Performance Collaborations

Two short duets composed under the “Performer/Composer Collaboration course at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. For each project, students were given a theme and composers wrote a piece around that theme.

Mr. Valentine’s Timebending Moonhogs

Theme: February

Performers: Mackenzie Kwong (violin), Jason Tse (‘ukulele)

The Slumber of Kanaloa

Theme: Kaho’olawe

Performers: Conner Yoshimoto (alto saxophone, flute), Jason Tse (‘ukulele, flute)

Naiad Polycephalus (2021)

Piece for alto saxophone and French horn

Recorded by Jennifer Blackwell and Brian KM

Part of a collection of pieces composed by University of Hawaii at Manoa graduate students depicting various artworks in Honolulu’s Kaka’ako district

 

Naiads Polycephalus is inspired by the mural of the same name created by Lauren YS, depicting two-headed naiads, or water spirits, contained within colorful jars. This piece aims to capture the different perspectives of having these mythical creatures contained and put on display. We start outside of the jars, seeing the creatures in the jars as mysterious and distant on the other side of the glass. The piece slowly transitions into the inside of the jar where we see the beautiful and vibrant pocket worlds that the creatures have created within the jars.

 

Chinatown (2021)

From the “Featuring Jason EP” (2018)

EP presented at the 2019 University of California, Riverside (UCR) Undergraduate Research Symposium, music video presented at 2021 UCR Undergraduate Research Symposium

 
 

Fimbulwinter (2020)

for flute duo

Recorded by Duo Zonda

 
 

Paprika Prelude & Rotating Floors (2021)

Remotely Recorded by Wesley Sumpter and Jason Tse

Paprika Prelude - Ukulele and vibraphone

Rotating Floors - Ukulele and Timpani, Snare Drum, and Cymbals

 
 
 

The Forest Went Dark (2019)

Micro-opera performed by soprano, baritone, and electronics

Performed at the University of California, Riverside by Kirsten Ashley Wiest (Soprano), Andrew Walker (Baritone), and Anna Emilova Sivova (Conductor)

After the Aftermath (2021)

Remotely Recorded by Brightworks Music Ensemble

Pierrot Ensemble - Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano

 

Fimbulwinter (2020)

for flute duo

Recorded by Duo Zonda

 

Dangerous Beings (2020)

for violin and piano

Recorded by Room to Spare

  1. Fairy

  2. Ghost

  3. Memory

  4. Beast

 

Kincade Fire (2019)

"Kincade Fire" is an electronic composition by Jason Tse for the UCR ARTS and UCR Music photo collaboration. The photo is of the Kincade Fire that burned in Sonoma County, California in October 2019. Photograph taken by Noah Berger

 

The Labyrinth (2019)

For piano trio

Performed live at the UCR is Composing 2019 Concert by Mojave Piano Trio

 

Featuring Jason EP (2020)

Ukulele Folk-Pop EP

Presented at the 2019 University of California, Riverside Undergraduate Research Symposium

Supported using a UCR Research Mini-grant

Recorded at EARS by Ethan Castro

 

Wandering (2018)

for solo guitar

Recorded by Christiaan Clark