Lucy Yao and Dorothy Chan, as Chromic Duo, use toy pianos, “real” pianos, electronics, and multimedia to uncover truths and reimagine human connection. Their program Room of Oceans invites audiences to reflect on the question, “how can we create moments of connection and empathy?” Through a series of new commissions and nature-inspired works by Chopin, Ravel, Olafur Arnalds, and Brian Eno, Chromic creates a space for audience members to reflect on their current state of being and experience an undercurrent of dynamic emotions. 

With their unique blend of toy piano, electronics, and multimedia, Chromic Duo— comprised of award-winning pianists Lucy Yao and Dorothy Chan—present Room of Oceans, a program that ruminates on the question: How can we create moments of connection and empathy? Featuring pieces inspired by nature, Chromic invites audiences to reflect on their current state of being, believing that by slowing down and looking at the smallest objects of the everyday, "we can uncover truths and reimagine how we connect with each other.”

This concert is part of “Roots and Branches,” Wave Hill’s indoor concert series featuring artists from across musical disciplines, exploring how traditions and heritage inspire musical exploration and growth. Explore more Roots and Branches concerts here.

“All that you touch
You Change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
is Change.”

— Octavia Butler

Reflections
Vision Duo violinist Ariel Horowitz and percussionist Britton-René Collins) and Chromic Duo (toy pianists and multimedia artists Lucy Yao and Dorothy Chan) explore our experience of time in three musical chapters centering past, future and present. Past will begin with a performance of the final movement of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time – a masterpiece from the Western Classical 20th canon exploring the concept of immortality. Text shared by the audience will be projected onto the walls of Merkin Hall as the artists move from the Messiaen into their own original compositions and improvisations based on the audience's words. Future will feature further improvisations and original multimedia compositions, and Present will conclude the program with the Messiaen reimagined, symbolic of the convergence of past and future.

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Catch us in Huntsville Alabama on Nov 9th!

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Hosted by the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts, we will be playing a concert “From Roots We Carry” to start our residency and soundwalk project with faculty and students of Texas A&M.

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Join us at Afterhours @ NMAA for an Ay-O exhibit and Fluxus inspired evening at the National Museum of Asian Art!

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Chromic Duo curates an evening of Nightcap, the cabaret-style series of music and conversation in the new Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio.

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It is the National Museum of Asian Art’s Centennial year — it is both a milestone and a springboard to a transformative vision for their next one hundred years, but what will the next one hundred years look like? Join us on the museum's actual birth date for a contemplative, forward-thinking, dynamic performance, that incorporates the museum’s legacy of the last one hundred years and reshape the way we think about the next one hundred.

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Short performances at 12pm, 3pm

Full performance at 7pm

Chromic duo will be performing at the McGarvey Commons as part of the Logan Series Music at Noon, at Pennsylvania State Behrend College.

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Chromic duo will be performing at the Dalton Center Recital Hall as part of the Bullock Series at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI.

Pre-concert talk: 7:00pm

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Catch us at the East Meadow Public Library for an afternoon concert! Featuring our originals as well as compositions and covers by Bing & Ruth, Yasmin Williams, Phong Tran and Andy Akiho.

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Presented by The Englert Theatre and Little Village Magazine, Witching Hour is a platform dedicated to exploring the unknown, discussing the creative process, and presenting new work.

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Presenting as part of the National Gallery Nights series, Chromic will share two sets at 7pm and 8pm. Living Between the Lines is a program that transcribes the stories and lives behind the storefronts and murals of Chinatown. Fusing recollections of childhood and moments of loss, the piece explores how our ideas of belonging are constantly rupturing and mending, creating moments for grief and joy to intertwine.

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We are joining the amazing lineup at Look + Listen Festival! Click here for festival details.

Featuring Chromic Duo’s originals and Phong Tran’s “Have Fun Instead of Worrying”.

h a c k i n g - g r a i n s is an installation & performance project that explores the web of relationships between technology, ritual, Asian-Identity, and Asian-Futurity.

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The Death of Classical will be presenting a new series “The Cave Sessions”, in the Cave under St George’s Church near Union Square. Each show will have a pre-concert gathering with food and cocktails and a Medieval-style long-table.

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Join us with Music for Autism for a live-stream concert!

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Come celebrate with us!

Immerse yourself in an evolving sound-world that changes according to your geographic location, as you listen to world premieres of pieces by the Very Young Composers at the New York Philharmonic. With GPS hotspots plotted along the route, site-specific pieces will play as you move from one contrasting natural soundscape into a future imagined by the next generation of composers and thinkers on a future that we believe in.

Emerald Futures is an Augmented Reality Sound Walk that guides you through a year of transformation and growth, from Central Park (W. 72nd St + Central Park West) to Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s mural, “We Belong Here”, in response to the rise of anti-AAPI hate.

As you reach the end of the walk at Lincoln Center, unlock a *special element* with Chromic Duo that is especially rendered for this closing event!

Please download Gesso (available for iOS + Google Play) and have headphones ready beforehand. https://www.gesso.app/download

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Please download Gesso (available for iOS + Google Play) and have headphones ready beforehand. https://www.gesso.app/download

To recognize and celebrate the transition into a post-pandemic world, Emerald Futures is an AR soundwalk that guides you through a year of transformation and growth, from Central Park (W. 72nd St + Central Park West) to Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s mural, “We Belong Here” , in response to the rise of anti-AAPI hate.

Immerse yourself in an evolving soundworld that changes according to your geographic location, as you listen to world premieres of pieces by the Very Young Composers. With GPS hotspots plotted along the route, site-specific pieces will play as you move from one contrasting natural soundscape into a future imagined by the next generation of composers + thinkers on a future that we believe in.

Register here for timed entry at 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, and 7:30pm ET

For more info about Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya: https://www.istillbelieve.nyc/

To support the project and future work, consider a tax deductible donation.

Art Detectives with the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts introduces young learners to art, literacy through fun stories, and art making activities! This interactive free program will be totally unique - we hope you join us! You can register for your free Zoom link for Saturday, June 12 at 11 AM at https://kiarts.org/events/category/family/
Please contact Jessica at museumed@kiarts.org if you need assistance.

Chromic Duo is playing at Oh My Ears Festival on April 17th 9:30pm EST!

Premiering and performing pieces by Nyokabi Kariuki, Hannah Selin, and JL Marlor.

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Presented by Density 512.

Please register at https://bit.ly/3nZtL39 by February 14 so that we can mail you your instruments!

The finale of Music for Audience takes place over Zoom. You will collaborate to co-create sounds by Pauline Oliveros, Steve Parker, Brian Ellis with newspaper, recycled instruments, poprocks, and more. Closing act by the fiery, dynamic, and innovative Chromic Duo.

Music for Audiences is a celebration of connection, shared experience, and communal co-creation. A four-part series curated by composer, computer coder, and multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis, Music for Audience brings together musical creators from around the world to reimagine audience interaction in the 21st century. Through interactive livestreams, online installations, and a participatory zoom concert, we will spend our time together celebrating music and community — make no mistake, this is music for YOU.

Electro Acoustic Concert of 2021 presented by USC! The program features ambitious work incorporating mixtures of live and fixed electronics and is entirely comprised of current students in the USC Thornton Music Composition program. HINDOO WARRIOR by Rohan Chander and performed by Chromic will be featured. Free and online– more information click here.

Hope to see you there!

Join us and BODYSONNET at the virtual cocktail club, ART TONIC., where we’re celebrating the New Year with an anniversary screening of BODYSONNET past works, and a red carpet debut of our new film BLUE VICE. Enjoy insights from our collective, as we chat about our unique process and toast to a year of creating community through movement.

Let's get tipsy, watch dance, chat, and celebrate the new

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