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Dorothy Chang 張彥芸

The music of Dorothy Chang is often inspired by movement or gesture, visual imagery, or connections to place, events and personal histories. Described as "evocative and kaleidoscopic”, Dorothy’s music has been featured in concerts and festivals across North America and abroad, and performed by the Albany, Chicago Civic, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Queens, Seattle, Saint Paul Chamber, Vancouver and Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestras, as well as by chamber ensembles including eighth blackbird, the Smith Quartet, the Chicago Saxophone Quartet, Collage New Music and Music from China, among others. From 2005-2008, Dorothy served as a Music Alive composer-in-residence with the Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra.

Dorothy received degrees in composition from the University of Michigan and the Indiana University. She is currently an Associate Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia.

華裔作曲家張彥芸出生於美國伊利諾伊州，她的作品有強烈戲劇性的張力，及豐富的表現力，並經常結合多媒體影像及劇場演繹。 張彥芸為許多樂團創作，包括溫哥華交響樂團，北美著名現代室內樂團，溫哥華蘭韻中樂團及臺灣的采風樂坊，於音樂節及大小音樂會中演出。張彥芸目前任教於UBC大學音樂系，並獲Albany交響樂團所聘，擔任為期三年的駐團作曲家。

From a Dream 《夢境》 Dorothy Chang (2010): erhu, zheng, percussion

Inspired by various images of the breathtaking beauty of China’s Huangshan (“Yellow Mountain”), From a Dream was composed to reflect the poetic qualities of this spectacular sight: stillness, strength, delicacy, eternalness. The work contains five main sections, each one loosely representing specific imagery of the mountain, from the dream-like drifting layers of mist and clouds, to its sparkling waterfalls, craggy peaks and ancient pine trees. The opening is quiet, minimal and static, then gradually gathers momentum as the music moves between free and improvisatory expression, and more rhythmically driving sections. From a Dream was commissioned by the Orchid Ensemble, with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.

《夢境》表現黃山充滿詩意的景色：靜止的、有力的、細緻的、無窮的。全曲分為五段，透過緩慢的散板，緊張的快板，與多變的節奏，描寫飄渺的雲霧，閃爍的飛瀑，絕壁及古松。