Planetarium for Piano and Strings
Performed by CUHK Student Ensemble
Matthew Lam Graduation Concert, Lee Hysan Concert Hall, Hong Kong

Planetarium

還有行李要帶走嗎？ (Are There Still Luggages to be Brought?) for SATB Choir and Piano
Performed by CUHK Student Ensemble
Matthew Lam Graduation Concert, LeeHysan Concert Hall, Hong Kong

還有行李要帶走嗎？

The Instinct of Hope for SATB A-cappella
Lyrics by John Clare
Performed by BGSU Student Choir
20 Feb 2022, Composers Forum Concert, Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green, OH

Lyrics:
Is there another world for this frail dust
To warm with life and be itself again? 
Something about me daily speaks there must, 
And why should instinct nourish hopes in vain? 
'Tis nature's prophesy that such will be,
And everything seems struggling to explain
The close sealed volume of its mystery.
Time wandering onward keeps its usual pace 
As seeming anxious of eternity,
To meet that calm and find a resting place. 
E'en the small violet feels a future power
And waits each year renewing blooms to bring, 
And surely man is no inferior flower
To die unworthy of a second spring?

The Instinct Of Hope

Sketches V - Distant Memories for solo piano
Played and recorded by Matthew Lam
CMA, Bowling Green State University
01 May 2022

Distant Memories (from Sketches)

Adult Becoming for cello and live electronics
Played and recorded by Joshua Lyphout 
CMA, Bowling Green State University
May 2022

Adult Becoming

Our War for Orchestra
Read by Toledo Symphony Orchestra
9 Nov 2022, Toledo Symphony Student Composer Reading Session, Kobacker Hall, Bowling Green, OH

Program notes:
The history of humanity is the history of ruthless wars. Wars never cease to happen since the creation of societies, and we are inevitably a part of it, whether be it against another country, government, corporation, or party. Will violence, anxiousness, fear, hate and chaos ever end before our society destructs? 

Note: it is a product of TSO reading session, not a fully rehearsed performance.

Our War

Overcast Skies for Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Violin, Cello, Percussion and Piano
Performed by [Switch~ Ensemble]
7 JUN 2023, June in Buffalo, Baird Recital Hall, University at Buffalo, NY

Overcast Skies

Premiere:
4 AUG 2023. New Generation 2023, RTHK Studio One, Hong Kong
Performed by Romer Quartet
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Program notes:
I - Desperate Voices 
II - Meditative Voices
III - Roaring Voices 
 
Peculiar Voices aims to explore the timbral boundaries and the strangest sounds a string quartet could produce in a simple and direct manner. Each of the movements features a unique sound world and experiments with a specific set of contemporary techniques and minimal musical materials. Desperate Voices plays with two opposing (timbral) ideas: highest pitch possible and trills, augmented with quick glissandi and sudden bursts. Meditative Voices creates a light, hazy atmosphere with an emphasis on quarter-tone harmonies and harmonics. Roaring Voices features a powerful, distorted sound world with aggressive overpressure passages. 
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Peculiar Voices

Shōrin-zu （松林図）

Garden Sketch

When Light Vanishes

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