Upcoming Events

2008

Current Projects
  • Commissioned work
    for percussionist Svetoslav Stoyanov

  • Song of the Darkness
    Commissioned by musicology
    prof. Andrew Talle
    poem by John Irwin
    (for mezzo soprano ,violin, viola, cello and vibraphone)

  • Commissioned work
    for guitarist Benjamin Beirs

  • guitar duo for guitarist Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald

  • Violin Concerto (in progress)
Past Events

2007

2006

2005

2004

C a l e n d a r

2008
I am Dancing Blue Flame (2008)
(for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, Max/MSP and video)
for soprano Bonnie Lander
Text by H.A. Kares

4/21/08 Monday at 6:30pm
Bonnie Lander Voice Recital
Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

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

The Blue of the End (2007)
(for saxophone and organ)
for Jazz saxophonist Gary Thomas and organist Donald Sutherland

3/29/08 Saturday 7:30pm
New Music – Organically Grown
Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series

Dan Marcellus, Drums, Alumni Artist
Donald Sutherland, Organ
Gary Thomas, Tenor Saxophone
Jay Clayton, Voice

Program:
Tim Murphy: Escapements
Ying Chen Kao: The Blue of the End
Jay Clayton: Fortune Cookie
Jerry Granelli: Raga
Gary Thomas: Seehear Suite Movement II
Jay Clayton: 7/8 Thing

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

2007
The Blue of the End (2007)
(for saxophone and organ)
for Jazz saxophonist Gary Thomas and organist Donald Sutherland

11/04/07 Sunday 4:00pm
Organized Sound
Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

Donald Sutherland, Organ
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Narrator
Gary Thomas, Saxophone
Elizabeth Dow, Soprano
Matt Horwitz-Lee, Violin
Asheton Lemay, Tubular Bells

Program:
Ying Chen Kao: The Blue of the End
David Bennett Thomas: Juliet
William Albright: The King of Instruments

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

"Collidescope"(2007)
(for video and dancers)

04/14/07 Saturday, 7:30pm
04/15/07 Sunday, 3:00pm
New Work 2007(A Collaborative Showcase)
Peabody Conservatory Friedberg Hall1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

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

$14 adults
$7 childern, seniors and students with ID

Haunted by an angel (2005)
(trio for baritone, violin and guitar)
Text by H.A. Kares

04/11/07 Wednesday, 7:00pm
Peabody Composition Department Recital
Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

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

Black Carrot (2007)
(for bass clarinet and piano)
for clarinetist Stephen Pfleiderer

04/11/07 Wednesday, 7:00pm
Peabody Conservatory Cohen-Davison Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

Stephen Pfleiderer, bass clarinet
Michael Sheppard, piano

2006
Living Music Concert Series (New York, NY)
Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer, composers

05/23/06 Tuesday, 8:00pm
Living Music
Christ&St. Stephen's Church
120 W 69 St New York ,NY 10023

Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer, composers
Artists:
Jesse Irons, violin
Martin P. Shultz, violin
Karin Hardin, viola
Jason Fisher, viola
Caleb Jones, cello
Sam Matthews, cello
Hui-Chuan Chen, piano
David Witmer, Piano
Stephen Pfleiderer, clarinet

Guest composers:
Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov

$5 Admission

Living Music Concert Series (Baltimore, MD)
Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer, composers

05/13/06 Saturday, 8:00pm
Living Music
An die Musik
409 North Charles Street Second Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
A wine reception will follow the concert!

Ying-Chen Kao and David Witmer, composers
Artists:
Jesse Irons, violin
Martin P. Shultz, violin
Yang Lu, viola
Karin Hardin, viola
Caleb Jones, cello
Sam Matthews, cello
Hui-Chuan Chen, piano
David Witmer, Piano
Stephen Pfleiderer, clarinet

Guest composers:
Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov

$8 / $5 Student

Cloud Burst (2005) (world premiere)
(for cello and piano)

03/08/06 Wednesday,7:30pm
CAGE - Conservatory Avante-Garde Ensemble
Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-8100

Program:
Steve Reich- Music for Pieces of Wood
Ying-Chen Kao-Cloud Burst (world premiere)
Lou Harrison- Varied Trio (for violin, piano and percussion)
John Cage-Wonderful Widow of Eighteen
Springs
Portishead- Humming
John Cale- Selections from the movie Kiss

Artists:
McGregor Boyle, Audio Engineer, Claves
Matthew P. Dingels, Tenor
Michael Formanek, Double Bass
Jesse Irons, Violin, Claves
Ann Teresa Kang, Piano, Synthesizer, Director
Michael Kannen, Violoncello
Courtney Orlando, Violin, Vocals, Claves
Karine Rousseau, Viola
Tracy Anne Smith, Electric Guitar
Svetoslav Stoyanov, Percussion
Andrew Talle, Violoncello, Claves

2005
"530.623" (2004)
(Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Viola)
Winning work in the 2005 Peabody Camerata Student Composer Contest

05/16/05 Saturday,7:30PM
Peabody Camerata
Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall

Noah Weber-Clarinet in B-flat
Sonya Chung-Violin
Gwendolyn Fisher- Viola

05/05/05 Thursday,12:00PM
Thursday Noon Recital
"530.623" (2004) (Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Viola)
Peabody Conservatory Friedberg Hall

Noah Weber-Clarinet in B-flat
Sonya Chung-Violin
Gwendolyn Fisher- Viola

01/26/05 Wednesday, 6:00PM
"530.623" (2004) (Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Viola)
Peabody Conservatory Griswold Hall
1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-8100

Noah Weber-Clarinet in B-flat
Jesse Irons-Violin
Gwendolyn Fisher- Viola

2004
Ying-Chen Kao / Senior Composition Recital

03/31/04 Wednesday, 8:00PM
Ying-Chen Kao / Senior Composition Recital

L. Austin Weeks Center for Recoding and Performance "Streaming"-come back on 3/31/2004 to experience this program live