Main Works and Program Notes

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2010
  • Orchestra Piece Flame of Life (Received a successful orchestra reading at the New England Conservatory of Music in the United States).
  • Piano Trio Guernica for Violin, Cello and Piano
  • String Quartet Fishing
  • Duet Chinese Kung Fu for Flute and Clarinet (Completed on January 29, 2010. Premiered at the International Joint Conference on Latin-American Music and on Modern Music, Texas on February 27, 2010).
2009
  • Quartet Dancing Wind for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello (Completed on July 31, 2009).
  • Woodwind Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (Premiered in Berlin Germany on July 15, 2009).
  • Quintet Sound of Wind for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (Completed in February, 2009. Premiered at the inaugural ICA/SF Symposium on Music in the 21st Century, San Francisco).
2008
  • String Trio The Dream of Berlin for Violin, Viola and Cello (Performed at the concert "From Us to You – New Chamber Music from America" in the New Synagogue Concert Hall, Berlin Germany).
  • Flowing Water for Solo Cello - adapted from a melody of Chinese traditional Guqin. (Performed at California State University, Los Angeles on February 5, 2008).
  • Two-Bird Fugue for Solo Piano - dedicated to J.S. Bach. (Performed at California State University, Los Angeles on February 5, 2008).
2007 2006
  • Fantasia for Solo Cello and Voice (Performed at California State University, Los Angeles on February 2, 2007).
  • Lunar Rainbow for Flute, Cello and Piano (Performed at Bowdoin International Music Festival in July 2006).
  • Orchestra Piece No. 3 Echoing Colorful Clouds and Mystic Footprints of India.
  • Trio Sound of Camel for Erhu, Violin and Cello.
  • Fantasia for Large Ensemble for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass (Performed in China).
2005
  • Meteoric for Flute, Cello and Piano (Public performance planned at the University of Missouri-Kansas City on February 8, 2006 Musica Nova concert and this piece has also won the 2005 UMKC composition competition).
  • Orchestra Piece No.2
  • Opera of String Quartet No. 3 Sanskrit (Performed at Pebble Beach, California Summer Music Festival on July 30, 2005).
2004
  • Violin Concerto No.1
  • String Quartet No. 2 The Way Beset with Brambles, but You Have to Go. Why? Nobody Knows. There is a Voice Ahead Calling You: “Go, go, go!” (Performed at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in December 2004).
2003
  • Orchestra Piece No. 1 Echoes and Sparks of the Sacred Space - Dedicated to those who are courageously. (Piece sent to participate for 2003 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award).
2002
  • Sextet for Woodwind Instruments Sound of Nature (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in June 2002. Piece sent to participate for 12 th International Competition for Female Composers).
  • Remembrance of Things Past - Dedicated to our charming dead memories. Composed for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass. (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in December 2002).
2001
  • String Quartet No. 1 (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in October 2001).
  • A Piece for My Motherland for Violin and Piano - adapted from a Japanese folk melody. (Commission in 2001).
1999
  • The Embarrassment World for Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Marimba, Timpani, and Bamboo Flute. Consisting of three movements: Embarrassment, Struggle and Glimmers of Hope. (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in June 1999).
1997
  • The Valley at Night for Flute and Piano (Performed at Xinhai conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China in 1998).
  • An Artistic Song The Fragrance of Cassia Twig for Soprano with Piano Accompaniment (Performed at Xinhai conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China in 1998).
1996
  • Three Little Melodies for Solo Piano: Ghost Dance, Lone Shadow and The Strange Steps (Performed at Xinhai conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China in 1998).

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» Works by Genre

Orchestral
  • Orchestra Piece No. 3 Echoing Colorful Clouds and Mystic Footprints of India.
  • Orchestra Piece No.2
  • Orchestra Piece No. 1 Echoes and Sparks of the Sacred Space - Dedicated to those who are courageously. (Piece sent to participate for 2003 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award).
Concerto
  • Violin Concerto No.1
Chamber

Duet

  • The Valley at Night for Flute and Piano (Performed at Xinhai conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China in 1998).

Trio

  • String Trio The Dream of Berlin for Violin, Viola and Cello (Performed at the concert “From Us to You – New Chamber Music from America” in the New Synagogue Concert Hall, Berlin Germany).
  • Trio Lunar Rainbow for Flute, Cello and Piano (Performed at Bowdoin International Music Festival in July 2006).
  • Trio Sound of Camel for Erhu, Violin and Cello
  • Trio Meteoric for Flute, Cello and Piano (Public performance planned at the University of Missouri-Kansas City on February 8, 2006 Musica Nova concert and this piece has also won the 2005 UMKC composition competition).

Quartet

  • String Quartet No. 4 Pyramid I From the Young, II The Labor of Living, III The Peak.
  • String Quartet No. 2 The Way Beset with Brambles, but You Have to Go. Why? Nobody Knows. There is a Voice Ahead Calling You: “Go, go, go!” (Performed at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in December 2004).
  • String Quartet No. 1 (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in October 2001).

Quintet

  • Quintet Sound of Wind for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano.

Sextet

  • Sextet for Woodwind Instruments I Flying Sounds, II Echo of Pastoral, III Rampant Flock. Composed for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Marimba.
  • Sextet for Woodwind Instruments Sound of Nature (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in June 2002. Piece sent to participate for 12 th International Competition for Female Composers).

Septet

  • Four-Voice Fugue for Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba, Piano and Violin (Performed at California State University, Los Angeles on May 17, 2007).
  • Fantasia for Large Ensemble for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass (Performed in China).
  • The Embarrassment World for Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Marimba, Timpani, and Bamboo Flute. Consisting of three movements: Embarrassment, Struggle and Glimmers of Hope. (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in June 1999).

Nine

  • Remembrance of Things Past - Dedicated to our charming dead memories. Composed for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass (Performed at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China in December 2002).

Vocal and Instrumental

  • Fantasia for Solo Cello and Voice (Performed at California State University, Los Angeles on February 2, 2007).
  • Opera of String Quartet No. 3 Sanskrit (Performed at Pebble Beach, California Summer Music Festival on July 30, 2005).

Solo

Keyboard

  • Two-Bird Fugue for Solo Piano - dedicated to J.S. Bach. (Performed at California State University, Los Angeles on February 5, 2008).
  • Three Little Melodies for Solo Piano: Ghost Dance, Lone Shadow and The Strange Steps (Performed at Xinhai conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China in 1998).
Songs
  • An Artistic Song The Fragrance of Cassia Twig for Soprano with Piano Accompaniment (Performed at Xinhai conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China in 1998).

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