Another Beautiful Fall ... (updates 2020!)
My favorite season is approaching!
I’m always invigorated with energy when autumn comes - the senses of change: in the temperature, in the smells, the movement and progress, the crunch of leaves, of time, purpose. A nerdy happiness to go back to school, an eager tummy for all pumpkin-related goodies, celebrations and feasts, lights and holiday decorations, and then snow … and cozy fireplaces …
So…! Before I go off to dreamy tangents land, here are some exciting updates and news for the coming year -
I’m so looking forward to beginning a humbling and vastly inspiring adventure as a Global Leaders Program Cohort of 2021! The program has only started for a week, but already opening up so many provocative ideas and perspectives on what I, (messy dreamer), can possibly contribute tangibly and sustainably to impact the community in a way that is meaningful and unique to my personal artistic voice.
I’m aiming to put these aspirations into action during my fieldwork, which looks like it will be in collaboration with international partners in Chile! More details soon as I formulate my plan and take some Spanish lessons!
I am starting my Doctorate at McGill!
continuing to research cute bouncy stuff, continuing to eat pastries across Montreal
Oct 6 - 21: performing in a series of concerts back at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance for the Beethoven Festival!
4 piano trios, 1 piano-duet, 2 violin sonatas, 1 “Tempest”
Oct 17 - 18: TAG Duo
bringing to Montreal, finally as promised, our baby project “Song of Praise”, with special guests (poets and artists) and lanterns lighting up the outdoor gardens of Château St-Ambroise and Château Ramezay.
we are currently raising funds for this self-produced project, please help us bring this initiative to life!
Together with Orpheus Classical Label and the talented Mie Hirschfield, I will be releasing my debut solo piano album, “Once Upon a Dream”, in May 2021!
This project features some of my favourite magical works (Beethoven, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Wild, Copland) and brings alive the curious world of children’s fairytales using new systems of surround-sound recording.
Solo recital "Once Upon a Dream" postponed to hopefully January 2021
China Concert Tours is projected to happen later in 2021! (fingers-crossed)
And on non-music related notes (!) ~
My photo-narrative, “E-mote”, will be published by the literary project “carte blanche” in Issue 39, “Anxiety”
My sound-novel project, “The [blank] Journal”, is well under way!
one of the many blessings-in-disguise of the quarantine has been the time and space for me to explore other interests, particularly that of writing - I hope I will feel confident enough to share some of this very personal work soon~
Alright, that’s all (?) for now, I think! Looking forward to all the overwhelming joys, challenges, stress, passions, surprises to come!
Sincerely yours,
Tong