You are listening to an excerpt from Zhou's Symphonic Suite: The Grand Canal, performed by Guangzhou Symphony (Erhu solo: Ma Lin), conducted by Zhou Tian. ©Pacific Audio / Video.

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2009)

For Full Orchestra 10'00

Commissioned by Green Bay Symphony Orchestra

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The Grand Canal (2008)

For Two Chinese Instruments, Chinese Opera Singer, Mixed Chorus and Full Orchestra

Symphonic Suite in 7 Movements. 45’00

Commissioned by Hangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles (China)

Recorded by Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra with Guest Soloists. Released by Pacific Audio/Video, Inc.

Premiered by Hangzhou Philharmonic; cond. Yang Yang.

Erhu, Ruan; Chinese Opera Singer/Narrator; Chorus (SATB 60+); 3333/4331/timp/3 perc./pno/cel//hp/strings

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First Sight (2007)

For Full Orchestra 6’00

Commissioned and Premiered by The Minnesota Orchestra Subsequent performances by The Pittsburgh Symphony

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Music (2007)

For Cello and Orchestra 9’00

Commissioned by Hangzhou Dance Company (China)

3222/4231/timp/3 perc./hp/solo VC/strings

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Poem From A Vanished Time (2005)

For Full Orchestra 7'00

Premiered by Curtis Symphony; cond. Sarah Hicks

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The Palace of Nine Perfections (2004)

For Full Orchestra 10'00

Premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra; cond. Osmo Vänskä

3333/4331/timp/3 perc./cel/hp/strings

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Pictures (2003)

For Orchestra 12'00 (two movements)

Premiered by Curtis Symphony; Cond. David Hayes

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Music (2001)

For Full Orchestra 12'00

Premiered by Curtis Symphony; Cond. Sarah Hicks

3222/4331/timp/2 perc./celesta/hp/strings

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Twilight (2003)

For String Orchestra 7'00
Premiered by Curtis Symphony; Cond. Zhou Tian

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Milka Sonata (2009)*

For Violin and Piano 15'00

Commissioned by The Curtis Institute of Music and The Markow-Totevy Foundation

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Unheard Wishes (2009)

For Clarinet and Piano 9'00
Premiered at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall

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Three Songs (2008)

For Soprano, Cello and Piano 10'00
Poems by Seth Michelson, Cody Todd and Neil Aitken
Premiered at Alfred Newman Hall, USC

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Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty, I Pause To Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles (2008)

For Narrator, Flute, Viola and Harp 7'00

Poem by Billy Collins

Commissioned by Music in the Loft
Premiered at Lyon & Healy Hall, Chicago
CD released by Cedille Records

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Blowing Westward (2008)

For Solo Marimba 7'00

Commissioned by Pius Cheung (YCA Artist 2008)
World premiere: Hong Kong International Art Festival
US premiere: Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

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String Quartet No.2 (2008*) 12'00

Commissioned by Music in the Loft

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Duo Concertante (2006)

For Violin and Viola 6'00

Commissioned by Gang of Two
Premiered at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall

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Was (2006)

For String Quartet 6'00

Written for The Juilliard Dance
Premiered at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York

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Rhyme (2005)

For Violoncello Solo 11'00 (Three movements)

Premiered at Paul Hall of The Juilliard School

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Ye: Variations for Two Cellos and Piano (2005) 9'00

Commissioned by American Composers Forum

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Duet (1999, rev. 2005)

For Flute and Piano 5'30
Premiered by Jeffery Khaner, principal flute, Philadelphia Orchestra

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Morning after the Deluge (2004)

For Solo Violin, Piano and String Quartet 13'00

Commissioned by Meng Chieh Liu

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Prism (2004) for Piano 9'00

Commissioned by Meng Chieh Liu

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Three Chinese Songs (2003)

For Soprano and Piano 10'00
Poems by Xu Zhimo

Commissioned by The Curtis Institute of Music

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Morning Call (2002) for Brass Quintet 3'00

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Iris and Butterfly (2002)

For Small Mixed Chorus (12 singers) and String Quartet 5'00

Premiered by The Tanglewood Festival Chorus

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Trio (2002) for Violin, Violoncello and Piano 8'30

Live Recorded for the CD "Highlights of Curtis Institute 2002-3"

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String Quartet No.1 (2000) 16'00

(Three movements)

Premiered at The Curtis Institute of Music

Subsequent performances by The Biava Quartet, The Arditti Quartet, The New Fromm Quartet, etc.

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Original Music for Motion Picture Eternal Beloved (2009)

Directed by Faye Yu.

Commissioned by Beijing True Image Productions

Film premiered at Shanghai International Film Festival
Releasing date: China - September 3, 2009
DVD releasing date: October 15, 2009

For Two Chinese Instruments and Full Orchestra. 65'00