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Joyce Wai-chung Tang obtained master’s degrees in both composition and electro-acoustic music at Hong Kong Baptist University. She received a PhD in musicology at The University of Hong Kong. Her compositions have been widely performed and broadcast throughout the world. Many of her works have also been jury-selected for performance in major contemporary music festivals/conferences, such as the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), International Rostrum of Composers, Journées d’Informatique Musicale (JIM), Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Asian Composers’ League Contemporary Music Festivals, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, and Musicarama Festivals. Her works have been performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Bach Choir and Orchestra, RTHK Quartet, NEW Quartet, Ensemble TIMF, North/South Consonance, and the Sregnis Singers, among others. She has received commissions by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Arts Festival, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Bach Choir and Orchestra, Hong Kong Composers’ Guild, Chinese Woman Composers' Association, Contemporary Musiking, and the Hong Kong Baptist University. She was one of the featured composers in the 2010 Hell Hot! Music Festival in Hong Kong. Her recent works include a chamber piece Aurora (2008), which won a place on the Millennial Masters Series Vol. 2, Ablaze Records (USA) in 2011, There’s a Certain Slant of Light (2009) for a cappella mixed chorus, Song of Crystal Light (2010) for piano written for Mary Wu, a film score Behind the Screen (2010) for Charlie Chaplin's silent movie of the same title, music scored for drama adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma commissioned by the Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection in 2012, Dadra (2012) for tabla and mixed ensemble commissioned by HKBU, and a chamber orchestral piece to be premiered in October 2012. She teaches at Hong Kong Baptist University, The University of Hong Kong, and Kingston University.
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New commissioned piece Dadra (for tabla and mixed ensemble) will be premiered by Govin Tan and members of Collegium Musicum and Feng Consort at East-West Encounter IV held at the Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 8 March 2012.
Music scored for drama adaptaion of Jane Austen's Emma will be performed by the Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection at Sai Wan Ho Theatre, 15-16, 19-23 March 2012.-
Chamber piece Aurora, performed by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and conducted by John Winzenberg, has won a place on the Millennial Masters Vol. 2 on Alblaze Records.
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