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

Dune Dust (2006) for for unaccompanied cello
Performer: Caleb Vaughn-Jones, Cello

David Witmer

Dune Dust (2006) for for unaccompanied cello

Spring (2006)
WALTERS ART MUSEUM COLLABORATION COURBET AND THE MODERN LANDSCAPE IS THE FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION TO EXAMINE COURBET’S PIVOTAL LANDSCAPES
    
Performers:
Martha Morrison, violin
Sam Matthews, cello
David Witmer, piano / electronic

“ … an unusual truce between what might be called the purist and populist approaches to art exhibitions.”— Roberta Smith, New York Times, October 13, 2006

“The music in the Courbet exhibit was transcendent.” – A Walters Visitor

Spring (2006)

Dark Moon Murmurs(2008) for soprano and piano 
text by H.A. Kares
Performers:
Bonnie Lander, soprano
David Witmer, piano

Dark Moon Murmurs(2008) for soprano and piano / text by H.A. Kares

Improvisation for piano left hand (2003)
Performer: David Witmer, piano

Improvisation for piano left hand (2003)

Bass Quartet (2008) for four double basses 
Written for Jeff Weisner

Performers:
Jeffrey Weisner, bass I
Lee Philip, bass II
Kyle Augustine, bass III
Michael Formanek, bass IV

Bass Quartet (2008) for four double basses - Mvt. V

Bass Quartet (2008) for four double basses - Mvt. I

Solitary (2009)
for baritone, clarinet, cello and piano 
poem by Dr. Hollis Robbins

Performers:
Richard Giarusso, baritone
Miles Jaques, clarinet
Andrew Talle, cello
Timothy Hoft, piano

Solitary (2009) for baritone, clarinet, cello and piano

Imperfect is a sonic art piece based on video from an electron microscope of a 2-Dimensional Graphene lattice with missing atoms. Composed for the 2018 Sounds of Matter Competition.

Imperfect (2018)

Live performance at St. David's Music Series, Baltimore, MD.
David Witmer, piano
Paul Rittterhoff, recording engineer

Manifestations (2018)

Live at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery. Andie Tanning, violin; Rose Bellini, cello; Isabelle O'Connell, piano

Miniatures for piano trio (2006)

Ying-Chen Kao (高盈真) is a Taiwanese-American composer, pianist, educator, and graphic/web designer. Her concert music has been praised as “exceedingly beautiful” by Soundboard UK, a “challenging and rich work” by the Coral Gables Gazette, and “an evocative and surreal soundscape” by minor7th.com. Ying-Chen’s music has been featured at prestigious events and venues worldwide, including MUSIQA, the North American Taiwanese Professors’ Association, the Taiwan Culture Center in Washington D.C., the Sylvia Adalman Chamber Series, the Union Square Chamber Music Society, The Stone, Ningbo Grand Theater, Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Kaohsiung Music Center, WBJC, and NPR. Her compositions, “Frustration Factory” and “Ancient Memory,” are published by Warwick Music/Hal Leonard Europe. Her Prix D’Ete-winning work, “Lilac . Star . Bird,” was featured as the title track on guitarist Tracy Anne Smith’s debut album. Ying-Chen is an alumna of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Miami. Beyond her musical pursuits, she co-founded ycArt design studio LLC, where she continues to create visually engaging materials as a graphic and web designer. For more information about Ying-Chen Kao, please visit yingchenkao.com.

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

Ying-Chen Kao Music

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