ALAN CHAN

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Alan Chan is a multi-faceted composer with works written for orchestra, jazz big band, Chinese instruments, and various percussion and chamber settings. He creates original and innovative music by incorporating music from cultures around the globe, in order to bring a refreshing experience to audiences. He has received commissions from around the world and awards from ASCAP, ArtEZ (Netherlands), American Composers Forum (ACF), Percussive Arts Society (PAS) and Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH), among others.

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Curriculum Vitae

5.20.2012, 7:00 pm - Gateway Jazz Orchestra @ GPS

10.20.2011 - Radio Interview - RTHK 3 - Morning Brew with Phil Whelan
*** Listen

9.1 / 9.5.2011, 5:30 pm - Two TV interviews on jazz composition with
Juliette Zhuo on "LA Living" program - KSCITV, Channel 18 (Los Angeles)
***Watch on YouTube (in Mandarin Chinese)

7.8.2011, 7:30 pm -Three Rituals for piccolo and percussion world premiere by Firebird Ensemble (Boston) at the Dublin School, Dublin, NH (commissioned by the Walden School)

6.12.2011 To Be Continuted for jazz big band is the winner of this year's ArtEZ Jazz Composition Contest, Enschede, the Netherlands
** Watch the Millennium Jazz Orchestra performance on Youtube

6.10.2011, 8:00pm - Erhu Concerto: Rock-Paper-Scissors world premiere
The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's
Thomas Neenan, conductor; Henry Wang, erhu
**Joint Los Angeles County Art / St. Matthew's Music Guild Commission

6.4.2011, 8 pm - Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Premiere of Bitter Melon for pipa and erhu @ Sheung Wan Civic Center, Hong Kong

Sweet Bach (percussion quintet)
Without a Trail to Lace (voice and vibraphone)
Floes (vibraphone)

Design: Sam Lee
Text of Without a Trail to Lace by Nicky Schildkraut

Videos on Youtube
1. 6.12.2011 - To Be Continued (Millennium Jazz Orchestra, the Netherlands)
2. 7.17.2010 - Victoria Dispensary for Hexnut
3. 4.10.2010 - Without a Trial to Lace for voice and vibraphone performance at G.I. 1: Gateway Multimedia Initiative concert
(Courtney Huffman, Yuri Inoo)
4. A Spirit's Dream for voice and piano (Courtney Huffman)

PREVIOUS PROJECTS

The Walla! Project (March 2009)
1 ...je vis, vox+pno:
Ren Bell, voice; Alan Chan, piano

2. René's Barcarolle for jazz big band

…je vis is a musical setting of text by French philosopher and poet René Daumal (1908-1944), for Emily Mast’s MFA Thesis Exhibition on 3/5/2009 - a one-act play/installation features 5 actors, artificial audience, accordionist and guitarist. (see above photo) René's Barcarolle is a fantasy for jazz big band inspired by show.

Online interdisciplinary journal (spring 2009)
Digital Composer Archive: Alan Chan

Five short documentary films about Alan Chan's collaborative works.

7.16.2010 - Victoria Dispensary premiere @ Walden School Summer Program by Hexnut

10.18.2008 - Lien Percussion Ensemble - premiere of Sweet Bach
7:30 p.m. National Concert Hall, Taipei

10.24.2008 - Melody of China - premiere of Bitter Melon
8 p.m. Old First Church, San Francisco, California


(what is pipa and erhu?)

8.9.2008 - Lin-lin Chang Recital Theatre
- premiere of Beautiful Rebirth

2.7.2008: Daughter's Lullaby premiere at USC
Courtney Huffman / soprano
Donald Crockett / conductor
USC Thornton Symphony Orchestra

6.12-14.2008 - International Jazz Composers' Symposium with Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge
Shrimp Tale for Jazz orchestra

8.10/11.2007: Li Tai Hsiang's Mythical Dream
Alan Chan / conductor

7.10.2007: Letty Poon and David Leung duo -
premiere of Duo (2007)

5.25.2007: Melody of China premiere of Acala (2007)