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

ABOUT
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:
Chinese Drumming Patterns
workshop taught at the 2010 Regional Taiko Gathering
Stuck Elevator
workshop showings co-presented by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas and the Yale Institute for Music Theatre
UP NEXT
02 October 2010, 8PM
03 October 2010, 2PM
Taiko Unleashed 
Newmark Theatre, Portland OR

Portland Taiko performs Au Yong's work called News for bamboo, paper and taiko as part of Taiko Unleashed

MORE
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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