Human-AI Co-Creation project update (Aug ’23)

[To hear one of Chen Yu-Han’s complete recordings of my solo work “Hook” please go to my bandcamp page here.  More recordings, including fragments and improvisations, to follow!] In the last year and half I’ve been looking into approaches to human-AI co-creation, working in particular with Glasgow-based scientist Lex O’Brien.  They have been helping me…Continue Reading “Human-AI Co-Creation project update (Aug ’23)”

TimeArt Studio Premiere of “Walking by Willow Creek” at Tunghai University 時間藝術工作室:《漫步柳川》在東海大學之首演 2022.9.18

I had a wonderful time with everyone at the TimeArt Studio, who premiered my piece (with me conducting) at Tunghai University in September.  The performance had the added dramatic tension of knowing that just as the previous piece was ending, Taiwan experienced a sizeable earthquake that caused all the lighting rig and furniture to rattle! …Continue Reading “TimeArt Studio Premiere of “Walking by Willow Creek” at Tunghai University 時間藝術工作室:《漫步柳川》在東海大學之首演 2022.9.18″

Rehearsing for the premiere of “Moon” at Taipei International New Music Festival (Aug.’22) 臺北國際現代音樂節將首演的《月》之排練(2022.8)

Last week I had some very rewarding and useful online rehearsals with the four players who will premiere my piece Moon in October, as part of the Taipei International New Music Festival.  The festival is administered by ISCM Taiwan, and Moon was selected by the jury in a call for works last year.  It’s exciting to hear…Continue Reading “Rehearsing for the premiere of “Moon” at Taipei International New Music Festival (Aug.’22) 臺北國際現代音樂節將首演的《月》之排練(2022.8)”

New work “Moon” selected for inclusion in 2022 Taipei International New Music Festival (Oct. 2021)

My new nine-minute quartet for zhonghu, guzheng, alto saxophone and tuned percussion (marimba doubling vibraphone), titled Moon, has been selected in the latest call for works of the Taiwan Branch of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM).  It will receive its premiere in the 2022 edition of the Taipei International New Music Festival. For…Continue Reading “New work “Moon” selected for inclusion in 2022 Taipei International New Music Festival (Oct. 2021)”