Adam Fong
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Adam Fong is a composer, performer and producer active in the San Francisco Bay area. He studied English and Music at Stanford University
earning an M.A. in 2004. He then completed an M.F.A. in media studies at Cal Arts in 2006 where his teachers included James Tenney
and Wadada Leo Smith
.
for the well known concert organization Other Minds
in 2006 where he serves as Associate Director. In addition he co-founded Emerging Arts Professionals, a network for people working in the arts sector in or near San Francisco. He continues to be a part of the Leadership Group of this organization.
He is active as a performer with various groups in the bay area.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
earning an M.A. in 2004. He then completed an M.F.A. in media studies at Cal Arts in 2006 where his teachers included James Tenney
James Tenney
James Tenney was an American composer and influential music theorist.-Biography:Tenney was born in Silver City, New Mexico, and grew up in Arizona and Colorado. He attended the University of Denver, the Juilliard School of Music, Bennington College and the University of Illinois...
and Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation.-Biography:...
.
Career
He began working with Charles AmirkhanianCharles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian is an American composer. He is a percussionist, sound poet, and radio producer of Armenian extraction. He is mostly known for his electroacoustic and text-sound music...
for the well known concert organization Other Minds
Other Minds
Other Minds is a San Francisco based private 501 not-for-profit organization, founded in 1992 by Charles Amirkhanian and Jim Newman...
in 2006 where he serves as Associate Director. In addition he co-founded Emerging Arts Professionals, a network for people working in the arts sector in or near San Francisco. He continues to be a part of the Leadership Group of this organization.
He is active as a performer with various groups in the bay area.
Partial List of Compositions
- Yizkor (2002) for clarinet, piano and cello Premiered May, 2003 at Stanford
- String Quartet No. 1 (2003) Premiered May, 2003 at Stanford
- Five Times Remembered (for Bill Evans, 2004) for piano and tape Premiered November, 2004 at CalArts “Sounding Out”
- Elementary Studies: Waves, Fire, Rain, Sunlight (2004) for two pianos Premiered October, 2004 at CalArts “Sounding Out”; The last section 'Sunlight' was performed by Dennis Russel Davies and Maki Namekawa in San Francisco on October 16, 2007
- A Moving Wall (2005) for string orchestra Premiered March, 2005 at CalArts “Page One”
- State of the Union (2006) for 8 or more performers Premiered September, 2008 at Long Beach Soundwalk
- Bracing and Tonic (2007) for Simplified Violin Premiered September, 2008 at the wulf in Los Angeles
- 5x5 (2008) for 5 contrabasses Premiered April, 2008 at “Salon! You’re ON!” in San Francisco
- Hammer Duets (2010) for various instruments Premiered Summer, 2010 at Little William Theater, Hammer Museum in Los Angeles
- Goodnight Irene (2011) for electric guitars Premiered February, 2011 at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
- Senescence (2011) for violin and cello Premiered September 25, 2011