Au Yong | About

Short Bio
Byron Au Yong creates ceremonial musical events scored for Asian, European and hand-made instruments. His works have been featured in concert and site-specific locations as diverse as the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Tokyo Art Museum.

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Selected Honors
4Culture Award for Innovation
American Composers Forum Subito Grant
Darmstadt Institute Stipendpreis
MAP Fund Award
Meet the Composer Grant
National Endowment for the Arts Access to Artistic Excellence
National Endowment for the Arts Creativity Award

Residencies and Festivals
Dragon Foundation Delegate
Ford Foundation International Artists Program
Fukuoka Gendai Hogaku Festival
Jack Straw Productions New Media Gallery Residency
Jeonju Sanjo Festival
Portland Taiko Composer-in-Residence

Education
MFA, Musical Theatre Writing, NYU, 2005
MA, Dance, UCLA, 2003
BA/BM, Composition, University of Washington, 1996

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Artist Statement

Press Quotes

Splendidly moving and imaginative.

Gavin Borchert
Seattle Weekly

I’m always eager to hear and see Au Yong perform his music.
Christopher DeLaurenti
The Stranger

The music by Byron Au Yong is da bomb. Close your eyes and you're "gittin' along little doggie." Yee ha!
Yayoi Winfrey
Northwest Asian Weekly

Surround sound and darkness envelop you. Ongoing repetition and yet each time something totally different.

Judith van Praag
International Examiner

A clever cymbal piece introduced Au Yong, the new member from Seattle, as well as a sense of humour that would highlight the program throughout the evening.
Emily Gonzales and David Blasby
The Peak

He first worshiped Bach and Chopin, but gradually switched from piano to percussion, from reverence to questioning and from one cultural source to a melange.
Jen Graves
The News Tribune

Blown conch shells and rubbed prayer bowls evoke a dreamlike ambiance in Byron Au Yong's Edge, a too-brief excerpt from a longer work. Strong, evocative, engaging music.
Art Lange
Fanfare Magazine