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Welcome to the website of composer Derrick Wang.

CURRENTLY

The Master Builder, a new opera (music and libretto by Derrick Wang), will receive a workshop and reading by American Lyric Theater in 2010.

NOW PLAYING

To hear music, check the audio player in the right sidebar.

1. Excerpt from Action (Trailer) (for orchestra)
— Hans Zimmer goes to counterpoint class.

2. Theme from the Cello Sonata (Movement II: With tenderness)
— Classical slow movement meets pop ballad.

3. Valley, Mountain, Sky (for orchestra)
— Two Chinese folk songs combine in a rousing encore. (Commissioned by the Yale Philharmonia and performed at Beijing’s Forbidden City Music Hall and the Shanghai Grand Theatre in July 2008.)

PREVIOUSLY

A Whole Lotta ISH, a showcase of Derrick’s comic concert pieces, was presented at New York’s Ars Nova Theater on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 8 PM.

In July 2008, Derrick was commissioned by the Yale Philharmonia to compose an orchestral encore based on Chinese folk songs for its inaugural Asian tour. The resulting work, Valley, Mountain, Sky, was premiered to a sold-out house at Beijing’s Forbidden City Music Hall, and received a further performance at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.

In July 2008, Derrick was named a Resident Artist at American Lyric Theater in New York for its 2008-2009 season. The residency will culminate in a performance at Symphony Space.

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