ALAN CHAN - News

2008  
Nov. 17-Dec.10 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY
Nov. 4-9 Percussive Arts Society Conference, Austin, TX
Oct. 24 Melody of China - Young Composers Series
8pm, Old First Church, San Francisco
Bitter Melon (2008) for pipa and erhu
** World Premiere
Oct. 18

Lien Percussion Ensemble
Sweet Bach (2008) for percussion ensemble
** World premiere
National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

Sept.9-25 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY
August 9

Lin-Lin Chang Recital Theatre 張琳琳美聲樂坊
台灣台北中山堂光復廳 Kunfu Hall, Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
A Beautiful Rebirth 美麗的輪迴 (2008) for voice and piano
** World premiere
Ho Wen-Hsiung / text
Lin-lin Chang / voice; Alan Chan / piano

June 19 Without a Trail to Lace (2006/8) for voice and vibraphone is the first prize winner of the 2008 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest
June 14

International Jazz Composers' Symposium
Co-soponsored by the University of South Florida Center for Jazz Composition and the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) in partnership with BMI
Shrimp Tale 蝦故事 (2005-7) for Jazz orchestra
Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge

May 28

Apollo Wong Master Vocal Recital
December Light (2006/8) for bass voice, clarinet, cello and piano
**New version premiere

8pm, Jan Popper Theatre, Schoenberg Music building, University of California - Los Angeles

May 19

Miguel Duran DMA Clarinet Recital
Waltz (2005/6) for solo clarinet
**New version premiere
7:30pm, Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC, Los Angeles, CA

March 30

Classical KUSC (FM91.5) of Los Angeles
8-9pm Thornton Center Stage program #248
Host: Alan Chapman
Daughter's Lullaby (2006/07) for voice and orchestra
USC Thornton Symphony Orchestra
Courtney Huffman / voice; Donald Crockett / conductor

Feb 21

Radio Television Hong Kong Channel 4 (RTHK4), "Silk and Bamboo" program
Chanson 笙歌 (2004-6) for 21-pipe sheng
** World Broadcasting Premiere
Loo Sze- Wang / sheng
Link:
http://www.rthk.org.hk/asx/rthk/radio4/Silk_And_Bamboo/20080221.asx

Chanson is featured between [16:15] and [24:05] (Duration: 8 mins. 50 sec.)

Feb 17

Fort Worth Symphony Composer Workshop
3-9 p.m., Van Cliburn Recital Hall, Fort Worth, TX

Feb 7

New Music for Orchestra Concert
Daughter's Lullaby (2006/07) for voice and orchestra
USC Thornton Symphony Orchestra
Courtney Huffman / voice; Donald Crockett / conductor
7:30pm, Bovard Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA


2007
 
Dec11 to Jan 15, 2008 Trip to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing and Hokkaido
Nov 1 Passed DMA Comprehensive Exams!!
Oct 21

Luisiana State University (LSU) Percussion Ensemble Concert
7pm, LSU Recital Hall
metal...stone...being...cracked (2001/02) for percussion quintet
!Winner of LSU Percussion Ensemble Composition Competition!

Aug 10, 11 Lin-lin Chang Recital Theatre
Mythical Dream by Lee Tai-Hsiang
Alan Chan / conductor
Red House Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan
July 10

Duo Recital by Letty Poon and David Leung
8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall Cultural Activities Hall, Hong Kong
Duo (2006/07) for violin and cello (I.Emergence II.Metal III.Des Voeux)
** World premiere

July 7 Melody of China - Young Composers Series
7pm, Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, CA
May 25

Melody of China - Young Composers Series
8pm, Old First Church, San Francisco
Acala (2007) for sheng, yangqin, zheng and erhu
** World Premiere
Wang Hong / erhu; Gou Wanpeng / sheng; Zhao Gangqin / zheng; Zhao Yangqin / yangqin

Mar 31

Alan Chan Composition Recital at USC
8pm, Jeanette MacDonald Recital Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Artists: Kay Braden / bassoon; Brian Bush / horn; Alan Chan / conductor, piano; Miguel Duran / bass clarinet; Courtney Huffman / soprano; Kim Lamb / oboe; Christopher Matthews / flute; Ben Phelps / vibes; Julianne Scott /clarinet; Gabriel Wyner / tenor

Feb 27 USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra Concert
8pm, Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Shrimp Tale (2005-07) for Jazz orchestra
TJO with Shelly Berg
Feb 5

Alan Chan Jazz Composition Recital at USC
7:30pm, Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Moving to a New Capital (2006/07) for Jazz orchestra
** World premiere
Shrimp Tale (2005-07) for Jazz orchestra
** World premiere
Alan Chan / conductor; TJO - USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra (music director: Shelly Berg)


2006

 
Dec 23 "metal...stone...being...cracked" Alan Chan Composition Recital
12noon, Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall
Artists: members of City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Lin-lin Chang (Taiwan), Andrea Moore (USA), Alan Chan, Yuki Ip and Apollo Wong.
Presented by Arts and Culture Development Fund
Oct 22

USC Composers' Showcase
December Light (2006) for voice and piano
** World premiere
Gabriel Wyner / baritone; Alan Chan / piano

Oct 10

USC Contemporary Music Ensemble
California Plate (2006) for voice and piano
Courtney Huffman / soprano; Tali Tamor / piano

Sept 30 James Snell Faculty Recital
Daughter's Lullaby (part 2 of Without a Trail to Lace) (2006) for voice and vibraphone
** World premiere
Melanie Snell / soprano; James Snell / vibraphone
Aug-Dec USC (Fall semester)
Aug 16

Composer fellow, the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East at Bennington College, VT
Q (2006) for wind quintet
** World premiere

Aug 1-8 The Walden School Music Teacher Training Workshop, Dublin, NH (second time)
Aug (week 1-3) Trip to New England, Montreal
Jul 14/15

Lin-Lin Chang Recital Theatre 張琳琳獨唱劇<<紅塵念>>
紅樓劇場,台北,台灣
Red Playhouse, Taipei, Taiwan
A Spirit's Dream 紅塵念 (2006) for voice and piano
** World premiere
Lin-lin Chang / voice; Alan Chan / piano

Jun-Jul Trip to Hong Kong
Apr 11

USC One Language, Many Voices Concert (showcase of new music from Writer and Composer course)
** World premieres
In the Forest of Green Flames
(2006) for voice and piano (text: Nicky Schildkraut)
Hanna Waldman / voice, Lisa Sylvester / piano

California Plate (2006) for voice and piano (text: Victoria Chang)
Courtney Huffman / voice, Tali Tadmor /piano

Mar 26

USC Composers' Showcase
Waltz (2005/06) for bass clarinet
** World premiere
Miguel Duran / bass clarinet

Floes (2002) for vibes solo
Andrea Moore / vibraphone

Jan-May USC (Spring semester)


2005

 
Aug-Dec USC (Fall semester)
Dec Trip to Hong Kong
3/16  University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Orchestra
at the Concerto-Aria Competition Winners Concert
Burlesque (2004) for Orchestra
** World premiere
Jason Reinhardt / conductor
2/24-26 University of Texas - San Antonio Percussion Ensemble, at the SCI Region VI conference (Director: Sherry Rubins)
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2001/02)
2/5, 2/19

Hong Kong Music Office presents New Vision of Tunes concert
Night Silent 夜平安 (2005) for clarinet, cello and piano
** World premiere

Jan-May USC (Spring semester)

2004
 
Dec Trip to Hong Kong
10/18 University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Percussion Ensemble (Director: James Snell)
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2001/02)
Aug-Dec University of Southern California (USC) (Fall semester)
Sept Floes (2002) available for purchase at HoneyRock Publishing
July  Trip to Hong Kong
6/18-21 The Walden School Music Teacher Training Workshop, Santa Clara, CA (first time)
6/10 Kansas City Star
6/4 Floes (2002) is awarded second place at the Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition
5/8 Received Master's degree in composition from UMKC
5/6 Received first prize from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Orchestral Composition Competition!
Burlesque (2004) for Orchestra
Jan-May UMKC (Winter semester)

2003
 
Dec-Jan 2004  Trip to Hong Kong / Macau
11/4

Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York
John Beck / director
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (3rd version) (2001/2002)

Aug-Dec UMKC (Fall semester)
6/3 at the June in Buffalo festival (Vibraphone: Rin Ozaki)
Floes (2002)
** World premiere
5/1 St. Olaf College Percussion Ensemble, Urness Recital Hall, Northfield, Minnesota
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2001/02)
4/11-12 at the SCI Region VIII conference, Ellensburg, Washington
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2001/02)
Composition 0 (2000)
3/8 St. Olaf Percussion Ensemble, at the SCI Region V conference, St. Paul, Minnesota
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2001/02)
Jan-May UMKC (Winter semester)

2002
 
11/6 STOP Percussion Ensemble, at the MUSICA DANUBIANA Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2001/02)
** Europe premiere
10/21 University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Percussion Ensemble (Director: James Snell)
metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2nd version) (2001/02)
7/5 - 7/21  UMKC (Fall semester)
 7/21-7/30  Trip to Berlin, Leipzig and Prague
7/5 - 7/21 Darmstadt International summer courses for new music, Germany
5/23  Received "Honorable Mention" from Morton Gould Young Composer Competition
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Concert Music Awards Ceremony
New York City, New York
4/4 - 4/6 Attended SEAMUS National Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa
3/21 Imagine 2002, University of Memphis, Tennessee
UofM Percussion Ensemble - metal...stone...being...cracked  金石為開 (2001)
** World premiere
2/17 Eastern Winds Ensemble Composition Competition Concert, City Hall Recital Hall, Central, Hong Kong
C
omposition 0 (2000)
1/26 Performed Sheng (a Chinese mouth organ) with Jan Faidley (Saxophone) in New Ear's Concert - "Distance" by Takemitsu
Jan - May UMKC (Winter semester)

2001
 
Mid-Dec Trip to Shanghai
Dec - Jan Trip to Hong Kong
Aug - Dec University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) (Fall semester)
8/13/01 Accompanist of Lin-lin Chang Soprano Recital, Taipei, Taiwan 張琳琳獨唱會, 台北國家演奏廳, 台灣
6/13 - 6/22 IRCAM (Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique / musique) summer course, Paris, France
Private lesson with Marc-Andre Dalbavie
3/23 Composition Recital, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida