Byron Au Yong | 歐陽良仁

songs of dislocation, music for a changing world
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"Drawing from the physicality of Chinese folk music and the philosophy of martial arts, Au Yong's music fuses drumming and vocalizing into tensile acoustic soundscapes."
Christopher DeLaurenti, The Stranger

SOLO
works for one performer

Flirt  2009
for toy piano, ping pong balls and voice
Duration: variable

Artifact  2006
for voice and cymbals
Duration: 5'

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

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

QI: Quarendo Invenientes  2002
for cello
Duration: 5'

Drum Roll  2001
for voice and Chinese percussion
Duration: 29'

Circus  2001
for voice, drums, and soundtrack
Duration: 23'

Weaving  1996
for shakuhachi honkyoku
Duration: 7'

Jingwei  1994
for guitar
Duration: 5'

 


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DUET / TRIO / QUARTET

works for two to four performers


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

for er-hu, Chinese percussion, bicycle wheels, cassette tape players, and soundtrack

created for Spectrum Dance Theatre

Duration: 90'


3Seasons  2010

for violin, toy piano, and percussion

created for Whim W'him

Duration: variable


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

News  2007
for paper, bamboo, and taiko
Duration: 5'

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

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

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

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

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

CELL: An Electronic Age Vaudeville  2004
for voice, percussion, and 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
for voice, percussion, bull horn, and electric cello
created with hip hop poet Aaron Jafferis and choreographer Erica Rebollar
Duration: 11'

Two by Four  2003
for nagauta voice and taiko
Duration: 5'

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

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

Following  2002
for voice and Chinese percussion   
Duration: 5'

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

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

Tree Wind Echo  1995
for violin and harp 
Duration: 7'

Cauldron  1995
for two trumpets and two cello
Duaration: 7'

Five Stained Glass Elegies  1994
for oboe and string trio
Duration: variable

CHAMBER / CHORAL
works for five or more performers

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

Surrender: A T’ai Qi Cantata  2005
for 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
for voice and taiko ensemble
Duration: 6'

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

Woman, Monkey and Kabuki Joe  2002
for voice, mouth harp, er-hu, harmonium, piano, percussion
created with choreographer Swee Keong Lee, puppeteer Andrew Kim, and dancer Saiko Kobayashi
Duration: 74'

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

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

Eclipse  2000
for orchestra
Duration: 11'

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

Hyo Shi: Spin  2000
for taiko ensemble
Duration: 5'

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

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

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

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

Holding 1997
for five voices, ten rocks
Duration: 5'

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

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