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Orchestra Wind Ensemble Chamber Music Vocal & Choral


Orchestra

Fall at the Barnard Cottage, for orchestra (2011-12)
for orchestra 3333, 4331, pno, timp., hp, pno/celesta, strings.
ca. 8 minutes. [program notes]

Symphony in one movement, to the victims of the Great Sichuan Earthquake (2009)
for orchestra, 3333, 4331, timp., 3 perc., pno., strings.
ca. 8.5 minutes. [program notes]

Music for Piano, Percussion and Wind Ensemble - dedicated to Cynthia P. Johnston Turner, Steven Stucky, and Roberto Sierra (2007)

Above Light - a Conversation with Toru Takemitsu (2006)
for orchestra, 3333, 4331, timp., 3 perc., hp, pno./celesta, strings.
ca. 9 minutes. [program notes]

Lotus Prayer (2019)
for orchestra, 2222, 422, timp., 2 perc. pno, strings.
ca. 12 minutes.

YEAR 2020 - concerto for trumpet, violin and orchestra (2021)
2222, 4231, timp., 3 perc., hp., pno, strings.
ca. 18 minutes. [program notes]

Ensō (2022)
for orchestra 3333, 4331, pno, timp, hp, pno., strings.
ca. 14 minutes. [program notes]



Wind Ensemble

Music for Piano, Percussion and Wind Ensemble (2007)
ca. 18 minutes.

Winter Blossom - in memory of Steven Stucky, for wind ensemble (2016-17)
ca. 18 minutes. [program notes]



Chamber Music

Valley Rhapsodies, for string trio (2015) (21') [program notes]

Tibet Fantasia, for 18 musicians (2014-15) (30') [program notes]

I. Earth Arousal
for oboe, clarinet, 2 bass trombones and 4 percussions
II. Grasslands Aria
for solo voice, mezzo soprano, 3-person choir, 2 bass trombones, 4 percussions, piano, violin and cello
III. Water Contemplation
for flute and 4 percussions
IV. Ode to Mountains
for solo voice, mezzo soprano, 3-person choir, oboe, clarinet, 2 bass trombones, 4 percussions, piano, violin and cello

Encounter Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2011) (4')

Lonely Stone, for viola and cello (2012) (8')

Echo Poem Image, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano (2010) [The entire composition is about 33 minutes. Each movement can be programmed separately] [program notes]

I. Silhouette
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and vibraphone (4'30")
II. Nostalgia
flute, violin and piano (7')
III. Operatic Rhapsody
Eb Clarinet and Percussion (6'30")
IV. Love Song
violin and cello (6')
V. Carnival
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (6')

Silhouettes of Sound, for alto flute, harp and percussion (2008) [program notes]

Shattered Dream - dedicated to Steven Stucky, for chamber ensemble (2007) [program notes]

String Quartet - in Memory of Witold Lutoslawski (2006)

Three Images, for flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello percussion and piano (2005-07) [program notes]

Construction I, for two pianos (2005)

Rhapsody, for cello solo (2005)

Two Miniatures, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano (2005)

Crows Over Wheatfield, for chamber orchestra (2005)

... Between ... for percussion duet (2004) [program notes]

Autumn Poem - dedicated to Zhou Long and Chen Yi, for flute/alto flute/piccolo, violin, cello, percussion and piano (2003)

River Snow, for Chinese bamboo flutes, xun, Chinese fiddles, Chinese lute and two percussions (2002) [program notes]

Retracement, for chamber ensemble (2002)

Elegy, for Chinese fiddle and piano (2002)

Stepping, for percussion quartet (2001)

Network Time No.1, for Chinese bamboo flute, Chinese fiddles, flute, cello, piano and Tape (1999)

Original Firmament, for string quartet and piano (2000)



Vocal & Choral

Xiao Chong Shan, for baritone, Chinese bamboo flutes, percussion, piano and string orchestra (1997)

Rain Alley, for soprano, Chinese bamboo flutes, cello and piano (1997)

Memory of Childhood, for soprano and piano (1997)

The Place of the Soul Goes To, for baritone, Chinese bamboo flutes, cello and chorus (1995)

Dream, for baritone, Chinese fiddles and Piano (1994)

Rain, for soprano and piano (1992)

Seven Friends, for children's Chorus (1990)