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I’ve spent over 10 years studying and playing percussion, technically a kind of high-precision real-time control task for human (and for sure, a bit more than that). I've served as a percussionist and timpanist in Cornell Wind Symphony, after spending more than five years in the Tsinghua University Symphonic Band. Playing alongside other musicians, I love how we connect and shape the sound into a musical atmosphere, whether bright, dreamy, or grande.
Discover a few moments from my favorite performances!
Give Us This Day
composed by Dr. David Maslanka
performed by Tsinghua University Symphonic Band
(find me at the back left corner!)
performed by Tsinghua University Symphonic Band
(find me at the back left corner!)
Music makes the
connection to reality, and by reality I mean a true awakeness and awareness. “Give Us This Day”
gives us this very moment of awakeness and aware aliveness so that we can build a future in the
face of a most dangerous and difficult time... The music of the first movement is deeply
searching, while that of the highly energized second movement is at times both joyful and
sternly sober. The piece ends with a modal setting of the chorale melody
Vater Unser in Himmelreich (“Our Father in Heaven”), #110 from the
371 Four-Part Chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach.
– Program Note by composer
Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals)
composed by Saint-Saëns
performed by Tsinghua University Symphonic Band
(find me in the center of the back!)
performed by Tsinghua University Symphonic Band
(find me in the center of the back!)
The Carnival of the Animals (1886) is a delightful, humorous musical “parade” of animal portraits. By quoting well-known music, the composer casts a playful, satirical light on musical clichés and concert traditions. In this performance we present six from its fourteen pieces.
Happy moments
Director of UW Concert Bands, Dec. 2017
