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3. New Music Performances

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Aug 2 “Salon Series III,” The Atlantic Music Festival; Colby College, Waterville, ME. Matthew Recio’s Aire Carnivore (2012) [world premiere]. Iain Crampton, violin; Jaime Davies-Ponce, oboe; Jade Conlee, piano.

2013 Feb 26-28 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri, USA (cross-listed in Residencies) Guest lecture and performance in composition faculty Professor Chen Yi’s “Introduction to NonWestern music” class.

Individual coaching for composition students on writing for the cello.

Composer’s Guild Concert; University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO. JIANG Yu’s Longing For Home for Solo Cello (2012), Kay HE’s Fallen Leaves Drum Tower for Solo Cello (2013), Patrick Chan’s Shattered Wing for Solo Cello (2013), ZHOU Jing’s Mélancolique for Solo Cello (2013) and WANG A-Mao’s Returning Home (2013). WANG A-Mao, piano. [All World Premieres.]

Mar 4-6 Murray State University, Kentucky, USA (cross-listed in Residencies) Guest Artist Recital: New Music for Solo Cello Brian Ciach Chaconne For Amplified Cello and Electronics (2008, rev. 2013), ZHOU Jing’s Mélancolique for Solo Cello (2013), JIANG Yu’s Longing For Home for Solo Cello (2012) and Bright Sheng’s Seven Tunes Heard In China for Solo Cello.

Workshop for composition students on writing for the cello.

May 6 New Music Concert; Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. Eric Stern’s Sonic Nostalgia for Cello and Electronic Sound (2012-13) [World Premiere]. Electronic Sound via Kinect, Eric Stern.

Jul 8-13 The Thailand International Composition Festival; Mahidol University, Thailand: Jul 10 Chamber Music Concert Guests: Solo Cello and Solo Viola Music Antonio Celso Ribeiro’s Broken Bagpipe for Solo Cello, Bright Sheng’s Seven Tunes Heard in China for Solo Cello, ZHOU Long’s Wild Grass and Norbert Palej’s Chaconne [World Premiere].

Jul 13 Celebrations!!

James Ogburn’s Cello Concerto [World Premiere]. The Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra; Bright Sheng, conductor.

Oct 26 “Premiere Works XXII: Music of Young Composers;” Music From China; Symphony Space, New York City, USA. Scott Steele’s The Avoidance of a Word for Erhu, Cello and Percussion (2013) [World Premiere]. WANG Guowei, erhu; Scott Steele, percussion.

ZHOU Jing’s Mélancolique for Cello and Zheng (2013) [World Premiere]. ZHOU Jing, zheng.

Dec 16-19 Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China (cross-listed in Residencies) Guest Artist Recital CHEN Yi’s Memory for Solo Violin (arranged for Solo Cello by Alvin Wong) [World Premiere], ZHOU Long’s Wild Grass, Bright Sheng’s Seven Tunes Heard In China for Solo Cello, ZHOU Jing’s Mélancolique for Solo Cello, WANG Fei-nan’s Diary of A Female Sniper and WANG A-Mao’s Returning Home. WANG A-Mao, piano.

March 9, 2013 Dr. Brian Ciach 541 Doyle Fine Arts Center Murray State University Murray, KY 42071 Alvin Wong 462 Humphrey Street, Apt B1 New Haven, CT 06511 Dear Alvin, Thank you so much for your excellent cello recital as a Murray State guest artist on March 6, 2013. Your performance of my Chaconne for amplified cello and electronic music was, no doubt, the best I've heard it! I really loved hearing the works of the Chinese composers, especially Bright Sheng's Seven Tunes Heard in China. Your cello and bass masterclass and composition workshop with our composition students really benefited our department.

Some words from my faculty colleague about your visit: "It was a marvelous concert! I loved his interpretation of both Dr.Ciach and other Chinese composer's pieces. His cello performance definitely evoked the composers' spirits."

I very much look forward to our collaboration on my new commissioned cello solo piece and to our next meeting!

All best,

Brian Ciach Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Composition, and Electronic Music Murray State University sigh-ackmusic.com

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Mahidol University College of Music 25/25 Phutthamonthon Sai 4 Rd Salaya, Phutthamonthon Nakhonpathom, 73170 THAILAND April 2, 2013 Dear Alvin Wong

The Thailand International Composition Festival 2013 will take place at Mahidol University in Nakhonpathom, Thailand, from July 8 to 13, 2013. This is the 9th annual festival which has been participated by many composers such as Chester Biscardi, James Mobberley, Tison Street, Chinary Ung, Paul Rudy, Roderik de Man, Zhou Long, Robert Beaser, Joao Pedro Oliviera, Eric Moe, Xiangang Ye and Chen Yi as well as musicians such as Bennett Lerner, Kit Young, the Ensemble TIMF (from Korea) Third Angle, newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble and the New York New Music Ensemble. The Festival has been organized to provide an opportunity for people from various disciplines and generations to meet, acquire knowledge, and share views on music in the 21st century.

As we are truly aware of you as an experienced and well-known artists, we would like to invite the you to participate in the festival as an Artist in Residence to perform music by participating composers and also giving lessons/master classes to students from many universities in Thailand and other countries around Southeast Asia Region. From the past six years, a number of people, including musicians, teachers, students, and faculties from many universities participated in this st festival to explore the direction of music in the 21 Century. The main topics will be 1) how to approach and appreciate modern music and, 2) the psychological concepts which underlie a composerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music.

Mahidol University established with the missions to graduate scholars with self-directed learning skills and high standards of morality and to be an academic resource with a leading role in the development of art in Thailand. It would be an honor for Mahidol University and Thai Music Society to have you attend the festival. We truly believe that your participation and insights will be of great value to the participants in this festival. Mahidol University will be responsible for one week accommodation and local transportation in Nakhonpathom, Thailand during the festival. On behalf of the TICF Committee, I genuinely hope that you will be able to accept this invitation and look forward to this opportunity to share ideas and engage in discussion during the festival.

Sincerely yours,

Narong Prangcharoen Artistic Director of Thailand International Composition Festival 4908 Brookside Blvd. Apt.16 Kansas City, MO 64112 e-mail: narong@narongmusic.com

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September 2012 ________________________________________________________________________ September 26, 2012 -­Dance Capriccio for piano and string quartet Shanghai Quartet with Haochen Zhang University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

October 2012 ________________________________________________________________________ October 18-­20, 2012 -­Fanfare from China Dreams for orchestra Jacksonwille Symphony Orchestra Association, Fabio Mechetti, conductor Jacksonville, FL, USA

October 18, 2012

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Bright Sheng - Performances -­Dance Capriccio for piano and string quartet Shanghai Quartet Schubert Club, St. Paul, MN, USA

May 30, 2013 -­A Porter's Song Yale Glee Club Beijing Concert Hall, Beijing, China

June 2013 _________________________________________________________________________ June 1st, 2013 -­A Porter's Song Yale Glee Club Tianjing Concert Hall, Tianjing, China

June 3rd, 2013 -­A Porter's Song Yale Glee Club HongKong St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong

June 21, 2013 -­Three Fantasies Zhu Dan, Violin, Paavali Jumppanen, Piano Zhuhai, China

June 23, 2013 -­Three Fantasies Zhu Dan, Violin, Paavali Jumppanen, Piano Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China

July 2013 _________________________________________________________________________ July 6, 2013 -­Piano Trio Perspective Ensemble Docttorow Center for the Arts 7970 Main St. Hunter, NY

July 12, 2013 -­Seven Tunes Heard in China Alvin Wong, Cello Thailand International Composition Festival, Bangkok, Thailand

July 14, 2013 -­Nanking! Nanking!

Li Hui, Pipa, Bright Sheng, Conductor, Thailand Philharmonic Bangkok, Thailand

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Music From China Premiere Works XXII: Music of Young Composers

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Established in 1984, Music From China embraces both traditional and new music in a repertoire of Chinese classical and folk-­inspired arrangements and works by living composers. Premiere Works XXII, latest in a series dedicated to contemporary Chinese music, features world premieres of new work by young Chinese and American composers. Fresh and colorful, all the compositions are written with East-­West instrumentation creating new sound worlds for contemporary Chinese music. In three of them, the composers perform their own works.

Program: Li Xinyan: Legend of the White Snake (commissioned work) -­ erhu, pipa, flute, percussion Michael Miller: Arapaima -­ zhonghu & bass clarinet Scott Steele: The Avoidance of a Word -­ erhu, cello, percussion Wang Amao: The Feeble Breeze, The Sullen Spring -­ zhonghu, bass clarinet, percussion Zhou Jing: Melancolique -­ cello & zheng Kerwin Young: Erhu and Pipa Suite for a Lonely Man

Musicians: Wang Guowei, erhu/zhonghu Sun Li, pipa Anna Urrey, flute Alvin Wong, cello Zhou Jing, zheng Michael Miller, bass clarinet Scott Steele, percussion

For more information on Music From China, visit http://www.musicfromchina.org.

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