Wind Map
winner of the 2019 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award
for orchestra
"when weather big data is visualized on a map, the swirls and spirals that are reminiscent of Van Gogh’s brush strokes.”
Mass Transit
winner of the 2021 Isidora Zebeljan International Festival’s Young Composer Competition
for piano quintet
"The piece is envisioned as a musical “voyage;” the train stops briefly to take in the sights, before resuming its journey onward."
Sheng Sheng Man
winner of the 2020 Chorus Austin Young Composer Competition
text by Li Qingzhao 李清照
for SSAA chorus and piano
"the soft rain patters on
as night descends
’sorrow’ is an understatement”
ORCHESTRAL
Hydrosphere (2022) | 8’
written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School
winner of the 2022 RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Competition
orch. (2, 2, 2/bass, 2/cbsn - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp+2, hp, pno, str)
07 / 2023: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, cond. Case Scaglione | Newark, NJ
03 / 2023: Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra, cond. Glenn Block | Normal, IL
08 / 2022: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, cond. Benjamin Northey | Hobart, Australia [workshop]
Wind Map (2019/21) | 10’
selected for the American Composers Orchestra’s EarShot New Music Readings
winner of the 2019 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award
orch. (2, 2, 2+bass, 2 - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, 3perc, hp, pf / cel, str)
11 / 2022: Chelsea Symphony, cond. Matthew Aubin | New York, NY
05 / 2022: Minnesota Orchestra, cond. Osmo Vänskä | Minneapolis, MN
03 / 2019: Sarasota Orchestra, cond. Christopher Rountree | Sarasota, FL [reading]
11 / 2018: Juilliard Orchestra, cond. Jeffrey Milarsky | New York, NY [reading]
CHORAL
Feng Qiao Ye Bo (2017) | 6’
Text by Zhang Ji (715-779)
SATB, orch. (2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 2, 1, timp, 2perc, hp, str)
06 / 2019: Westlake Symphony and Chorus, cond. David Squire | Auckland, New Zealand
02 / 2018: ISCMS Festival Orchestra and Chorus, cond. David Squire | Suzhou, China
Teasdale Songs (2016) | 7'
Texts by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
for the Antioch Chamber Ensemble
SATB
06 / 2021: William Baker Festival Singers, cond. William Baker | Kansas City, KS
02 / 2018: Antioch Chamber Ensemble, cond. Joshua Copeland | Bernardsville, NJ
02 / 2018: Antioch Chamber Ensemble, cond. Joshua Copeland | New York, NY
11 / 2016: Antioch Chamber Ensemble, cond. Joshua Copeland | Cambridge, MA
08 / 2016: EAMA Chorale, cond. Mark Shapiro | Paris, France
Sheng Sheng Man (2015) | 6'
Text by Li Qingzhao (1084-1151)
SSAA, pno.
06 / 2021: Chorus Austin, cond. Ryan Heller | Austin, TX
06 / 2016: Radcliffe Choral Society, cond. Andy Clark | Jakarta, Indonesia
Narnian Soliloquy (2012) | 5'
Text by Benjamin Xiong (1994-)
SATB, str., pno.
06 / 2016: AMAC Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Alexandre Delgado | Lisbon, Portugal
05 / 2013: Shanghai American School Symphony and Chorus, cond. Karolina Pek | Shanghai, China
CHAMBER
[alien forests] (2019) | 8’
str. qtt.
11 / 2021: Argus Quartet at the Polish Consulate | New York, NY
05 / 2021: members of the Eureka Ensemble | Boston, MA
11 / 2019: Rice University, The Shepherd School of Music | Houston, TX
07 / 2019: Encontro Internacional de Cordas | Limeria, Brazil
04 / 2019: The Juilliard School | New York, NY
dolphin song (2013) | 25'
commissioned by the 2013 Shanghai International Arts Festival
finalist in the 2014 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers' Awards
fl., pno. qt., perc.
10 / 2015: FDR Foundation "Beyond Tomorrow" Conference | Cambridge, MA
01 / 2015: Asia Society | New York, NY
10 / 2013: Shanghai International Arts Festival | Shanghai, China
DANCE
In Passage (2017) | 60'
commissioned by the Harvard Ballet Company
in partnership with the Brattle Street Chamber Players
str., pno.
11 / 2017: Harvard Ballet Company | Cambridge, MA
FILM SCORE
That I Wake (2016) | 20'
dir. Daniel Citron
a virtual reality animation
ARRANGING
Racing Horses (2013) | 3'
orch. (2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, 3perc, hp, str)
12 / 2013: Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tsung Yeh | Shanghai, China
04 / 2013: China National Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tan Dun | Beijing, China
02 / 2013: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tan Dun | Melbourne, Australia
Fantasia on Themes from Xinjiang (2014) | 4'
Xinjiang soloist, orch. (2+picc, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, 2perc, solo, hp, str)
10 / 2014: Xi'an Symphony Orchestra, solo Alimjan, cond. Tan Dun | Xi'an, China
11 / 2014: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, solo Alimjan, cond. Tan Dun | Guangzhou, China
Love Under the Blue Sky (2014) | 4'
orch. (2, 2, 2, 2 - 2, 2, timp, 1perc, hp, str)
01 / 2016: Moscow Chamber Orchestra | Shanghai, China
01 / 2015: Italian Philharmonic Orchestra | Shanghai, China
Themes from How to Train Your Dragon (2014) | 6'
2 pno.
04 / 2014: Princeton Pianists' Ensemble | Princeton, NJ