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Byron Au Yong Stuck Elevator

Byron Au Yong

Byron Au Yong composes songs of dislocation for Asian, European and handmade instruments. His works have been featured in concert halls, museums and site-specific locations that include the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Tokyo Art Museum and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Au Yong is a recipient of numerous honors that include a Ford Foundation Fellowship and Meet the Composer Grant. Au Yong teaches at Cornish College of the Arts and serves on a community advisory committee for the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle.


Awards & Accomplishments

  • 2011

    Developmental Workshop Retreat

    Au Yong and Jafferis are chosen for a three-week developmental retreat as part of the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab for Stuck Elevator

  • 2010

    Development Workshop Residency

    Au Yong and Jafferis receive development residency from the Yale Institute for Musical Theatre for Stuck Elevator

  • 2009

    Residency

    Au Yong and Jafferis are Asian/Pacific/American Institute Artists-in-Residence at New York University

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