Chinese Instruments

for mixed orchestra (seven Chinese instruments and Western symphony orchestra)
dizi, 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, sheng, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, suona, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, yangqin, 2 harps, pipa, zhongruan (doubling daruan), guzheng, timpani, percussion (4 players), strings
Original version for Chinese Orchestra commissioned by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

for Chinese quartet and string orchestra
dizi, erhu, pipa, guzheng / strings
Written with support from a MacDowell Fellowship

for Chinese orchestra
bangdi, qudi, xindi, 2 soprano sheng, tenor sheng, bass sheng, soprano suona, alto suona, tenor suona, bass suona, soprano guan, alto guan (doubling double bass guan), bass guan, yangqin, xiaoruan, pipa, zhongruan, daruan, guzheng, timpani, 4 percussionists, gaohu, erhu, zhonghu, gehu, bass gehu
Commissioned by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
2 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 3 percussionists, percussion solo, harp, piano, strings
Written for Wang Beibei

for erhu, 4-speaker audio, and video projection
erhu, fixed media (Mac laptop running Max/MSP), optional video projection
Commissioned by the Melody for Dialogues Among Civilizations Association; written for Guo Gan

for flute and 4-speaker audio
flute, fixed media (Mac laptop running Max/MSP)
Written for Orlando Cela

for pipa solo with glockenspiel and drum
pipa, glockenspiel, drum
Written for “Cherry” Yu Yuanchun

for pipa and guitar
pipa, guitar
Written for Eliot Fisk and Wu Man

Concerto for Pipa and Symphony Orchestra
2 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp, pipa solo, strings
Commissioned by and written for Min Xiao-Fen

for solo pipa
pipa
Written for Wu Man