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2014: April 10 // Jan. 16
2013: Dec. 2 // Oct.28 // Oct.17 // H.K. Mini // August 8 // July 11 (ACJO Campaign, Chinese) // July 11 (ACJO Campaign) // May 2 (Chinese) // May 2 // Feb. 27 // Feb. 7 (Chinese) // Feb. 1
2012: Dec.17 // July 26 // June 26
| 2015 | ||
| March 6 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra |
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| 2014 | ||
| October 17 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra |
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| September 13 | "Lotus Land" - String Quartet + Dance Premiere At the Laguna Dance Festival Gala 2014 Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theatre (Bernard Gaddis, director) & USC Thornton String Quartet 7:30 PM: The Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, CA |
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| September 8 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra Moon Festival Concert!! 8 & 9:30 pm (2 sets) Typhoon @ Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California | Postcard |
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| August 14 | Lotus Land for sting quartet Workshop with Argus Quartet and Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater 7-8 pm Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California |
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| August 4 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra |
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| July 1 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra |
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| June 8 | Gateway Performance Series 2013-14 Season Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra + MIN XIAO-FEN Explore the Fusion of Big Band and Pipa 7:30 p.m. Postcard coming soon! |
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| May 8 | Lotus Land for sting quartet |
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| Mar. 31-April 28 | Visby International Centre for Composers Residency, Visby, Sweden |
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| Feb 3 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra |
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| 2013 | ||
| Nov. 17 | ACJO Performance - details TBA | |
| Oct. 30 | ACJO "Rancho Calaveras" EP Release Party 8 PM (90-min. set): Vitello's Restaurant, Studio City, California Download Postcard |
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| Oct. 16 | Brussels Jazz Orchestra / Alan Chan, conductor 8:15 pm / Studio 4, Flagey Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium |
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| Sept. 20 | ETAOIN SHRDLU for orchestra ** World Premiere Reading by La Jolla Symphony (Director: Steven Schick) EarShot Reading, Phase 2 of the American Composers Orchestra's Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute |
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| Sept 12-14 | My Queer Valentine, a cabaret show by Rick Lau 8: 30 PM,Hong Kong Fringe Club |
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| Aug. 16 | Article on Laguna Beach Independent | Link | |
| July 10 | a l a n c h a n j a z z o r c h e s t r a . c o m launched! | |
| June 26 | "Daughter's Lullaby" for soprano and orchestra released under Society of Composers, Inc. CD #27, Navona Records Available on Amazon | ClassicsOnline | Spotify | Rdio | Naxos Music Library |
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| June 26 | Received Composer Assistant Program Grand from New Music USA for the "Winter News" project | |
| April 21 | A Spirit's Dream and Moving to a New Capital **Shanghai Premiere Medfield High School Jazz Ensemble 9:30 & 11 pm (2 sets) The JZ Club, Shanghai, China |
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| March 6 | TV interview with Juliette Zhuo on "LA Living" program - KSCITV, Channel 18 (Los Angeles) ***Watch on YouTube(in Mandarin Chinese) |
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Gateway Performance Series 2012-13 Season |
| February 11 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra A Chinese New Year Celebration!! 8 & 9:30 pm (2 sets) Typhoon @ Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California Download Postcard |
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| February 4 | TV interview with Juliette Zhuo on "LA Living" program - KSCITV, Channel 18 (Los Angeles) ***Watch on YouTube(in Mandarin Chinese) |
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| January 30 | 1.30.2013 - Medfield Residency in Medfield, MA Winner of the 2011 National Charles Mingus Competition, Medfield High School Jazz Ensemble will play two big band pieces by me - "A Spirit's Dream" and "Moving to a New Capital," during their upcoming tour to China. |
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| December 21 | Alan Chan: "Winter News" Project |
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| December | China, Berlin, Amsterdam, New York City | |
| Oct-Nov | Hong Kong | |
| October | Receipient of ASCAP Plus Award | |
| October | Ragdale Residency, Illinois | |
| September | NYC | |
| August | Ucross Foundation Residency, Wyoming | |
| August 20, 21 | TV interview with Juliette Zhuo on "LA Living" program - KSCITV, Channel 18 (Los Angeles) ***Watch on YouTube(in Mandarin Chinese) |
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| August 5 | Rituals for piccolo and percussion is now published by Meridian Publishing LLC | |
| July 30 | Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra |
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| May 20 | |
Gateway Performance Series 2011-12 Season |
| April 22 | Kyle Haust Senior Recital |
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| April 17 | Mars Hill College Percussion Ensemble Concert |
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| April 7 | Lin-Lin Chang Recital Theatre |
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| April 1 | metal...stone...being...cracked for percussion quintet and Open for percussion trio available for sale on MostlyMarimba.com |
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| Jan 20 | "Winner of ArtEZ Jazz Composition Contest" elected "2011 Top Ten Music Headlines" presented by RTHK |
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2011 |
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| Oct 20 | Radio Interview - RTHK3 - Morning Brew with Phil Whelan *** Listen |
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| Sept 1, 5 | Two TV interviews on jazz composition with Juliette Zhuo on "LA Living" program - KSCITV, Channel 18 (Los Angeles) ***Watch on YouTube (in Mandarin Chinese) |
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| July 10 | The Walden School Commission |
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| Jun-July | The Walden School Young Musicianship Program (faculty member) |
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| Jun 12 | Winner of ArtEZ Jazz Composition Contest |
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| Jun 10 | Los Angeles County Arts / Music Guild Joint Commission |
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| Jun 4 | Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra |
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| May | New York, NY | |
| May 28 | |
Gateway Performance Series 2011 Season V. Angeles Consort |
| May 2 | |
Gateway Performance Series 2011 Season IV. Gateway Jazz Orchestra with Alan Chan |
| May 1 | |
Gateway Performance Series 2011 Season Gateway Gallery - The Chinatown Collage Series by Elaine Cohen |
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Gateway Performance Series 2011 Season III. Yana Reznik, piano |
| Feb 28 - Mar 12 | Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Amherst, Virginia | |
| Feburary - March | New York, NY | |
| Mar 5 | |
Gateway Performance Series 2011 Season II. Auria Trio |
| Feb 6 | |
Gateway Performance Series 2011 Season I. Duo Seconda: Modern Dialogues |
| January 17 | Received Subito Grant funding from the San Francisco Chapter of the American Composers Forum for the Gateway Jazz Orchestra project on May 2. |
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| January | New York, NY | |
2010 |
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| Dec 18 | Blue Butterfly book presentation / musical presentation @ The Yoan Shan Club of Taipei, presented by Charming Art and Cite Media. Musical performance by Lin-lin Chang Bel Canto Theatre. | |
| Nov 11 | Floes (2004) for solo vibraphone (HoneyRock Publishing) PASIC Focus Day 2010 Bill Solomon, vibraphone |
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| November | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Oct. 30 | Lien Percussion Ensemble B for Brazil (2010) for percussion ensemble ** World premiere National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Oct. 12 | Winner of Los Angeles County Art / Music Guild Commission, a new piece to be premiered by The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's Pacific Palisades, CA |
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| September | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Aug 18- Sept 3 | Hong Kong | |
| Aug 1 - Aug 18 | New York | |
| July 16 | Victoria Dispensary (2010) for Hexnut ** World Premiere Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCkA71uUL7c |
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| July 4 | Queen Sonnets (2010) for soprano and piano (text: Nicky Schildkraut) |
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| June 21-August 1 | The Walden School Summer Program Faculty |
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| June 19 | |
Gateway Performance Series (GPS: 2009-2010) V. An Evening of American Songs with Courtney Huffman and Tali Tadmor |
| July 11 July 3 June 7 May 29 |
Sweet Bach (2008) for percussion quintet (HoneyRock Publishing) |
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| May 22 | |
Gateway Performance Series (GPS: 2009-2010) IV. French Dressing with Jacques Israelievitch and Kanae Matsumoto |
| May 17 - June 6 | Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach, Florida | |
| April 10 | |
Gateway Performance Series (GPS: 2009-2010) III. GI 1: Gateway Interdisciplinary Initiative |
| March | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Feb 27 | |
Gateway Performance Series (GPS: 2009-2010) II. Vientos Trio |
| Jan | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
2009 |
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| Dec 11 | |
Gateway Performance Series (GPS: 2009-2010) Inaugural Concert with Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera |
| Nov 8-10, 15-25 | BMI Jazz Compsoers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Nov 14 | Sweet Bach (2008) for percussion quartet (HoneyRock Publishing) |
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| Nov 10-15 | Percussive Arts Society International Conference (PASIC) Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN |
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| Oct 20 | Qin (2007-8) for soprano and percussion (ancient text in Chinese: LI Bai, BAI Juyi) ** World Premiere Snell Duo - James Snell, percussion; Melanie Snell, voice 8pm, White Hall, University of Missouri - Kansas City |
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| Oct 15-24 | Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Sept 14 - Oct 1 | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Sept 13 | Listen, Hold Your Breath (2009) for 2-part voices (text: Rev. Dr. McAllister) **World Premiere Gateway Christian Church, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Aug 15 | Sweet Bach (2008) for percussion quartet now available for sale on HoneyRock Publishing Also available: Without a Trail to Lace for voice and vibraphone, Floes for solo vibraphone |
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| July 31 | Received Subito Grant funding from American Composers Forum for his upcoming trip to Kansas City | |
| July 19 | Dauther's Lullaby (2006) is selected for the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) CD series under Capstone Records Courtney Huffman, soprano; Donald Crockett, conductor; USC Thornton Symphony (text: Nicky Schildkraut) |
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| June 26 - July 10 | San Francisco, CA |
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| May 11-30 | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Mar. 31 | Shrimp Tale (2005-7) for jazz orchestra |
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| Mar. 29-31 | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Mar. 10 | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Mar. 5 | MFA Thesis Exhibition: Emily Mast EVERYTHING, NOTHING, SOMETHING, ALWAYS (WALLA!) 7-10pm MFA Gallery, University of Southern California Featuring ...je vis (musical setting of text by Rene Daumal) |
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| Feb. 14-17 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Jan.17-20 | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Jan-April | U of Redlands (Spring Semester) Ear Training III and IV Instructor /MUS 107, 108 |
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| Nov. 17-Dec.10 | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Nov. 4-9 | Percussive Arts Society International Conference (PASIC), Austin, TX | |
| Oct. 24 | Melody of China - Young Composers Series 8pm, Old First Church, San Francisco Bitter Melon (2008) for pipa and erhu ** World Premiere |
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| Oct. 18 | Lien Percussion Ensemble |
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| Sept.9-25 | BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, New York, NY | |
| August 16 | KSUA (FM91.5) of Fairbanks, AK |
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| August 9 | Lin-Lin Chang Recital Theatre |
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| June 19 | Without a Trail to Lace (2006/8) for voice and vibraphone is the first prize winner of the 2008 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest (text: Nicky Schildkraut) |
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| June 14 | International Jazz Composers' Symposium |
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| May 28 | Apollo Wong Master Vocal Recital |
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| May 19 | Miguel Duran DMA Clarinet Recital |
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| March 30 | Classical KUSC (FM91.5) of Los Angeles |
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| Feb 21 | Radio Television Hong Kong Channel 4 (RTHK4), "Silk and Bamboo" program |
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| Feb 17 | Fort Worth Symphony Composer Workshop |
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| Feb 7 | New Music for Orchestra Concert |
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2007 |
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| Dec11 to Jan 15, 2008 | Trip to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing and Hokkaido | |
| Nov 1 | Passed DMA Comprehensive Exams!! | |
| Oct 21 | Luisiana State University (LSU) Percussion Ensemble Concert |
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| Aug 10, 11 | Lin-lin Chang Recital Theatre Mythical Dream by Lee Tai-Hsiang Alan Chan / conductor Red House Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| July 10 | Duo Recital by Letty Poon and David Leung |
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| July 7 | Melody of China - Young Composers Series 7pm, Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, CA |
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| May 25 | Melody of China - Young Composers Series |
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| Mar 31 | Alan Chan Composition Recital at USC |
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| Feb 27 | USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra Concert 8pm, Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles, CA Shrimp Tale (2005-07) for Jazz orchestra TJO with Shelly Berg |
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| Feb 5 | Alan Chan Jazz Composition Recital at USC |
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| Dec 23 | "metal...stone...being...cracked" Alan Chan Composition Recital 12noon, Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall Artists: members of City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Lin-lin Chang (Taiwan), Andrea Moore (USA), Alan Chan, Yuki Ip and Apollo Wong. Presented by Arts and Culture Development Fund |
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| Oct 22 | USC Composers' Showcase |
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| Oct 10 | USC Contemporary Music Ensemble |
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| Sept 30 | James Snell Faculty Recital Daughter's Lullaby (part 2 of Without a Trail to Lace) (2006) for voice and vibraphone ** World premiere Melanie Snell / soprano; James Snell / vibraphone |
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| Aug-Dec | USC (Fall semester) | |
| Aug 16 | Composer fellow, the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East at Bennington College, VT |
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| Aug 1-8 | The Walden School Music Teacher Training Workshop, Dublin, NH (second time) | |
| Aug (week 1-3) | Trip to New England, Montreal | |
| Jul 14/15 | Lin-Lin Chang Recital Theatre ??????<<???>> |
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| Jun-Jul | Trip to Hong Kong | |
| Apr 11 | USC One Language, Many Voices Concert (showcase of new music from Writer and Composer course) California Plate (2006) for voice and piano (text: Victoria Chang) |
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| Mar 26 | USC Composers' Showcase Floes (2002) for vibes solo |
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| Jan-May | USC (Spring semester) | |
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| Aug-Dec | USC (Fall semester) | |
| Dec | Trip to Hong Kong | |
| 3/16 | University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Orchestra at the Concerto-Aria Competition Winners Concert Burlesque (2004) for Orchestra ** World premiere Jason Reinhardt / conductor |
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| 2/24-26 | University of Texas - San Antonio Percussion Ensemble, at the SCI Region VI conference (Director: Sherry Rubins) metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2001/02) |
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| 2/5, 2/19 | Hong Kong Music Office presents New Vision of Tunes concert |
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| Jan-May | USC (Spring semester) | |
2004 |
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| Dec | Trip to Hong Kong | |
| 10/18 | University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Percussion Ensemble (Director: James Snell) metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2001/02) |
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| Aug-Dec | University of Southern California (USC) (Fall semester) | |
| Sept | Floes (2002) available for purchase at HoneyRock Publishing | |
| July | Trip to Hong Kong | |
| 6/18-21 | The Walden School Music Teacher Training Workshop, Santa Clara, CA (first time) | |
| 6/10 | Kansas City Star | |
| 6/4 | Floes (2002) is awarded second place at the Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition | |
| 5/8 | Received Master's degree in composition from UMKC | |
| 5/6 | Received first prize from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Orchestral Composition Competition! Burlesque (2004) for Orchestra |
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| Jan-May | UMKC (Winter semester) | |
2003 |
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| Dec-Jan 2004 | Trip to Hong Kong / Macau | |
| 11/4 | Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York |
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| Aug-Dec | UMKC (Fall semester) | |
| 6/3 | at the June in Buffalo festival (Vibraphone: Rin Ozaki) Floes (2002) ** World premiere |
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| 5/1 | St. Olaf College Percussion Ensemble, Urness Recital Hall, Northfield, Minnesota metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2001/02) |
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| 4/11-12 | at the SCI Region VIII conference, Ellensburg, Washington metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2001/02) Composition 0 (2000) |
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| 3/8 | St. Olaf Percussion Ensemble, at the SCI Region V conference, St. Paul, Minnesota metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2001/02) |
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| Jan-May | UMKC (Winter semester) | |
2002 |
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| 11/6 | STOP Percussion Ensemble, at the MUSICA DANUBIANA Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2001/02) ** Europe premiere |
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| 10/21 | University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Percussion Ensemble (Director: James Snell) metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2nd version) (2001/02) |
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| 7/5 - 7/21 | UMKC (Fall semester) | |
| 7/21-7/30 | Trip to Berlin, Leipzig and Prague | |
| 7/5 - 7/21 | Darmstadt International summer courses for new music, Germany | |
| 5/23 | Received "Honorable Mention" from Morton Gould Young Composer Competition ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Concert Music Awards Ceremony New York City, New York |
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| 4/4 - 4/6 | Attended SEAMUS National Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa | |
| 3/21 | Imagine 2002, University of Memphis, Tennessee UofM Percussion Ensemble - metal...stone...being...cracked ???? (2001) ** World premiere |
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| 2/17 | Eastern Winds Ensemble Composition Competition Concert, City Hall Recital Hall, Central, Hong Kong Composition 0 (2000) |
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| 1/26 | Performed Sheng (a Chinese mouth organ) with Jan Faidley (Saxophone) in New Ear's Concert - "Distance" by Takemitsu | |
| Jan - May | UMKC (Winter semester) | |
2001 |
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| Mid-Dec | Trip to Shanghai | |
| Dec - Jan | Trip to Hong Kong | |
| Aug - Dec | University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) (Fall semester) | |
| 8/13/01 | Accompanist of Lin-lin Chang Soprano Recital, Taipei, Taiwan ??????, ???????, ?? | |
| 6/13 - 6/22 | IRCAM (Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique / musique) summer course, Paris, France Private lesson with Marc-Andre Dalbavie |
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| 3/23 | Composition Recital, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida | |
PREVIOUS PROJECTS |
The Walla! Project (March 2009) 2. René's Barcarolle for jazz big band
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Five short documentary films about Alan Chan's collaborative works. |
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