PERFORMANCES
mOthertongue: LIVED EXPERIENCE IN ASIAN AMERICA performance with ALIGHT, my most recent song cycle 7:30 PM -8:45 PM May 12, 2025
Cincinnati, OH
Perpetual Flux [string quartet]
The Forum, Columbia University
6 PM • March, 25, 2024
R.S.V.P. [aka Quarantine B*tch: R.S.V.P.]
text: Christina Kelly
Cherry Duke, Mezzo-Soprano
Fall 2023
to belong song from Melisa Tien's "Swell"
text: Justine F. Chen
Yvette Keong, soprano
Elissa Pfaender, mezzo-soprano
Yuntong Han, tenor
Cori Ellison, curator
Ravinia Steans Music Institute Bennett Gordon Hall
August 7, 2023 7:30 PM CDT - livestream here!
Philomel song cycle
text: Justine F. Chen
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano; Nana Shi, piano
Brooklyn Art Song Society, May 5, 2023 7:30 PM
First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn • more info
Iridescent Gest - cello solo
Matt Haimovitz, cellist
Marfa, TX April 16, 2023 Texas Premiere press
Platform Anxiety, from New York Songs
text: Justine F. Chen
Johnathan McCullough, baritone; Carol Wong, piano
Citywide Recital Concert Series April 13, 2023
St. Paul and St. Andrew Church - FREE
Photo: Steven Laxton.
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
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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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