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SELECT COMMISSIONS
| 2011 | If We Live in Forgetfulness, We Die in a Dream • Momenta String Quartet |
| 2009 | Burning Bridge • Chamber Music America |
| 2008 | Within Moments • Mutable Music |
| 2007 | In the Garden of Morning Glories • Music From China |
| 2003 | Unbroken Thread • Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company |
| 1998 - 2001 | The Floating Box, A Story in Chinatown (chamber opera) • produced by the Asia Society, Museum of Chinese in the Americas, Music from China, Meet the Composer |
SELECT GRANTS AND AWARDS FOR COMPOSITION
| 2009 |
Chamber Music America, New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development
U.S. Artists International Composer Assistance Program, American Music Center |
| 2002 | New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship |
| 2001 |
Puffin Foundation
Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program |
| 1999 | Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust |
| 1998 - 2000 | Meet the Composer/New Residencies, Round V |
| 1997 | The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions |
| 1995-1996 | New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship |
| 1995 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Opera/Musical Theater
Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust |
SELECT RECORDINGS
| 2011 | Spontaneous River, Symphony of Souls • Mulatta Records |
| 2010 | Commitment, the Complete Recordings, 1981 - 1983 • No Business Records |
| 2008 | Stories Before Within • Innova Records |
| 2007 | Local Lingo • Euonymus Records |
| 2006 | EDGE • Asian Improv Records |
| 2005 | The Floating Box, A Story in Chinatown • New World Records |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2010 | Silent Solos: Improvisers Speak • Within Moments • Buddies Knife press |
| 1998 | article, Beijing China: A Chinese American Musician Searches for Home • Jazziz Magazine |
SELECT ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR FILMS
| 2009 | ten short films • Nancy Tong • Museum of Chinese in America |
| 2008 | Young and Restless in China • WGBH, PBS • feature documentary • Ambrica Films |
| 1998 | Tug of War, The Story of Taiwan • WGBH, PBS • 1hour documentary |
| 1997 |
Kundun (source music w/ children, men's and mixed choirs; Chinese and Western orchestras) • Disney Productions • Martin Scorsese, director • feature film
Born Under the Red Flag • WGBH, PBS • 1hour documentary • Ambrica Films |
MAJOR PERFORMANCES AS COMPOSER/ LEADER/ VIOLIN/ VIOLA
| 2011 | Roulette • NYC • Jason Kao Hwang/ Burning Bridge octet |
| 2010 |
Freer Gallery • Washington, D.C. • Jason Kao Hwang/ Burning Bridge octet
Chicago World Music Festival • Jason Kao Hwang/ Burning Bridge octet Edgefest • Ann Arbor, MI • Jason Kao Hwang/ Burning Bridge octet |
| 2010 | Reggie Workman's, The Happening • Jason Kao Hwang/ EDGE quartet |
| 2009 |
Vancouver International Jazz Festival • Jason Kao Hwang/ EDGE quartet
JazzFest International • Victoria Island • Jason Kao Hwang/ EDGE quartet Vision Festival XIV • NYC • Spontaneous River • conductor/violinist, jazz orchestra |
| 2008 |
Edgefest, Ann Arbor, MI • Jason Kao Hwang/ EDGE quartet
Voyages: Montreal/NYC Festival • composer/ soloist |
| 2007 | Vision Festival XII • NYC • Local Lingo, duet with Sang Won Park |
| 2006 | Vision Festival XI • NYC • Jason Kao Hwang/ EDGE quartet |
| 2000 | Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival • Museum of Contemporary Art • Jason Kao Hwang/ The Far East Side Band |
| 1999 |
Freer Gallery • Washington, D.C. • Jason Kao Hwang/ The Far East Side Band
Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival • NYC • The Far East Side Band |
| 1998 | 3rd Annual Vision Festival • NYC • The Far East Side Band |
| 1997 | Beijing International Jazz Festival • Beijing, China The Far East Side Band |
| 1996 |
International Festival Musique Actuelle • Canada • The Far East Side Band
The Institute of Contemporary Art • Boston • The Far East Side Band |
| 1995 |
Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen • Nickelsdorf, Austria • The Far East Side Band
Jazz Spektakel • Wuppertal, Germany • The Far East Side Band World Music Institute • NYC • The Far East Side Band |
MAJOR PERFORMANCES AS A VIOLINIST/SIDEMAN
| 2011 | Elaine Summers, Pauline Oliveros • Sun Moon & Stars • Serralves • Museum Porto, Portugal |
| 2000 | Duo with Dr. Makanda Ken McIntyre • Chicago Cultural Center |
| 1996 |
Vladimir Tarasov Trio • tour of Vilnius, Lithuania; Moscow and Arkhengelsk, Russia
Henry Threadgill's Society Situation Dance Band • Verona Jazz • Verona, Italy |
| 1995 |
Reggie Workman Ensemble • Antwerp, Belgium and Amsterdam
Anthony Braxton Quintet • 5th International Akbank Festival • Istanbul, Turkey |
SELECT LECTURE/TEACHING/WORKSHOPS
| 2007 | Queens Summer Youth Program |
| 2005 | Local Lingo, lecture/dem. • Columbia Universtiy, NYC |
| 2003 | Memory, Instincts and Culture • lecture, Westminster College, NJ |
| 2002 | Memory, Instincts and Culture • lecture, Brooklyn College, NYC |
| 2000 - 2005 | Asian American Music • Adjunct Professor, Asian/Pacific/American Studies, New York University • NYC |
EDUCATION
| 1975 - 1979 | B.F. A., Department of Film and Television • New York University • NYC |
