Orchestral and chamber playlist of more recent piano and strings work...

Emotional Piano and Strings

Preview of my new piano solo Erin coming to YouTube and streaming soon..Welcome to join me live this Friday, 23, April, 4PM EST on my YouTube Channel for its premiere. Thanks for subscribing and liking if you do!
youtu.be/lWi0FIGWVw8
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Happy to present Spring Serenade (piano and strings) for this Easter weekend: BandCamp exclusive; Newly remixed/mastered..
Watch the Movie: https://youtu.be/qJ7HblMQfd0 

Nocturne in C Minor (piano solo) and Thoughts on a Still Night (piano trio) on BandCamp now. Listen to Nocturne in C Minor: https://occ.lnk.to/NocturneinCMinor

Hope you had a Happy Easter!

Spring Serenade

I completed 'Three Love Stories', ~13 minute orchestral work despite having a recent finger surgery. This is the first section; the complete composition is available currently on major platforms. I mastered it using Ozone 8. Orchestra is mostly from Spitfire. 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Spotify ➡️    https://spoti.fi/3a8E0Lr
Apple ➡️    https://apple.co/2V3ZzbH
Deezer ➡️   https://www.deezer.com/us/album/141313862 
BandCamp  ➡️ https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/three-love-stories-act-i

Three Love Stories

Three Love Stories, Act 1

I have re-released 'Three Love Stories' as three songs in one album on major platforms. The story continues...


Spotify ➡️    https://spoti.fi/3a8E0Lr
Apple ➡️    https://apple.co/2V3ZzbH
Deezer ➡️   https://www.deezer.com/us/album/141313862 
BandCamp ➡️https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/three-love-stories-act-2

Three Love Stories, Act 2

Recently I was diagnosed with two brain tumors.  I will have surgery in the near future.  With surgery I am told I have a 50% chance to lose hearing in my left ear. One tumor is growing in size on the hearing/balance nerve and in the inner auditory canal. This song is part of my new album that I will release before surgery. Proceeds will fund my medical treatment. Available on BandCamp and major platforms. 
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/hearts-journey-through-the-night
https://open.spotify.com/album/6uA14T9jP1crpoFi6aw7io
https://music.apple.com/us/album/hearts-journey-through-the-night-single/1477889402?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/108821132
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X3KQ8H2
https://www.iheart.com/artist/sharon-chen-32687006/albums/hearts-journey-through-the-night-78922987/
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Sharon_Chen_Heart_s_Journey_Through_the_Night?id=Bsa7wztzojfsdryevzf5zrzyv64



This is my birthday week so I wanted to share it with everyone.

Much Love,
Sharon

https://www.deezer.com/us/album/108821132

Heart's Journey Through The Night

To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wrote this piece, part of my new album. Proceeds go towards my medical expenses.
但愿人长久，千里共婵娟!
Though a thousand miles apart, we wish for a long life to share the graceful moonlight.
Available on BandCamp:
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/love-calls-from-the-mountaintops

Love Calls From The Mountaintops

26 June 2020:
Here are some free download codes to my song ‘Flower of Sorrow, the Dream’ at #BandCamp, released hours before my brain surgery in November.… Check out my latest releases too.. On July 3, 2020 BandCamp will waive their fee to help artists during the Covid-19 crisis. Hope you enjoy them and follow me on BandCamp! 

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/yum

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Today is my brain surgery. While I will be in the hospital for a little while, I wanted to release this song, the first in a series from my album, Flower of Sorrow.  It is 'The Dream'..  Thanks for your support.  12/3/19 - Now on major platforms:

https://open.spotify.com/album/1MPNetrIEFZol2ivOpG5LT
https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-of-sorrow-the-dream-single/1490160021?app=apple%20music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/flower-of-sorrow-the-dream
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/121507002

Flower Of Sorrow, The Dream

Journey into time through the persona of the piano. Melody first played on Schimmel alone and then on Steinway D joined by violin and cellos. Part of my new album 'Winter Solstice'. Pre-cursor to 'Winter Sun'. Proceeds go towards my expenses for brain surgery and recovery. Thanks for your support! Now on BandCamp and being released on streaming platforms  (new mix version on BC and streaming platforms):

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/desert-serenade
YouTube piano performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44r6pule2FE
https://open.spotify.com/album/1j3k3w6eZ9Y7w73AHbNKiV
https://music.apple.com/us/album/desert-serenade-single/1498301072?app=apple%20music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
https://music.apple.com/us/album/desert-serenade-single/1498301072?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/130806902
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Sharon_Chen_Desert_Serenade?id=Baqmiefrms5lvtumnxdxabmxbz4
https://us.napster.com/artist/sharon-chen/album/desert-serenade
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084LDBDXJ

Desert Serenade

8/9/20 Pre-order EP 'Blissful and Beyond' at BandCamp, includes new release 'Waves of my Heart' and six 
more...https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2

Thanks to Adam4le (https://soundcloud.com/adam4le) for his inspirational piano track. I improvised strings in one or takes on top of piano and mixed it with two reverbs. Solo strings and piano in a medium hall and larger string orchestra in a large hall. (I used the Medium Hall and the Dream Hall in Logic Pro.) Coming to streaming platforms. Proceeds go to my brain surgery and medical expenses. 

Through all heartaches and sorrows, the River Runs Through...

https://spoti.fi/2wPdPvc (Spotify)
https://apple.co/3cnkvkP (iTunes)
https://apple.co/2PABQg9  (AppleMusic)
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/river-runs-through
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/133781272
https://www.iheart.com/artist/sharon-chen-32687006/albums/river-runs-through-94030453/
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Sharon_Chen_River_Runs_Through?id=B65f72dfxecc7susthnmhxntjmy
https://us.napster.com/artist/sharon-chen/album/river-runs-through

River Runs Through

12 Jan '21: New YouTube performance: https://youtu.be/A8RCDIktTkQ

Looking back, the character dreams of dimmed childhood aspirations... One goes on as Life continually challenges, always attempting to reach the picture perfect ideal in mind's eye. 

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/life-as-is
https://open.spotify.com/track/1hWXiqfJyd7kwMmAUzDtJn?si=riOM6NlzRG63YQbM5nRPEw
(I have a new mix of this on Spotify and BandCamp now).


I have released this song for #PianoDay2020. Whenever I put in a lot of strings, I am reminded of the Barber 'Adagio.'  In this track I combined several pianos to get a unique timbre.

Life...As Is... (PianoDay2020)

12 Jan '21: 
New YouTube: 
https://youtu.be/ZAUHeDIsrNk

On Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/40GsRYroCAz8rMtWiYPDea?si=hBOxgEU_RbaPIeWb00LXqQ

New piano and orchestra work for #PianoDay2020…Different from my norm, this work is fantastical, whimsical, and uses granular synthesis as well as tuned percussion, harp, and guitar. String flautando and harmonics create the sotte voce effect. Dedicated to my friend Lisa who has terminal cancer. Just learned Lisa passed away on 4/1. May she be in eternal peace...
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/silence-of-the-moonlight
YouTube pre-release piano performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GzwsqgN7Ag

Silence Of The Moonlight (PianoDay2020)

8/9/20 Pre-order EP 'Blissful and Beyond' at BandCamp, includes new release 'Waves of my Heart' and six 
more...https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2

Collab with Adam 4le (https://soundcloud.com/adam4le). A joyful song in these hard times.. wishing everyone good health and safety... We will get through this!
Mixed in a medium hall..
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/blissful-enchantment-2

Blissful Enchantment

8/9/20 Pre-order EP 'Blissful and Beyond' at BandCamp, includes new release 'Waves of my Heart' and six 
more...https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2

Full moons, romantic songs.. Collab with Adam 4le..

I hope you like this new release.. Adam4le sent me an older track of his (https://soundcloud.com/adam4le/far-away-original-instrumental) and I re-imagined it with strings. I mixed and mastered it in two reverb halls: medium (String Chamber) and large (Dream Hall) in Logic Pro. I used volume automation to bring out the different string melodies.    https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-clouds

Blissful and Beyond

Beyond The Clouds

Originally released to streaming platforms on Christmas 2018, I had finally transcribed this movement so I could play it as a piano solo. In 'Three Love Stories', a series of character portraitures, of note is the piano's strong melodic line which is both a thematic element and an accompaniment. YouTube performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPYo4R8l9TE

BandCamp: sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/three-love-stories
On Fri, 5/1, 6/5 and 7/3 in 2020, BandCamp will be waiving its revenue share which is usually 15-25% to help artists and labels impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. If you feel inclined, you can show your support by buying their music..
sharonchen.bandcamp.com/follow_me

Spotify, Act 3  ➡️  https://open.spotify.com/track/02sUKQdsjqfmPVP2FjMxTz
Three Love Stories  ➡️   https://open.spotify.com/album/2UN2EZDzmkCujIrwr4Y3JG

SoundCloud, the album: https://soundcloud.com/contemplativeclassical/sets/three-love-stories

Act 3

Three Love Stories, Act 3

25 June '21: https://gyro.lnk.to/EternityTonite

Blissful and Beyond on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XDR9KxeVRk8
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2

6/8/20 Sharon Chen Music presents 'Eternity Tonite' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaQiwG7iAbc

6/1/20 #WestworldScoringCompetition2020 featuring ET ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLASp3qac7w

Tune into my live radio interview with Will LaDuke on Active Culture(Women Fiddlers), May 21, 2020, 4 PM CST, rebroadcast 5/21/20, 9 PM CST (www.riverwestradio.com). Press green 'listen live' button.. (taped interview here) ▶️  https://soundcloud.com/user-240416425/2020-05-21-1600-active-culture

I composed flautando orchestral strings and emotional solo strings around Adam4le's (soundcloud.com/adam4le) track found here: soundcloud.com/adam4le/darkness-original-instrumental. Adding guzheng with glockenspiel and celeste, gave this soundtrack an Asian flavor. The solo strings mimic the Chinese erhu. Mixed in both a large room and hall, Chamber One and Sound Stage 12 in Logic Pro.  Spitfire Audio BBC orchestra, Soniccouture Guzheng.   Mastered by me as well.   https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/eternity-tonite-2

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Good night, sweet dreams 
Someone’s thinking of you...
Holding your hand, kissing your lips
Sending heart’s prayer so true...

As you opened your eyes
when first Light shined through...
You dreamt I was there
lying right next to you...

Though the distance is far 
And the night soon draws near...
We share this dream always 
When boundless starry skies appear...


♾SEC

Eternity Tonite

Part of the EP 'Blissful and Beyond', this is the fifth in a series of 'feel good' works.. Happy Father's Day Dads! In these days of bad news, I wish this brings some hope.. Dedicated to my Dad..in memoriam..

You can find Adam's spirited piano works here: https://soundcloud.com/adam4le

8/9/20 Pre-order EP 'Blissful and Beyond' at BandCamp, includes new release 'Waves of my Heart' and six 
more...https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/hello-love-goodbye-rain

The piano, 'The Giant', is a very large (NI)grand piano suitable for pop.. I have used winds including piccolo, flute, and horns and several groupings of strings and solo strings. (Sptifire Audio BBC orchestra)

Mixed in three spaces in Logic Pro: Big Chamber, String Chamber, Dream Hall

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28 June 2020 - New YouTube piano improv performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmH6J037Vb0

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Here are some free download codes to my song ‘Flower of Sorrow, the Dream’ at #BandCamp, released hours before my brain surgery in November.. On July 3, 2020 BandCamp will waive their fee to help artists during the Covid-19 crisis. Hope you enjoy them and follow me on BandCamp!  

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/yum

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Rain

Soft mist
Warm droplets fall
Tingling down my face
Memories of You
Ripples through 
Pools of
Love 
Pours into
Depths of the 
Sea


Sun

We are holding hands, hushed voices
Laughing, basking in the sun
Drunk with the liqueur of Happiness
Life's battles having been won...

And by the empty wayside 
Burdens we long had carried…
Suddenly free We alighted
Heaven-bound we no longer tarried…


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Blissful and Beyong

Hello Love Goodbye Rain

I used Adam4le's (https://soundcloud.com/adam4le) piano track 'Memories' which can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/adam4le/memories-original-instrumental-open-collaboration

8/9/20 Pre-order EP 'Blissful and Beyond' at BandCamp, includes new release 'Waves of my Heart' and six more...https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/album/blissful-and-beyond-2
New YouTube 8/3 piano performance: https://youtu.be/_XzAgtLhsgI

Four part string-rich melodies and flute.. Working on new YouTube performance work based on 'Winter Sun', hope to finish this weekend..

In my heart the memory of what would never be
will remain forever free.. 
A fragment of a dream
in an achingly bright reality never seen..

♾SEC

In Your Heart I Stay

A few days ago I wrote this piano and orchestra work for #Scorerelief2021. It is based on the movie ‘Spring' by the Blender Foundation. Normally a soundtrack, I made a complete musical work that can stand on its own.  

My movie version (animation) can be seen on my YouTube: youtu.be/VgjKYPb_BtQ 

The charity info is here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/score-relief-2021
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Memento of a Sunset: https://youtu.be/u3fHBnTSOCw
Welcome to Pre-Save: ‘Memento of a Sunset’ from my Twitter livestream performance on 16 Jan 2021. Previous pre-save from Nov was deleted because I decided to make an acoustic version. 12 Feb release: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sharonchen/memento-of-a-sunset-2

4 Feb: New orchestral-electro soundtrack (Hope's Dream) on BandCamp: sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/hopes-dream

Spring's Hope

18 August 2025
https://sharonelainechen.com/so/11PYyZ4__?languageTag=en

Thanks for subbing to my YouTube for piano and violin performances/lives! https://www.youtube.com/c/SharonChenMusic

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Classically-trained, award-nominated composer. What Was I Made For? won Steve Sheppard’s Award for Best Single in April 2024, One World Music Radio, UK. Blissful and Beyond Album won third place Best Album (Sept ’24) Harvard College graduate with honors in Music and East Asian Languages and Civilizations.. I am a poet, dreamer; see my poems on Twitter. 

My songs tell stories of darkness evolving into light. I play piano lives on many medias - classical, jazz, neoclassical and somewhere in-between. My YouTube has over 640k views in classical, originals, jazz. Each of my feel-good orchestral works from Blissful and Beyond album has a story of gratitude.

New EP’s in progress in different genres. Disney/jazz (Once Upon a Time, Long,Long Ago);  Album, The Five Elements - wood, water, metal, earth, fire - elements intrinsic to ancient Chinese philosophy, poetry, landscape art.. works either sounds Chinese or western with Chinese philosophy behind it. Chopin EP with new and classic takes. 10 million+ Spotify streams.
https://www.sharonelainechen.com/ 

Watch for originals and covers on both instruments on YouTube and Spotify. Thanks for subbing to my YouTube and following me on Spotify. Find different works on my Bandcamp, One World Music Radio too.
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Dawn of the morning lightly caresses
The moon touch of our hearts reveals 
In the blackest of nights..
In the breathlessness of circumstances 
The embracing hearts slowly heals..

~SEC