over the last four years. I’ve become fascinated with how much activity is taking place at once, whether in a particular building, on a single street, throughout a whole city, or between two points on opposite sides of the globe. Darting to and fro around the world, I’ve gained a new appreciation for how time passes—sometimes quickly, other times at a laborious place—and how our perceptions shift over vast distances. The sudden shifts of time, place, and energy fascinate me and are something I want to explore musically in my work. I’m very much looking forward to working with the stellar musicians of ensemble mise-en and their conductor, Moon Young Ha, this summer.