Songwriter: Yan Pang
Singer: Han Tang
Producer: Adi Yeshaya
Mixer: Renato Milone

How Can We Not Sing

Luoshen Fu

2. One Morning (Vocal Sample)

朝圣者

Under The Cloudy Mountain 删减版

"Aria" was composed in August and September of 2015 for the Estrella Consort. It is dedicated to a long-time friend from childhood, Susan Geoffrion, who passed away suddenly in August 2015. Sue was also a musician, and played the saxophone. I could think of no better way to honor Sue, than through a work for saxophones. 

Recorded by the Estrella Consort in June 2018. The source material for the fixed electronic track is the "Aria" from Bach's Goldberg Variations, heavily altered and processed.

Aria (2015) for saxophone quartet and fixed media

Patrick Owen, cello
Sarah Bob, piano

Composed in the autumn of 2010, originally as the second movement of my sonata for violin and piano (from 2011, commissioned by violinist Erik Rohde). I adapted the movement as a standalone work for cello and piano in 2013. The title says all there needs to be said about the music and the meaning behind the music -- it is a letter, in music, of love, loss, and letting go.

Recorded on April 24, 2016.

A Letter To Say I Love You, And Goodbye (2010)

For Archie

A true story. 
Lyrics: https://medium.com/series/47824fa8e44a

Skowhegan Bound

Under the Cloudy Mountain

The melody of this song is written in the style of the Sichuan Opera, one of the oldest and best-known types of Chinese opera. The distinctive sound of the melodic kunshan tune originated in southern China and is lyrical with the wavering pitch of the Chinese tonal language. 
Sichuan Opera is famous for the face-changing done by the actors. Unfortunately, few contemporary compositions are written in traditional Sichuan Opera, and not many people outside of China know about the Sichuan Opera. I hope to bring the legacy of the Sichuan Opera to a wider audience. This song gives thanks to educators. In China, teachers are called “candle lights” because their passion for knowledge inspires generations of students. 
	Lyrics translation:
烛
Candle

纵然是烛光幽微， 
Although the candlelight is dim,
燃烧的却是智慧。
The passion for knowledge burns white-hot.
捧出闪闪烁烁的痴情，
Teachers hold out the shining devotion,
染成那桃李芳菲。
to the joyous rigors of education.

为了一个不灭的追求
For an endless journey towards wisdom,	
没有遗憾，只有欣慰。
no regrets, only gratification,	   
燃尽自己短暂的生命，
Teachers give all of them,
为世界增添一份光辉。
To light the souls of the world.

Candle

Yan Pang is a composer, scholar, and pianist. She received her Ph.D. in Music Composition with a minor in Theater Arts & Dance at the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on inter-cultural music composition and performance and, as part of this interest, she has been commissioned to compose for, and invited to perform at music festivals throughout the world. She considers both her music composition and dance choreography as a means to build multicultural understanding and tolerance. Current projects include new works for the Janáček Trio and Sonic Apricity, and a collaboration with Minnesota's Black Label Movement for a large-scale theatrical dance piece. A selection of her varied publications includes the album Glory Times (as songwriter and music director) by the China Scientific & Cultural Audio Video Publishing Company, the score Solis Ortus (winner of the SunRiver International Composition Competition) by the China People’s Cultural Publishing Company, the paper “Scene of Sichuan Opera” (co-author with Mingzhu Song), and the books Cool Math for Hot Music, All About Music, and Basic Music Technology (co-authored Guerino Mazzola et. al.) published by Springer. Currently, Pang is Program Assistant for the American Composers Forum and the Assistant Director of the Alba Music Festival Composition Program.

Luoshen Fu

Yan Pang

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