YIP Ho-kwen, Austin

YIP Ho-kwen, Austin

1985	Born in Hong Kong
2003	Dip-ABRSM (violin performance)
2007	BA in Music, University of California, Berkeley
2007-	MPhil candidate (Composition), The University of Hong Kong

Awards
2005	De Anza College - James Kitagawa Memorial Music Scholarship
2006	University of California, Berkeley - Henry Holbrook Scholarship
2005-2007	University of California, Berkeley - Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship
2006-2007	University of California, Berkeley - James King Scholarship
2007	University of California, Berkeley - Eisner Prize
2007	University of California, Berkeley - Milton C. Witzel Memorial Prize
Major Compositions Orchestral (Western) Scar (2008) Decoding Joke (2008) Chamber (Western) Loch Ness (2007) for clarinet, didgeridoo, violin, cello, percussion and piano Flux (2007) for Bb clarinet, flute, violin, cello, piano and drums Stooge (2007) for violin and piano The Kraken (2007) for flute and percussion The Mat and the Couse (2006) for Bb clarinet, violin, piano and a whistle Insomnia (2006) for violin and piano Instrumental Solo Jin Se (2008) for voice, piano and mouth whistle Twelve Reminiscence (2008) for flute Amazon (2007) for cello Practice Room (2006) for piano A Chick on a Stick (2006) for Bb clarinet Vocal /Choral Lu Chai (2008) for 4 SATB soloists Music for Theatre / Drama Father - This is All About Excitement (2008) Father - When Boredome Arrives (2008) Father - A Lost Event (2008)