Doyennes Diaries (rendition)2022
Custom instruments with FX
Performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble at the MATA Festival.
Photo © 2022 Paula Court
Performers: Tamika Gorski, Michele Cheng, Pala Garcia, and Clara Warnaar
@ Roulette Intermedium, NYC | Doyennes Diaries2020
In tribute to International Women's Day
Custom instrument with FX
Composed and improvised by Michele Cheng
@ She Scores Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.
@ CCRMA @ Home, Stanford University
@ SICMF, South Korea
@ Hot Air Festival, San Francisco, CA, U.S.
@ SEAMUS, U.S.
@ ICMC, Chile
@ NYCEMF, U.S.
@ alokori: Montréal, Canada
@ University of Guelph, Canada
@ Harvard University, U.S.
@ University of California, Irvine, U.S. | A Different Reality2020
For solo marimba & electronics
Performed by Ian Rosenbaum
Commissioned by National Sawdust |
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Speed Dating (Ambisonic & Three-Screen V2019
Asian American self image and dating culture
Video by Simona Fitcal
Vocals by Anna Elder
Puppetry by Michele Cheng
@ CCRMA at Bing Concert, live at Bing Studio, Stanford, California
@Sonorities Festival Belfast, Belfast, NIR, U.K.
@ Audiovisual Frontiers, University of California, Riverside, U.S.
@ MANTIS Festival, University of Manchester, U.K. | Jaack2023
A musical puppet theatre work for the JACK Quartet
Commissioned by JACK Studio
Michele Cheng: music, video score, AI images, puppets maker, puppeteer, voice over, smart mirror builder
Simona Fitcal: interactive visual arts, animated background, images, videographer
Hassan Estakhrian: voice over
@ Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall, NYC, U.S. | Ethnosexualization2016
Stereotyping, discrimination, and oppression on Asian women from mass media, commercial, and film industry
Premiered by Sharon Kuo (Actor), Molly Jones (Sax), George Wheeler (EWI), Jordan Watson (Electric Guitar), Hassan Estakhrian (Electric Bass), Borey Shin (Accordion), and Oliver Dobrian (Drum)
@xMPL, University of California, Irvine |
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Pro5ling2022
An improviser on custom instrument with FX in front of a custom smart mirror
Performed by Greg Stuart
@ Milstein Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S. | Voir dire2018
A musical fairytale based on true story about criminal justice
Performed by percussionists Niki Johnson & Colin McCall, sopranos Anna Elder & Elizabeth Gartman, and bassist Robert Black
@ New Music On The Point | Beauty Standards2023
An installation with custom smart mirrors, videos, and electronics
A collaboration between Michele Cheng and Seiyoung Jang
@ Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Cornell University
@ Paine Hall, Harvard University |
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Blursday2020
For solo bass, vocals, and live-processed FX
Performed by Laura Nygren
Audio excerpts from 'An identity in lockdown' by Juliet Fraser.
New Music On The Point 10th Anniversary Commission Project | Cultural Spacesuit2015
Immigration and Transformation
Premiered by Desiree Nguyen (Actor), Richard Savery (Bass Clarinet), Taylor Censoprano (Harp), Jordan Watson (Electric Guitar), Hassan Estakhrian (Electric Bass), and Borey Shin (Piano)
@xMPL, University of California, Irvine | Different Mirrors II2016
Culture and Tradition
Writings- Chinese, Persian, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Japanese
Premiered by Molly Jones (Flute) and Shi-wei Wu (Shakuhachi)
@Orange County Museum of Arts, Newport Beach, CA, U.S.
@xMPL, University of California, Irvine |
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Preconsciousness2015
For Flute, Tenor Sax, Soprano, Cello, Prepared Electric Bass, Harp, and Piano.
Premiered by Lauren Han (Sop), Benjamin Lee (Fl), Richard Savery (Tenor Sax), Evyn Barb Mingo (Vln), Anthony Caulkins (Electric Bass), Taylor Censoprano (Harp), Andrew Anderson (Pno).
Live recording version: Lauren Han (Sop), Benjamin Lee (Fl), Richard Savery (Tenor Sax), Patrick Nutter (Vln), Anthony Caulkins (Electric Bass), Andrew Anderson (Pno).
@MoCap, University of California, Irvine | Lost, am I2014
For soprano, lute, and technologist.
A telematic concert between UC, Irvine and UC, San Diego.
Soprano: Kirsten Wiest (UCSD); Lute: Anson Brown (UCI); Audio Processing: Jordan Watson (UCI).
@MoCap, University of California, Irvine | Emotional Games2014
For 5 players
Collaboration:
Anna Savery (Violin), Anthony Caulkins (Acoustic Bass), Jordan Watson (Electric-guitar), and Molly Jones (Saxophone / Flute)
@ 2014 Motion Capture Studio, University of California, Irvine
@ 2018 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France |
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921 01:47:12.6 a.m.2015
For an improviser on electric-bass, voice, pre-recorded materials, and live audio processing.
Premiered by Michele Cheng.
@MoCap, University of California, Irvine | mroF tcefreP ehT2013
For tenor, trumpet, percussion, piano, cello, electric bass and prerecorded audio.
Premiered by Guan-Jie Chen (Tenor), Chiao-Chun Wang (Trumpet), Hsiu- Ju Tsai (Cello), Fan-Chia Huang (Percussion), Yun-Wen Lai (Piano), Chih-Yu Wei (Electric Bass).
@ Taiwan National Sun Yat-sen University |
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