Shu Shon Key (Remembrance)
14 minutes
for solo viola
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
or
solo viola & orchestra
Co-commissioned by:
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Chinese Performing Arts
Da Camera of Houston
Evergreen Symphony Orchestra
World Premiere
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Boone, North Carolina
July 12, 2006
with the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble
Upcoming Performances
Boston: Jordan Hall
January 6, 2007
presented by Chinese Performing Arts
Da Camera of Houston
2007-2008 season TBA
Evergreen Symphony (version for solo viola & orchestra)
2008-2009 world-wide tour, TBA
“Shu Shon Key was inspired by a Taiwanese folk melody and conveys homesickness as well as a reminiscence of my Taiwanese childhood. Since Hsin-Yun and I were born in Taiwan and now we both reside in the West, it is most fitting for me to use a Taiwanese folk melody as the basis for this piece. This is also consistent with my compositional focus in recent years on the integration of Western techniques with elements from a Chinese sound world.”
—SHIH-HUI CHEN