| 1963 |
Born
in Redding, California, USA |
| 1984 |
B.A.
in Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA |
| 1985 |
B.Mus.
(in Piano Performance), University of California at Santa Barbara, USA |
| 1989 |
M.Mus.
(in Piano Performance), Eastman School of Music, USA |
| 1991 |
DMA(in
Composition), Eastman School of Music, USA |
| 1992-1993 |
Post
Doctoral Studies (Computer Music) at University of Washington, USA |
| 1994- |
Assistant
Professor, HKBU |
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| Awards |
| 1983 |
University
of California Regents Fellow, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 1984 |
Presidents
Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Physics, University of California
at Santa Barbara |
| 1985 |
Winner
Concerto Competition, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 1985 |
Music
Affiliates Outstanding Performance Award, University of California at
Santa Barbara |
| 1985 |
Frank
Wilczek Award (piano), University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 1986 |
Erno
Daniel Memorial Prize for Distinguished Performance, University of California
at Santa Barbara |
| 1986 |
Southern
California Young Artist Competition (piano) Music Academy of the West,
CA |
| 1986 |
Opus
One Award, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 1986 |
First
Prize, George Corwin/Metropolitan Theater Orchestral Competition, University
of California at Santa Barbara |
| 1987 |
First
Prize, Eastman/Mu Phi Chamber Music Competition, Eastman School of Music |
| 1987 |
First
Prize, Brian Isreal New Music Competition, Syracuse University, New
York |
| 1987 |
First & Third
Prizes, Victor Herbert Chamber Music Competition, New York |
| 1988 |
Louis
Lane Award in Composition, Eastman School of Music |
| 1989 |
ASCAP
Grant to Young Composers |
| 1989 |
Szernovsky
Award in Composition, Eastman School of Music |
| 1990 |
ASCAP
Grant to Young Composers |
| 1990 |
Rudolf
Nissim Award for Best Orchestral Work by a Living ASCAP Member |
| 1991 |
First
Music 8 Award (with a commission) New York Youth Symphony |
| 1994-2001 |
Seven
Faculty Research Grants, HKBU |
| 1996 |
Teaching
Development Grant, HKBU |
| 1996-2001 |
Six
ASCAP Awards for Serious Music, American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers |
| 2001 |
Competitive
Earmarked Research Grant, Hong Kong University Grants Council |
Major Compositions
Orchestral/Ensemble
Veni Sancte Spiritus (1999) 13'
for narrator, chorus & orchestra
Pittsburgh Music (1993) 8'
for fl, cl, vn, perc & pf
Shasta (1992) 8'
for pf & orchestra
Gaia Symphonia (1989) 15'
for full orchestra
Pittsburgh Music (1993) 8'
for fl, cl, vn, vc, perc & pf
The Time Being (1988) 7'
for fl, cl, vn, vc, perc & pf
East-Wind Music (1987) 12'
for wind ensemble
Vocal/Choral
Confusion and Tranquillity: Two Lessons from the I Ching (1997) 8'
for women's choir
Bodhisattva (1988) 11'
for soprano & pf
Sweet Spontaneous Earth (1986) 12'
for soprano, pf, va, & perc
Chamber
A Hurried Darkness (1998) 11'
for tb & pf
Edlestein Introit (1992) 3'
for fl & bn
Brandenburgh Variations (1990) 7'
for vn & hpsh
Music for Marimba and Strings (1988) 12'
for marimba & string quartet
Trois (1987) 11'
for vn, vc & pf
Electro-acoustic
In Recent Memory (2001) 9'
for pf & electronics
Li Jiang Etude No. 3 (2000) 17'
for pf, perc & electronics
Li Jiang Etude No. 2 (2000) 9'
for pf, zheng (opt) & electronics
Steel3 x Chrome (1999) 10'
for pf & electronics
Li Jiang Etudes No. 1 (1998) 11'
for tape
Descant of a Sonic Pendulum (1997) 5'
for pf & electronics
Sinfonia Computant (1996) 10'
for pf & tape
The Ghost Within (1995) 8'
for pf & tape
CompuIntroMusic (1995) 1'
for tape
Solo Keyboard
Of Wood, Spring, and Bamboo (1996) 8'
for hpsh
Three Preludes (1994-5) 13'
for pf
Bartok Variations (1991) 9'
for pf
Ballade for the Children of the Modern Age (1990) 10'
for pf
Enormous nowhere (1986) 9'
for pf
Pavanne Pour Main Droite Defunte (1986) 3'
for pf left hand
Discography
Christopher Keyes: Keyboard Works 1986-97 Centaur Records CRC
2377
Li Jiang Etude No. 1 International Computer Music Association ICMC99
Publications
"Set-Classes, 12-Tone Rows, and Tonality in the Third Movement of
Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata: The Non-Duality of Tonality and Atonality."
20th Century Music 5, no. 8 (August 1998): 9-15.
"Improvisations I: Suggestions for Teaching Improvisation and 20th
Century Idioms." Music Educators Journal 86, no. 6 (May 2000): 17-22.
"Two Original Compositions and Computer Programs for Utilizing Technology
in the Teaching of Musical Improvisation." The Compendium of selected teaching
Development Grants Project (September 2001): 57-64.
"Identity, History, and Creativity: Underlying Differences in Much
of Asian, European, and American Contemporary Music." Paper presented at
the International Conference of the College Music Society, Kyoto, 1999
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