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Bruce Crossman

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Bower: Keobeu Nolae details

Bower: Keobeu Nolae (2022) for Solo Sanjo Gayageum in F with Korean Temple bowl (wooden striker) and Voice (chanter) duration: … More

Free jazz, Japanese Gagaku music, Japanese Honkyoku music, Judeo-Christian glossolalia, Kate Fagan’s poetic ideas on ecology, Korean gayageum sanjo performance, Lee Eonhwa gayageum, Matthew Shipp Trio, Seoul National University Korean Music, Yi Jiyoung gayageum

Fragility and Sonorousness details

Fragility and Sonorousness (2021) for solo piano duration: 8′ 08″publisher: Australian Music Centre score available from Australian Music Centre dedication … More

ANAM Set Festival, Chinese contemporary architecture, Chopin, contemporary art music, free jazz of Matthew Shipp, Hu and Neri architecture, Japanese Gagaku court music, tradtional Chinese guzheng music

Dancing Deep-Sadness details

Dancing Deep-Sadness for string orchestra (2022) string chamber orchestra: 4.4.4.2.1 dedication note: Luis José Recart Echenique (conductor and artistic director) … More

2022 PUENTE Festival Interoceánico: Encuentro interoceánico de culturas, Afro-Cuban salsa son clave, Andrián Pertout composer, Chile, free-jazz of Matthew Shipp, Japanese Gagaku court music, Korean gayageum sanjo performance, Luis José Recart Echenique (conductor), Orquesta Marga Marga

Fragrant Rain Clouds of Love details

Fragrant Rain Clouds of Lovefor percussion and piano  (2016) 1 percussionist (Filipino kulintang, crotales, vibraphone, hi-hat cymbals, suspended cymbal, Peking Opera gong [high], … More

Chinese opera (Jīngjù), Filipino kulintang percussion music, free jazz improvisation (Medeski Martin & Wood; Esbjörn Svensson Trio)

Gyeonggye: Border details

Gyeonggye: Border for Taegŭm (plus voice; and Japanese Temple bell [high] with suspended internal striker, or F crotales)  (2020); duration: 7′ 01″; publisher: … More

Chinese painter Cai Guo-qiang, contemporary Asian-Pacific art music, contemporary sanjo, East Coast Australian bush, Free jazz, Judeo-Christian glossolalia, Korean court music—Aak, Matthew Shipp Trio

Heaven to Earth: Border House details

Heaven to Earth: Border House for Taegŭm and Sanjo Gayageum in F (12-strings) (NB the score is written in F for the … More

Chinese architect Jiang Ying, contemporary Asian-Pacific art music, Free jazz, Judeo-Christian glossolalia, Korean bespoke architecture (John Hong), Korean court music—Aak, Matthew Shipp Trio, sanjo gayageum, taegŭm sanjo

Rushing Spirit Breath details

Rushing Spirit Breath for Taegŭm and Percussionist (voice, crotales, Filipino kulintang [8 bossed gongs], suspended cymbal, 2 Peking Opera gongs … More

Filipino kulintang percussion music, free jazz improvisation, Judeo-Christian glossolalia, Korean Sanjo

Strange Invisible Perfume details

Strange Invisible Perfume for Guzheng, 1 Percussionist (voice, crotales, kulintang [6 bossed gongs], hi-hat cymbals, suspended cymbal, 2 Peking Opera gongs … More

free jazz improvisation, Kunqu and Cantonese opera, Shakespeare, Tang Xianzu and the Judeo-Christian Song of Songs, traditional Chinese guzheng music

Garden of Fire details

Garden of Fire for mezzo-soprano, percussion (crotales, vibraphone, kulintang, hi-hat cymbals, 2 Peking Opera gongs [middle, high]), & piano (2017); duration: … More

Asian-Pacific composition, Chinese opera: Kunqu and Cantonese opera, free jazz improvisation (Medeski Martin & Wood), Peony Pavilion

Blooms Late When Spring Is Gone details

Blooms late when spring is gone… for erhu, calligrapher-reciter & visual projections (2016); duration: 10′ 23″; publisher: Australian Music Centre film sample … More

Chinese opera (Kunqu), free jazz improvisation (Medeski Martin & Wood), Japanese Gagaku harmony, Morin Khuur (horse-head fiddle), Qin musics

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