Byron Au Yong

songs of dislocation

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"I’m always eager to hear and see Au Yong perform his music, which elegantly mingles traditional instruments and theatrical staging with an astute sense of the avant.""
The Stranger

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Composer Byron Au Yong creates works for concert halls, ensembles and site-specific locations.

Examples include:
Island: Theme and Migrations
performed at Meany Hall

Surrender: A T'ai Qi Cantata
commissioned by The Esoterics

Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas
performed in 64 waterways
Recent Highlights:
Stuck Elevator
workshop showings co-presented by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas and the Yale Institute for Music Theatre

Fifteen
commissioned by Portland Taiko for Ten Tiny Taiko Dances at the Winningstad
UP NEXT
14-16 August 2010
Regional Taiko Gathering Seattle WA

Au Yong teaches a Chinese Drumming workshop at the University of Washington [taiko experience]

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Kidnapping Water:   
Bottled Operas

for voice, percussion
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BreathPlay
for shakuhachi, er-hu, percussion
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Walking
for chamber ensemble
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