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"I have many stories and memories to share with you,
I hope you will enjoy them...
I hope you could be touched...sooner or later..."

Imagery of Water, II. Rain

Chamber music:

	Sun, Moon, and Star (2007) for two soprano, violin, cello, double bass, percussion and piano Listen
	Midnight Run (2007) for choreography, music, and visual projections
	Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain (2006) for shakuhachi, violin, cello, double bass, marimba and percussion I. Silent Field Listen II. Rain
	Silk Road, Silk Road (2006) for harmonica quintet I. Mirage, elevation 12,000 feet II. Baby Camel Walk
	Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain II (2006) for guitar and percussion duo
	Secrets and Ice Garden (2005) excerpt 1 excerpt 2 for piano quintet
	Softly I Speak to you, of Orchids and a Dream (2005) excerpt for soprano, harp, piano, and string orchestra
	Red Peony Sky in Mid-June (2003) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone and crotales I. Sunset excerpt II. Nightfall excerpt
	Through the Interwoven Growth (2003) for woodwind quintet I. Forest of the bare branches excerpt II. First snow upon the evergreen growth excerpt III. Valley stream's fragrance of the green green woodlands
	Imagery of Water (2002) for guitar, harp, vibraphone/crotales and double bass I. Drops II. Rain whole piece III. Icy
	Therefore We Do Not Lose Heart (2004) for women's choir, a capella
	Love Memo (1998) excerpt duet for flute and piano
	Dream Sketches (2001) for string quartet I. Moon II. Drunken III. Separation IV. With the wind V. Dance shadows
	For a New Millennium (2000) for woodwind quintet
	Carry Me Over the Rainbow (2000) for soprano, tenor, organ, flute, clarinet and violin
	Love in a Cynical City (1998) for clarinet and piano; choreographed for modern dance

Orchestral works:

	Her Thousand Years Dance (2007) excerpt for shakuhachi (or alto flute /other non-Western flutes), cello, percussion and string orchestra
	In Search of Seasons (2007) excerpt for string quartet and orchestra
	Memories from My Previous Lives (recently completed) excerpt 1 excerpt 2 for orchestra
	Symphonic Journal: Ambush from Ten Directions (2002) excerpt for large orchestra with narration
	The Suite for Orchestra (1999) for orchestra I. Awakening II. Blessing

Vocal/Opera:

	Oh Stars, from the Abyss (2008) for women's chorus, strings, piano and percussion
	Merry go round (2007) for SATB choir a cappella
	Beyond the Rainbow (2003) opera excerpt for soprano, tenor/countertenor and baritone; double bass, narrator and piano

Acoustic Instrument with Electronic Sound:

	Dreams of them enter, like men alive, into the maiden room of their lovers...(2000) for guzheng and effects processors
	An Image of Mercury gliding across the Sun (2000) for piano and electronic sound
	Dialogue with the Old Poet (2001) for bassoon and Max Msp program

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Stories and Notes:

Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain (2006) top

Premiere: Tanglewood Music Center, Seiji Ozawa Hall, September 13, 2006
(New York premiere) Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, September 16, 2006
Commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation, presented jointly by The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road Project and the Tanglewood Music Center of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Duration: ca.15:00

Thirty minutes passed but Grandma still hadn't arrived. My kindergarten sat on top of a hill, overlooking a narrow street with a muddy pedestrian pathway alongside traffic. It was another hot summer day; the aggressive sun seemed to slow my time but activated the scenery in front of me. Trees moved in the heat like monsters stretching their palms; pedestrians walked slowly, dragged by their long shadows.

Suddenly, it rained, but the sun still shone. I decided to run home. I was only five. I sprinted down that busy street, people were shouting behind me, like low-pitched murmurings of ancient emperors. The sounding of horns screamed sharply with long mystic tails... When a distant temple bell drummed, I saw Grandma--her peaceful smile, and an air of gracefulness that is memorable to this day. This time she seemed bigger ... when I reached out to touch her, she floated through me and I turned around, the sun shone directly into my eyes, and Grandma disappeared into the core of the afternoon sun. The evening sun suddenly closed, and rain stopped.

When I got home, everybody was crying, but I did not cry. I went to my little desk and started a letter:

Dear Grandma ...

Midnight Run (2007) top

Premiere: New Works Showcase mentored by Martha Clarke
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Peabody Conservatory
April 14, 2007, 7:30 pm and April 15, 2007, 3:00 pm
Duration: 22:00

When I was eight, I lived with my parents in a lovely apartment on the 7th floor; there was a large round balcony, facing south. The apartment is on a very quiet street in the middle of the town, which was quite unusual for a big city.

My father usually came home very late, and I liked to sit at the balcony, to wait for his appearance on the street. In a moon shining summer night, I sat at the balcony, enjoying the southern wind blowing all over my body...like soft hands caressing my face...I fell asleep.

I was woken up by a certain noise from the street below me. There was a young lady, well dressed in a silky yellow dress, her hands holding a pair of high heel shoes...she was running through the midnight streets, barefoot.

As her whisper-like steps broke the silence of the night, a very beautiful and mysterious scene, her body seemed to be floating along, dressed up with gentle winds embracing her body...

Who was she?
Why was she running at midnight?
Were there anyone chasing after her?
Was she angry? Was she sad?
What made her run?

These questions kept me thinking for a very long time. The image of her, that striking yellow under the silvery moon... never left me.

She kept running, and running, all these years.

She ran into my mind.

She stayed with me, and kept me running as I grow up...well dressed.

Silk Road, Silk Road (2006) top

Commissioned by Hong Kong Composers' Guild and The King's Harmonica Quintet
Premiere: Hong Kong City Hall Theatre, October 23, 2006
Duration: 8:45

I. Mirage, elevation 12,000 feet

At this elevation where the air is thin, everyone have difficulty breathing. My body became weak, head feeling dizzy, but this is all worth it.

Just looking at the majestic scenery outside the window, mountains covered with snow caps desirable like ice-cream sundaes. The sky a stunning metallic blue, against clouds that are florescent white, and the grass is an endless field of rolling greens. I have never seen so many shades and layers of green in my life...

Suddenly, I thought of my elementary school classmate...she seems to be here too, sitting right behind me. I remember that day, in my third grade class, my art teacher was not happy with my painting. She said I am always painting outside of the lines and edges of the drawing. She was angry that I do not obey the rules. I couldn't help but cried, and my classmate comforted me. She was even willing to trade me her box of soy milk for my painting.

Suddenly, she disappeared again.

II. Baby Camel Walk

This movement has two main ideas: little camel's playful and happy personality, and traveler's joyful and relaxing feelings riding on a camel. I fused these two elements in the music, I hope listeners can share the fun of traveling in the northwestern plains of China.

Mom

Mom never gets old; not even a spill of age would ever show on her fine face...

That was just a few years ago, mom companied me to visit Europe to attend a music festival. On that northern most island of Europe, we were sipping�a large�glass of ice-cold Guinness at the Guinness brewery. Two young good-looking men came along and sat next to Mom. They started talking to Mom. One gave her his name card and asked if he can stay friends with her. When he realized that Mom is a married woman, he still wouldn't give up. He asked Mom if she has any sisters?

What a man?
I was so frustrated. They didn't even have a glance on me.

Last week, I received a check, of course, from Mom, again.

Thanks Mom, I really need your support for my humble living.

I sincerely wish you stay young and beautiful forever...

Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain II (2006) top

Commissioned by Nozomi Abe
Premiere: Minato-Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan. August 19, 2006
Kyoto, Japan and France (2006-07)
Duration: ca 10:00

Secrets and Ice Garden (2005) top

Commissioned by Professor Andrew Talle and his "Introduction To Western Music" course at Johns Hopkins University
Premiere: Johns Hopkins University, Mattin Center, Ross Jones Building, December 12, 2005
Public Rehearsal: Mattin Center, December 6, 2005, composer discusses with the students about her work
Duration: ca 7:30

One evening, I came upon a street with many tall Glinkgo trees neatly lined up on both sides; it was snowing soft light flakes, and the sky was a mesmerizing wine red color. �The trees were large enough that both sides' branches touched each other, like giants holding hands; each branch wrapped with a crystal clothing, like nature's chandelier. �The scenery suddenly lightened my heart. � I carefully took out a small plastic bag to fill some fresh air into the bag, sealed it up, in hope to bring it back home.

Maybe others will think this is silly, so I have never told anyone about this small secret that I kept, that evening in Hokkaido, in a city at the northern most island of Japan.

I tried to use music to describe that secret ice garden that I found, using the most beautiful notes that I could think of...I'm afraid I could only come closer to the majesty and glory of nature's works...

Softly I Speak to You, of Orchids and a Dream (2005) top

Premiere: Peabody Conducting Recital, April 10, 2005, Griswold Hall
Duration: 9:25

Text: (English translation)
You ask me, what is my favorite, what do I love?
A girl's heart, how could it be expressed, how could I speak to others...
The good things that I like, one sentence cannot express, one sentence cannot express all;
Maybe...little by little, I can reveal to you.

I like summer nights, new moon, and the southern wind...
A sky full of star lights, bright and twinkling,
My favorite is the orchid, its fragrance fills the house...
Most unforgettable is the first rain at dawn, the sun rise and warms every home...
It warms my home.
(Original text and translation by the composer)

Notes:
This piece was first drafted in 1993 when I was still in junior high school. Recently I met a wonderful singer at Peabody, who has a beautiful voice that is subtle and delicate, and excels in a very high range, most suitable for this piece. The text is written in Chinese. Singers told me that they enjoy singing in a foreign language, so I did not worry about the language difficulty. Luckily, my soprano, Jeannie Cheng, is originally from Taiwan and managed the text with ease. It was premiered at Peabody Conservatory of Music, the Conducting Recital of Chi-Chung Ho.

Red Peony Sky in Mid-June (2003) top

Premiere:	Proteus Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival Susan and Ford Schumann Composition Masterclass Program Recital, June 2003
Ballet Premiere:	Peabody Spring Dance Showcase 2004, choreographed for ballet by Carol A. Bartlett
Award:	ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer and ASCAP/SCI Young Composer Commissioning Award Regional winner and National finalist, 2005
Duration: 6:30

The red peony is praised as the "king of flowers" in China for its exquisite blossom and overflowing sweetness of fragrance. Because of its noble characteristics, the Chinese associate it with happiness and beauty. It is an emblem for wealth and enduring prosperity.

One evening I saw a sunset reflected upon the edges, or rims of an overlapping pattern of clouds. The image reminded me of the lushness of a red peony blossom in full bloom. It was such a beautiful sight, but it faded away very quickly. This composition is an attempt to capture that beautiful moment...

Through the Interwoven Growth (2003) top

I. Forest of Bare Branches
II. First Snow Upon the Evergreen Grove
III. Valley Stream's Fragrance of the Green Green Woodlands

Performances:	Aspen Music Festival composition recital, Harris Hall, August 2002 (1st movement premiere)
	Peabody composition department recital, January 2003 (1st & 2nd movement)
	Third Seoul International Competition for Composers finalists competition, March 2005

Award:

Third Seoul International Competition for Composers Audience Prize Award
NACUSA (National Association of Composers U.S.A.) 26th Annual Young Composer Composition Competition
Southeastern Composers' League Philip Slates Memorial Composition Contest

Duration: 12:00

One November afternoon I took a walk through the woods. Half bared branches interwove with each other as if they were holding hands. They locked sunshine onto the ground, reflecting rays of silvery sprays. When the wind blew, the movement of the tree branches and fallen leaves changed the direction of the shine, and I saw myself dancing in the mystery of a silvery river... The scenery was so stunning that I could hear it sing. The wind mingled with the leaves and the leaves with its branches; I paused in amazement to listen. Out of silence, music was born.

I chose the bassoon to begin the opening of the first movement; to me it has an enchanting voice that seems to carry the spirit of the tree from which it is made. It begins the call of the interwoven branches in the opening of this composition; they grow out of each other like lyrical branches...

I have always been attracted to the distinct timbre of the woodwind instruments, and am especially fond of writing for this combination. The generic name for their family of instruments also inspired this piece, the 'wood' 'wind' quintet. They each take on a special character in my music, weaving out a dialogue of interwoven melodies. I saw nature through the eyes of the painter; all of nature is an interwoven tapestry of lines, dots, and colors, spun out into a mysterious lyricism.

Seasonal changes have always amazed me and reminded me of how majestic nature's creation is--the first day of snow fall, first roar of the spring thunder, first warm breeze from the tropics in mid-May... it is such an alluring experience that sometimes I think it is beyond us to completely replicate. This composition is my sincere attempt to translate these impressions into music.

The second movement, "First Snow Upon the Evergreen Grove", describes the first snow of winter that changed the color of the natural landscape. Neon white flakes danced in the sky, and hang on to the deep black of the evergreen forest. The opening, animated motive danced and interwove to the beats of a sky of flying snow flakes. The world waited in harmony for the season to come...

The last movement describes the wake of spring to the beginning of summer. The woodwind melody is the choir of all living creatures at the dawn of spring; valley stream bubbling with fragrance in the gentle flowing passage of the clarinet and bassoon. I could smell the mist of an approaching summer rain... In this set of three movements I translated the scenery into musical notes. The melody of the five different shades and characters of the woodwind instruments interweave with each other simulating the great art works of nature.

The reflection of nature in art is my greatest passion.

Imagery of Water (2002) top

I. Drops II. Rain III. Icy

Premiere: Peabody Institute, Goodwin Hall, Dec. 2002

Award:	1st prize, Prix d'ete 2003 Composition Competition, Peabody Institute, USA
	NACUSA (National Association of Composers USA) 27th Annual Young Composer Composition Competition
	ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award Honorable Mention, 2003

Duration: 12:00

I enjoy the beauty of watching a drop of water fall into still water, the image reminds me of a saying from Heart Sutra of Zen Buddhism:

Form is no other than emptiness;
emptiness no other than form;
form is exactly emptiness;
emptiness exactly form.

All perceptions and things perceived are essentially empty. The form may be a thought or an emotion or an object. Drops is an imagery of that form--like dew drops falling upon still water, they create a graceful, subtle wave of ripples...it is a beautiful sight, that comes into being, and goes out of being...

Rain is a process. The music is inspired by the myth of the forbidden sight of a fox wedding in the deep forest of Japan.

Icy is coming back to form again.

Therefore We Do Not Lose Heart (2004) top

Premiere: "Songfest 2004" opening concert--Of Things Not Seen
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

Therefore we do not lose heart;
But though our outer man is decaying,
Yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
For our momentary lightness of affliction works out for us,
More and more surpassingly,
An eternal weight of glory,
Because we do not regard the things which are seen
But the things which are not seen;
For the things which are seen are temporary,
But the things which are not seen are eternal.

(II Corinthians 4:16-18)

Duration: 4:30

Dream Sketches (2001) top

I. Moon
II. Drunken
III. Separation
IV. With the Wind
V. Dances with Shadows

Premiere: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, April 2001
Performances: Peabody Conservatory of Music, Composition Recital, Griswold Hall, Jan. 2002
Peabody Conservatory of Music, Thursday Noon Recital, Friedberg Concert Hall, April 2002
Duration: 12:00

This piece is inspired by an ancient Chinese poet, Su Si. In 1076 AD, Su Si wrote a poem on the evening of the Mid-Autumn festival. It is a festive day for family reunion in China every year. That evening, he drunk wine, alone, until dawn, longing to see his brother who have departed him for seven years. The piece expresses in musical imagery the luster and darkness of the moon, gestures of a drunken poet, a lyrical song about separation, the graceful lightness of a wish to be carried away by the wind and a whimsical dance with one's own shadow.

For A New Millennium (2000) top

Premiere: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Recital Hall, Eastern Winds Quintet, February 2000

Award: 1st prize, Millennium Competition for Woodwind Quintet Composition, Hong Kong, June 2000
Award Performances: Performed by Eastern Winds Quintet
29th Annual International Double Reed Society Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina. August 2000
Hong Kong City Hall. June 2000
Duration: 5:30

Carry Me Over the Rainbow (2000) top

Premiere: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, April 2000
Duration: 10:00

Love Memo (1997) top

Premiere: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Composition Recital, Dec. 1997
Ballet Premiere: "Love in Cynical City" a multimedia dance production, Cheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong, Nov. 1998
Duration: 5:30

Last summer, I accidentally came across a hundred pages of love letters. I was helping my cousin to move to her new home in Sai Kung. Since there was no late bus home, I spent the evening at her house. It is a twenty year-old Spanish style independent house. While I was cleaning a wardrobe under the staircase, I discovered a small, abandoned paper box, neatly wrapped with pastel-colored floral paper, the wrapper a bit faded. Inside the box, was a bundle of yellowish, dusty letters. I opened one of the letters--the writing is delicate, sensational, and replete with an out pouring of affection. It is the hand writing of a girl named Ah-wai.

More than a hundred pages of letters, all written to the same person, Fai. Looking at the date of these letters, she wrote everyday, sometimes even twice a day. The content, simple, ordinary, yet direct. She repeatedly records fragments of daily happenings�

How are you?
It was raining very hard here this morning... the Northern wind might come tomorrow
Is it cold at your place?
I got a runny nose again, I was late to school

I spent the whole night, reading, every single page of her letters. Her letters, so touching...but, I feel sorry for Ah-wai. She had never sent these letters out, not even one.
I know, not even one; because each page was smooth and straight, not a trace of it being folded or wrinkled.
After that night, I wrote this piece of music. I dedicate this song to Ah-wai. Wherever she is, whatever she becomes right now, I wish her beauty and happiness.

Love in Cynical City (1998) top

Premiere: "Love in Cynical City" a multimedia dance production, Cheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong, Nov. 1998
Duration: 5:30

Orchestral works:

Memories from My Previous Lives (2005) top

Reading: Peabody Symphony Orchestra Dec. 2005, and Chicago Reading Orchestra July 2006
Duration: 9:30

This piece is about a fragment of a memory or dream that haunted my mind numerous times; it seems to yearn for remembrance. The piece is about my struggle to remember this memory or event, which occurred sometime long ago, in the distant past...beyond the reach of my memory.

Composer's story: When I was still a small child my family moved to Los Angeles. At age 16, with a piece of music that I wrote as a young child, I was admitted to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Once again, I return to my birthplace. I clearly remember that summer: the moment I came down from the airplane, I could feel the unbearable heat and humidity of Hong Kong's subtropical climate in mid-July. I became emotional, easily angered and frustrated, and increasingly allergic to everything around me. I wished I could fly back to Los Angeles immediately to embrace the dry, sunny climate of southern California.

Summer seemed like it would never end. Finally in November I found relief when a friend of my father's took me to visit the Big Buddhist Temple on an island off the coast of South China. I started to go there every Saturday to learn and practice the ways of Buddhist mediation.

Surprisingly, I adapted to the Buddhist mediation quite quickly; I even enjoyed it. One month later, I had grasped the techniques, and even some secrets to mediation-- I would wonder endlessly in a timeless journey, floating in a silent space. The feeling is quite wonderful. It is peaceful, serene, sometimes even beautiful.

However, at the end of my training I had some very unusual encounters during my meditation sessions. I felt myself sprinting endlessly in darkness, somewhere unknown, perhaps during the midnight hours. Above me is a sky full of stars, twinkling; below me, endless fields of rolling red dusts. I feel as though there are people, groups of them, chasing after me. I would awake from these sessions in freight and terror.

I asked the chief monk at the temple why this was happening to me, and what could be the meaning to all this terror. He was unable to answer my inquiry; sometimes he would nod as I told him the details, but would not say a word about the meaning. Later on I became more persistent as this imagery recurred more frequently. He said to me, "These are the memories from your previous lives... the mystery of their content and meaning, only you yourself can come to understand."

I have translated my experience of this dream journey into this composition.

Symphonic Journal: Ambush from Ten Directions (2002) top

Premiere: Hong Kong Sinfonietta, March 18, 2005. Yip Wing Sie, conductor and artistic director
U.S. Premiere: Symphony of the Oak Park and River Forest, Chicago, May 21, 2006. Kim Diehnelt, conductor
Orchestral reading:
Aspen Music Festival 2002. American Academy for Conductor's Orchestra. Kim Diehnelt, Conductor
Peabody Symphony Orchestra. Teri Murail, conductor; Valerie Rogotzke, narrator
Duration: ca. 10:00

Notes:
Ambush from Ten Directions is the famous battle that took place in China, in 202 BC. It is the battle that determined the success and establishment of the Han dynasty in China--a dynasty as powerful and prestigious in East Asia as the Roman Empire, its approximate contemporary, in the West.(1)

This historical battle is also a battle about three men: Hong, Lau and Shun. These three men had very different character and human quality; the result of the battle had a long and deep influence upon China's history and its people.

The three main characters in this battle are: Lau (leader of the Han region(2)), a top player in human relationship. He devotes his time to playing politics and manipulation of human relationships. He was unable to defeat his top enemy, Hong, for many years and had lost all of his previous battles against him until he gained the help of Shun.

Hong (warlord and king of Western Chu), a military genius and a courageous warrior; his talent comes from his overwhelming confidence. This quality frightens Lau.

Shun (Lau's commander-in-chief in this battle), a management specialist and a person with great self-discipline. He was successful because of his detailed planning and arrangement of battles, and because of his careful strategizing, calculating possible responses of his enemies and creating plans to quickly adept to different situations.

Shun was appointed by Lau as the commander-in-chief in numerous battles--by the time of this battle, Shun had already won all of Eastern China. Through Shun's careful management and planning, Lau successfully defeated Hong and established the Han kingdom. Ironically, Shun and three generations of his related family members were sentenced to death by his boss, Lau. Lau is a man with no loyalty, and he wanted the spoils of war all for himself.

I heard about this battle many times since I was a little girl; I do not agree with the description in movies and story books. The attack they depict are simplified that they could not have deceived me, and I cannot believe that it could have defeated an experienced warrior such as Hong. By glossing over General Shun's winning strategy and glorifying Lau, these depictions reflect a tradition that undervalues merit in favor of skills for manipulating relationships. In this composition, I prepared a new perspective and explanation of this battle.

(1) National Geographic, Feb 2004, Vol. 205 Issue 2, p2, 28p; To this day, the members of the ethnic majority of Chinese still call themselves "people of Han". The Han Dynasty (202 BC - AD 220), followed the Chin (Qin) Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in Chinese history.
(2) Initially, the principality of the Han region consisted only of modern Sichuan, Chongqing, and southern Shaanxi and was a minor, humble principality before 202 BC.
*Other translation of the name of each character: Hsiang, Shin and Liu

The Suite for Orchestra (1999) top

Premiere: "Composer's Workshop Series", Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Tsung Yeh, conductor. August 1999
Reading: Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts
Duration: 6:30

I. Awakening
II. Blessing

This is my first orchestral work completed during my undergraduate studies. The first movement is about a personal spiritual awakening and the second movement is a caricature of a parade of ceremonial blessings in folklife Hong Kong.

Dreams of them enter, like men alive, into the maiden room of their lovers... (2000) top
Premiere: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Electronic Music Showcase, March 2000
Duration: 6:00

Marching proud with joy and anger,
clad in brilliant coats of sable and silk,
five thousand young men act on their vow to crush the Tartans,
at the Western territory.

Arisen from their crumbling bones,
on the banks of the river of no precise location,
Dreams of them enter,
like men alive,
into the maiden room of their lovers...

by Chen Tao, translation by Angel Lam

Notes:
This poem I found in the ancient Chinese poetry collection "The Three Hundred Poems from Tang Dynasty" (618-907 AD). I was stunned by the vivid imageries, of restless youth on battlefield, and the most beautiful moment, is the poet does not reveal the spirit of the poem until the very last line. I'm also captivated by the beautiful sound of the zheng.

Beyond the Rainbow (2003) top
Opera in one act
Story by Angel Lam
Lyrics assisted by Douglas Basford (Johns Hopkins University, English dept. faculty)

Premiere: Peabody Opera Etude
Location: Theatre Project, Baltimore, Maryland
Directed by Roger Brunyate, Peabody opera department director