Preludes For 2 Percussionists

Vistas

Tempest

Composed using various libraries from EWQL.  Inspired by Kingdom Hearts.  I spent most of my time on the french horn and drums, I had never worked with drums before so it was a challenge for me.  I

Authentic Midi

Prayer

This looping track is designed as an aural soundscape to use as background music for a scifi cartoon art gallery.  I used a bed of synths and pads to create a sense of openness, and the largeness of space, with some sound effects to evoke images of advanced technology.  I bring in orchestral swells in progressions of chromatic mediants to create a colorful texture, designed to never feel like 'home' and to evoke imagery of something grand and large.

SciFi

Throughout this course I feel as though I have developed my ability to compose organically. I use a single motif throughout the piece, in different textures and styles. A soaring melody develops over top the large texture that is based on the most prominent interval of the motif, inverted, a perfect 5th up instead of down. The piece modulates from Ab major to Eb major during this section, while the motif stays the same, while the reused motif stays the same, ending on tonic now instead of sol.

Beyond The Stars

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Performance by Yuan (Frank) Wang with the Capital University Symphonic Winds at the Capital University Student Concerto Concert of my arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no.1 in Bb minor, originally scored for orchestra.  

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