Byron Au Yong

songs of dislocation

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SOLO
works for one performer

Flirt 2009
toy pianos & ping pong balls
Duration: variable

Artifact 2006
voice and cymbals
Duration: 5'

Huo Quan: Ring of Fire 2006
Chinese percussion
Duration: 7'

Samai: Lost in Time 2006
voice, drum, rice, prayer bowls
Duration: 11'

Mare Insularum 2006
water, cassette tape recorders
Duration: 8'

QI: Quarendo Invenientes 2002
cello
Duration: 5'

Drum Roll 2001
voice and Chinese percussion
Duration: 29'

Circus 2001
voice, drums, soundtrack
Duration: 23'

Weaving 1996
shakuhachi honkyoku
Duration: 7'

Jingwei 1994
guitar
Duration: 5'


DUET / TRIO / QUARTET

works for two to four performers


Farewell: A Fantastical Contemplation on America's Relationship with China 2010

er-hu, percussion, bicycle wheels, cassette tape players, soundtrack

created for Spectrum Dance Theatre

Duration: 90'


3Seasons 2010

violin, toy piano, percussion

created for Whim W'him

Duration: variable


Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas 2008
hiking opera singers and water percussion
Duration: variable

News 2007
paper, bamboo, taiko
Duration: 5'

BreathPlay 2007
shakuhachi, voice, water, paper, drums
Duration: 41'

Island: Theme and Migrations 2007
two pianos
Duration: 11'

Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo 2006
voice, percussion, kubing mouth harps, harmonica, bamboo
Duration: 41'

After-Effect 2006
turntable, snare drum, taiko
Duration: 5'

Becoming 2005
blue grass voices, guitar, sarod, percussion
Duration: 11'

CELL: An Electronic Age Vaudeville 2004
voice, percussion, cell phones
created with lyricist Frederick Sauter and IT consultant Timothy McNearny, based on Oscar Wilde's De Profundis   
Duration: 13'

AXIS: From Silk Road to Terror 2004
voice, percussion, bull horn, cello
created with hip hop poet Aaron Jafferis and choreographer Erica Rebollar
Duration: 11'

Two by Four 2003
nagauta voice, gongs, taiko
Duration: 5'

Crazy Eights  2003
voices, drums, gongs
Duration: 5'

Salt Lips Touching, a haegŭm sanjo
2002
Korean fiddle, gongs
Duration: 7'

Following 2002
voice, Chinese percussion   
Duration: 5'

Sao/Sweep 2001
voice, drums, gongs, water
Duration: 7'

Spirits 1998
voices, drums, gongs, rattles, xun
Duration: 29'

Tree Wind Echo 1995
violin, harp 
Duration: 7'

Cauldron 1995
two trumpets, two cello
Duaration: 7'

Five Stained Glass Elegies 1994
oboe, string trio
Duration: variable

CHAMBER / CHORAL
works for five or more performers

Ishquoh: Where Sounds Meet 2006
six children, cello
Duration: 21'

Surrender: A T’ai Qi Cantata 2005
24 moving voices
Duration: 5'

YIJU: Songs of Dislocation 2004
eight channel audio/video installation
created with filmmaker Chishan Lin, installation artist John D Pai and landscape architect Lorraine Pai
Duration: 51'

Home 2003
voice, taiko ensemble
Duration: 6'

Forbidden Circles
2002
soprano, shakuhachi, shamisen, 17-string koto, taiko
Duration: 7'

Woman, Monkey & Kabuki Joe
2002
voices, er-hu, shruti box, out-of-tune piano, percussion
created with choreographer Swee Keong Lee, puppeteer Andrew Kim, and dancer Saiko Kobayashi
Duration: 74'

Archaeology 2001
voices, Chinese percussion, mouth harps, brass didgeridoo, bass   
Duration: 41'

Tian Wen: Questions of Heaven 2001
36 voices, keys    
Duration: 13'

Eclipse 2000
orchestra
Duration: 11'

Tzu Lho: Simmering Songs
2000
36 voices, 72 pieces of paper 
Duration: 7'

Hyo Shi: Spin 2000
taiko ensemble
Duration: 5'

Stirring 2000
voice, Irish flute, trombone, taiko, frame drum, er-hu, tabla, gong, bass
Duration: 11'

Okedo Bayashi 1999
saxophone, bagpipes, taiko
created with Uzume Taiko Ensemble
Duration: 21'

Mothra 1998
flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello electric bass, percussion, piano
Duration: 7'

Kaiten 1998
voices, taiko, electric bass
Duration: 5'

Holding 1997
five voices, ten rocks
Duration: 5'

Bird Footprints, Tortoise Shell Markings
1996
voices clay, drums, gongs, plastic  
Duration: variable

Edge
1994
soprano, flute, oboe, trumpet, cello, bass, taiko, conch shells, percussion
Duration: 23'