VIVIAN FUNG
ORCHESTRAL WORKS

Butterfly Variations (2005)
18’
for string orchestra
Premiere: June 5, 2005, San José, CA
Part of the Music Alive! composer-in-residence program between Vivian Fung and the San José Chamber Orchestra, co-sponsored by Meet the Composer and the American Symphony Orchestra League
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Pizzicato for String Orchestra (2001)
4’
Third Movement of String Quartet; Arrangement for String Orchestra
Premiere: 12/9/2001 San José, CA, San José Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Day Turner, conductor
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Three Love Songs in Chinese for Soprano and Orchestra (2001)
12’
Text: Chinese Love Poetry in Mandarin
Soprano solo; 2-2-2-2; 2-2-1; 2 perc., hrp., pno.; strings
Premiere: TBA

Concertino Notturno for flute, harpsichord, and strings (1999)
15’
Premiere: 6/10/ 2001, San José, CA, San José Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Day Turner, conductor
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Blaze for full orchestra (1998)
13’
3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp, 3 perc, hrp, pno; strings
Premiere: 5/4/98, Seattle Symphony, George Cleve conductor
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Flares (1995)
11’
2-2-2-2; 2-2-1; timp, 2 perc, hrp.; strings
Premiere: 3/30/96, New York, NY
New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conducting

CHAMBER WORKS

Billy Collins Suite for clarinet, cello, piano, and narrator (2007)
10’
Premiere by John Bruce Yeh, clarinet, David Cunliffe, cello, Marta Aznavoorian, piano, and Steve Robinson, narrator – based on three poems by Billy Collins
Music in the Loft’s Benefit Concert, May 4, 2008, Chicago, IL

Glimpses for prepared piano (2006)
8’
Premiere by Jenny Lin at the Miami ISCM Festival, April 2006

Miniatures for Clarinet Quintet (Clarinet and String Quartet) (2005) 13’
Premiere by John Bruce Yeh, clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony and The Maia Quartet Music in the Loft Chamber Music Series, November 19, 2005, Chicago, IL

Night Impressions for Traditional Chinese Instruments (2005)
18’
In Four Movements
Instrumentation: erhu, dizi, pipa, 2 perc.
Premiere by Music From China, Nov. 5, 2005, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY

String Quartet (2001-03)
18'
Premiere: January 2004, Columbus Chamber Music Society, Columbus, OH by the Avalon String Quartet

Pizzicato for String Quartet (2001)
4’
Third Movement of String Quartet – may be performed separately

Chanted Rituals for trumpet/flugelhorn and percussion (2002)
14’
Premiere: 4/28/2002, Switzerland, The Modern Trio (Members of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra)

Toccata for solo piano (2001)
6’
Premiere: 1/25/2002, Ottawa, Canada, Association of Canadian Women Composers’ Festival in conjunction with the Ottawa Chamber Music Society, Elaine Keillor, Piano

Silhouettes for erhu solo (1997)
5’
Premiere: 3/12/97, Clark Studio Theater, New York, NY, Wang Guo-Wei, erhu

Rhapsody for trumpet and piano (1995)
8’
Premiere: 7/5/95, Banff Arts Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, Jens Lindemann, tpt, David Moroz, pian

VOCAL/CHORAL

Recommendation for mixed choir and 2 percussion (2008)
5’
Premiere: June 12, 2008, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, as part of the Chicago
Children’s Choir Spring Concert
Text by Thich Nhat Hanh

Six Haiku for baritone and piano (2004)
10’
Premiere: May 25, 2004, Symphony Space, NY, as part of the Vox Series sponsored by New York City Opera and American Opera Projects

Kecak! for a cappella mixed choir (2003)
4’
Premiere: April 20, 2004 San Francisco, CA, Pacific Mozart Ensemble, Richard Grant, conductor

Songs of Childhood for voice and piano (2002)
8’
Premiere: May 2002, Tuscany, Italy as part of a residency sponsored by the Atlantic Center for the Arts; Karen Holvik, soprano; Laurent Philippe, piano

Night Songs (1999)
18’
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano; fl-ob-cl-bn; hn-tpt-tb; perc-pno-hrp; 2 vlns, vla, vlc, db
Premiere: 4/19/1999, Pittsburgh, PA, Viveca Genaux, mezzo-sop., Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, David Stock conducting

OPERA/MULTIMEDIA

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2006)
60’
Shadow Puppet Production, Premiere by Drama of Works
Premiere: January 7 and 8, 2006, NY, NY
Vivian Fung, music director, composer, conductor, and sound design

The Night Singer (2004)
15’
Mini opera for soprano, tenor, bass-baritone, and piano
Premiere: October 7 and 8, 2004, Brooklyn, NY; Project with the American Opera Projects, part of the “Composers and the Voice” Series; Amy Van Roekel, soprano, Enrique Toral, tenor, Derrick Ballard, bass-baritone, and
Steven Osgood, piano