Creative Team
Byron Au Yong, composer
Betsy Baeskens Giri, voice
Tari Nelson-Zagar, violin
Lori Goldston, cello
Tiffany Lin, piano
Bianca Ana Chavez, live illustration artist
Linda Ando, project manager
Susie J Lee, pre-show video

Details
Duration: circa one hour
Instrumentation: voice(s), violin(s), viola(s), piano, artists

Performances
October 19, 2013
Chapel Performance Space, Seattle WA

April 9, 2016
Westminster Choir College, Princeton NJ

Commissioned and presented by Nonsequitur

Musical Sections

Solo
1 all softly playing
2 ring-around in glee
3 sweetly, gently, secretly
4 made tremulous
5 lightly, lightly... ever so
6 after the whirling

Ensemble
6 love at first is all afraid
5 she is a stranger to me now
4 be at peace again
3 walk together
2 lay aside sadness and sing
1 speak to your heart

Press

“Au Yong also takes inspiration from the fact that the performance space was once an orphanage and home for unwed mothers and ‘at risk’ girls.”

—Alan Lau, International Examiner

“In the music, you might hear echoes of the old laundry—blankets being folded, stones being rubbed on water. And love letters being crumpled. Au Yong is personally ‘in a difficult place with love,’ he says. And on the flip side, ‘As an artist, he has a lot of love to share,’ says Tiffany Lin, the pianist, who has worked with Au Yong before. He tends to inspire loyalty for his thoughtful approach integrating classicism with improvisation, spiritual and emotional exploration with preparedness and rigor.”

—Jen Graves, The Stranger

Special Thanks
Anthony Farin, Frye Art Museum, Jen Graves, greencitypix, Historic Seattle, Vivian Huang, Soyon Im, InterIm Community Development Association, Paul Kikuchi, Wes Kim, Michelle Kumata, Alan Lau, Leslie Morishita, Nelly Schaffner, Szymek Zaleski