HISTORY
Education
Australian National University
- Doctor of Philosophy in Music (thesis to submit 31/03/2007)
- Graduate Teaching Program Certificate (2004)
University of Sydney
- Bachelor of Music - Honours Division I (2001)
Achievements
University of Sydney
- 1st Class Honours & 1st in Composition (2001)
- Sarah Theresa Makinson Price for Composition (2001)
- Frank Albert Prize III for Music (2000)
- Donald Peart Memorial Prize for Music (1999)
1st Prizes
- Bathing the Buddha for 5 recorders: Orpheus Publications Composition Competition Prize (2005)
- In Meditation for erhu & tape: De Viana Liturgical Music Prize at St Christopher’s Cathedral, Canberra (2004)
- Opium Dreaming for string quartet: “Young Composer’s Salon of the 11th Sydney Spring Festival at Sydney Opera House (2000)
Equal high commendation
- The Honey-white Black-stump Koori-kid for SATB choir: The Australian Voices Young Composer Award (2002)
3rd Prize
- Where is Heaven? for voice, erhu, & SFX: Nan Tien Temple Rhythm of the World Competition at City Recital Hall, Angel Place & at the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei (2004)
Major Performance Venues
- Brisbane: Queensland Conservatorium of Music at Griffith University (2002)
- Sydney: The Studio’ of the Sydney Opera House (2000) | ‘The Atrium’ of Macquarie University (2000) | The Great Hall of Sydney University (1999, 2001) | City Recital Hall Angel Place (2004)
- Canberra: St Christopher’s Cathedral, Manuka (2004) | Chinese Embassy (2004, 2006) | Drill Hall Gallery (2004) | ABC Radio Station, Dickson (2004, 2006) | The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre (2004, 2005, 2006) Llewellyn Hall, ANU (2005) | Street Theatre (2005) | Various community halls in ACT (2005 - ) | Belconnen Theatre (2006) | Tuggeranong Theatre (2006) | Exhibition Park (2006) | National Art Gallery of Australia (2006) | National Museum of Australia (2006) | Greenhills Conference Centre (2006) | Canberra Southern Cross Club (2006) | Toast (2006) | Om Shanti College (2006)
- Melbourne: The CUB Malthouse (2005)
- Perth: University of Western Australia (2003)
- Taipei, Taiwan ROC: Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (2004)
- Germany: Klosterkirche, Remscheid-Lennep
- Maryland, USA: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (2001)
- New York City, USA: Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufmann Center (2006)
Research & Teaching
2006
- Guest Performer for MuST (Music for Students with Talent) Pre-Tertiary program at the Australian National University
- Guest Composer for MuST (Music for Students with Talent) Pre-Tertiary program at the Australian National University
- Guest Composer for SoundACT program
- Tutor & Chinese ensemble teacher for Highlights of World Music undergraduate course at the Australian National University
- Guest Lecturer for Music in Asian Cultures undergraduate course at the Australian National University
- Guest presenter and performer for the ACT Palliative Care Society Inc. ‘Palliative Care Retreat’ at Greenhills Conference Centre, Cotter River
- Guest presenter for the Australian National University ‘Open Day’ at Manning Clarke Lecture Theatre 3
- Guest Composer at Hawker College, Canberra
2005
- Guest Composer for MuST (Music for Students with Talent) Pre-Tertiary program at the Australian National University
2004
- Chinese Music Workshop for MuST (Music for Students with Talent) Pre-Tertiary program at the Australian National University
- Tutor for Music in Asian Cultures undergraduate course at the Australian National University
2002
- Tutor for Composition at Girraween Selective High School, Sydney
Publications & Written Work
- Celestial roots: the music of Sydney’s Chinese, 1954-2004. PhD dissertation (work in progress)
- An early historical lute source for the study of the Tōgaku tradition of Japanese court music. Honours dissertation (2001)
- Transplanted genres: a perspective on ‘Chinese music’ in Sydney. Presented at the Asian Performing Arts Symposium, University of New England [pending]
- Transformations in the music of the Australian Chinese Catholic Community, 1954-2004 [pending with ANU E-press]
- ‘Home of the Light’: contemporary Buddhist hymns in the Fo Guang Shan-Nan Tien Temple Community of Australia [work in progress for ‘The Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia’]
- Poppies and Spice for tenor recorder and guitar [Orpheus music] (2001)
- Poppies and Spice for tenor recorder and guitar [Sibelius music] (2001)
- Cries in the Night [Sibelius music] (2001)
- Opium Dreaming for string quartet [available from University of Sydney Library] (2001)
- Secret of the Golden Flower: Spirals [available from Symphony Australia] (2005)
- Some Yum Cha Cha in ‘ModArt 03: program 1’. Performed by The Song Company’ [AMC Library number: CD 1346]
- The Honey-white Black-stump Koori-kid in ‘Voices Live’. Performed by The Australian Voices [CD ]