Chin Ting Chan | composer
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      • Woodwind Quintet in C
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      • Flare
      • Postcards
      • Central
      • ...remembering Glenn
      • Cross-currents
      • Flurry
      • Shape of Wind
      • Shattered Wind
      • Five Etudes for Solo Piano
      • Suite for Solo Cello
      • Fantasy for Solo B-flat Clarinet
    • Electroacoustic >
      • Water Dust
      • Glitchdrops
      • Resonant Collision IV
      • Resonant Collision III
      • Resonant Collision II
      • Resonant Collision
      • 52 Blue
      • Mirror Sculpture
      • Shadow Objects
      • Stutter
      • Reel
      • Elements
      • Moment Studies
      • Static
      • Rituals
      • tempora mutantur
      • Whispers of Time
      • time, forward
      • Katachi IV
      • Stargaze
      • Katachi III
      • Katachi II
      • Katachi I
      • Awakening
      • Improvisations
      • Oceanus
      • Zone 23
      • Of Metals and Electrons
      • Three Episodes
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Thank you BG

5/6/2011

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I am done with everything for the semester. I feel such a big relief. There is a moment of sadness though--I had to return my office key today. I'm going to miss having an office; I'm going to miss everything in BG. A Master's degree goes by too fast. Two years go by too fast. I feel like I just arrived here yesterday, and now I have to go. But life moves on, right?

Thank you BG. I will not forget this place, and you will remain special in my heart.

Anyhow, I'll be back for the New Music Festival in fall to hear my Five Songs of the Von Seggerns (2010)! I received an email today from a teacher in Nebraska, whose student is researching about the train accident in Amanda's poems, and came across my piece. I am very glad that my music is making connection with people - this is what keeps me and all musicians working. We make music because we care; we make music because we want to communicate.


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Composition

4/21/2011

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I think my composition style is constantly evolving. Since the composition of my Apparitions - a fantasy for chamber ensemble (2010-11), I have found a new style to work with. I personally see my Five Songs of the Von Seggerns (2010) as a sum of my early style, which is always harmonically exact, rhythmically defined and structurally strict. This set of songs also serves as a bridge to my more current style, which pays less attention to exactness and allows more aleatoric chance operations; pays more attention to instrumental timbre/color, building up of texture, achieving intensity through density of pitches, emphasizing on different sound properties and acoustic in general. This is fascinating--I can't wait to hear what I will come up with in the future!
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Life as it is

4/16/2011

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After deciding to attend UMKC instead of the other school, I am so released now. I feel so much more settled down. Today was the premiere of my thesis - Apparitions - a fantasy for chamber ensemble (2010-11). It went very well--I now have a good recording thanks for Conrad Chu (conductor) and the fabulous players from BG. This piece is so different from my earlier compositions.

And, right now I have been looking to acquire a car so that I can travel to my new school.
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GAMMA-UT

3/27/2011

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Had such a great experience at GAMMA-UT this weekend, and met so many fantastic musicians from around the country. The paper sessions as well as the concert were all great--I have so much to digest now--good stuff, of course. The Bel Cuore Quartet's performance was amazing. I think I'm the happiest composer in the world.
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Zeitgeist

3/23/2011

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Zeitgeist was amazing. They are very professional, and are certainly enjoyable to work with. They presented four pieces tonight with such musicianship and high degree of ensemble playing! It is very exciting to hear active contemporary music playing outside of school!

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The storm (thunder and rain and snow) was getting really bad on my way back to the motel, hope that it'll clear up by tomorrow!

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On the Road!

3/22/2011

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I am on the road again! I am really looking forwards to Zeitgeist's and Bel Cuore Quartet's performances this week! I'm staying at a motel now, and am about 180 miles away from Zeitgeist's Studio Z. I just received Bel Cuore Quartet's reading on my Saxophone Quartet (2009), and it was fantastic! Life is obviously treating me very well at this moment, except that my homework and project loads might kill me when I get back.
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Music Tech

3/18/2011

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There was this classic music technology panic tonight at the performance of my Awakening for trombone and live electronics (2010). Well, first of all, the freeverb~ object was not recognized at all. Then, there was this long sustained tone that wasn't supposed to be there. I was so glad that after two cues of events, it cut off... but nonetheless, I don't think anyone noticed, and that sustained tone actually fit the context. I was so afraid that it wouldn't cut off - in that case, I would have to "X" kill it... Anyways, it was a great concert, with the great trombonist - Kevin Fairbairn!

Having been so inspired, I just finished an electroacoustic piece: Katachi I for fixed media (2011). I have been processing these sounds, and now I finally get to use them! Guess what sounds I used? (Program notes will be posted soon!)
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Article

3/15/2011

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I recently came across a blog entry about the benefits of music in schools. This is pretty interesting and persuasive, and under each "benefit" are these links to other more detailed articles.

The topic of the article is "20 Important Benefits of Music In Our Schools". You can review the article here.

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March...

3/14/2011

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March has been absolutely exhausting and relaxing at the same time. My spring break was great--I stayed home and didn't do much. I did start my new piece though (more details to come later). My thesis is totally done. Now, I am still waiting for schools--I was accepted by UNT few days ago.

So many travels are ahead of me: Zeitgeist performance (which I just found out), the long waited GAMMA-UT and visiting UMKC...
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UNT Campus

2/21/2011

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UNT is huge. Everything is huge. They have approx. 1650 music majors there, and it is the biggest music program. Every year they produce over 1000 concerts... It is quite impressive and exciting! All the comp. faculties were very nice, and I think my interview went well, and I enjoyed the lecture, concert and panel I attended very much!
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  • Home。主頁
  • About。簡介
  • Music。音樂
    • Large Ensemble >
      • Deform and Reform
      • Qing Ming
      • Dust Devil
      • Untitled
      • Falling Stars
      • Shadow Play
      • time, unfolding
      • Veiled Light
      • Apparitions - a fantasy for chamber ensemble
      • Fanfare for Brass and Percussion
      • Symphonic Movements
    • Chamber >
      • Invisible Canvas
      • flying ink, fainting light
      • Fracture
      • fuse V
      • fuse IV
      • fuse III
      • fuse II
      • fuse
      • In-pulse
      • Don't Look
      • Ictus
      • (dif)fused
      • Double Exposure
      • Flying Ink
      • Fractals
      • Double Waves
      • Drift
      • reaching up, touching down
      • Friction
      • Cross-strings
      • Thread
      • Axis
      • Mirage
      • re[sou]nding
      • Crosswind
      • Anemoi
      • ...and see it vanish
      • Icebergs
      • Moments
      • Haengma
      • Acoustic Field
      • Five Songs of the Von Seggerns
      • Saxophone Quartet
      • Elegy for Clarinet and Piano
      • Transfiguration
      • Caprice for String Quartet
      • Duo for Two Flutists
      • Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Marimba
      • Trio for Horn, Cello and Piano
      • Woodwind Quintet in C
      • String Quartet in A minor
    • Solo >
      • Ripple
      • Insight I
      • Flare
      • Postcards
      • Central
      • ...remembering Glenn
      • Cross-currents
      • Flurry
      • Shape of Wind
      • Shattered Wind
      • Five Etudes for Solo Piano
      • Suite for Solo Cello
      • Fantasy for Solo B-flat Clarinet
    • Electroacoustic >
      • Water Dust
      • Glitchdrops
      • Resonant Collision IV
      • Resonant Collision III
      • Resonant Collision II
      • Resonant Collision
      • 52 Blue
      • Mirror Sculpture
      • Shadow Objects
      • Stutter
      • Reel
      • Elements
      • Moment Studies
      • Static
      • Rituals
      • tempora mutantur
      • Whispers of Time
      • time, forward
      • Katachi IV
      • Stargaze
      • Katachi III
      • Katachi II
      • Katachi I
      • Awakening
      • Improvisations
      • Oceanus
      • Zone 23
      • Of Metals and Electrons
      • Three Episodes
  • Listen。聆聽
  • software。程式
    • mapping
    • matrixes
    • multiplication
    • pitch sets
    • set variants
  • Contact。聯絡