王曉嵐 Hsiao-Lan Wang
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Electric Monster Concert at D-22, Beijing
The first performance of Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble in Beijing took place on 5/18 (9-11 PM) at D-22, home of China’s underground. What a fun experience!
Electric Monster's performance at D-22 in Beijing, May 2010. photo by Benoit Granier
Program:
SoundCloud (2010) Hsiao-Lan Wang
OM (2009) Kyong Mee Choi
Awake (2010) Daniel Zajicek
Baffin Bay (2008) Adam Scott Neal
I Will Play the Swan and Die in Music (2010) Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner
Will Hartley on trombone
RadioGamelan (2010) Greg Surges
Wind Farm (2009) John Gibson
WaveDrag (2010) by the Electric Monster based on Jeff Morris’ Max patch
Kent Johnson on guitar
Total improv jam session with special guest performer Bruce Gremo on Cilia, the flute controller, and Max.
Interview at Radio Station KTRU Houston
Hsiao-Lan and Scordatura radio host Hsin-Jung in the studio of KTRU on the Rice University campus
Over the winter break, I was invited for an hour-long interview with Scordatura radio show host Hsin-Jung Tsai at 91.7 FM KTRU, Houston. I talked about my musical works, working with performers, women in music issues, the Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble, my country Taiwan, and my collaboration with visual artists and filmmakers. It was a tour de force interview that touched on many of the things that I have been putting a lot of effort into. It was also a wonderful opportunity for me to reunite with my dear friend Hsin-Jung, who is also a composer and performer.
SCORDATURA is the Houston area’s source for new directions in contemporary classical music and sound. Broadcasted on 91.7/91.5 FM KTRU, this program offers a wide variety of genres from the concert music of the early 20th century to the current trends in sound ecology. Here is KTRU’s website.
Segment 1: talking about chamber work Tale of an Unborn Child:
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Segment 2: talking about Refrain for yangchin (Chinese dulcimer) and tape:
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Segment 3: talking about women in music issues and IAWM:
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Segment 4: talking about tape piece Green Potato II and Taiwan:
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Segment 5: talking about the Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble:
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Segment 6: talking about collaboration with artists and advice for young composers:
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Dance Premiere with Made in…
A group of young choreographers presented eight miniature dance works in Coburg, Germany last weekend. The show is titled: Das Paradies entsteht aus dem Nichts. My music was featured in one of the pieces:
Title: Das Paradies befindet sich am Ende der Welt (2010)
Choreographer and Dancer: Po-Sheng Yeh 葉博聖
Music: Hsiao-Lan Wang 王曉嵐, Made in… (2008)
Location: Landes Coburg Theater, Coburg, Germany
Date: Sunday, 1/17/2010
Brass quintet Transformation at the 20th Festival of Women Composers
Brass quintet Transformation will be performed by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s faculty ensemble, the Hoodlebug Brass, on Friday, March 19 at our 4:45 p.m. concert in Gorell Recital Hall. The 2010 edition is IUP’s Ninth Festival of Women Composers, the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the festival featuring the works of women composers by international presenters since 1990.
The festival web page is HERE.
Transformation was composed in 2001, and premiered at University of North Texas under the direction of Tony Baker in 2002.
Beauty, Horror and Silence: The Electronic Arts and Music Festival
Hsiao-Lan and Benoit’s collaborative video work Made in… is included in the “Beauty” program (December 4) at the Electronic Arts and Music Festival this year, at Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, FL from December 4-6. See below the official announcement.
We have received more than 200 submissions! The works reached us from five different continents. It was inspiring to see the multitude of artistic expressions. Most importantly, the review process reminded us once again how exciting our world of electronic music and arts is.
– Juraj Kojs, curator
The festival program can be found here:
Beauty (December 4): http://www.12nights.org/Night11.html
Horror (December 5): http://www.12nights.org/Night12.html
Silence (December 6): http://www.12nights.org/Night13.html
Made in… plays at Lewis University
My video collaboration Made in… will play on the Music BYTES video concert at Lewis University on 10/30/2009. Works on the concert are:
Graveshift
Per Bloland, music
Arie Stavcheansky, video
Confined-10-01-2
Paul J. Bohelho, music
Russell J. Chartier, video
Made In…
Hsiao-Lan Wang, music
Benoit Granier, video
NGC-1999
Samuel Pellman, music
Miranda Raimondi, video
Becoming3-2
Evan Merz
flutter arrhythmias
Charles Norman Mason, music
Sheri Wills, video
Boop Boop Beep
David Morneau
Refrain airs on radio show Martian Gardens
Refrain airs on radio show Martian Gardens on 10/04/2009
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00–24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
Star Gazer airs on radio show Martian Gardens
Star Gazer airs on radio show Martian Gardens on 8/02/2009
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00–24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
Fractal
Hsiao-Lan’s latest music scored for this natural science short film Fractal by filmmaker Scott Wiessinger.
Review of Tale of an Unborn Child
Below is a music review by Sabrina Pena Young, of the concert at the 10th Feminist Theory and Music Symposium at University of North Carolina, Greenboro on my composition Tale of an Unborn Child for flute and piano:
Oscillating between masterful lyricism and sharp musical gestures, Tale of an Unborn Child attempted to address the difficult issue of abortion from the perspective of a woman who must face this difficult decision. At times, Tale of an Unborn Child sounded funereal and somber, with a slight touch of slowly dissipating hope, at other times, an almost manic anger seems to possess the flautist with desperate breathy gasps. Although the composer meant for the composition to represent the emotional plight of the new mother, there are many times throughout Tale of an Unborn Child where the music portrayed equally the trials of the unborn child in the woman’s body.-
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