Joy Yang ___ 杨洋
is
a performing artist
specialising in
piano
and
theremin
Anchored in the roots of
classical, jazz, electronic music
and omni-idiomatic free improvisation,
she also branches into the realms of
visual arts, singing and dance.
As a visionary interdisciplinary performer-composer,
Dr. Yang seeks to articulate the processes
within and between
STEAM+ disciplines
to create innovative performance experiences.
Her raw sounds carry undercurrents of her
identity
as a queer third culture kid
existing in
liminal spaces
communing
with the universe in
light, love and joy.
is
a performing artist
specialising in
piano
and
theremin
Anchored in the roots of
classical, jazz, electronic music
and omni-idiomatic free improvisation,
she also branches into the realms of
visual arts, singing and dance.
As a visionary interdisciplinary performer-composer,
Dr. Yang seeks to articulate the processes
within and between
STEAM+ disciplines
to create innovative performance experiences.
Her raw sounds carry undercurrents of her
identity
as a queer third culture kid
existing in
liminal spaces
communing
with the universe in
light, love and joy.
PIANO |
THEREMIN |
Her creative genius
lies in reaching directly into the hearts of audiences,
fluid technical execution of deep universal experiences,
and effortless collaboration with an array of
international jazz artists, EDM duos, visual artists,
video projection mappers, sound designers, dancers, choreographers, scientists, engineers and poets.
lies in reaching directly into the hearts of audiences,
fluid technical execution of deep universal experiences,
and effortless collaboration with an array of
international jazz artists, EDM duos, visual artists,
video projection mappers, sound designers, dancers, choreographers, scientists, engineers and poets.
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I amSouth African, Chinese and Australian. I was born in Johannesburg to Chinese parents. I started playing the piano when I was four years old, before moving to Sydney, Australia at the age of seven. I am a native bilingual speaker in English and Mandarin, and fluent in Wenzhounese. I moved to the USA in 2018 to pursue my graduate studies. I hold a Master of Music in Classical Piano Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance (cognate in Piano Performance and Literature) from UIUC. Experienced in Industry and Academia, Dr. Yang is the founding director of Interdisciplinary Institute, which educates, promotes and conducts STEAM+ research. It is an inclusive hub for self-discovery, focused on innovative performance and building bridges between the university and community.
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I continually broadens my musical voice and style through my collaborative performances and releases. My first avant-garde CD release was with Kuroshio in 2020, under Asian Improv Records, followed by my latest 2024 release of “Live On” on the same label. “Live On” features my jazz trio, performing my original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards.
I have also released performances on digital platforms with: The Interdisciples (Interdisciplinary Improv), JIN!WA (Pop), Briar Schlenker Trio (Free Improv/Noise), Valkyrie Trio (Women in Jazz), Almost A (Jazz/Gypsy/New music), UIUC Hip-Hop Collective (Hip-Hop), Boxout (Pop), Lifetime Member (EDM), Media Light Array (Grindcore/Noise), JA$$ (EDM Improv), Avant-Gardians (Free Jazz), Ethernet Orchestra and Female Laptop Orchestra (Telematic Improvisation), and ViolaMPFREE (Interdisciplinary Improv). Dr. Yang’s performance-composition commissions and conference presentations include: February Dance 2022, Joy of Regathering 2022 and January Dance 2023 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (Illinois), Sound Kitchen 2022 (Calgary), 4S Society of Social Studies of Science 2021 (Toronto), Dance for World Community 2021 (Boston), Art-Science Festival 2021 (Illinois) and Immersion Festival 2019 (Illinois). Yang was awarded a full tuition scholarship for both her Masters and her DMA, the University of Illinois Fellowship (2022) and is a Fellow of Trinity College London (Piano Recital, 2017). |
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