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Orchestra Premiere at Yale University, Yale Philharmonia | |
| A composition inspired by the four seasons, and memories of those that she had shared the seasons with Premieres November 20, 2008, 8pm, Woolsey Hall *Read about the new In Search of Seasons |
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New York University Symphony Orchestra performs Her Thousand Years Dance | |
| "An Evening with the Jacobsen Brothers and Friends" and the NYU Symphony, conducted by Joseph Bongiorno December 5, 2008, 8pm, Frederick Loewe Theatre, NYU With featured soloists Eric Jacobsen, cello, and Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi Click here for details |
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Commission from the Festival of Lessons and Carols at Loyola High, Los Angeles | |
| A new composition for the Lessons and Carols Services to take place at St. John's
Cathedral in Los Angeles Premieres Saturday, December 13, 2008, 8pm St. Johns Cathedral See concert poster A choral work for chorus, organ and orchestra Text based on 16th century Saint Robert Southwell's poem The Burning Babe |
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Commission from Carnegie Hall | |
| Atlanta Symphony, Yo-Yo Ma A large work for cello and orchestra to be premiered October and November of 2009 in Atlanta and New York Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium Performed by Mr. Yo-Yo Ma and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by music director Robert Spano |
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Commission work for Svet Stoyanov | |
| Solo composition featuring virtuosic percussionist Svet Stoyanov Rising young soloist with concerts featured across the continent, see Svet's bio with Concert Artist Guild. |
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Commission from the American Masterpiece Festival and the Houston Chamber Choir | |
| Premieres in Houston 2008-09 season A choral work for SATB choir Based on a popular children's rhyme from Southern China which the composer is familiar with since a very young child. It is set to newly composed music inspired by the composer's love of the folk tradition and music that is filled with hope, honesty and memories. |
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Billboard Magazine 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award photo featured in Billboard |
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2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award Winner | |
| Winning work Sun, Moon, and Star |
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Commission from Orange County Women's Chorus | |
| Premieres March 30, 2008, 4 pm. Huntington Beach, CA Oh Stars, from the Abyss (a letter from Qiu Jin) A choral work for women's choir and instrumental ensemble Inspired by the essays and poetry of hopes and struggles of early 20th century Chinese heroine Qin Jin. OCWC website |
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Yale New Music New Haven | |
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April 2, 2008, 8 pm, Yale University Sprague Concert Hall Her Thousand Years Dance (2007, 08) For solo cello, non-Western flutes, percussion and string orchestra Laura Usiskin, cello Sabatino Scirri, ocarina/ bansuri/ korean flute/ alto flute/ C flute and members of Yale Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Julian Pellicano |
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Carnegie Hall and Saratoga Springs, NY performances | |
| Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain, Performed by ENSEMBLE ACJW The Academy—-A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute Friday, February 15, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. Filene Recital Hall at Skidmore College See poster Monday, February 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall see event /box office |
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Performance by Lakeside Pride Orchestra, Chicago | |
| February 10, 2008, 7pm at Unity Lutheran Church 1212 W. Balmoral (corner of Balmoral and Magnolia) In Search of Seasons, for string quartet and orchestra Conducted by Kim Diehnelt, Details |
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Featured interview by CASH | |
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"Musical Encounters" Interview with Angel Lam CASHFLOW magazine, January 2008 Issue, Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong |
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"Sound Insights" at Carnegie Hall | |
| Angel's Sun, Moon, and Star and Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain are up for listening at Carnegie Hall's website, click here to check it out. | ||
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Commission from Greenwich Village Orchestra, Manhattan, New York | |
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Her Thousand Years Dance... (10/2007) Premieres in New York City, in a concert titled "Spiritual" See concert review performed by soloists Eric Jacobsen (cello) and Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi)* Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 3:00 p.m., Washington Irving Auditorium GVO poster *both soloists are members of the Silk Road Ensemble and the Silk Road Project Location: 40 Irving Place --at the southeast corner of Irving Place and 17th Streets in Manhattan For tickets visit: gvo.org |
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Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble China tour, 2007 | |
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English
Chinese Yo-Yo Ma's interview with Ongaku-no-tomo magazine(Japan) on China tour, preview to Japan tour October 2, 2007 Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai October 4, 2007 Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, Shanghai October 5, 2007 Grand Theatre, Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre, Suzhou October 9, 2007 Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong October 12, 2007 Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing |
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Commission from Hong Kong Sinfonietta | |
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In Search of Seasons (8/2007) For orchestra and string quartet, featuring Australia's Grainger Quartet with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, conducted by artistic director Yip Wing-Sie, in a concert that celebrates the birthday of Elgar, Stravinsky, Hong Kong, and much more! See promotional leaflet October 5, 2007, Friday at 8 pm, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall |
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CD New Release: New Impossibilities, by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble |
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| Barnes and Nobles Exclusive Edition bonus CD Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain Release date July 31, 2007 Recorded live in a concert at Chicago Symphony Center Orchestra Hall, April 2007 Purchase CD here (from Barnes and Nobles) |
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Interview with WFMT Chicago, a Production for National Broadcast | |
| The 2 hour radio production to be released concurrent with Silk Road Ensemble's latest CD Check Crossover Media for an updated broadcast listings nationwide. The production features interview of Yo-Yo Ma, members of the Silk Road Ensemble, and selected composers. Listen to Angel tell the story behind "Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain" through this broadcast. |
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Performances in Miami Beach and West Palm Beach, Miami | ||||
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel Miami Herald Palm Beach Post |
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Palm Beach Post Miami Herald |
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Saturday, August 25, 8:00 pm Arts at St. Johns, Miami Beach Sunday, August 26, 4:00 pm Holy Trinity Episcopal Church 211 Trinity Place, West Palm Beach Project Copernicus opens its second season with Asian inspired music featuring Project Copernicus percussionist Rod Squance. Call 305.432.4729 or e-mail info@projectcopernicus.org for ticket information |
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NACUSA (National Association of Composers U.S.A.) 2007 National Concert, NYC |
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| Imagery of Water, winning work Performed by New York City's acclaimed North/South Consonance Ensemble, under Max Lifchitz's direction June 4, 2007, 8pm, Christ and St. Stephen's Church The program will feature New York premiere of the winning compositions in the 2005 NACUSA Young Composers Competition. It will also include music by Beth Andreson, Marylin Ziffrin, Daniel Kessner, David Lefkowitz and Daniel Adams. |
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ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award 2007 | |
| Award ceremony takes place on May 24, 2007, at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City | ||
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New Carnegie Hall Commission | |
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In a two-part workshop, Grammy awards winning composer
Osvaldo
Golijov and soprano Dawn Upshaw will guide selected composers through
the collaborative
process to work with singers, from its conception to the final
performance at Carnegie Hall.
The November sessions will focus on readings of excerpts of the new piece. The April sessions will focus on performance preparation. Sun, Moon, and Star (2007) for two vocalists, violin, cello, double bass, percussion and piano Premiere: Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, April 14-15, 2007 |
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New Theatre Work Premieres April 14-15, 2007 |
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Read featured articles Peabody Magazine Johns Hopkins Magazine |
This work is mentored by American theatre artist Martha Clarke,
in collaboration with choreographer Carol Bartlett (director of Peabody Dance) to create a theater piece
inspired by my childhood memory, titled Midnight Run. The story about a midnight running beauty...read the story Premiere: Midnight Run A Collaborative Showcase: choreography, music, and visual projections Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Peabody Conservatory April 14, 2007, 7:30 pm and April 15, 2007, 3:00 pm Peabody Box Office: 410-659-8100 ext. 2 The "New Works" is a collaborative project with composers, singers, actors, dancers and visual artists from Peabody Conservatory, Preparatory, and the Baltimore community, mentored by distinguished guest artist Martha Clarke Music composed by Angel Lam; Choreography by Carol Bartlett; Story, sources and design by Angel Lam and Carol Bartlett Director, Choreographer Martha Clarke; Artistic Producer Carol Bartlett |
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WYPR 88.1 "Maryland Morning" Interview | |
| On Monday, April 9, at 9:40am, culture editor and renowed choral conductor Tom Hall interviews Angel
and composer Libby Larsen about women in the music world, their new work and Angel's new collaboration with dance, music, and video
projections that will be performed at Peabody Conservatory that weekend on April 14 and 15. |
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New York Carneige Hall Premiere | |
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Carnegie Hall with its collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble in a two-part workshop spanning the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, commissions two new works by two emerging composers, and five new works by five established composers. The spring 2006 session brings together the selected emerging composers and musicians of the Silk Road Ensemble to begin collaborative work on the new piece. In the 2006-07 season they will focus on preparation of the new work for a final concert.
More details (from Carnegie Hall website) Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain (2006), for shakuhachi*, violin, cello, double bass, marimba and percussion Premiere: Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall, September 16-17, 2006 Photo Album Public presentation: Tanglewood Music Center, Seiji Ozawa Hall, September 13, 2006, 7:00pm, * The shakuhachi is a seventh-century Japanese end-blown bamboo flute, click here for more info. The committee selected the shakuhachi for Angel because they feel that she would write well for this instrument from listening to the sound world she created in her other compositions. Angel was then given a choice to select her western instruments of strings and percussion. To hear more about her composition process please visit Carnegie Hall's new podcast website devoted to Carnegie Hall commissions, coming soon. |
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Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble tours with Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain | |
| U.S. 2007 Spring Tour, Switzerland's Lucerne Festival, China Concert Schedule: March 10, 2007, at 4:00 PM Presented by University of California Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures Arlington Theater, 1317 State Street, Santa Barbara March 13, 2007, at 7:30 PM Presented by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra Benaroya Hall, Seattle March 17, 2007, 8:00 PM Presented by Cal Performances Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA |
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi Jonathan Gandelsman, violin Yo-Yo Ma, cello Jeffrey Beecher, double bass Shane Shanahan, crotales and dumbek Mark Suter, marimba |
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April 20, 2007 at 8:00 PM Symphony Center, Chicago 220 South Michigan Avenue |
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi Jonathan Gandelsman, violin Yo-Yo Ma, cello DaXun Zhang, double bass Shane Shanahan, crotales and dumbek Mark Suter, marimba |
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August 25, 2007, Concert Hall, 10:00 PM At Switzerland's renowned Lucerne Festival (established in 1938 with a gala concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini, the Festival attracts the foremost performers from around the world and draws 100,000 visitors each year.) Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, "Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet" Visit: Silk Road Project Winter 2007 Newsletter Silk Road Chicago |
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Interview with Alumni PMF Postscript, Vol. 2, December 2006 |
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Silk Road Ensemble Performs Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain in Chicago | |
| On November 5, 2006, as part of the yearlong, citywide celebration of Silk Road Chicago, the world-renowned Silk Road Ensemble performs Angel's new work (commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Silk Road Project and recently debuted at Carnegie Hall) at University of Chicago's Mandel Hall. | ||
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Lecture Demonstration Concert on Hong Kong Composers' Works | |
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Secrets and Ice Garden (2005), for piano quintet Hong Kong Premiere: Tsuen Wan Town Hall Cultural Activities Hall, November 10, 2006, 8 pm |
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Commission work | |
| Commissioned by: King's Harmonica Quintet and the Hong Kong Composers' Guild Silk Road, Silk Road (2006), for harmonica quintet Premiere: Hong Kong Musicarama 2006, October 23, 2006 Performance will be broadcasted on RTHK Radio 4 on October 28, 2006 at 8:00pm On the program "Saturday Concert" The King's Harmonica Quintet is an award winning ensemble. They received the World Champion title at the 1997 World Harmonica Festival in Germany and frequently performs in Europe and Asia. *Silk Road, Silk Road is published through the Hong Kong Harmonica Association, available for sale. |
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Presentation at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts | |
| On October 18, 2006, Angel was invited by the composition department at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to speak at their composition seminar. During the seminar she shared her most recent compositions and musical engagements, and spoke to the students in an open, friendly setting. | ||