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2011 Downbeat Critics Poll
 The 2011 Downbeat Critics Poll voted me #2 for Rising Star on the Violin.
Two New CDS!
Spontaneous River, Symphony of Souls (Mulatta) and EDGE, Crossroads Unseen (Euonymus) now available in my store.
El Intruso 3rd Annual Critics Poll of 2011
voted me #5 for violin and viola.
eyeJazz
 I received a grant from the Jazz Journalists Association to take their live, on-line eyeJazz video course. I'm learning how to shoot, edit and distribute short videos about jazz.  The class has been great!
CMA 2009
I received a Chamber Music America/New Jazz Works grant in 2009 to create the octet, "Burning Bridge." This past fall we performed at the Chicago World Music Festival, the Bop Shop (Rochester), Edgefest (Ann Arbour, MI), and the Freer Gallery (Washington, D.C.). Roulette just received the Chamber Music America Presenting Jazz grant to support the New York premiere on February 14th. Later that week, we'll be in recording studio.
Commitment, the Complete Recordings 1981-1983
Voted "Best Re-Issue of 2010" by All About Jazz/New York. Will Connell, Jr.(reeds) William Parker (string bass), Zen Matsuura (drums), and I are very grateful for this extraordinary honor. Big thanks to writer Ed Hazell and Danas Mikailionis of No Business Records, who believed in the music we passionately created so many years ago. You can purchase the double-LP or double-CD at the Downtown Music Gallery. Eventually, I will have it for sale on my site.
downtownmusicgallery.com
nobusinessrecords.com
Commitment_AcousticLevitation
 Acoustic Leviation has chosen "Commitment, The Complete Recordings, 1981/1983" for their "Best of 2010." We are grateful for this honor.
Point of Departure
I served on a Point of Departure "What's New" panel alongside J.D. Parran and Russh Gershon, discussing cross-cultural collaborations with host Bill Shoemaker.
Young and Restless in China
I recently composed 20 cues for "Young and Restless in China," a two-hour FRONTLINE special that will be broadcast on PBS this coming June. There will be a one-week theatrical run in NYC this spring, TBA.
Tea and Justice
"Tea and Justice, " a one-hour documentary about Asian American women in the NYPD, directed by Ermina Vinluan, edited by Sandrine Isambert has won two awards at the 2007 Queens International Film Festival - Best Documentary and Outstanding Contribution by a Filmmaker. I scored and performed the music for this film.
STORIES BEFORE WITHIN
STORIES BEFORE WITHIN (Innova Records) was selected as one of the Top Ten Cds of 2008 by Coda Magaine and reached #9 in the national CMJ radio charts ! Go to Innova Records to purchase.
EDGE is #14
EDGE is #14 on the CMJ (USA) and #4 on the EARSHOT (Canada) radio charts.
EDGE Notice
Read all the wonderful reviews under "Press." You can purchase EDGE in my "Store." EDGE features Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet/flugelhorn), Andrew Drury (drum kit), Ken Filiano (string bass) and myself (composer/violin).
LOCAL LINGO - CMJ
LOCAL LINGO has garnered wonderful reviews . Read them under "Press."
LOCAL LINGO has also appeared on weekly CMJ's Top Ten radio lists around the country.
LOCAL LINGO - Jazz Week
LOCAL LINGO, my duets with Sang Won Park, broke into the top 60 (chartbound) of the Jazz Week world radio charts. Jazz Week is comprised mainly of of mainstream NPR stations, so this is very gratifying.
Music and the Asian Diaspora
On April 9th, 2006, I gave a lecture/presentation for "Music and the Asian Diaspora," an academic conference sponsored by the Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ. Soprano Sandia Ang sang excerpts from my opera "The Floating Box, A Story in Chinatown," and I performed a violin improvisation.
OPERA NEWS - The Floating Box
OPERA NEWS has selected "The Floating Box, A Story in Chinatown" as one of the top ten opera recordings of 2005. "The Floating Box" is available for purchase in my "Store."
