Frustration Factory (2009) for saxophone quartet
    I. time is ticking…
    II. frustration
    III. worn to a frazzle
    IV. lullaby
    V. startled
    VI. call it a day

Commissioned by AM/PM saxophone quartet 
Jeremiah Baker, soprano sax 
Zach Herchen, alto sax 
Miguel Bolivar, tenor sax 
Cara Salveson, baritone sax 
Performed live at the 33rd International Saxophone Symposium hosted by the US Navy Band

Publisher: Warwick Music/Hal Leonard Europe [SKU: WD166] 
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Frustration Factory(2009) for saxophone quartet

Michael Kannen, cello
Ann Teresa Kang, piano
Live recording from CAGE- Conservatory Avant-garde Ensemble 
March 8, 2006

Ying-Chen Kao

Cloud Burst (2005) for cello and piano

for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, Max/MSP and video
Text by H.A. Kares
Bonnie Lander, soprano
Zachary Herchen, tenor saxophone
David Witmer, piano
Jenny Beck, Max/MSP
Ying-Chen Kao, music/video 
Live recording from Bonnie Lander's Recital

Bonnia Lander 080421

I am Dancing Blue Flame (2008) for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, Max/MSP and video

Jesse Irons, violin I
Martin P. Shultz, violin II
Karin Hardin, viola
Sam Matthews, cello
Hui-Chuan Chen, piano
Live recording from "Living Music" concert series, An die Musik, Baltimore MD, May 13, 2006

Piano Quintet (excerpt from mvt. II)

Piano Quintet (excerpt from mvt. III)

KAO: "Lilac . Star . Bird" for solo guitar
I. Lilac (sweet lilac air)
II. Star (transparent star, wandering light)
III. Bird (the woodpecker)
Tracy Anne Smith, guitar

Buy Score [Print Edition] at https://www.subitomusic.com/product/kao-lilac-star-bird/ (ycArt Publishing, distributed by Subito Music Corporation)
Buy Digital Album: https://tracyannesmith.bandcamp.com/album/lilac-star-bird-2
More info: https://yingchenkao.com/composition/lilac-star-bird.html
*Individual movements may be performed separately if desired.

Lilac . Star . Bird

Lilac . Star . Bird (excerpt from Lilac) for solo guitar

Lilac . Star . Bird (excerpt from Star) for solo guitar

for clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano
REDSHIFT ensemble
Live recording at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, New York

Surreal Perception (excerpt) for clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Anna Stoytcheva, piano
Live recording at Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL

Spanish Rhapsody (2003) for solo piano (excerpt)

from the Peabody Symphony Orchestra Composition Reading

Red Air (2006) (excerpt) for orchestra

Text by H.A. Kares
Jason Buckwalter, baritone
Elise Blake, violin
Benjamin Beirs, guitar
Live recording

Haunted by an Angel (2005) trio for baritone, violin and guitar

Lilac . Star . Bird (excerpt from Bird) for solo guitar

Piano Quintet - mvt. I

Piece for unaccompanied violin (2011)

Amy Pardo, flute
Seungah J. Lee, piano
Live recording at Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL

Flute Sonata (2003) for flute and piano

Cello, Piano, and Poetry @ Bucknell
October 15, 2017 at 4pm
Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall, Lewisburg, PA
A program co-sponsored by the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University
Ying-Chen Kao: "Falling Still" for cello and piano
Michael Kannen, violoncello
Qing Jiang, piano
Katherine Min, author and reader
[Live at the Bucknell University]

Buy Score [Print Edition] at https://www.subitomusic.com/product/kao-falling-still/ (ycArt Publishing, distributed by Subito Music Corporation)

Katherine Min: https://katherinekmin.com/
[On being Humpty Dumpty - https://katherinekmin.com/on-being-humpty-dumpty/]
Michael Kannen: https://peabody.jhu.edu/faculty/michael-kannen/
Qing Jiang: http://www.qingjiangpiano.com/
More info: https://yingchenkao.com/composition/falling-still.html

Falling Still

Falling Still (2016) for cello and piano [Live at the Bucknell University]

Ying-Chen Kao (高盈真) is a Taiwanese-American composer, pianist, educator, graphic and web designer. Her music has been lauded as “exceedingly beautiful” in Soundboard UK, a “challenging and rich work” in the Coral Gables Gazette, and “an evocative and surreal soundscape” on minor 7th.com. She creates music that explores identity, memory, emotion, and visual imagery. For more information on Ying-Chen Kao, please visit yingchenkao.com.

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