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2007
December
20: A South American premiere of "Three Dada Songs" will take place on the 20th of December, at the Goethe Institute, corrientes 319, Buenos Aires, Argentina in a program of works including the Ursonata de Kurt Schwitters 1916, Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses 1926, compositions by Helmut Lachenmann and Gyorgy Kurtag, with Sylvie robert, soprano, Andrea Garcia, piano, Juliana Moreno, flute,Martin Devoto, cello.
16: Conducting the Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra in a
concert of music by Chinese composers, including "Saudades de Macau" and "Song of the Pipa". 2 p.m., at the Town Hall, New York.
8: Performance of "Sometime I feel Like a Motherless
Child"
by the Eugene Symphony, Nathan Myers, Baritone, David Alan Miller, conductor.
6– 9: MARGARET JENKINS DANCE COMPANY Presents "O T H E R S U N S" with Music by Bun-Ching Lam at Project Artaud Theater, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco.
1: World Premiere performance of "Miroir de Macao" for
Sheng & Orchestra at the ISCM World Music Days in Macao. Macao Orchestra, with Loo Sze-wang, Sheng soloist, and En Shao, conductor.
November
15: Performance of "Bittersweet Music II" by
violinist János
Négyesy, at the North River Series of Greenwich House.
October
16: Performance of "Bittersweet Music II"by Nueva
Musica Duo
at the Festival Internacional Cervantino, in Mexico.
May
26: "Last Spring" will be performed by members of the Macao
Orchestra in a chamber music concert, as part of the Macao Arts Festival.
12: "Saudades de Macao" will be performed by the Queens Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, 7:00 p.m. at the Queensborough Community College. This will be a New York premiere.
9: "Bittersweet Music II" will be performed by violinist János
Négyesy in GEDOK, Koppel 66, in Hamburg, Germany.
March
24: Performance of "Run" at the Plucked Chinese
Instrumental Music Concert , Central Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, Beijing.
4: Premiere of "Five
Smith Pieces" for Horn, commissioned by the Albany Symphony
Orchestra. Performed by Victor Sungarian, on the Concourse of
the Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York.
2006
December
17: Performance
of "Song of the Pipa", by the Macao Orchestra, with
pipa soloist Wang Ching, conducted by En Shao. At the 7th Macao
Handover Anniversary Concert. 8 p.m., Macao Cathedral.
14: China Premiere of "Six Phenomena" by
pianist Sun Xiao-xue, at the Music College of Capital Normal
University, Beijing.
November
25: Performance of "Run" by pipa soloist Wu Man, at the
Theatre de la Ville, Paris.
2: Performance of
"The Journey" by the Song Company and the Hong Kong
Chinese Music Virtuosi, in the Project "Six Hermits",
Loke Yaw Hall, Hong Kong Univeristy.
October
26: New
York premiere of "Six Phenomena" by pianist Dimitri
Vassilkis at the North River Series, Greenwich House Music School.
14: Performance of "Ein Alter Tibetteppich" by
Thomas Buckner, baritone, and Joseph Kubera, piano, at "Second
Performances at Issue Project." Issue Project Room, Brooklyn,
New York.
September
21: Guest speaker
at the Composers' colloquium at Princeton University.
12: Noon Time colloquium
at the Cornish College of the Arts, performing "Loin d'ici"
with flutist Paul Taub, in a talk entitled "Cornish &
I."
11: Guest speaker in a Noon Time colloquium at
the Poncho Theater, Cornish College of the Arts, presenting recent
works.
9: Performance of
"The Child God" at Sheetk'a Kwaan Naa Kahidi, Sitka,
Alaska.
7–8: A New production
of Shadow puppet opera "The Child God" at the Crosssound
Extreme Altitudes concerts. Performed by the Theatre in the Rough,
directed by Michael Kerstan. Music performed by Soprano Randall
Wong, with the Crosssound Sinfonietta conducted by Stewart Emerson.
At the Northern Light Church, Juneau, Alaska. More information
at: www.crosssound.com
August
5: Premiere of "Ein
Alter Tibetteppich" for baritone and piano, performed by
Thomas Buckner and Bun-Ching Lam in Poestenkill, New York.
July
31: Performance of
"Journey II" by the Hong Kong Chinese Music Virtuosi,
at Passage - Music of Far East Festival, Centre for Contemporary
at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland.
May
4: Premiere of "Six
Phenomena" by pianist Xiao Xue Sun, in a Graduate Lecture
Recital, at the School of music, Michigan State University.
February
1: Performance of
"Loin d'ici" at the Focus Festival, 8 p.m. Juilliard
School of Music, New York.
January
20: Premiere of "Poestenkill Pastorale,"
commissioned by the Albany Symphony, in a concert celebrating
their 75th anniversary. At the same concert, Yo-Yo Ma and friends
will be performing the Brahms Double Concerto and the Beethoven
Triple Concerto, with David Alan Miller conducting. 7:30 p.m.,
at Palace Theatre, Albany, New York.
2005
October
30: Flutist Paul Taub and pianist Byron Shenkman
will present the West Coast premiere of "Loin D'ici."
4:00 p.m., at the Town Hall, Seattle, Washington.
19: World Premiere of " Saudades de Macau
II" commissioned by the Cultural Bureau Affairs for the 19th
Macao Music Festival. Performed by the Macao Orchestra, Shao En,
conductor, with the composer as the piano soloist. 8 p.m., October
19, at the Macao Cathedral.
August
11: Premiere of "Loin d'ici" by six
young flutists in the semi-final round of the contest during the
Flute Convention in San Diego. This work was commissioned by the
National Flute association for the Young Artists' competition.
April
14: Performance of "Bittersweet Music II"
for solo violin by Janos Négyesy, 8 p.m., Mandeville Center
for the Arts - Recital Hall; University of California at San Diego.
28: A rare appearance of Bun-Ching Lam on the
piano, with long time partner Margaret Lynn from Hong Kong, performing
"After Spring," and the American premiere of the two
piano version of "Saudades de Macao", in a program of
"Piano Music of Macau Origins." Other works include
solo pieces by Father Aureo Castro, Doming Lam and a world premiere
by Law Wing-fei, commissioned specially for this concert. North
River Music, 8 p.m., at the Greenwich House, New York.
March
10: Performance of "Run" for solo
pipa by the Ba Ban Chinese Music Society presented by the North
River Music Series. 8 p.m. at the Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich
House Music School at 46, Barrow Street, New York City.
January
15: Performance of "Sometimes I feel Like
a Motherless Child" by the Erie Philharmonic, Charles Kennedy
Jr. Baritone. Hugh Keelan, conductor.
2004
December
9–11: Performances of selections from "Saudades
de Macau" by the Albany Symphony, conducted by David Alan
Miller at the Saratoga Canfield Casino, First United Methodist
Church, Pittsfild, and at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, New
York.
November
3: Performance of "Last Love Songs"
by the New Music Ensemble of the Texas Christian University.
September
17: Performance of "Another Spring,"
at the National Library Concert Hall in Beijing, China in a Chamber
Music Concert organized by the Chinese Woman Composers' Association
and Jiangjie Culture & Arts Center.
18: Performance of "Three Haikei"
by Jeremias Schwarzer and Makiko Goto at the Krypta Des Münster,
Münsterplatz, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
29–Oct. 2: Performances of "Kuro Shio"
by Molissa Fenley and Dancer. Choreographed by Molissa Fenley
with music of "...Like Water," at the Kitchen, New York.
June
27: Premiere of "Atlas" commissioned
by the Holland Festival. Performed by the Atlas Ensemble, conducted
by Ed Spanjaard at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
March
14: Performance of "Bittersweet Music III"
for bass flute by Paul Taub of the Seattle Chamber Players, in
the "Music of Our Times" series. 8 p.m., at the Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, WA.
21: Premiere of "Spring Roll" for
solo piano, commissioned by the Kaufman Center in celebration
of its Fiftieth Anniversary. Merkin Concert Hall, New York.
February
19: Premiere performance of "Sometimes
I Feel Like a Motherless Child" for baritone and orchestra
at the Canfield Casino, Saratoga Springs. Commissioned and performed
by the Albany Symphony, with baritone Nathan Myers, conducted
by David Alan Miller.
Performance of "Another Spring" by Speculum Musicae
in the concert series "SYGYZY, New Music at Rice" at
the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Houston, TX.
29: Performance of "Bolts of Melody"
by Thomas Buckner, baritone & Wu Man, pipa at Herbst Theatre,
San Francisco, at 4 p.m.
5–7, 11–13: Performance of "...Like Water"
by Zeitgeist in a cabaret-style festival of works entitled "If
Tigers Were Clouds - Women Pioneers of the Ear." Zeitgeist
Studio, St. Paul, MN.
2003
December
16: Performance of "Another Spring"
by the New Millennium Ensemble, at the Eastman School of Music,
Rochester, NY.
November
11: Duo-piano concert with Margaret Lynn, world
premiere of "Six Phenomena," and the two piano version
of "Saudades de Macau," plus the Macao premiere of "After
Spring." Concert Hall, Macau Cultural Center.
13–16: Performances of "Kuro Shio"
at Joyce SoHo, New York.
19–25: Visiting Artist at the Academy for Performing
Arts, Hong Kong.
25: Duo-piano concert with Margaret Lynn at
the Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong.
27: Performance of "...Like Water"
by the Nieuw Ensemble of Holland at the Second Chinese Composers'
Conference, Hong Kong Cultural Center.
October
23–24: Performances of "Kuro Shio: at the
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Tokyo, Japan.
24: Premiere of "Three Haikai" for
Recorder & Koto; Nürnberg Opera House, Germany.
30: Performance of "Run" for solo
pipa, by "Music From China" in a concert entitled "Chinese
Composers in America." 8 pm, at Coolidge Auditorium in the
Jefferson Building
Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
September
25: Premiere
of "Bolts of Melody," settings of poems by Emily Dickinson
for Thomas Buckner, Baritone and Wu Man, pipa. Interpretation
Series, Merkin Concert Hall, New York.
August
27–28: Performances of "Kuro Shio,"
choreographed by Molissa Fenley with music of "...Like Water,"
at the National Theater of Korea.
April
24: Performance of "...Like Water"
by Zeitgeist, New Music festival at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
March
2: Performance of "...Like Water"
by Zeitgeist, in a concert entitled "Balancing Intensities"
at 3 pm at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.
January
23: Guest composer of NewMusicMannes, performance
of"Another Spring" at The New School, New York.
22: Guest lecture at the Composition Seminar,
Mannes College of Music, New York.
2002
November
20: Guest Lecture at the Composers' Forum, Conservatory
of Music, Brooklyn College
6: Performance
of "Bittersweet Music I" in a concert of music by fellows
of the American Academy in Rome. 8 p.m., Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall.
October
30: Melbourne Festival presents premiere performance
of "The Journey" commissioned by the Song Company of
Australia for six singers and six Chinese instruments; 8 p.m.,
St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.
27: Performance of "The Journey,"
3 p.m., Parramatta Reiverside, Sydney.
26: Premiere performance of "The Journey"
commissioned by the Song Company of Australia for six singers
and six Chinese instruments. 8 p.m., Sydney Conservatorium, Australia.
21: A concert of orchestral music by Lam &
Chen Yi, performed by the Shanghai/ Macao Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Bun-Ching Lam at the Macao International Music Festival.
16: Performance of "Song of the Pipa"
at the ISCM World Music Days, Hong Kong. 4:30 p.m., Hong Kong
Academy of Performing Arts.
September
17: Premiere performance of Song Five from "
Bolts of Melody" for baritone and pipa; Thomas Buckner, Baritone,
Dong Ja, pipa. Performance of "Nachtgesaenge" with Stuttgart
musicians at the opening ceremony for the first Retrospective
Exhibition of the Kaldewey Press. Wuettembergische Landesbibliothek,
Konrad-Adenauer- Strasse 8, Stuttgart.
April
27: Concert of works, including "The Child God"
and "...Like Water," 8 pm, Music Auditorium, Mills College,
5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA.
14–28: Jean MacDuff Vaux Composer-in-Residence,
Mills College, California.
March
15–17: Performances of "Wenji: Eighteen Songs
of the Nomad Flute" at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, 8 pm, Hong
Kong City Hall Theatre, Hong Kong.
February
1, 2, 8, 9: Performances of "Wenji: Eighteen
Songs of the Nomad Flute," 8 pm, Asia Society.
January
31: World Premiere of "Wenji: Eighteen Songs
of the Nomad Flute," an opera in one act, with three singers and
an ensemble of eight musicians, conducted by Bun-Ching Lam; Rinde
Eckert, director. 8 pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue at 70th
Street, New York.
20: Performance of "Omi Hakkei" by Music from China and
guests. Featured at the showcase concert of the Chamber Music
America Conference in New York, 4:30 pm at St. Luke's Lutheran
Church, 46th Street at 8th Avenue.
2001
December
8: Work-in-progress presentation of "Wenji:
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute." Concert reading of selected
scenes with full ensemble preceded by a brief lecture on the historical
context of the story by scholar Irene Leung and a Guqin demonstration
by John Thompson. 8 pm at the Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New
York.
6–8: "A Solemn Evening for Reflection"
featuring new and original works: "Grist for the Mill":
Composer: Bun-Ching Lam, Choreographer/Director: Amy Yopp Sullivan.
8 pm, Theatre 2, Staller Center for the Arts, State University
of New York at Stony Brook.
5: "...Like Water," performed by Taneko,
8 pm, at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA.
August
24, 25: Performance of "Run" at the CrossSound
Festival, Sitka and Juneau, Alaska.
May
Performance of "Another Spring" by Trio Fedele, presented by
"Music at Kohl Mansion," Burlingame, California.
April
Premiere performances of "Song of the Pipa" by the New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra, with Wu Man, Pipa soloist, and Samuel Wong,
conductor. Second part of the Music Alive! Composer in Residence
at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Guest lectures at Princeton
University, Rutgers University and Chinese Heritage School in
New Jersey. Performance of "Run" by Min Xiao-Fen at the "Chinese
Visions" concert presented by the Voices of Change in Dallas,
Texas.
February
Performance of "Nachtgesänge" (Nightsongs) at the "Tage für Neue
Musik" at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt, Germany.
2000
December
Guest lecture at the Composition Department, Juilliard School
of Music.
November
Premiere of "Omi Hakkei," commissioned by Chamber Music America,
with musicians of Music from China and the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra at Merkin Concert Hall, New York. Music Alive! Composer
in Residence at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Presented a
concert of chamber music at the Newark Museum, performed by the
musicians of Music From China and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
Lectures at various schools including the New Jersey State University,
Montclair.
September
Premiere of "Nightsongs" on text by Friedrich Hölderlin
at the CrossSound Festival, at Sitka and Juneau, Alaska.
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