Upcoming:
airborne extended
June 1-3, 2023
Wien, OE
Rehearsals with airborne extended
Unerhörte Musik | Sylvia Hinz – Recorder: gegenüber
June 6, 2023 at 20.00
BKA Theater, Berlin + Livestream
Sylvia Hinz performs Points of return (2018)
APOTHEOSE
June 12, 2023
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, DE
Performances of Cloud Prints (2015) for clavichord/electronics and 没有梦的人在梦中走过 (2020) for harp with Sonja Leipold and Tina Žerdin and discussion with curator Jan Nicola Angermann
Gesprächskonzert „al’thalj“
June 13, 2023 at 19.30
Württembergische Kunstverein, Stuttgart, DE
Performances of al’thalj (2022) with airborne extended and a discussion about the work with moderation from Martina Seeber
SWR2 Neue Musik
June 14, 2023
SWR Funkstudio, Kammermusiksaal, Stuttgart (DE)
Recording session of al’thalj (2022) with airborne extended for future broadcast
Akademie Schloss Solitude
July 14-23, 2023
Stuttgart, DE
Return stay at Akademie Schloss Solitude
Sommer in Stuttgart
July 21, 2023
Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, DE
Premiere of And keeps on falling (2023) with Ensemble Ascolta
Elektronmusik Studion
August 22-31, 2023
Stockholm, SE
Residency in the Elektronmusik Studion Stockholm, realizing electronics for the percussion solo closing in on (2020-2023)
Trio Abstrakt | Deutscher Musikrat Symposium Konzerte
September 26-28, 2023
Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, DE
Performance of Third existence (2021) with Trio Abstrakt
Ensemble Quarks | Musik21 im NDR
September 28, 2023
Kleiner Sendesaal NDR, Hannover, DE
Pianist Hinako Inoue performs 浮沤 fu’ou (2016)
Arbeitsstipendium | Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
September – December 2023
Compositional research in preparation for forthcoming piece (2023-24) with text from poet Nadeem Al-Aloosi
Contemporary Insights
February 2024, Date TBA
Köln, DE
Premiere of Meaningless bound forms (2021) for string trio
Radio France | Création Mondiale
2024-2025, Dates TBA
Paris, FR
Portrait interview and broadcast premiere of new work (2024-25)
Selected Past Events:
Britten-Pears Arts
April 3-16, 2023
Aldeburgh, UK
Solo residency at Britten-Pears Arts
Music as Image and Metaphor
March 12, 2023, 16.00
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, US
Allen Otte premieres I fall asleep on a jagged rock (2022-23)
PRISM #9 „another air“
February 25, 2023 at 19.30
Reaktor Wien, OE
Premiere of al’thalj (2022) with airborne extended
Akademie Schloss Solitude
July 2022 – January 2023
Stuttgart, DE
Fellow (Aural/Physical) at Akademie Schloss Solitude
Ensemble Temporum
December 4, 2022, 18.00
Sentralen, Oslo, Norway
Ensemble Temporum premieres Images for Xuefang (2021) for bass flute, viola, and microtonal prepared piano
neuMERZ + Musik21 Niedersachsen | Disrupted Chronologies
November 6, 2022, 19.00
WERKRAUM, Göttingen, DE
Performance of Linghua mirror images (2021) and premiere of arrangement Smmaî (2022) as part of a multimedia concert with Trio Klangspektrum, Philipp Henkel, and Chatori Shimizu
Unerhörte Musik | Trio Klangspektrum: Restrospektive
October 25, 2022, 20.00
BKA Theater, Berlin
Performance of Linghua mirror images (2021) for clarinet, accordion, and cello with Trio Klangspektrum
Hörfest Detmold | Trio Klangspektrum
October 2, 2022, 19.00
Hangar 21, Detmold, DE
Performance of Linghua mirror images (2021) for clarinet, accordion, and cello with Trio Klangspektrum
neuMERZ | Kopfgeräusche
September 19, 2022, 19.00
tak, Berlin, DE
Yongyun Zhang performs Gone with the rainy season 雨季不再来 (2022) for speaking percussionist and electronics, text by Autumn Tsai. Part of Monat der zeitgenössischen Musik.
neuMERZ | Kopfgeräusche
September 16, 2022, 19.00
OSCO, Hannover, DE
Yongyun Zhang performs Gone with the rainy season 雨季不再来 (2022) for speaking percussionist and electronics, text by Autumn Tsai
neuMERZ | Kopfgeräusche
September 13, 2022
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, DE
Discussion and performance of Gone with the rainy season 雨季不再来 (2022) for speaking percussionist and electronics with Yongyun Zhang and Autumn Tsai
Warsaw Autumn | Spółdzielnia Muzyczna
September 7, 2022 at 19.00
Klub SPATiF, Warsaw, Poland
Premiere of Hajir (2022) for amplified ensemble with Spółdzielnia Muzyczna
Beethovenfest Bonn | Trio Klangspektrum
September 6, 2022, 19.30
Post Tower Lounge, Bonn, DE
Premiere of Linghua mirror images (2021) for clarinet, accordion, and cello with Trio Klangspektrum
Spółdzielnia Muzyczna
September 5, 2022 at 21.00
Teatr KTO, Kraków, Poland
Premiere of Hajir (2022) for amplified ensemble with Spółdzielnia Muzyczna
Festival de Royaumont | Voix Nouvelles
September 4, 2022
Abbaye de Royaumont, France
Premiere of Anamu alla al’hajiri al’natayi (2022) with Johanna Vargas, Susana Santos Silva and Ictus at Festival de Royaumont, text by Nadeem Al-Aloosi
Spółdzielnia Muzyczna
August 1-3, 2022
Kraków, Poland
Rehearsals of Hajir (2022)
How Do Myths Arise?
June 18, 2022, 14.00
An der Kröpcke Uhr, Hannover, DE
Szu-Ying Hsu premieres a new dance work with The space in between (2020)
Transplanted Roots 2022 | Percussion Research Symposium
May 18-21, 2022, Video Livestream on May 19
University of San Diego, California
Yongyun Zhang performs 辜月 November Moon (2017)
Deutschlandfunk | Atelier neuer Musik
May 7, 2022, 22:05 CET
Radio broadcast (Der Raum dazwischen: Das Projekt „Traiect Taiwan“ in Hannover) of The space in between (2020) from November 2021 performance at the Sprengel Museum with Ensemble Water Stage
airborne extended
April 27-30, 2022
Wien, OE
Research with airborne extended in preparation for new work (2022)
Wayward Music Series
March 31, 2022, 20.00
Seattle, US
Performance of cicada song (2018) by the University of Washington Percussion Ensemble
Syntax, Text and Timbre in Recent Works with Chinese Instruments and Dialects
March 29, 2022
Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Music
Guest lecture on my recent compositional research
Syntax, Text and Timbre in Recent Works with Chinese Instruments and Dialects
March 24, 2022
McGill University | ACTOR: East Asian Music Subgroup
Guest lecture on my recent compositional research
Trio Abstrakt | NMTV
December 17, 2021, 20.00
Online (link here)
Premiere of Third existence (2021) for Trio Abstrakt with video artist Jeayoung Koh
ensemble recherche
December 13-16, 2021
Freiburg, DE
Recording session of Meaningless bound forms (2021) for trio recherche
Die Hannoversche Gesselschaft für Neue Musik: Projekt TRAIECT III
November 28, 2021
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, DE
DE Premiere of The space in between (2020) for two Beiguan musicians and electronics with Ensemble Water-Stage, text by Autumn Tsai
Die Hannoversche Gesselschaft für Neue Musik: Projekt TRAIECT III, Rahmenprogramm
November 23-27, 2021
Hildesheim / Hannover, DE
27 November, Gespräch mit Komponist*innen, mit Nan Zhang, Eduardo Moguilansky und Rachel C. Walker and Autumn Tsai
碰撞与交汇——第二届全球视野下的中国音乐当代研究国际学术研讨会
November 26-28, 2021
Beijing, CN / Online
Lecture (Chinese), 释译探索作曲之——《荷》Transcription and Translation in the Compositional Treatment of Ruan Xuefang’s Lotus
Sound of Stockholm
November 23-26, 2021
Stockholm, Sweden
Electroacoustic concert as part of Konstmusiksystrar’s Soundpals, premiere of ongoing work Miniatyyrikokoelma (2020-) with sound artist Johanna Sulalampi
PASIC 2021
November 10-13, 2021
Indianapolis, USA
Performance of 辜月 November Moon (2017) by Yongyun Zhang
Trio Abstrakt
November 1-3, 2021
Köln, DE
Rehearsals and recording session of Third existence (2021) for Trio Abstrakt with video artist Jeayoung Koh
CCM Percussion Ensemble
October 23, 2021, 19.30
Cohen Family Studio Theater, Cincinnati, USA
Performance of cicada song (2018)
2021 Hangzhou Modern Music Festival | 2021年杭州现代音乐节
18-23 October, 2021
Hangzhou, China
Premiere of 点灯，消融入暗 Another self dissolves (2021) for sheng, pipa, and percussion, commissioned by AIR现代乐集
KEAMSAC 2021 | Korea Electro-Acoustic Music Society’s Annual Conference
October 15-17, 2021
Seoul, Korea + Livestream (KEAMS Website/YouTube)
Paper presentation, “Beiguan and Electronics: The space in between”
Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik
October 7-10, 2021
Bludenz, Austria
Premiere of Grenze zu einem anderen Raum (2020) with Quartetto Maurice
Remi Miura, shō
September 19, 2021
Knock Out Studio Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan
Recording session of Sifting, surface, silence (2021) with Remi Miura
SEED 2021
April – September 2021
Online workshop series on sheng and shō. New work for solo shō, Sifting, surface, silence (2021), written for Remi Miura
Kalv Festivalen
August 9-15, 2021
Kalv, Sweden
Online lecture on my compositional work at 14.00 (CET) on August 10, including discussion of Images for Xuefang (2020) for Ensemble Temporum
Music as Image and Metaphor: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles
August 12, 2021
George Ohr Museum, Biloxi, Mississippi
Performance of Forms of falling dust (2017/21) for prepared yangqin and electronics by Allen Otte
CRISPR.kollektiv | Graphic Noise – Human Voice
August 10-13, 2021
Essen, DE
Performance and recording session of cicada song (2018)
Darmstädter Ferienkurse
August 1-11, 2021
Darmstadt, DE
没有梦的人在梦中走过 In / ohne Träume (2020) for prepared harp with Clara Simarro
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble: Paths / Remembrance
July 31, 2021
Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
Performance of 浮沤 (2016) by pianist Shelley Ng
There is no air in Space
July 17, 2021
Hamburg, DE
Recording session of drift and iron sheets (2019)
Aus Stille wird Klang | Fensterkonzert
July 16, 2021
Kunstraum j3fm, Hannover, DE
Premiere of drift and iron sheets (2019) and DE premiere of 铁钉 An Iron Nail (2018) with TINAIS (Jana De Troyer and Kelsey Cotton)
Aus Stille wird Klang | Installation
June 17 – July 15, 2021
Kunstraum j3fm, Hannover, DE
Month-long evolving video installation at Kunstraum j3fm with TINAIS (Jana De Troyer and Kelsey Cotton)
ZKM ne(x)t_generation 8.5
June 25, 2021, 19.45
Online (link here)
Streamed performance of The space in between (2020)
Liu Yinghao, Bass-Baritone
June 15, 2021 at 20.30
Kammermusiksaal, Plathnerstraße 35, Hannover, DE
Premiere of 荷 Ó (2021) for bass-baritone (Liu Yinghao), accordion (Anna-Katharina Schau), prepared harp (Anne Serger), and prepared piano (Chen Jun), cond. Du Yuxuan
Liu Yinghao, Bass-Baritone
May 27, 2021
Hannover, DE
Recording session of 荷 Ó (2021) for bass-baritone (Liu Yinghao), accordion (Anna-Katharina Schau), prepared harp (Anne Serger), and prepared piano (Chen Jun), cond. Du Yuxuan
Allen Otte + John Lane
May 18-24, 2021
Huntsville, Texas
Recording session of 铁钉 An Iron Nail (2018) with percussionists Allen Otte and John Lane, recording session of Forms of falling dust (2017/21) for yangqin and electronics for Allen Otte
Ensemble Adapter
May 9, 2021
Berlin, DE
Recording session for Paper made from silk cocoons (2020) with Ensemble Adapter
Women Composers Festival of Hartford
March 19, 2021 at 19.30 (EST)
Online concert (link here)
Yongyun Zhang performs 辜月 November Moon (2017)
XelmYa+ | points of return
October 3, 2020 at 19.00 (CET)
Online concert (link above)
Sylvia Hinz performs Points of return (2018) (EUA)
Kuandu Arts Festival Opening Concert | 關渡藝術節開幕音樂會
September 23, 2020 at 19.30
Taipei, Taiwan
Premiere of The space in between (2020) for two Beiguan musicians and electronics with Ensemble Water-Stage (Liu Yu-Hsiu and Li Chi-Chien) and text by Autumn Tsai
Humay Gasimzade, Piano
July 25, 2020 at 17.00 (EDT)
Online concert (link above)
Humay Gasimzade performs 浮沤 (2016)
Tage Neuer Musik 2020：„Monologe_Dialoge“
January 21, 2020 at 19.30
Konzertsaal der HfKM Regensburg, Germany
Pianist Judith Goetze performs 浮沤 (2016)
It’s a New Timing: Das Klavier als Material Zeitgenössische Klaviermusik
January 15, 2019 at 19.00
Hannover, Germany
Pianist Liu Haoran 刘浩然 performs 浮沤 (2016)
Projekt TRAIECT III：Gesprächsrunde
January 14, 2020 from 18.15 – 19.45
HMTM Hannover, DE
Panel discussion on intercultural collaboration with traditional instruments and the new works for Beiguan 北管 ensemble and electronics being written for Projekt TRAIECT III.
DISEnsemble
December 10, 2019
IUPUI, Indianapolis, USA
Performance of Soundings through the ribbon web (2019) by the Destructive/Inventive Systems Ensemble
Liu Haoran, Piano
December 7, 2019 at 12.00
Kammermusiksaal, Hannover, Germany (Plathnerstraße 35)
Pianist Liu Haoran 刘浩然 performs 浮沤 (2016)
Juxtatonal
November 10, 2019 at 20.00
Classical Revolution, The Listing Loon, Cincinnati, USA
Juxtatonal (soprano Jocelyn Zelasko and cellist Bryan Hayslett) performs Reverberations (2015)
DISEnsemble
November 7, 2019 at 15.30
Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, USA
Performance of Soundings through the ribbon web (2019) by the Destructive/Inventive Systems Ensemble
Departure Duo
October 20, 2019 at 15.00
Spectrum NYC, 20 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn
Performance of Only for noise (2019) by Departure Duo (soprano Nina Guo and bassist Edward Kass)
Departure Duo
October 19, 2019 at 20.00
Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave.
Performance of Only for noise (2019) by Departure Duo (soprano Nina Guo and bassist Edward Kass)
Departure Duo
October 17, 2019 at 20.00
Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer St., Brooklyn
Premiere of Only for noise (2019) by Departure Duo (soprano Nina Guo and bassist Edward Kass)
22nd CHIME Meeting
September 19-22, 2019
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China
Performance of Ebb and flow (2019) for nanpa 南琶 and percussion with Xia Yuyan 夏雨言 and Zhang Yongyun 张永韵
Lecture Recital，对比与递归：溯源南音
Shandong University, Qingdao, China
September 9, 2019
Premiere of Ebb and flow (2019) for nanpa 南琶 and percussion with Xia Yuyan 夏雨言 and Zhang Yongyun 张永韵. The performance will be preceded by a joint talk with writer/interdisciplinary artist Autumn Tsai 蔡昀庭.
Sylvia Hinz, Recorder: a brief herstory of sound
June 11, 2019 at 18.00
Festival Mujeres en la Música Nueva, Bogotá (Auditorio Olav Roots, Conservatorio de Música, Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Premiere of Points of return (2018) for alto recorder by Sylvia Hinz
SoundWebs Listening Lab
May 25, 2019 from 14.00 – 15.00
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County — Main Library Reading Garden Lounge
Conductor Rebecca Smithorn and concert:nova premiere Soundings through the ribbon web (2019)
Yongyun Zhang, Percussion
April 12, 2019 at 18.45
Cohen Family Studio Theater, Cincinnati, USA
Premiere of 铁钉 An Iron Nail (2018) for two percussionists and voice with Yongyun Zhang and Xinyi Zheng
Solo Soundbox: Kara Huber, Piano
March 23, 2019 at 19.00
St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church, Cincinnati, USA
Pianist Kara Huber performs 浮沤 (2016)
Parallels
March 17, 2019 at 19.00
Sala im. Józefa Elsnera, Dziekanka, Krakowskie Przedmieście 56 Warsaw, Poland
Performance of My shadow forms a resonant shell (2019) with Agata Frysz, Miłosz Mrozowski, Klara Chinek, Malwina Jakubowska, and Aleksandra Płaczek
Salon 21 | Parallels
February 6, 2019 at 19.00
Weston Art Gallery – Aranoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, USA
Premiere of My shadow forms a resonant shell (2019) with pianist Jill Jantzen & 4-Way Quartet
MSU Percussion Ensemble at Mississippi Day of Percussion
January 26, 2019
Hinds Community College, Raymond, Mississippi
Performance of cicada song (2018) by members of the Mississippi State University Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Chamber Groups: Mississippi State University Percussion Ensemble
November 12, 2018 at 19.30
Symphonic Hall, Mississippi State University
Performance of cicada song (2018) by members of the Mississippi State University Percussion Ensemble
Mississippi State University Percussion Ensemble
October 17, 2018 at 14.00
Mississippi State University
Performance of cicada song (2018) by members of the Mississippi State University Percussion Ensemble
Accelerando Initiative
October 11, 2018 at 18.30
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, USA
Performance of cicada song (2018) by members of Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando Initiative
Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity
July 8-29, 2018
Banff, Canada
In residence at Banff for EQ: Evolution of the String Quartet.
EQ: New and Traditional Works for String Quartet
July 26, 2018 at 19.30
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity
Banff, Canada
Bergamot Quartet performs Mycelia whisper lines (2018)
EQ: Composer Encounter
July 17, 2018 at 19.30
Bentley Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity
Banff, Canada
Premiere of Mycelia whisper lines (2018) by the Butter Quartet
Sam Houston State University Summer Percussion Academy
June 23, 2018 at 20.00
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA
Premiere of cicada song (2018) in a realization for six percussionists
2018 Oak Bay New Music Festival | The Listening Artist: Global Perspectives
June 2, 2018 at 20.00
Chapel of St. Mary’s, Oak Bay, Victoria, Canada
Canadian premiere of Reverberations (2015) with soprano Maria Eduarda and cellist Alex Klassen
Imaginary Landscapes | VIVE! Ensemble
June 2, 2018 at 19.30
Farr Best Theater, Mannsfield, Texas, USA
Conductor Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia, percussionist Allen Otte, and VIVE! Ensemble perform On a paper nautilus (2017) as part of the Applause Music Festival
VIVE! in Nashville
May 31, 2018 at 19.00
Nashville State Community College, Nashville, USA
Conductor Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia, percussionist Allen Otte, and VIVE! Ensemble perform On a paper nautilus (2017)
Cincinnati Diaspora II: VIVE! Ensemble
May 30, 2018 at 19.30
Urban Artifact – Cincinnati, USA
Conductor Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia, percussionist Allen Otte, and VIVE! Ensemble perform On a paper nautilus (2017)
21st CHIME Conference – Chinese Music as Cross-Culture
May 9-13, 2018
The Macau Scientific & Cultural Centre and University of Lisbon, Portugal
World premiere of 空 (2018) for solo pipa (琵琶弹唱) by Xia YuYan 夏雨言
Cincinnati Diaspora I: Allen Otte + Friends
April 20, 2018 at 19.30
Urban Artifact – Cincinnati, USA
Premiere of Forms of falling dust (2017) for prepared yangqin by percussionist Allen Otte; performance of 辜月 (2017) by Yongyun Zhang 张永韵
Lecture Recital: 琵琶曲谱中的中西方灵魂 — 中美青年音乐家对中国哲学文化的领悟
April 8-9, 2018
Shandong University, Qingdao, China
Presentation on my compositional work with pipa and performance of 空 (2018) for solo pipa (琵琶/弹唱) by Xia YuYan 夏雨言
Lecture Recital: Cross-Cultural Collaboration in New Music for Pipa
April 3, 2018 from 10.00 – 11.00
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Presentation on my compositional work with Chinese instruments and performance of 空 (2018) for solo pipa (琵琶独奏/弹唱) by Xia YuYan 夏雨言
Yongyun Zhang, Percussion Recital
November 28, 2017 at 18.45
Cohen Family Studio Theater, Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of 辜月 (2017) for solo percussionist by Yongyun Zhang 张永韵
An American in Beijing: Creative Practice as a Composer in Contemporary China
August 10-12, 2017
Women in the Creative Arts Research Conference, Australian National University, Canberra
Paper presentation on my creative research as a composer in China and my solo pipa work For Summer Rain (2015)
Colleen Phelps, Percussion
June 17, 2017
The Parthenon, Centennial Park, Nashville, USA
Colleen Phelps performs the center and cause of many circles… (2015) from Water Music
New Concerto Project
May 2, 2017 at 19.00, Cocktail hour at 18.00
Leapin Lizard Events Space, Covington, USA
World premiere of percussion concerto On a paper nautilus (2017), featuring soloist Colleen Phelps, conductor Alexander Colding Smith, and the Soundbox Orchestra
Guest Lecture
April 19, 2017 from 16.40 – 17.40
Room 216 LH, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Presenting recent compositional work
Voice Prints
April 17, 2017 at 20.30
Langsam Library, Cincinnati, USA
Concert of world premiere graphic scores realizations by composer-vocalists Ivan Alexander Moscotta and Rachel C. Walker, and percussionist Yongyun Zhang
[toner on paper; plastic binding comb]
April 14, 2017 at 19.30
DAAP Galleries, Cincinnati, USA
Singing in the world premiere of a new 45′ work for nine female vocalists by composer Ivan Alexander Moscotta.
Svensk Musikvår
March 22, 2017 at 13.30
Rotundan, Kungliga Operan, Stockholm, Sweden
Performance of Reverberations (2015) for soprano and cello by Madeleine Jonsson Gille and My Hellgren
Cincinnati Soundbox – Nashville/Cincinnati
March 3, 2017 at 20.30
Listing Loon, Cincinnati, USA
Colleen Phelps premieres Purification (2016) for voice and percussion alongside new works from composers Allen Otte, Cristina Spinei, and Patrick Dunnevant.
Colleen Phelps Solo Recital
October 21, 2016 at 19.30
Auditorium, Nashville State Community College, Nashville, USA
Colleen Phelps performs Water Music (2015-2016) for singing percussionist alongside works by Cage, Rzewski, and Spinei.
InterArts: DAAP Concert
October 4, 2016 at 18.00
DAAP Galleries, Cincinnati, USA
Colleen Phelps and the Cincinnatus Quartet perform Spiraea (2016) alongside works by Mark Saya, Satie, Brahms, and Haydn.
No Loud Noises
October 3, 2016 at 20.30
Patricia Corbett Theater (PCT), Cincinnati, USA
An hour-long program featuring new & recent chamber and operatic works: world premiere of Painting Dew (2016); performance of the center and cause of many circles… (2015) from Water Music by Colleen Phelps; performance of Difficulty on Re-Entry (2014); performance of Reverberations (2015) for soprano and cello with Yijia Fang and Jackie Stevens; world premiere of Fragrant mountain (2016) for soprano, guqin (古琴), and percussion by the composer with Jackie Stevens and Colleen Phelps; world premiere of Spiraea (2016) for wooden percussion and string quartet with Colleen Phelps and the Cincinnatus Quartet.
Experimental Music at the Library: Adanya Stephens +3 // Broken Temple
September 21, 2016 at 19.00
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Main Branch (800 Vine Street – South Building)
Performing a set with writer Kendall A. as part of the spoken word poetry and guqin (古琴) duo Broken Temple.
In an Instant: An Exploration of Musical Time in Gao Ping’s 弹指之间
August 17, 2016 at 9.30
Perspectives on Chinese Contemporary Music Conference, Department of Music at Harvard University (Davidson Room, Music Building)
Presentation of recent research on Gao Ping’s work 弹指之间 (2015). The lecture will feature demonstrations by pipa player Qian RunYu.
Chase Response Project: Do Ho Suh
July 29, 2016 from 19.00 – 21.00
Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, USA
Performing with writer Kendall A. as part of a new collaboration of poetry and improvised guqin.
In-Site Visual Art Festival: Modular Art Pods
June 23, 2016 at 19.30
OZ Arts Nashville, Tennessee
Percussionist Colleen Phelps performs Water Music (2015-16) in a Modular Art Pod
In-Site Visual Art Festival: Modular Art Pods
June 21, 2016 from 18.00 – 20.00
OZ Arts Nashville, Tennessee
Percussionist Colleen Phelps premieres the complete Water Music (2015-16) in a Modular Art Pod
Jia Wei Ng, MM Yangqin Recital
May 27, 2016 at 19.30
Second floor of the Student Life Center of the China Conservatory of Music, Beijing ( 大学生活动中心，2楼，中国音乐学院， 北京)
World premiere of I touched the ground while floating away (2015) for yangqin (扬琴), pipa (琵琶), and saxophone by Jia Wei Ng, Xia YuYan and Jason Pockrus
Cincinnati Soundbox – Houston/Cincinnati
May 5, 2016 at 19.00
Hoffner Lodge/Northside, Cincinnati, USA
Performance of Indigo Rhyme (2015) for violin and piano
Response Project X
April 30, 2016 at 19.00
Chase Public, Northside/Cincinnati, USA
Guqin (古琴) performance
Lian Li, DMA Piano Recital
April 15, 2016 at 18.45
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of Lanterns (2016) for solo piano
Elizabeth Wareham, BM Violin Recital
April 13, 2016 at 20.30
Mary Emery Hall, Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of Indigo Rhyme (2015) for violin and piano by pianist Sanghie Lee and violinist Elizabeth Wareham
Sonic Explorations
March 29, 2016 at 20.00
Cohen Family Studio Theater, Cincinnati, USA
Performance of Cloud Prints (2015) for amplified clavichord and live electronics by Ivan Moscotta
Women’s Works of Ithaca
March 20, 2016 at 16.00
First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, New York
Performance of Solo for Alto Flute (2012)
Colleen Phelps, NSCC Faculty Artist Recital: Sounds in the Art
March 18, 2016 at 19.00
Nashville State Community College Art Gallery, Nashville, USA
Performance of the center and cause of many circles… (2015) from Water Music for singing percussionist
Amazing Women 5
March 18, 2016 at 18.00
Ian Hanger Hall, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane, Australia
Australian Premiere of Petal Point (2014) with cellist Ngaio Toombes and Paula Russell, cornet, alongside works by other female composers with ties to the Asia Pacific region in a program curated by composer Corrina Bonshek.
Huijuan Ling, MM Composition Recital
February 25, 2016 at 20.30
Werner Recital Hall, Cincinnati, USA
Performing with Shenghua Dai in the world premiere of Fusion (2016) for erhu (二胡), guqin (古琴), and fixed media by Huijuan Ling.
A View From the Edge
February 23, 2016 at 20.00
Cohen Family Studio Theater, Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of Reverberations (2015) for soprano and cello by Becca Finkelshteyn and Peter Phelan.
Wood/Silk Project
February 20, 2016 at 15.00
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Main Branch
Collaboration featuring music for erhu and marimba performed by Shenghua Dai and Colleen Phelps. Includes traditional pieces and transcriptions, alongside the premieres of new works by composers Huijuan Ling [Trigger (2016)] and Rachel C. Walker [Windows, willows (2016)]. There will also be a short talk on erhu and composing for Chinese instruments.
MUSE Series: Contemporary Composers and the Wolf Collection
February 14, 2016 at 14.00
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
Joint recital based on gallery art works, including Night Music (2012)
Symposium Presentation
January 14, 2016 from 15.30 – 17.00
Mary Emery Hall, The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
A presentation on my work in China, including a discussion from my study of Chinese instruments and a selection of recordings of both traditional music and recent compositions.
Guest Lecture
November 19, 2015 at 16.00
Room 501, Main Building of China Conservatory of Music, Beijing (中国音乐学院, 北京)
A presentation of three recent compositions as well as a discussion of my collaborations with Chinese traditional instrumentalists.
Joint Recital
Monday, October 19, 2015 at 20.30
Patricia Corbett Theater (PCT), Cincinnati, USA
Performances of works by Ivan A. Moscotta and Rachel C. Walker, including the premiere of Vocalise (2014-5) for mezzo soprano and piano, as well as Cloud Prints (2015) for amplified clavichord.
艺术实践周 | Artistic Practice Week
October 12, 2015 at 13.30
Opera Hall, China Conservatory of Music, Beijing (歌剧厅，中国音乐学院， 北京)
World premiere of For Summer Rain (2015) for solo pipa (琵琶) by Xia YuYan 夏雨言
Sounds in the Art | Colleen Phelps, Percussion
Friday, October 9, 2015 at 19.30
Chase Public, Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of the center and cause of many circles… (2015) from Water Music for singing percussionist
International Student Concert
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 19.30
Lecture Theater, China Conservatory of Music, Beijing (阶梯教室，中国音乐学院， 北京)
Chinese premiere of Night Music (2012)
Tianjin Symphony Orchestra
June 8, 2015 at 19.30
National Music Hall, Beijing (国音堂，北京)
World premiere of Haumea [妊神星] (2015) for soprano and orchestra by the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yang Youqing, and soloist Yang Xiaolin
February Performance and Time Arts Show
February 20 & 21, 2015 at 20.00
College Hill Town Hall, 1805 Larch Avenue, Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of Petal Point (2014) for cello and flugelhorn
Ava Quartet
November 7, 2014 at 20.30
Mary Emery Hall, Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of Ribbon Web (2014) for string quartet
NANOWorks Opera: March Madness
March 28th and 29th, 2014 at 20.00
Art Academy of Cincinnati, USA
World premiere of Difficulty on Re-entry (2014)
Rachel C. Walker 