Born (1981) in Taiwan and raised in Virginia, Yvonne received a B.A. in Music from Yale University in 2003 and an M.A. in Music Composition from UC San Diego in 2011. Her works have been performed in the US, Canada, Taiwan, and Germany and have been premiered by The Timothy Dwight Chamber Players, ARRAYMUSIC, and Ensemble SurPlus. She was a prize winner in the 2004 Formosa Composition Competition and was awarded the Abraham Beekman Cox Prize as an outstanding composer in her class at Yale. Her string quartet Utterance was released on Carrier Records. Primary composition teachers have included Kathryn Alexander, John Halle, Sophia Serghi, and Steven Takasugi. She is currently studying with Katharina Rosenberger as a doctoral student in music composition at UCSD.

Selected Compositions

Stills; edges. Five small pieces and some number of interludes and moments. (2010/Revised 2011) (16'26")

Berglind Tomasdottir, flute/alto flute
Curt Miller, clarinet in Bb/bass clarinet
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
David Medine, viola
Jennifer Bewerse, cello
Eric Derr, percussion
Todd Moellenberg, piano
Nicholas Deyoe, conductor

Studio recording at UC San Diego, Department of Music
February 2012

Utterance (2006-07) (14'43")

Utterance was inspired by the poem of the same title by W.S. Merwin.

Ensemble SurPlus:
Stefan Häussler, violin
Thomas Avery, violin
Bodo Friedrich, viola
Beverley Ellis, cello
James Avery, conductor

Performed at Schloss Solitude, Summer Academy, near Stuttgart, Germany
Released on Carrier Records. Available for download or purchase.

To unnamed things (2009) (9'18")

To unmeasured phenomena, to undiscovered species, to unknown places: may you remain nameless.

Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano
Scott Worthington, double bass
Bonnie Whiting Smith, percussion

Performed at UC San Diego, Conrad Prebys Music Center
January 22, 2010