PERFORMANCES
Works of UMD Composer-in-Residence Justine F. Chen
The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing opera [Scenes]
libretto: D. Simpatico • Maryland Opera Studio
Seven Sisters opera [Prologue]
libretto: S. Fleischmann • Femmes de chanson
Starry Night String Quartet
Smith Performing Arts Center. 2.12.2022.
Quarantine B*tch: RSVP song [text: Christina Kelly]
Fleur Barron, Mezzo-Soprano; Michael Lewis, Piano
A Lunar New Year Celebration. AZ 2.7.2022.
Shallow Breath and Stealth choral work
text from Jena Osman's Motion Studies
The Crossing, Donald Nally
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano; Peter Dugan, piano
World Premiere online: Nov 11, 2021
Live/stream Premiere: Dec 5, 2021
The Greene Space- to watch it now click here
Letter to Our Children film opera
libretto: Jacqueline Goldfinger;
director/cinematographer: Christopher Ash
film opera. Family-Friendly.
Resonance Works, Music Director Maria Sensi Sellner
Photo: Steven Laxton.
JUSTINE F. CHEN
COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST
Honored to share news of my 2025 DEMOCRACY CYCLE commission from PAC NYC and the Civis Foundation. Stay tuned for more on MUSEUM OF THE UNAMERICANS, w/ Donald Nally and The Crossing! press release
THRILLED to announce the selection of my chamber opera SISTERS OF THE STORM with librettist Marcus Yi for a New Music Creator Fund Grant!
Check out our rave review from Gramophone of SHALLOW BREATH AND STEALTH
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