Ying-Chen Kao
c o m p o s e r / p i a n i s t / g r a p h i c   d e s i g n e r

list of audio samples

• I am Dancing Blue Flame (2008)
  (for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, Max/MSP and video)
  
• 530.623 (2004)
  (trio for clarinet, violin and viola)
  
• Lilac . Star . Bird (2007)
  (for solo guitar)
• Cloud Burst (2005)
  (for cello and piano)
  
• Haunted by an angel (2005)
  (trio for baritone, violin and guitar)
• Piano Quintet (2006)
  (for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano)
  
• Red Air (2006)
  (for full orchestra)
  
• Toccata(2002)
  (for viola and piano)
  
• Collidescope(2007)
  (for dancers and video)
  
• Flute Sonata(2003)
  (for flute and piano)
  
• Three pieces for two sopranos and String Quartet(2003)
  
• Spanish Rhapsody(2003)
  (for solo piano)
  

A u d i o

I am Dancing Blue Flame (2008)
(for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, Max/MSP and video)

for soprano Bonnie Lander
Text by H.A. Kares

listen
(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

530.623 (2004)
(trio for clarinet, violin and viola)

For Noah Weber, Jesse Irons and Gwendolyn Fisher

listen to excerpt I
listen to excerpt II
listen to excerpt III

(live recording from Peabody Camerata Concert)

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

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.

listen to excerpt I
listen to excerpt II
(live recording from
CAGE- Conservatory Avant-garde Ensemble March 8, 2006)

Michael Kannen, cello
Ann Teresa Kang, piano

Haunted by an angel (2005)
(trio for baritone, violin and guitar)

Text by H.A. Kares

listen to excerpt I
listen to excerpt II
listen to excerpt III
(live recording from Peabody Composition Department Recital Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7:00pm)

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

Piano Quintet (2005)
(for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano)

listen to excerpt from mvt.I
listen to excerpt from mvt.II
listen to excerpt from mvt.III
(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

Lilac . Star . Bird (2007)
(for solo guitar)

for guitarist Tracy Anne Smith

listen to excerpt from Lilac
listen to excerpt from Star
listen to excerpt from Bird
(studio recording/ Norbert Kraft, recording engineer)

Tracy Anne Smith, guitar

Red Air (2006)
(for full orchestra)

listen to excerpt
(from the Peabody Symphony Orchestra Composition Reading)

Peabody Symphony Orchestra

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Toccata (2002)
(for viola and piano)

listen to excerpt I
listen to excerpt II
listen to excerpt III
(live recording from Ying-Chen Kao's Senior Recital)

yang Lu, viola
Ching-Ming Cheng, piano

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Collidescope (2007)
(for dancers and video)

for "New Work 2007" A Collaborative Showcase

listen to sample

Elizabeth Gahl, choreograher
Ying-Chen Kao, music/video

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Flute Sonata (2003)
(for flute and piano)

listen to excerpt
(live recording from Ying-chen Kao's Senior Recital)

Amy Pardo, flute
Seungah J. Lee, piano

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

listen to excerpt from mvt.I
listen to excerpt from mvt.II
listen to excerpt from mvt.III
(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

Spanish Rhapsody (2003)
(for solo piano)

listen to excerpt
(live recording from Ying-chen Kao's Senior Recital)

Anna Stoytcheva, piano