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His experience and international training impress, but what is more impressive is Byron’s capacity to utilize instrument, the human voice, language, and the body to create unique performances that transcend any one genre or language. His work portends the promise of this new millennium.

Russell C. Leong, author and editor Amerasia Journal

Current Projects

 

Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas
New work for 64 waterways

Summer 2008

 

The Super-Heroic Stationary Journey of Ming Kuang Chen

solo performance opera about Chinese deliveryman trapped in elevator

in development

 

Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo

contemporary Chinese percussion ensemble

ongoing 


Past Projects

 

Ji Mo: The Stillness of Solitude

created for Portland Taiko's Spring Concert

2007

 

Island: Theme and Migrations
piano duet commissioned by the East-West Piano Arts Series

2007

 

BreathPlay

site-responsive performance at the Chapel

2007

 

Ishquoh: Where Sounds Meet

site-responsive performance alongside abandoned railroad tracks

2006

Surrender: A T'ai Qi Cantata

vocal/movement work for 24 singers commissioned by The Esoterics

2005

YIJU: Songs of Dislocation

audio/video installation about forced migration developed at Jack Straw Productions, 2004

2004