YIFENG YVONNE YUAN'S PLAYGROUND
Composer/Performer/Media Artist
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Yifeng Yvonne Yuan converts the frequency of herself losing socks into the frequency of the pitches; she weighs raindrops to decide the weight of her noteheads. She is a composer, performer, and media artist, born and raised in China, and currently lives between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles
Yvonne's works have been performed by Riot Ensemble, Seattle Festival Orchestra and many more. She currently attends UCSB studying Music Composition as a Ph.D. student. She is also a master's student in the Media Art Technology department.
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Recent Works
In the Center of A Shadow Lies the Brightest Spot, for Riot Ensemble (2023)
Memory, memory... : Transcoding memories into sound (2023)
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I Saw a Butterfly Nestled in a Bell, an acousmatic work (2023)
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High Tide, Low Tide. For String Orchestra and Percussions (2022)
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Sitting on the Swing at the Event Horizon (2022) (Visual Music Realized with C++)
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Di-Da-Doo-Dum for Fixed Media and Solo Voice (2022)
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Human Anatomy for Pierrot Ensemble (2021)
I. Heart
III. Inside My Feminine Brain
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A Mermaid in a Summer's Night, a film score (2021)
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Ephemeral Bloom for Symphony Orchestra(2021)
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Life Cycle for String Quartet (2021)
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Shattered Moon for Trumpet and Electronics (2020)
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Original Score for Film "Time to Dream", an Album (2020)
We will get there
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​Three Poems of Tanikawa Shuntaro for Soprano and Piano (2020)
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The Shape of Flowers for Violin and Piano (2020)
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Three Wavery Images for Pierrot Ensemble (2018)
Recent Events
April 2nd 2023, The Other Art Fair, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
​May 19th 2023, Graduate Composers Concert at Lotte Lehmann Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara
June, 1st, 2023, MAT End of the Year Show, Santa Barbara Center of Art, Science and Technology, Santa Barbara
June 26-29th, Ensemble Evolution 2023, New York City
July, 2023, New work to be premiered by Riot Ensemble, Viitasaari, Finland
​Spring 2024, Ephemeral Bloom for Orchestra is scheduled to be premiered by Seattle Festval Orchestra in their 2024, spring season, in Seattle, Washington, United States