Takahiro Yamamoto embarks on four-hour durational performances: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3–8pm Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 1–5pm Saturday, April 12, 2025, 12–4pm at the Tufts University Art Galleries in conjunction with the exhibition an archive and/or a repertoire. The performance called Hollow Center includes film by
I'm thrilled to share performances of Dirty Laundry, a NEA-funded multimedia dance theater work by Li Chiao-Ping Dance, premieres February 6-8, 2025, at the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. This project—in collaboration with choreographer Li Chiao-Ping and designer Hong
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towards cultural understanding and peace
a musical gift after the election
On March 2, 2024, Seattle University hosted the energizing Arts Leadership Symposium called Cultivating a Thriving Arts Ecosystem. This gathering brought together artists, audiences, curators, media, producers, scholars, and others invested in the creative economy. As the incoming Director of the Arts Leadership MFA and BA programs and a co-organizer
Lecture for San Francisco Opera’s 2022 Dream of the Red Chamber production, with audio video excerpts and details about the music by Bright Sheng <a href="https://medium.com/media/e1aebba16a88ed2b2bdea15c13d602e6/href">https://medium.com/media/e1aebba16a88ed2b2bdea15c13d602e6/href</a> My name is Byron
12 Artistic Responses to Gun Violence 15 years ago, I started working on a project to understand how to prevent gun violence. I was prompted by the April 16th Tragedy at Virginia Tech, where an Asian American creative writing major shot 49 people, killing 32, then himself. Writer Aaron Jafferis
Brief moments with my father in his final months. June 5 My brother Nic updates me on Dad’s condition with metastatic cancer before we arrive home. The house is quiet when I enter. Dad sits in a maroon armchair and looks up: “Byron?” “爸爸, 我回家了.” He holds my hands
A composer shares sonic imagination and strength with choral music for the U.S. General Election on November 3, 2020. <a href="https://medium.com/media/a72f61a34c59283d5b24081c545c2a5d/href">https://medium.com/media/a72f61a34c59283d5b24081c545c2a5d/href</a> With the upcoming U.S. Congressional and Presidential Election
A composer reflects on distanced mourning and violence prevention during the COVID-19 Pandemic, by remembering the April 16th mass shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech through song. There was a time before physical separation and virtual funerals where people gathered together in silence. I remember being shoulder-to-shoulder, in the midst of
“in a sound-bite society, reality no longer matters.” Chris Hedges Recently, there have been two elegies about America that encourage me to continue asking questions. Last Sunday, I attended a revision of Dayna Hanson’s performance inquiry into how the gritty reality of America’s founding fathers intersects with America’
Composer Byron Au Yong has worked with six taiko groups… “Taiko is more than a loud drum,” says Masato Baba. We speak about Heidi Varian’s book The Way of Taiko, published by Stone Bridge Press. Varian is a disciple of Seiichi Tanaka, who founded San Francisco Taiko Dojo in
“My Point of View” for the 4Culture Newsletter I have always been suspicious of the words community and culture because I find myself on the outskirts no matter how hard I try to fit in. I smile when everyone is serious or cry when everyone laughs. Perhaps this is why
Byron Au Yong is a composer and performer based in Seattle. He was nominated by the Wing Luke Asian Museum to be part of the Dragon 100, a yearly delegation of overseas and mainland Chinese leaders who are under the age of 35. This essay started as an attempt to
