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Lilac . Star . Bird (2007)
(for solo guitar)
for guitarist Tracy Anne Smith

 

 

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(studio recording/ Norbert Kraft, recording engineer)
Tracy Anne Smith, guitar

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Tracy Anne Smith, "Lilac.Star.Bird," 2009

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Surreal Perception (2008)
(for clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano)
for REDSHIFT ensemble
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(live recording at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery,
New York)
The REDSHIFT ensemble

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Solitary (2009)
(for bariton, clarinet, cello and piano)
Commissioned by Dr. Andrew Talle
poem by Dr. Hollis Robbins
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(live recording at Griswold Hall, Baltimore, MD)

Richard Giarusso, baritone
Miles Jaques, clarinet
Andrew Talle, cello
Tim Hoft, piano

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Cloud Burst (2005)
(for cello and piano)
Commissioned by Michael Kannen, head of Peabody’s Chamber music department, and founding member of the Brentano String Quartet.
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(live recording from CAGE- Conservatory Avant-garde Ensemble March 8, 2006)

Michael Kannen, cello
Ann Teresa Kang, piano

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530.623 (2004)
(trio for clarinet, violin and viola)
For Noah Weber, Jesse Irons and Gwendolyn Fisher
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listen to excerpt III
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(live recording from Peabody Camerata Concert)

Noah Weber, clarinet
Sonya Chung, violin
Gwendolyn Fisher, viola

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I am Dancing Blue Flame (2008)
(for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, Max/MSP and video)
for soprano Bonnie Lander
Text by H.A. Kares
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(live recording from Bonnie Lander's PCM Recital)

Bonnie Lander, soprano
Zachary Herchen, tenor saxophone
David Witmer, piano
Jenny Beck, Max/MSP
Ying-Chen Kao, video

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Piano Quintet (2005)
(for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano)
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(live recording from 'Living Music' concert series, An die Musik, Baltimore MD, Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 8:00pm)

Jesse Irons, violin I
Martin P. Shultz, violin II
Karin Hardin, viola
Sam Matthews, cello
Hui-Chuan Chen, piano

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Haunted by an angel (2005)
(trio for baritone, violin and guitar)
Text by H.A. Kares
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(live recording from Peabody Composition Department Recital Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7:00pm)

Jason Buckwalter, baritone
Elise Blake, violin
Benjamin Beirs, guitar

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Toccata (2002)
(for viola and piano)
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(live recording from Ying-Chen Kao's Senior Recital)

Yang Lu, viola
Ching-Ming Cheng, piano

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Red Air (2006)
(for full orchestra)
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(from the Peabody Symphony Orchestra Composition Reading)
Peabody Symphony Orchestra

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Flute Sonata (2003)
(for flute and piano)
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(live recording from Ying-chen Kao's Senior Recital)

Amy Pardo, flute
Seungah J. Lee, piano

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Three pieces for two sopranos and String Quartet (2003)
text and Translation by Ching-Ming-Cheng (in Chinese)
I. Disappointment
II. Dream
III. Stoic Heart
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listen to excerpt from mvt.III
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(live recording from Ying-chen Kao's Senior Recital)

Carolina Castells, soprano I
Bonnie Lander, soprano II
Yang Lu, violin I
Lani Hamilton, violin II
Vera Nji, viola
Pin-I Wu, cello

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Spanish Rhapsody (2003)
(for solo piano)
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(live recording from Ying-chen Kao's Senior Recital)

Anna Stoytcheva, piano

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Collidescope (2007)
(for dancers and video)
for "New Work 2007" A Collaborative Showcase
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Elizabeth Gahl, choreograher
Ying-Chen Kao, music/video

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