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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. FleischmannFemmes 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

*WORLD PREMIERE

text from Jena Osman's Motion Studies
The Crossing, Donald Nally

Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

5 PM - 11.21.21

4 PM ET 12.19.21 WRTI.ORG

Quarantine B*tch: RSVP song

text: Christina Kelly

WQXR -Artist Propulsion Lab

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

Premiere Date: 10.1.2021 - streaming. click here for tix

JUSTINE F. CHEN

COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST

SAVE THE DATE: Channeling the powerful words of revolutionary suffragist Crystal Eastman in a song for the stunning soprano Jeanai La Vita. Come see a preview at March 29, 2025 at the Bronx River Arts Center!

Excited for the upcoming recording of True South, written with poet Kara Coryell for the glorious Blythe Gaissert

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SONG join us at the composer's round table 5/12/25 2:30-4 PM
Locations and dates of Justine's cycle of Asian Americana: ALIGHT, poetry of Ophelia Hu Kinney, sung by that inspiring force of nature, soprano Jennifer Lien.

Check out our rave review from Gramophone of SHALLOW BREATH AND STEALTH
LISTEN on Spotify  YouTube   AppleMusic

BEST WORLD PREMIERE! Our "Fantastical, evocative, and nuanced" opera THE LIFE AND DEATH(S) OF ALAN TURING was named BEST WORLD PREMIERE by Chicago Tribune

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