Sibelius files
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exception. So, I've highlighted links to MP3 files I deem acceptable by
giving them real names or by using bold font. All other links labeled MP3 and MIDI are listed for reference
only. Some MP3 files were recorded during
sight-reading sessions.
Keep in mind that these excellent musicians played my music for the first time
without prior practice.
| Audio File |
Sibelius |
Others |
Comment |
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I Wish You a Jingle Belly Christmas |
Sib 4 |
Full Score
Piano
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(2010) A piano/cello duet arranged for my niece Sheryl Huang who just turned seven.
Midi.
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You've got an Imaginary Friend in Jesus |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2009)
Midi
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Turn Your Eyes |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2007) Extended for Elisha
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Edit War in Wikidom |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2007) Summer
2007. A short, merciless edit war in
Wikidom, comprising
3 mini battles. For violin, viola and cello. Alternate version
with viola in treble clef: sib and
pdf. |
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A House for the Feeble-Minded |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2007)
Juilliard Spring 2007.
Duet for tenor and baritone with piano accompaniment. Adapted from the short
story 'Profession' by
Isaac Asimov.
Lyric.
Midi-rendered
version. |
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Adagio Allegro Bizarrito |
Sib 4 |
Full Score |
(2007)
Juilliard Spring 2007.
Bizarre concerto grosso sextet. Individual parts:
clarinet in
Bb, bassoon,
trumpet in Bb,
tenor trombone,
violin and
cello.
Midi-rendered mp3. |
Noodly Appendages of the FSM
(Duo
version) |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2007)
Juilliard Spring 2007.
Eerie, heavenly music of the
FSM.
Recording by Gilad Harel, Alistair MacRae & Wei-En Hsu.
Reading (violin) by Yonah Zur and Blair McMillen. Versions renamed and
rearranged for
clarinet/cello/piano and
clarinet/piano as part of
Wedding Suite 2007. |
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Climbing Mount Improbable |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2007) Figured bass by Conrad Cummings.
Recording by Gilad Harel & Wei-En Hsu. Violin
and piano arrangements by me.
MIDI-rendered. Version rearranged for
clarinet/piano as part of
Wedding Suite 2007. |
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Perilous Journey along the Silk Road |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2007)
Juilliard Spring 2007. Partially derived
from my earlier unnamed string quartet.
MID-rendered.
Reading on Feb 1st.
Dry version.
Parts: Violin1,
Violin2,
Viola and
Cello. |
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Stop the Nagging, Please |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2006)
Juilliard Fall 2006.
Piano Solo. Recording by Wei-En Hsu.
Reading by Blair McMillen.
The music will make much more sense if you listen to it while following the
score on another browser window. |
We are Made of Stars
the story of RNA |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2006)
Juilliard Fall 2006. Soprano,
Mezzo-soprano and piano. Lyric - a
tribute to Carl Sagan. |
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Gandalf and his Fireworks |
Sib 4 |
PDF
w/o keys |
(2006)
Juilliard Fall 2006, for Harp and
Marimba. MIDI-rendered. |
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Once Upon a Time
Somewhere |
Sib 4 |
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(2006)
Juilliard Fall 2006. Reading by brass quintet.
Full score at concert pitch.
Trumpet1.
Trumpet2.
Horn.
Tenor Trombone.
Bass Trombone.
Midi-rendered. |
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Wedding Suite 2007 |
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Wedding Suite 2007
for my brother's 2007 wedding. |
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Organ Overture |
Sib 4 |
PDF |
(2006) Rearranged from Your Fish Tank for
Organ.
MIDI-rendered. |
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Royal March |
Sib 4 |
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(2006)
Juilliard Fall 2006. Full score.
Trumpet1.
Trumpet2.
Horn.
Tenor Trombone.
Bass Trombone.
Midi-rendered.
Dry version.
First reading. |
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Celebration |
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(2007)
Full score.
Trumpet1.
Trumpe2.
Horn.
Tenor
Trombone.
Bass
Trombone. |
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Bridal March |
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(2007)
Full
score (transposed).
Trumpet1.
Trumpet2.
Horn.
Tenor Trombone.
Bass
Trombone. |
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Adagio |
Sib 4 |
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(2007)
Full score.
Trumpet1,
Trumpet2,
Horn,
Tenor
Trombone &
Bass
Trombone.
Midi-rendered. |
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The Road Ahead |
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(2007)
Full
score (transposed).
Trumpet1,
Trumpet2,
Horn,
Tenor
Trombone &
Bass
Trombone. |
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Mu-Bai Borrows the Book |
Sib |
pdf Cl. C
pdf Cl. Bb |
(2006)
Juilliard Fall 2006. Recording
by Gilad Harel, Alistair MacRae & Wei-En Hsu. I rearranged previous work
(Galloping 2004 - sound track for the video game My Wife) for violin,
clarinet and piano.
Sight Reading on Oct 5th, 2006.
Dry version. |
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Gung Ho |
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pdf Cl. C
pdf Cl. Bb |
(2006)
Juilliard Fall 2006.
Sight reading
by Gilad Harel and Yonah Zur on Sep 18th, 2006. Gung-Ho is a
result of mistranslation of the phrase "working together" from
English to Chinese. The resulting Chinese words can be variously
interpreted as meaning "task harmony" or abbreviation of "industrial
worker's cooperative". Version rearranged for
clarinet/cello as part of
Wedding Suite 2007. |
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Gung Ho (clarinet/cello) |
Sib |
in
Bb,
C |
(2007) Rearranged for clarinet and cello.
Recording by Gilad Harel & Alistair MacRae.
Midi-rendered. |
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Scherzo |
Sib |
PDF |
(2006) Short piano piece. Recording by Wei-En
Hsu. Midi-rendered. |
They Walked Away
with Your Guitar |
Sib |
PDF |
(2006) Juilliard
Exercise 6. Recording by Wei-En Hsu.
Sight Reading by Michael Fennelly on May 4th, 2006.
Midi file (v2).
Midi-rendered (v1). |
Onward,
Uncle Sam's Soldiers |
Sib |
PDF |
(2006)
Performed by Lillian Redl (vocal) and Michael Fennelly (piano) on May 5th,
2006. Midi-rendered
mp3 without voice. |
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Classical Blues |
Sib |
PDF |
(2006) Juilliard Exercise 4.
Midi-rendered. A
variation on Mozart K388 and Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony. I imagine
this is what Mozart and Tchaikovsky would write together today, if they were
alive. Parts: oboe 1,
oboe 2,
clarinet 1,
clarinet 2,
horn 1,
horn 2,
bassoon 1 and
bassoon 2.
Sight reading by wind ensemble. |
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Carnival Special |
Sib |
PDF |
(2006) Juilliard Exercise 3.
Midi-rendered.
MIDI file. Sight reading by Ying
Hsueh Chen and Alex Lipowski. |
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A Taste of Asia |
Sib |
PDF |
(2006) Juilliard
Composition I, section 3, Exercise 2. Recording by Gilad Harel, Alistair
MacRae & Wei-En Hsu. Sight Reading by Jean, Clarice and Sarah.
Midi-rendered.
Description. Version
rearranged for
clarinet/cello/piano as part of
Wedding Suite 2007. |
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Tango Sans Melody |
Sib |
PDF |
(2006) Juilliard Composition I, section 3,
Exercise 1. It's derived from the first few bars of Le Little Tango.
This piece is performed by Alex Lipowski. |
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Thingymajigtus |
Sib |
PDF
Lyric |
(2005) Lyric for accompanying voices is
borrowed from Mozart's Requiem. |
Juilliard Composition I recordings:
Spring 2006
Fall 2006
Spring 2007 Short Bio
Albums
A Taste of Asia, 2006. Tracks marked 'reading'
were recorded in class where musicians came in and
sight-read the music.
Penguins Keep Marching, 2005. I created this first
album as a present to my mom on her 60th birthday. All tracks are
computer-generated at the time, except track 3. I have since recorded
performance by real musicians for track 2.
More Sibelius files
| Sibelius File |
Others |
Comment |
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Walk before you fly |
Mp3
Prev
PDF |
(2005) Yeah, try walking before you fly. |
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Le Little Tango |
Mp3
PDF |
(2005) Le Grand Tango by Astor Piazzolla
performed by Felix Fan at NJPAC on Oct 2, 2005 inspired this music, thus the
title. Recording by Alistair MacRae & Wei-En Hsu
Midi-rendered version. |
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Penguins Keep Marching |
Mp3
PDF
Midi |
(2005) This is written for two players on one
piano, in celebration of my mother's 60th birthday. I finally found a name
for it after watching the March of the Penguins. |
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Solemn Prelude |
Mp3
PDF |
(2005) Elisha's composition |
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Remembrance |
Mp3
PDF |
(2002/2005) I slightly rearranged a piece
written by a friend. |
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Your Fish Tank (Organ) |
Mp3
PDF |
This pieces almost sounds like church music
when played on Organ. Maybe I should rename it The Sorrow of Brother
Jesus or something. |
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Your Fish Tank |
MiriamMp3 Roland
Lyric
PDF |
(2005) This is my first vocal music. The
Miriam mp3 is sung by Vocaloid Miriam. Here are slideshows featuring
underwater pictures taken by Bruce
Yates (Underwater
Reflections):
320x240,
800x600,
1024x768. "Your
Fish Tank" serves as background music in these slideshows.
Soprano, Tenor & Bariton
version. Sib. |
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String Quartet For Guitar |
Mp3 PDF |
Partial attempt to rearrange this piece for
Guitar. |
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String Quartet |
Mp3
PDF |
(2005) Send me a mail if you can think of a
good name for this piece. Extracted scores for:
Violin 1,
Violin 2,
Viola and
Cello. |
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Royal March |
Mp3
Prev PDF |
(2005) Written for weddings of friends in the
coming year. But nobody wants to play it. Sad. |
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Galloping (rearranged for the game
MyWife) Original Galloping |
Mp3
MIDI
PDF |
(2004) I finally finished reading the 5-volume Crane-Iron Legends
by Wang Du-Lu (of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame). The last volume inspired me to write this music. But it did not come out
in the same style I set out to accomplish. Instead, it reminded me of a scene in volume II
where Li Mu-Pai (i.e. Chow Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) stole some martial art books from a poor monk in a mountain temple.
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Chinese Serenade |
Mp3 recording PDF |
(2002) This was written for my father's 60th
birthday. It is partially inspired by
Tan Dun's "Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon" played by Yo Yo
Ma. It is also inspired by Yo Yo Ma's
Appalachia Waltz album. 3 friends from Juilliard came to my house to
play PS2 games and ended up recording this piece for me. Remember that this
was the first take played by 3 tired musicians with paralyzed fingers after
3 hours of button mashing. |
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Jazzy Melody |
Mp3 |
(2003) 16 bars of jazzy melody |
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Duel (harpsichord)
Duel
(guitars) |
MIDI
PDF |
(2002) Initially written as a short piece for
two string instruments, this piece sounded very good played by guitars or
harpsichord, too. |
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Indecision |
MIDI
PDF |
(2002) What instrument is best for this music?
Cello? Guitar? No piano accompaniment? Can't the piece be
made longer? Richer? (somehow Sibelius to MIDI conversion skips
the second last bar) |
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I Love Bach (Guitar) |
Mp3
PDF |
Partial attempt to rearrange this piece for
Guitar. |
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I Love Bach |
MIDI PDF |
Mechanical variations on 8 bars of music. I can't
believe I made it this long. |
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Whistles and Claps |
MIDI
PDF |
(2002) Experimental body music :) |
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| Noteworthy file |
Others |
Comment |
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Variation on Panis Angelicus |
MIDI |
(2002) Very first piece I wrote. This adds
bass and jazzy piano parts to an existing chorus rendition of Panis
Angelicus. The piece is not yet finished and will probably remain so
for foreseeable future. |
| Beach |
MIDI |
(2002) This is supposed to be a piano piece
about waves on a beach. I'm not sure I re-created such feeling :)
It was meant to played on cello (me) and piano (my wife). But she doesn't like it. |
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Encounter of the Four
Parts |
MIDI |
(2002) You know the main tune of the Close
Encounter of the Third Kind? D-E-C-(low)C-(low)G? Imagine a four part canon for
string instruments written based on this tune. |
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