Ideas for Cultivating a Thriving Arts Ecosystem
2024 Arts Leadership Symposium at Seattle University
Three entry points to appreciate the opera Dream of the Red Chamber
Lecture for San Francisco Opera’s Dream of the Red Chamber, with audio video excerpts and details about the music by Bright Sheng
Artistic Responses to Gun Violence
Inspired by organizers who call out injustice and spurred by the data and debates about firearm-related deaths, I provide this resource.
In Memoriam
Brief moments with my father in his final months.
Rehearsing Democracy with a Choir Online in “We Are the Ones (Vote)”
A composer shares sonic imagination and strength with choral music for the U.S. General Election on November 3, 2020.
Memorials: music and questions to prevent violence
Reflections on mourning during a pandemic, remembering the tragedy at Virginia Tech through community and song, and violence prevention.
Empire of Illusion and Gloria’s Cause
“in a sound-bite society, reality no longer matters.” Chris Hedges
The Way of Taiko
Composer Byron Au Yong has worked with six taiko groups…
On Community and Culture
“My Point of View” for the 4Culture Newsletter
Eight Thoughts From the Silk Road
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…
Toru Takemitsu
“Submitting to a rich, dignified passion of sound.”
Brenda Wong Aoki
Sharing stories that ‘begged to come out’