COMPOSITIONS
Music for me is no longer East or West, Classical or Jazz, old or new. In my musical world, musical styles from different cultures and different times can co-exist and enhance each other in harmony. The following selections represent my eclectic approach to musical styles and languages, which incorporates contemporary Western Classical, Jazz and Chinese music in different ways.
Western Instrumental
Fanfare for brass trio (1987)
Ryan Anthony, 1st trumpet
Premiered at the Cleveland Institute of Music
WCLV marathon broadcast, 1987.
A Lunatic's Monologue 《瘋人獨白》for flute, clarinet, percussion and piano (1984)
1st place, Western Composition category
1985 Hong Kong Young Musicians' Awards
Live at Hong Kong City Hall Theatre, March 24, 1985.
Images for piano solo (1989)
(IV: "Night Poem")
Gloria Chuang, piano
RTHK Radio 4 Broadcast on February 10, 2011.
Different Times for clarinet and piano (1992, revised 2014)
(I. "For the Moment", II. "Once Upon A Time")
Melanie Richards, clarinet; Hector Garcia, piano
Recorded in Columbus, OH, June 2014.
Taiwanese Suite for piano trio (1998)
(II. "Moonlight Sorrow" )
《台灣組曲》鋼琴三重奏 (第二樂章「月夜愁」)
Elite Artists Trio: Formosa Impressions CD album
菁英藝術家三重奏：《印象福爾摩沙》
Archi Music Production, Released 2013.
Presented at 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2013; 2014 - 2015 North American Tour
Serenade for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano (2009)
(Excerpt from Movement III)
Laurel Ensemble, Musicarama 2009 Concert series
Premiered Hong Kong City Hall Theatre, November 18, 2009
Presented at the International Rostrum of Composers 2010
Lisbon, Portugal
Duet for alto flute and clarinet 《沙灘追逐》 (2013)
Carmen Ma, alto flute; Leung Chi-Shing, clarinet
“Creative Mission Possible” Advanced Music Composition Training Project Educational Talk cum Demonstration
Shatin Town Hall, July 2013
Vocal Solo
The Past Cannot be Returned
Text: Richard Brautigan
from song cycle Songs of Pain and Innocence (1990)
Stephanie Tingler, soprano; Sheung-Ping Lai, piano
Premiered at Sheung-Ping Lai DMA Composition Recital
The Ohio State University, May 1990
Star and Cloud 《星雲》 (2003)
Text: Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Bobo Lo, soprano; Chui-Man Ho, piano
Cultural & Choral Exchange Project with Nara University of Education, Evening Concert, Nara, Japan, February 15, 2014.
Choral
The Golden Gown《金縷衣》 (2014)
Text: Du Qiuniang
Ying Wa Primary School Choir
New Choral Settings of Tang Poems CD album
HUGO Records, LPZD 1630, Released 2016
Night Thought 「夜思」from Six Tang Poems 《 唐詩六首》 (2015)
Text: Li Bai
A trilingual song cycle for SAB
Voices of the Valley, Stephanie Chan, conductor
Premiered at Annual VOV Concert
CSMA Tateuchi Hall, Mountain View, CA, August 9, 2015.
Electroacoustic
Dreamscape for multi-track magnetic tape (1986)
Stephanie Tingler, soprano on tape
CIM Electronic Studio
Cleveland, OH
Chinese Instrumental
Moon River arrangement for Chinese plucked string ensemble
WUJI Ensemble 無極樂團:《淡淡阮幽情》CD album
HUGO Records, LPCD 1630-7317, Released 2011
Selected into HUGO 25th Anniversary Audiophile CD 16
LPCD 45II-7316, Released 2011
Jazz / Chinese Jazz Fusion
Snow Dancing from Winter Nocturnes CD album
Gary Billups, tenor sax; Tom Stephens, piano & guitar; Lou Laushe, bass; Frank Oddis, drums
Nine Lives Records, Released 2011
Never Too Late (1993)
William Malone, alto sax; Robert Taylor, piano
Live in Columbus, OH, 1999
Snow Dancing from Winter Nocturnes CD album
Gary Billups, tenor sax; Tom Stephens, piano & guitar; Lou Laushe, bass; Frank Oddis, drums
Nine Lives Records, Released 2011
Boundless Groove 《無極爵躍》
for Chinese plucked string ensemble and jazz combo (2019)
(Excerpt: 12-bar blues)
WUJI Ensemble X MO-MEN-T
Live at Kwai Tsing Theatre, June 9, 2019.
Somewhere Faraway Trilogy《在那遙遠的地方》 三部曲
We Gather Here Together/Somewhere Faraway for mixed choir (2009)
Theme song for International Choral Jazz Festival
Butler University Jordan Jazz, Beech Grove High School Sensations, HKIEd Vocal Jazz Ensemble, HKIEd Chorus, HK Children's Choir, participating Hong Kong school choirs
Tim Brimmer, conductor
2011 International Choral Jazz & Mass Musicking Festival: School Choirs Showcase, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, July 2011.
Somewhere Faraway 《在那遙遠的地方》 for jazz combo (2013)
Pentatonic Jazz Fusion Band Debut Concert
Abson Fung, guanzi; Hin-Chuen Siu, tenor sax; Barry Lee, piano; Ngao-Yuen Lui, bass; Dean Li, drums; Ivan Yeung; percussion
Live at Hong Kong Fringe Club, May 1, 2015.
Variations on Somewhere Faraway 《中國民謠變奏曲》
for flute, clarinet, piano and orchestra (2009)
Suki Cheuk, flute; Cherry Chong, clarinet; Winnie Kwok, piano; HKIEd Orchestra, Kelvin Ngai, conductor
Live at Tsuen Wan Town Hall, May 2016.