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TANG Wai-chung Joyce
   
Joyce Wai-chung Tang was born in Hong Kong. Before earning a PhD in musicology at the University of Hong Kong in 2006, she obtained master's degrees in both composition and electro-acoustic music at the Hong Kong Baptist University. She later joined the Summer Academy of the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Music (IRCAM) in Paris to further her studies.  Her compositions have been performed throughout Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Many of her works have also been jury-selected for performance in major contemporary music festivals/conferences, such as the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days in United Kingdom and Hong Kong, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in Hong Kong, Michigan and Beijing, Journées d’Informatique Musicale (JIM) in Paris, Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Nashville, USA, the Asian Composers’ League Contemporary Music Festival in Seoul, as well as the Musicarama Festivals in Hong Kong. She has received commissions by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Arts Festival, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Bach Choir and Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild.

Major Compositions
Orchestral (Western)
New Work (work in progress)
     for percussion and orchestra; commissioned by Thierry Miroglio
Quicksilver Swirls (2006) 8'
     for orchestra; commissioned by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Stirring Up . . . Cosmic Dust (1995; rev. 2005) 10'
     for orchestra

Chamber (Western)
Drunk with Flower Shadows (2001) 10'
     for soprano, fl, ob, cl, bn, 2 vn, va, vc & db; commissioned by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
Diffusion (1994) 7'
     for string quartet
Rotating Rirage (1993) 11'
     for pf & 2 perc
Shading Off (1993) 7'
     for 4 keyboard synthesizers
In a Stormy Night (1992) 4'
     for 2 perc
Waggery (1992) 3'30
     for fl, cl, hn & vc

Chamber (Mixed)
Stretch (2003) 7’
     for vc and zheng; commissioned by the 2004 Hong Kong Arts Festival

Vocal /Choral
Han Shan (2004) 7'40'
     for mixed choir and strings; commissioned by Jerome Hoberman and the Hong Kong Bach Choir and Orchestra
Drunk with Flower Shadows (2001) 10'
     for soprano and chamber ensemble; commissioned by the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

Electro-Acoustic Music / Computer Music
A Stanza Adrift (2000) 3'
     for tape
Between Memory and Reality (1998) 8'
     for perc and tape; commissioned by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild
Suite for Virtual Double Bass (1997) 30'18"
     for tape
     I. Floating Dust 3'25"
     II. Tapping Dance I 1'57"
     III. Crisscrossing Lines 5'40"
     IV. Energy 5'40"
     V. Meditating Strokes 5'53"
     VI. Tapping Dance II 4'38"
     VII. Inmost Endeavour 3'37"
Cympergon (1995) 12'
     for tape

Discography
Cympergon (ICMC Conference CD 1996), October Music (Taiwan) 96081-10004  

Publications/ Paper Presentations
“Interpreting Lou Harrison: Social Criticism in his Post World War II Works.” PhD Dissertation, The University of Hong Kong, 2006.
“Negotiating Boundaries: Lou Harrison's Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Javanese Gamelan (1981/82)." Paper presented at the Hong Kong Postgraduate Music Symposium, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13 March 2004.
"Suite for Virtual Double Bass: A Three Dimensional Composition Based on Original Digital Sounds Created by Computer Assisted Transformation of Original Recorded Sound Samples." MPhil Thesis, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1998.

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