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The range of Yuan-Chen Li’s oeuvre has offered new experience to her audience and collaborators with the cross-cultural and cross-disciplined approach to musical time, space, and drama. Her Taiwanese upbringing, a Buddhist spirit, Western musical practice, and the symbolic aspects of nature and art, have inspired her compositions.  Li first arrived on the contemporary music scene in Taiwan with her very personal use of instrumentation and style in her chamber music piece Zang (the funeral) in 2000. In 2003, the expression and orchestration of her orchestral work Awakening won the prize at the Asian Music Festival 2003 in Tokyo from the Asian Composers’ League, and was subsequently premiered by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. In recent years, Li’s music reflects her transformation of processes and concepts in Asian traditional arts, literature, and Buddhism into a compositional technique for solo, chamber, and orchestra of both Western and Chinese instruments. With her virtuosity in instrumentation and fluency in converging and synthesizing diverse cultural, musical and conceptual frameworks, her treatment of the space of the sonority, temporality, texture, movement, and syntax have engaged musicians of different practices, critics, researchers, and worldwide listeners.

Her music has been programmed in many concert series and festivals: Asian Composers’ League (Tel-Aviv 2012, Tokyo 2003), 2012 Thailand International Composition Festival, IMANI Winds Chamber Music Festival (New York, 2012), Contempo series (University of Chicago, 2010-), Peace Cross-strait Orchestra Concert (China and Taiwan, 2009), Composers/Pianists concert series (New England, 2008-9), New Music New Haven (Yale, 2006-08), The Female Form: Women Composers (New York, 2008), Listening to the 21Century (Taipei, 2007), Soundbridges (Berlin, 2007), Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Norfolk, 2007), Tune in to Taiwan 2003 (Taipei, 2003), New Ideal Dance Festival (Taipei, 2003), and Kuan-Du Musical Soiree (Taipei, 2001).

Li is the recipient of Literature and Art Creation Award (Taiwan), Artist Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), and Jacob Druckman Scholarship.  Li received Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Chicago in 2015 for her dissertation Wandering Viewpoint, a concerto for solo cello and two ensembles, and a paper entitled Difficult Voice in Vocal Composition, Composers’ Aesthetic Responses to Secondhand Holocaust Experiences, using psychoanalytic theory to discuss musical transgenerational phenomenon of the post-war music. Her primary advisors are composers such as Marta Ptaszynska and Shulamit Ran, conductor Cliff Colnot, musicologist Martha Feldman, and theorist Lawrence Zbikowski.  Li also holds Artist Diploma from Yale University School of Music (2008), studying composition with Martin Bresnick.  Before coming to the United States, she has earned M.F.A. (2006) and B.F.A.(2003) from Taipei University of the Arts, having studied composition with Tsung-Hsien YANG and Chung-Kun HUNG. Before entering college she studied composition and classical music for ten years with Ting-Lien WU. In 2016-2017, she holds a visiting professor position at Reed College (Portland Oregon). 

YUAN-CHEN LI | BIOGRAPHY

Yuan-Chen LI (b.1980, Taiwan/U.S.A.)

Yuan-Chen LI, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION

2015 Ph.D. in Music, Composition and History/Theory, University of Chicago • Dissertation: Wandering Viewpoint, A Concerto for Solo Cello and Two Ensembles. Chicago IL. • Minor field paper: The Difficult Voice In Vocal Composition, Composers’ Aesthetic Reposes To Secondhand Holocaust Experiences. Chicago IL.

2008 Artist Diploma in Composition and Theory, Yale University School of Music 2006 M.F.A. in Composition and Theory, Taipei National University of Arts, Taipei,

Taiwan • Master Thesis: Intermezzo: Conceptions of My Musical Compositions, Taipei, Taiwan.

2003 B.F.A. in Composition and Theory, Taipei National University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

PUBLICATIONS & DISCOGRAPHY

2016 Reminiscence, for bass and piano, Edited by bassist Hsien-Chieh Tsai, score published by Chorphilia Inc.

2015 Shivering Winds, Serene Sky, for cello and voice, Kate Dillingham, New Focus Recordings.

2013 Intermezzo: SHANG for orchestra (2011), National Symphony Orchestra, audio recording, 2013

2012-present Music score digitally cataloged by Alexander Street Press L.L.C. in the collection of “Classical Score Library.”

2012 Like A Dream, An Illusion for orchestra (2007), published by Taiwan Composers' Association, audio recording.

2007 Hy-, included in Formosa: 24 Caprices for solo piano, Chih-Long Hu, Blue-Griffin recording.

2004 Cats’ Romp, Collection of the Works of Taiwanese Contemporary Zheng Music I (score), China Found Workshop, Taipei.

2006 Cats’ Romp, Taiwan’s Contemporary Music III, Musical Kaleidoscope (recording), Forum Music Ensemble, Taipei.

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AWARDS & HONORS

2015 Finalist, Martirano Award 2016. 2014 Best Art Music Album, The Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and

Music, Taiwan. 2010 Artist Residency, Cite des Arts in Paris, sponsored by Taipei Artist Village,

Taiwan. 2008 Rena Greenwalk Memorial Prize, Yale School of Music. 2007 Composer residency at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Yale School of Music. 2007 The Ezra Laderman Prize, Yale School of Music. 2005 First prize, 2005 Literature and Art Creation Award for chamber music from the

Council of Cultural Affairs and Ministry of Education, Taiwan. 2003 Chang-Hui Hsu Memorial Prize of Asian Composers League, Tokyo, Japan.

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2014, 2012, 2011, and 2010, Grants from The National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan. 2011-2013 Government Scholarships for Study Abroad from Taiwan (GSSA). 2009-2014 The University of Chicago Fellowship. 2006-2008 Jacob Druckman Scholarship, Yale School of Music. 2000 Scholarship of Arts from Tzu Chi Foundation Taiwan.

INVITED TALKS

2017 March “A Case Study on Saxophonic Timbre in Luciano Berio’s Récit" at the National Conference of Society Composers Inc. at Western Michigan University.

2016 March “Inspiration and Transformation in My Music Composition,” Soochow University, Department of Music, China.

2012 Dec. “The Concept and Aesthetics of Harmony in Mixed Ensemble,” National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Musicology, Taiwan.

2008 Dec. “Poetic inspiration, poetry, and rhythm in my compositions for instruments,” National Chiao-Tong University, Institute of Music, Taiwan.

2008 Dec. “Diversity of Music Contemporary in the U.S.A.,” Taipei National University of the Arts, Department of Music, Taiwan.

2004 Spring “Musical Idea and Its Gestural Variations in Cat’s Romp,” (1) National Taiwan Ocean University, Hum. core class; (2) National Taiwan University of the Arts, Chinese Music Department, Taiwan.

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CONFERENCE/FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION

2014 Spell for solo saxophone, Northwestern University New Music Conference 2014, April 26-27, Evanston, IL, directed by Hans Thomalla and Timothy McAllister.

2012 Hovering in the Air a concerto for gushing and 21 strings, Asian Music Festival and Conference 2012, October 14-20, Asian Composers League, Tel Aviv, Israel, directed by Dan Yuhas.

2012 Ice Crackle Glaze for mixd ensemble, Thailand International Composition Festival 2012, July 9-14, Mahidol University College of Music, Thailand, directed by James Ogburn and Narong Prangcharoen.

2011 Butterfly for piano quintet, IMANI Winds Chamber Music Festival 2011, July 27 - August 6, New York, directed by Valerie Coleman-Page.

2007 Adagio of Promenade for mixed ensemble, Soundbridges - Taiwan Heute, Asian-Pazifik Wochen Berlin 2007, September 10-23, Berlin, Germany, directed by Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer.

2003 Awakening for orchestra, Asian Music Festival 2003 Sept. 17-23, Asian Composer League, Tokyo Japan, directed by Isao Matsushita.

CAMPUS TALKS & WORKSHOPS

2015 Autumn “Difficult Voice and Difficult Performance,” Theater and Performance Workshop, the University of Chicago.

2015 Spring “Sound Space of Wandering Viewpoint,” Graduate Composition Seminar, the University of Chicago.

2012 Autumn “Cross Cultural and Tonal References,” Graduate Composition Seminar, the University of Chicago.

2003 Autumn “My Orchestral Work Awakening and Asian Music Festival in Tokyo,” Taipei National University of the Arts, Department of Music, Taiwan.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

VISITING PROFESSOR2016-2017 Teaching advance harmony, analysis, composition, seminar, and conducting

school orchestra at Reed College, Portland Oregon, U.S.A.

INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD2015 Spring “Introduction to Music Materials and Design”

A Humanities/Music core course for 17 non-major or non-minor undergrads at the University of Chicago Humanities Collegiate, Dept. of Music, mentored by Anthony Chueng and Lawrence Zbikowski.

TEACHING ASSISTANT (designed and sole-taught separately from the lecture) 2013-2014 “Harmony and Voice Leading” Sequence / Musicianship and Keyboard Lab

A course for major and minor of 32 students, Chicago Illinois, the University of Chicago Dept. of Music, by Drew Nobile.

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2013 Spring “Analysis of Classical Music 1775-1825” / tutoringThe University of Chicago Dept. of Music, instructed by Prof. Steven Rings.A course for majors and minors of 9 undergrads and 2 grads.

2008 Autumn “Composition Seminar” / studio lessonsYale University Dept. of Music, by Professor Kathryn Alexander and Dr. Michael Klingbeil for a class of 16 undergrad composers.

COURSE ASSISTANT2011-2012 “Imagination and Expertise in Composition”

The University of Chicago Dept. of Music, instructed by Prof. Augusta Read Thomas for a class of 7 graduate composers.

2010-2011, 2012-2013, Course Collaborative-Pianist | “Orchestral Conducting” The University of Chicago Dept. of Music, instructed by conductor Barbara Schubert for a class of 5-6 graduate composers.

2008-2009 Course Collaborative-Pianist Improvisor | “Modern Dance Technique” ACES Educational Center for the Arts (New Haven, Connecticut) instructed by Susan Matheke, artistic director, chair of the dance department.

REASEARCH EXPERIENCE

2014-2015 Research Assistant | Inside New Music: The University of Chicago’s Contempo Celebrates Fifty Years, directed by Martha Feldman, incorporating with Special Collections Research Center of the University of Chicago Library and Department of Music, the University of Chicago.

2004-2005 Research Assistant | Archiving and Digitalizing Manuscripts and Collections by Robert Shultz (1902-2002, Austria — Taiwan), directed by National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan.

ARTISTIC CAREER (selected projects)

2000 - Composer Since the first public performance at the National Recital Hall in Taiwan, 38 projects have been included in the catalogue from solo, orchestra and music theater for Western and Chinese instruments, and collaborations across media performed in Asia, U.S.A., Europe, Middle East, and South Africa.

2015 Participant Composer | “EarShot Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra New Music Readings,” Buffalo, New York. Advised by Michael Geller, Executive Director and Derek Bermel, Artistic Director with American Composers Orchestra.

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2013-2015 Startup-Collaborator Composer | Album “Crossing — New Music For Cello”Collaborated with New York based cellist Kate Dillingham and 10 other composers and artists.

2013 Pianist Improvisor | Silent Film series “1928, The Last Great Year of Silent Film,” Curated by Haley Markbreiter at the University of Chicago film society Doc Films.

2011-2013 Collaborator Composer | Site-specific collaboration “Choreographing and Composing the Invisible” Programed by Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, director of Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, with Claudia Lavista, choreographer and Delfos Danza Contemporanea.

2010 Resident Artist | “Monet’s Lily Pond“ on multimedia, vocal composition, theater, and danceConducted at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris France, sponsored by Taipei Artist Village.

2008-2009 Community Chorus Accompaniment Pianist | Greater New Haven Community Chorus. Directed by Christopher Clowdus, artistic director, New Haven, Connecticut.

2008-2009 Composer-Pianist | “Composer-Pianists” Concert Tour Curated by Douglas Fisk, New Haven CT, New York NY, and Boston MA.

2007 Outreach Composer | “What sound do you hear?”Cedarhurst School, Hamden Connecticut. Programed by John Miller, Yale School of Music.

MEDIA COVERAGE (selected reviews)

2015 Tim Sawyier, Classical Review, Apr. 24, 2015. 2015 Marina Kifferstein, New York Public Radio Q2 channel, Feb. 2, 2015. 2013 Gerald Fisher, Chicago Classical Review, May 11, 2013. 2008 Bradley Winterton: Crash, Bang, Wallop: the Art of Noise, Taipei Times, Nov. 24,

2008. 2007 Hsien-Sheng Lien: Listening to the Twenty-first century and beyond, on

“Taiwanese Emerging Composers' Concert,” Traditional Arts Magazine (aka. �����), v.72, Oct, 2007, Taiwan.

2006 The Dialogue between Tradition and Innovation / ��������, Rau-Liang Magazine / �����, v.38, July 2006, Taiwan.

2004 Chien-Chang Yang: In Search of the Gesture of Formosa, PAR (Performing Arts Review (aka. ����), Taipei: v.133, Nov. 2004.

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ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE

2014-2015 Assistant to Coordinator | “Contempo at 50” and “Shulamit Ran Retirement Festivities” At the University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, advised by Professor Martha Feldman.

2014-2015 Assistant to Office of the Dean of Students and Master of Liberal Arts | The Univeristy of Chicago Graham School of Continuing and Liberal Arts EducationOn curriculum design, recruitment, and student life, advised by Vanessa George, Associate Dean of Students and Raymond Ciacci, Director of the Master of Liberal Arts Program.

2014 Translator and Stage Manager | “Envisioning China” – An Evening of Peking Opera At the University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, Chinese Consulate General in Chicago, Talcott Fine Arts, programed by Logan for the Arts Performance Hall and Office of the Provost.

2010-2014 Stage Manager | Various events and hirings At the University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts Performance Hall, Fulton Hall, Roosevelt University Ganz Hall, advised by Erin Brenner, Production and Performance Hall Manager, and Rebecca Cafarelli, Director of Production and Education, the University of Chicago Presents.

2011-2014 Assistant-Collaborator to conductor/arranger | Various ProjectsIn Chicago, Illinois and on internet. Cliff Colnot Music Inc., mentored by conductor/owner Cliff Colnot.

PEDAGOGICAL & CAREER WORKSHOPS

2015 Teaching Workshop, Chicago Center for Teaching, the University of Chicago, Chicago.

2015 Career Development Workshops, American Composers Orchestra, Buffalo, NY. 2013 Music Pedagogy Workshop, Department of Music, the University of Chicago,

Chicago.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS

2010- ACO (American Composers Orchestra) 2009- SMT (Society of Music Theory) 2008- BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) - Classical Writer 2003- ISCM -Taiwan (International Society of Contemporary Music) 2002- ACL -Taiwan (Asian Composers League)

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LANGUAGES AND SKILLSLanguages: • English and Chinese (traditional and modern) - full professional or native proficiency; • German and French - elementary proficiency.

Musical Instruments: • Piano — professional • Cello, string bass, and Chinese guqing — intermediate proficient • Nohkan (Japanese piccolo), pipe organ, and viola da gamba — intermediate

Coaching and conducting: • Chamber ensembles• Sections of orchestra • Chamber orchestra

REFERENCES

Marta Ptaszynska Helen B. and Frank L. Sulzberger Professor and Director of Contempo Department of Music | The University of Chicago 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 T: 773-324-5407 | E: mptaszyn@uchicago.edu

Anthony Cheung Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Music | The University of Chicago 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 O: 773-702-9055 | E: acheung@uchicago.edu

Martius Fang-Yin Lin Artistic Director at Studio Acht-Platform für Kunstprojekte, and Executive Officer at National Center for Traditional Arts (Taiwan) 9F., No.102, Shuangxi St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City 111, Taiwan (R.O.C.) M: +886-911-330-251 | E: martius.lin@gmail.com; lin@ncfta.gov.tw

Cliff Colnot Principle Conductor of Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Chicago Symphony’s “MusicNow” Ensemble, University of Chicago Contempo Ensemble Director, and Director of Orchestral Activities & Wind Ensemble Conductor (DePaul) 333 East Ontario St., #1604b, Chicago IL 60611 M: 312-636-0505 | E: cliffccm@aol.com

Steven Rings Associate Professor of Music; Director of Graduate Studies Department of Music | The University of Chicago 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 O: 773-702-8577 | E: srings@uchicago.edu

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Yuan-Chen LI List of Work & Performance History

Orchestral Works

Iluwan | c\e* (2016) For Orchestra

Duration: 6’30”

Instrumentation 3(1/picc,2, 3/al).2(1,2/Eng.Hrn).2(1,2/bcl).2(1,2/contra). – 2.2.2.0 – timp-2P. – hp. – strgs.

Remarks Iluwan is commissioned by National Performing Arts Center / National Symphony Orchestra for the project “Orchestral Arrangement and Publishing Project for Taiwan Aboriginal Music”.

On Aldebaran | �JE�* (2014) For Orchestra

Duration: 7’30”

Instrumentation 2(1,2/pic).2(1,2/Eng.Hrn).2(1,2/bcl).2. – 2.2. – 2P. – hp. – strgs.

Remarks On Aldebaran is composed in partially fulfillment of the academic and creative requirement to the curriculum at The University of Chicago. The piece was later featured at the EarShot Program - New Music Readings by American Composers’ Forum during the 2014-2015 season, mentored by Robert Beaser, Rob Deemer, and Melinda Wagner.

Readings February 11th 2015, Buffalo NY, Kleinhans Music Hall. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Stefan Sanders.

Readings June 2nd 2014, Chicago, IL. The University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts. Conducted by Cliff Colnot.

Hovering in the Air | ��* (2011) Concerto for guzheng and string orchestra

Duration: 15’

Instrumentation guzheng and string orchestra (44321 by stands)

Remarks Commissioned by the Moment Musicaux Philharmonia Orchestra with the grant from the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan.

Premiere September 27th 2011, Taipei, Taiwan. Soochow University Arts Center. Moment Musicaux Philharmonia Orchestra – Youth Orchestra; Paul Ching-Po CHIANG, conductor; Jiuan-Reng YEH, soloist.

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U.S. Premiere November 17th 2011, Muncie, Indiana. Ball State University, Sursa Hall. Ball State Symphony Orchestra; Bohuslav Rattay, conductor; Yu-Chen WANG, soloist.

Israel Premiere October 18th 2012, Beer Sheva, Israel. Asian Composers’ League Conference and Festival 2012 in Israel Tel’ Aviv, Doron Salomon conductor, The Israel Beer Sheva Sinfonietta.

Intermezzo: SHANG | X6g** (2011) For Symphonic Orchestra

Duration: 18’20”

Instrumentation 2(1,2/pic).2.2(1,2/bcl).2(1,2/cb). – 2.2.2. – T.2P. – hp. – strgs.

Remarks / Publication

Commissioned by National Performing Arts Center / National Symphony Orchestra. Audio recording released by National Performing Arts Center (live recording of Nov. 24 2012). Awarded to the 25th Golden Melody Awards - Best Artistic Music Album Awards (Taiwan, 2014).

Premiere November 24th, 2012, Taipei Taiwan, premiered by Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Milton.

Like A Dream, An Illusion | ���B (2007) For Orchestra

Duration: 12’30”

PublIcation The recording is included in “Taiwan Contemporary Composers Works VI,” released by Taiwan composer’s association, sponsored by National Culture and Arts Foundation

Instrumentation 3(1,2,3/pic).3.3.3. – 4.3.3.1. – 4P – hp.cel.orgl. – strgs (65443 by stands), balcony: fl.hp.vln

Premiere September 26th 2007, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT. New Music New Haven series. Yale Philharmonic Orchestra; Julian Pellicano, conductor. The audio recording is included in Taiwan Contemporary

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Awakening | +�F�)-(2003) For Orchestra

Duration: 14’30”

Instrumentation 4(1,2,3,pic).3(1,2,eh.).3(1,2,bcl).3(1,2,cb). – 4.3.3.1. – 4P. – 2hp. – strgs (87554 by stands).

Remarks Senior thesis for the completion of the bachelor degree in music composition at Taipei National University of the Arts. Awarded the Chang-Hui Hsu Memorial Prize from the Asian Composers League.

Premiere September 9th 2003, Bunkyo Hall, Tokyo, Japan. “Asian Composers League” Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; Kazufumi YAMASHITA, conductor.

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Performances Cross-Straits Peace Tour from July to August 2009 in five cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen) and Taiwan (Taipei and Kaohsiung). Cross-Straits Peace Symphony Orchestra (members from major orchestras of China and Taiwan); Jia LU, conductor.

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CHAMBER WORKS

Wandering Viewpoint | 9�* (2014) Concerto for Solo Cello and Two Ensembles

Duration ca. 14’

Instrumentation solo cello, 2 fl. (1,2/al.), 2 cl.(1,2/bass), 2 vln., 2 vla., 2 vc., 1 perc, 1 pno.

Remarks A dissertation for the degree of Ph.D. in music composition at The University of Chicago. Review by Tim Sawyier (Chicago CLASSICAL REVIEW, April 24, 2015), link to the review. Finalist of Martirano Award (2016).

Premiere April 23rd, 2015, Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Featuring solo cellist Nicholas Photinos, ensembles  include Pacifica Quartet, eighth blackbird and guest musicians, conducted by Cliff Colnot. Programed by University of Chicago Present, concert series Contempo, the concert title is “UChicago Resident Ensembles Showcase,” artistic director Shulamit Ran.

Aldebaran | JE�* (2013) For sextet

Duration: 6’30”

Instrumentation fl/picc, cl/bs cl, vln, vc, pno, perc.

Remarks Written for sextet ensemble eighth blackbird . Review by Gerald Fisher (Chicago CLASSICAL REVIEW, May 11, 2013), link to the review.

Premiere Premiered by ensemble eight blackbird. May 10th 2013, Chicago Illinois. Programmed for contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I. University of Chicago, Fulton Hall, Shulamit Ran artistic director.

Fauna Republic | �R.��* (2013) For mixed ensemble

Duration: 8’

Instrumentation fl/pic, ob, cl/bs cl, bsn, hrn, 4 perc (total 9 musicians).

Premiere Premiered on May 23rd 2013 at DePaul Concert Hall, Chicago Illinois. Premiered by DePaul University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Cliff Colnot.

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Ice Crackle Glaze | S;W* (2011) For mixed ensemble

Duration: 8’

Instrumentation fl, vln, hp, vib, and pno.

Premiere Finalist, selected to be performed on July 10th 2012, Thailand International Composition Festival. Bangkok, Thailand. Narong Prangcharoen, artistic director. 

U.S. Premiere November 10th 2012, Chicago Illinois. Programmed for New Music Ensemble, University of Chicago, Fulton Hall, artistic director Barbara Schubert.

Taiwan Premiere December 15th 2013, Taipei Taiwan. Programed by Asian Composer League / Taiwan Composers’ Association in the annual composition concert “Music Taiwan 2013.”

Motion 2010 (2010) For string quartet

Duration: 11’30”

Instrumentation string quartet

Remarks Commissioned by the Counterpoint Ensemble of Taiwan, Kong-Lin LIANG artistic director. Granted from National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan. And is adapted to the theater production “The Prince and the Pauper” by the same ensemble in 2012.

Premiere November 19th 2010, Kaohsiung Taiwan. November 26th and December 3rd in Tainan and Taipei, Taiwan. Counterpoint Ensemble.

U.S. Premiere May 18th 2011, Fulton Hall, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Tomorrow’s Music Today series; Shulamit Ran, artistic director. Pacifica Quartet.

Ring (2008) For percussion quartet

Duration: 11’

Instrumentation percussion quartet

Remarks Commissioned by Forum Music

Premiere November 12th and 22nd 2008, Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Forum Music annual concert.

Butterfly | YV* (2007, revised 2012) For piano quintet

Duration: 8’

Instrumentation fl, ob, cl, bsn, and pno

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Adagio for Promenade | /4 (2005) For mixed ensemble with specialization

Duration: 12’

Instrumentation fl, hp, organ, and vln.

Remarks Composed for the organ class presentation. The instruments are all on the balcony with special placement around the hall.

Premiere January 6th 2006, Concert Hall, Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA), Taipei, Taiwan. Composer’s Graduate Recital for master’s degree. Members from TNUA.

European Premiere September 13th 2007, Balhaus Naunynstrase, Berlin Germany. “Soundbridges – Taiwan heute, Asien-Pazifik-Wochen Berlin 2007,” curated by Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer. Kammer Ensemble.

Intermezzo: Tsan | X6g$ (2005) For mixed ensemble of Western and Chinese instruments

Duration: 13’

Instrumentation fl, ob, cl, vib, hp, pf, cel, vn, vla, kb and Chinese 7-string zither.

Remarks Composed for the completion of the master’s degree at TNUA. Awarded the first prize of 2005 Literature and Art Creation Award for chamber music under the Council of Cultural Affairs and Ministry of Education, Taiwan.

Premiere January 6th 2006, Concert Hall, Taipei University of the Arts, Taipei Taiwan. Composer’s Graduate Recital for master’s degree. Members from TNUA; Yuan-Chen LI, conductor.

Performance October 26th 2007, National Recital Hall, Taipei Taiwan. “Listening to the twenty-first century – works by emerging Taiwanese composers”, Tzy-Sheng LEE, artistic director. Philharmonia Moments Musicaux Camelot Players; Paul Chin-Po CHIANG, conductor.

Remarks Resident Composer Commission from the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Yale School of Music Summer Festival), 2007.

Premiere August 7th 2007, Music Shed Hall, Norfolk, CT. Members of the Norfolk Chamber Music workshop.

Performance October 11th 2007, Sprague Hall, Yale, New Haven, CT. Members of Yale School of Music.

Performance August 5th, 2012, IMANI Winds Chamber Music Festival, New York, NY.

Nicknamed Romanza | ���/* (2001, 2012 rev.) Theme and variation for string quartet

Duration: 15’ ca.

Instrumentation string quartet (vln. I, vln. II, vla, vc.)

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Remarks Previously read by the student musicians at TNUA in 2001.

Premiere October 20 2012, National Recital Hall, Taipei Taiwan, premiered by Counterpoint Ensemble, Kunglin LIANG, artistic director. Same year ion November 11,

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Dolphin ’n’ Cat | �a!, (2015) For piano duo

Duration ca. 8’

Instrumentation Two pianos

Remarks Commissioned by IS Duo with the grant from the National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan).

Premiere April 15th, 2015, National Concert Hall — Recital Hall, Taipei Taiwan. Performed by IS Duo - Inna Chien-Ying YANG and Stella Chia-Shan CHENG.

Harmony | �& (2014) For violin and pipe organ

Duration ca. 3’

Instrumentation solo violin and pipe Organ

Remarks Dedicated to composer Chiu-Yu CHOU in celebrating her marriage.

Premiere July 12th, 2014, , Ko’San Presbyterian Church (���) in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Violin / Yi-Chien YANG, organ / Angela WANG.

The Funeral (aka, Zang) | _* (2000) For mixed ensemble of Western and Chinese instruments

Duration: 17’

Instrumentation ob, pipa, perc, and cb.

Premiere May 2001, Dance Hall, TNUA, Taipei, Taiwan. Winning work to be performed in “Kuan Du Musical Soiree 2001 – The New Voices from Kuan Du Young Generation.”

Performance 2003, National Recital Hall, Taipei Taiwan. Selected for “Tune into Taiwan 2003,” sponsored by National Cultural Center of Taiwan.

Performance November 23th, 2012, Taipei, Taiwan. Tune into Taiwan 2012, by Chia Found Music Workshop.

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Cats’ Romp | ,�b (2008) For guzheng and piano

Duration: 9’30”

Instrumentation guzheng (also named zheng) and piano

Remarks Commissioned by Hao-Yin HUANG Received the Rena Greenwalk Memorial prize from Yale University School of Music for the best dramatic writing, 2007.

Premiere October 16th 2008, National Recital Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. Hao-Ying HUANG, guzheng; Zhao-Hui CHEN, piano.

U.S. Premiere April 25th 2009, Merkin Hall, New York, NY. “The Composers/Pianists Concert Series,” curated by Douglas Fisk. Yuan-Chen LI, piano; Shih-Hua YEH, zheng. Review by William A. Verdone.

Performances February 18th 2012, Smith Recital Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, piano / Dolly HSU, guzheng / Yu-Chen WANG.

The Morning Bell and the Evening Drum | D(]I (2006) For percussion duo

Duration: 17’

Instrumentation Perc. I: ancient cym, 2 sus cym, hit-hat, 4 cowbells, single tubular bell in A, tam-tam, many ping-pong ballsPerc. II: 2 bongos, 2 congas, B.D., 18” timpano, many ping-pong balls

Remarks Commissioned by Forum Music for its Tenth Anniversary Concert Series. Work involved theatrical elements, movements, and participation from the audience.

Premiere July, 2006. Forum Music recital hall, Taipei Taiwan.

Performance September 27th , 2011, Forum Music Recital Hall, Taipei Taiwan. Members of Forum Music (Ya-Ting WANG and Ya-Hui LIANG).

Obsidian | %f:* (2012) For cello and piano duet

Duration: 8’

Instrumentation vc. & pno

Premiere May 5th 2012, Chicago Illinois. Programmed for New Music Ensemble, premiered by cellist Russell Rolen (Spektral Quartet) and pianist Daniel Schlosberg. The University of Chicago, Fulton Hall, artistic director Barbara Schubert.

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SOLO Shadows of the Lonely PhoenixhA�>d (2016) For solo clarinetist accompanying by his or her movement

Duration: ca. 6’

Instrumentation solo clarinet (clarinetist also dances)

Remarks Commissioned by clarinetist Pei-Lun TSAI (���). The composition features interdisciplinary approach to performance, creating a counterpoint between the dance and music to symbolize the imaginary reunion of lovers. To be premiered in 2016-2017 concert season.

Shivering Winds, Serene Sky (aka. Tian jing sha)h�5?* (2014) For solo cellist accompanying his or her own

Duration: ca. 6’

Instrumentation solo cello (cellist also sings or collaborating with one singer)

Remarks Dedicated to the cellist Kate Dilinghan to her album “Crossing: New Music For Cello”(2015. New York: New Focus Records). “One stand-out track on the album is Yuan-Chen Li’s Tian Jing Sha…Dillinghan’s airy and melodious voice achieves a ghostly, eerie effect that pairs beautifully with Li’s timbral shifts”(Feb.2, 2015, New York Public Radio Q2 channel).

Premiere January 30th 2015, Cornelia Street Café, New York. Kate Dillingham performed in the CD Release Concert.

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Chant for an Enjoyable Evening | =T` (2001) For piano and cello

Duration: 7’

Instrumentation pno & vc.

Premiere 2002, National Recital Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. Selected for “Tune into Taiwan 2002” series, sponsored by National Cultural Center of Taiwan.

Taiwan Premiere July 5th, 2013. Forum Music Recital Hall. Premiered by Hsin-Chieh TSAI / double bass, Yu-Chieh WANG / piano.

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Reminiscence | �&* (2006; 2012 rev.) For double bass and piano

Duration: 10’30”

Instrumentation Double bass and piano

Remarks Commissioned by Hsin-Chieh Tsai, revised in 2012 after the invitation by Rémi Magnan. The revised score is edited by Cliff Colnot, 2012.

Premiere May 26th , 2006. Le Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. Hsin-Chieh TSAI double bass, Yuan-Chen LI piano.

Taiwan Premiere

November 24th, 2015, Taipei Taiwan, by I-An TAI (cello) and Chiayi Wang (voice).

Youth Yet Youngh� U* (2012) For solo piano

Duration: 6’

Instrumentation pno.

Remarks Dedicated to composer Tsung-Hsien YANG.

Premiere March 7th, 2013, Pianoforte Foundation, Chicago Illinois. Premiered by Italian pianist Ciro Longobardi.

Taiwan Premiere

June 4th 2013, NCTU Theater, National ChiaoTung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Premiered by American pianist/Fulbright visiting scholar Lynn Ralye.

U.K. Premiere November 17th, 2015. Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London. Performed by Richard Whalley in lecture/concert “New Music Insight - in reflection and in performance” programed by School of Advanced Study of University of London.

Spell (aka. Ling)hP* (2009, rev. 2011) For a) solo saxophone, b) clarinet, and c) bass flute

Instrumentation alto saxophone, or clarinet

Remarks Included in Londeix Guide To The Saxophone Repertoire, 1844-2012 (Ronkin, Bruce. 2012. Glenmoore, PA: Roncorp). Commissioned by Chun-Hao KU.

Premiere a) July 2009, Bangkok Thailand. World Saxophone Congress. Chun-Hao KU.b) December 8th 2012, New York NY. Kaufman Center Goodman House, by Patricia Billings, clarinet. c) September 26, 2013, National Experimental Theater, Taipei. Performed by Sylvie Lacroix (Trio Amos, Vienna). Curated by Martius Fang-Yi LIN for the new music series “Music With Innovative Expressions” (�����).

U.S. premiere a) April 9th 2010. Fulton Hall, U of Chicago, Chicago IL. “Soundquakes,” concert curated by University of Chicago graduate students. Sean Patayanikorn, saxophone.

Performance a) Additional performances by Chun-hao KU: June 2010, Paris, France. December 11th 2010, December 7 2011, Taipei, Taiwan.

Performance April 26th 2015, Northwestern University, Pick-Staiger Hall, Evanston Illinois. Performed by Tim McAllister in Northwestern University New Music Conference, co-programed by Tim McAllister and Hans Thomalla.

Performance January 23rd 2015, North Illinois University, Boutell Hall. Programed and performed by Jessica Maxfield, as the featuring work at The North American Saxophone Alliance Region 5 Conference.

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Migohh'& (2007) For solo piano

Duration: 4’30”

Instrumentation pno

Remarks The title means “The Song of Rice”. Commissioned by Chih-Long HU for a studio recording, titled “Formosa Caprices” released by Blue-Griffin in December 2007.

Premiere (data missing)

Performance March 6th 2008, Sprague Hall, Yale, New Haven, CT. New Music New Haven series. Timothy Andres, piano.

Cat’s Romph,b (2003) For solo guzheng

Duration: 6’

Instrumentation guzheng

Remarks Commissioned by Yi-Jie LAI. Graphic notation. The performance involves movement. Score published in the collection Works of Taiwanese Contemporary Zheng Music I (Taipei: China Found Workshop, 2004), Jiuan-Reng YEH, editor. Recorded and released by Forum Music Ensemble on Tawain’s Contemporary Music III, Musical Kaleidoscope (Taipei, 2006), Bor-Nien HSU, producer.

Premiere December 2003, Forum Music Recital Hall, Taipei, Taiwan.

Performance Numerous performances by at least 6 different musicians in recitals, conferences, and festivals in Taiwan, China, and USA.

Hyh�� (2003) For solo piano

Duration: 10’

Instrumentation pno

Remarks Dedicated to the pianist Chien-Ying YANG. The work is also included in Chih-Long HU’s album “Formosa Caprices” released by Blue-Griffin in December 2007.

Premiere May 2003, Dance Hall, Taipei University of the Arts, Taipei Taiwan. Chien-Ying YANG.

Performance Played by Chien-Ying YANG and Yu-Lin SHENG in numerous recitals in Taiwan and Canada.

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Performance in the U.S.

U.S. premiere on February 4th 2008 at Symphony Space New York, NY on the series “Concert Artists Guild – the Female Form: Women Composers.” Tanya Bannister, piano. Additional U.S. performances by Chih-Long HU, Yuan-Chen LI, and Jenny LIN.

The Source (aka. Yuan)h8* (2001) For solo viola

Duration: 8’

Instrumentation vla

Remarks Also named “Yuan.” Dedicated to the violist Meng-Hsun Chung when he was earning his doctorate degree at New England Conservatory.

Premiere December 2001, Muse Forum recital hall, Taipei, Taiwan. Meng-Husn CHUNG.

Performance Several additional performances by Meng-Hsun CHUNG.

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VOCAL COMPOSITION

Mist, Three Pomes by Carl SandburghZ, "[3LC (2016) For mezzo-soprano and piano

Duration: 6’30”

Instrumentation mezzo-sp & pno.

Remarks Composition based on three poems “Clark Street Bridge”, “Pearl Fog”, and “Last Andwers” by Chicagoan poet/writer Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), commissionerd by EarTaxi Music Festival (Chicago, October 2016 ) curated by Augusta Read Thomas and Stephan Burns, to be premiered on October 8, 2016 by Julia Bentley (mezzo) and Access Contemporary Music.

Three Pomes by Rabindranath Tagoreh"H^7C (2007) For soprano, flute, piano, and cello

Duration: 12’

Instrumentation sp, fl, pno, and vc.

Remarks Lyrics from Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry “Stray Bird.” Language: English.. Awarded the Ezra Laderman prize for the best vocal writing, Yale Universtiy, 2007. Editing in progress.

Premiere February 22nd 2007. Sprague Hall, Yale, New Haven CT. New Music New Haven series. Members from Yale School of Music, Adelaide Muir, soprano, Yuan-Chen LI, piano.

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Three Pomes by Shyi Mu-Rongh"OK�C (2000) For soprano and piano

Duration: 10’

Instrumentation sp & pno.

Remarks Lyrics from SHYI Mu-Rong’s three poems. Language: Chinese (Mandarin)

Premiere May 2003, composer’s senior recital, Dance Hall, TNUA, Taipei, Taiwan.

Performance (data missing)

Mong Huan Pao Yingh�B<� (2008) For SATB chorus with or without 4 percussionists

Duration: 7’

Instrumentation 4S4A4T4B, with or without four percussionists.

Readings, final list. January 22nd 2011. Taipei Chamber Singers; Yun-Hung CHEN, conductor.

ARRANGEMENTS

Contrabajisimoh0Q1MNG (2016) For double bass and piano

Duration: 10’

Instrumentation bass & pno.

Remarks Adaptation of Piazzola’s quintet Contrabajisimo, commissioned by Hsien-Chieh TSAI, to be premiered in 2016-2017 concert season.

Taiwan Premiere

December 17th 2010, Soochow University performing art center. Concert of contemporary vocal works series, curated by ISCM-Taiwan, Tzyy-Sheng LEE, artistic director.

Folksong - Homage to Formosah�7G?�&��2 (2010) For mezzo soprano and mixed ensemble

Duration: 30’

Instrumentation fl, cl, 2p, hp, mezzo, vla, and vc (same instrumentation as Berio’s Folk Songs).

Remarks Includes 7 songs, adapted from folk songs and pop songs of four different dialects spoken in Taiwan. Commissioned by Philharmonia Moments Musicaux.

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Hakka Folk Song Cycleh#�@&��2 (2006) For folksong singers and Chinese orchestra

Duration: ca. 42’

Instrumentation Various instrumentations such as 3di.2sheng.3sona. – 2yangqing.2liuqin.2pipa.5ruan(1,2,alto,bass). – zheng.hp. – 3P – strgs.

Remarks Arrangements of nine songs commissioned by National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan, curated by ethnomusicologist Dr. Rung-Shun WU. Televised. It drew wide acclaim. Continuing to develop into a forum entitled “The Dialogue between the Tradition and the Innovation” with regards to the novelty of the arrangement.

Premiere April 13th 2006, National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. “NCO Beauty Taiwan” series. National Chinese Orchestra.

Les Miserables (1998) For female chorus and chamber orchestra

Duration: 16’

Instrumentation Female chorus and chamber orchestra

Remarks Arrangement for high school chamber orchestra and female choir including a rearrangement of the orchestral accompaniment. Unpublished.

Premiere May 1998, Tainan, Taiwan.

Performance At least two or three subsequent performances.

Premiere March 4th 2010, National Concert Hall, Taipei Taiwan. “Spring Anointing! ” Philharmonia Moments Musicaux - Camelot Players. Paul Chin-Po CHIANG, conductor; Jo-pei WENG, mezzo-soprano (6 songs).

Performance September 2-6 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa. Arts Alive – International Festival Johannesburgh. Philharmonia Moments Musicaux Camelot Players. Paul Chin-Po CHIANG, conductor; Ping LU, mezzo-soprano (6 songs).

Performance December 29th 2010, National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. “2010 Year-end Musical Prayer”Philharmonia Moments Musicaux Camelot Players; Paul Chin-Po CHIANG, conductor; Jo-pei WENG, mezzo-soprano (7 songs).

EDITORIAL WORK

Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2 (2012) For woodwind quintet

Duration: ca. 16’30”

Instrumentation fl/a.fl/picc, ob/e.h, a.cl, bsn, hn

Remarks Commissioned by IMANI winds, arranged by Cliff Colnot.

* Works with editorial assistance by Cliff Colnot. Updated May 2016

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COLLABORATIVE WORKS

The Upper Hallway (2012-13) Score for modern dance

Remarks A site-specific project involved with improvisatory and collaboration between music and choreography curated by Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, director. Choreographer: Claudia Lavista, dance company: Delfus Danza Contemporánea, and improvisor/pianist: Yuan-Chen Li.

Premiere April 20, 2013, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.

ELEVEN (2009) Score for modern dance

Duration: ca.15’

Instrumentation ob, pno, perc, and tape

Remarks Commissioned by Susan Matheke for her choreography “Neptune” performed by student dancers. ACES, New Haven, CT. Music includes original score, speeches, adaptation of the Greek melody, pop song, rehearsed improvisation, and recording edited to tape.

Premiere May 2009, Education Center of the Arts, New Haven CT.

Pas de Deux (2001) Score for drama reading

Duration: ca. 6’

Instrumentation vln & vc.

Remarks Miniatures for Hui-Chun CHEN’s texts “Les Fenétres,” including a short prelude, interlude, and some incidental music. TNUA, department of theater, Taipei Taiwan.

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