SONUS - v2
Oceangreen of Shadow (2002), 00:04:36Chin-Chin Chen http://faculty.gvsu.edu/chenc
Nationality: Taiwan
Residence: United States
Biography: Chin-Chin Chen, composer and Director of the Grand Valley State University Music Technology Center, joined the music faculty in 1999. Prior to coming to GVSU, she taught at Millikin University in Decatur, IL. She holds the degree D.M.A. in Composition/Theory, the degree M. Mus. in Music Theory, as well as M. Mus. in Piano Performance at the University of Illinois (Urbana/Champaign), and the degree B. A. in Social Work from Fu-Jen Catholic University in her native Taiwan. Ms. Chen's electroacoustic works Points of No Return (1997, for two-channel tape) and Points of Arrival (1998, for violin and tape) won First Prize and Honorable Mention, respectively, in the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo in Varese, Italy. Her works have received international performances and broadcasts in such cities as Corfu, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Lyons, Prague, Pomona, Austin, Santa Fe, San Jose, Montreal, Melbourne, Belo Horizonte, Stony Brook, Barcelona, Beijing, Nashville, Memphis, and others. She is published by Media Press.
Program Notes: Oceangreen of Shadow is based only on the opening text of the Siren chapter of Ulysses by James Joyce, which is narrated by Bob Shechtman, composer-in-residence at Grand Valley State University. This piece is developed from clearly identifiable text or syllables to unrecognizable text or syllables. The opening first minute functions as a prelude to the entire piece in the same way as the text used functions in its chapter.
Studio of Composition: Home
Hardware Used: Mac G3
Software Used: HyperEngine, Sound Edit 16, ProTools, Cloud Generator, Metasynth, Sound Hack
Performer(s):
Appeared In:
CEC: Sonus
CEC: DISContact! III competition
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