Commissioned by Classical Movements' Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program
2012: Chinese Bright Sheng – A Porter's Song 
• For Yale Glee Club 
• World premiere: November 2012 at Woolsey Hall (New Haven, Connecticut); Jeffrey Douma, conductor

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Bright Sheng, A Porter's Song (2012)

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What's new:  I have completed my violin sonata. It is posted first in line to your left.  My new symphony, "Symphony for Chamber Orchestra," is posted and waiting for you.  rjb

Scores and parts for many of my works are available from my publisher Creative Spirit Music Publications. Go to  https://www.creativespiritonline.com and select "Robert John Brooks." There, you can also follow the score while listening to a recording.

My music is fully notated and is intended for live performance by live musicians.

After completing my doctorate in composition in 1979 from UNT, I took 30 years off from composing to join the computer software revolution as a software engineer.  In 2010 I began composing again and have not stopped. So, I find myself beginning (restarting?) a composition career rather late in life...but that's OK.  Most of the works posted here were written since 2010. 

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Born and raised in Hong Kong, Adrian Wong (b.1999) strives to create music that is engaging to perform and listen to, and he aims to create an emotional connection with his audience through imagery, drama, and unapologetic conviction. Adrian’s music takes inspiration from a wide array of subjects, ranging from the natural world, intersections of Chinese and Western culture, to the personal, day-to-day occurrences in life. His pieces have been performed at the Brevard Music Center,  Midwest Composers Symposium,  University of Michigan – Ann Arbor,  University of North Texas, Bard College, the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, Radio Television Hong Kong, Ko Shan Theatre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tokyo Daiichi Seimei Hall, Kobe Bunka Hall and other esteemed venues and concerts. Adrian has also been commissioned by notable ensembles and musicians, including the award-winning Diocesan Boys’ School and Diocesan Girls’ School Senior Mixed Choir, the Diocesan Choral Society, the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild, and the Aurora Winds. Adrian was selected to participate in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Composers Scheme, and he also won first prize in the Hong Kong New Generation 2019 Composition Competition, held by the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild.

Adrian is currently pursuing a B.M. in music composition at the University of Michigan, studying with Bright Sheng, having previously studied with Kristin Kuster. He has also studied with Robert Aldridge, David Dzubay, and Ng Wah-hei. Adrian is also studying piano with Matthew Bengtson and conducting with Courtney Snyder, with previous teachers including Mark Stover, Julie Skadsem and Felix Shuen.

黃子峻（1999-）是香港土生土長的作曲家，而他希望能夠透過充滿魅力及戲劇性的音樂感動聽眾。黃氏的音樂從多處取材 – 除了日常生活的經歷之外，他亦曾經探討過有關大自然以及中西文化等題材。黃氏的作品曾在Midwest Composers Symposium，Brevard Music Center，University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, University of North Texas, Bard College, 香港校際音樂節，RTHK Studio One，高山劇場，香港中文大學，東京第一生命音樂廳及神戶文化中心等音樂會及演奏廳中上演。他曾被拔萃男女書院混聲合唱團，香港作曲家聯會，以及Aurora Winds 等優秀的表演團體委約作品。黃氏最近被香港管弦樂團的「何鴻毅家族基金作曲家計劃」揀選為該樂團譜寫新作，亦於香港作曲家聯會舉辦的2019 New Generation 作曲比賽中贏得冠軍。

黃氏現正於密西根大學修讀作曲系學士，師隨盛宗亮博士及Kristin Kuster博士，而他曾師隨Robert Aldridge博士，David Dzubay博士及伍華晞博士。黃氏亦跟Matthew Bengtson博士學習鋼琴及跟Courtney Snyder博士，Adrian Slywotzky博士，Mark Stover博士，Julie Skadsem博士，和孫子承先生學習指揮。