Street Sketch, for Flute, Viola, and Vibraphone (2016)

Street Sketch, for Flute, Viola, and Vibraphone (2016) [10’41”]

Event: Yi-De Chen’s M.M. Recital
Date: 20:30, Feb 21, 2018 
Location: Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN, United States

Performers:
Anne Daley, flute
Samantha Lee, viola
Stephen Karukas, vibraphone
Corey Rubin, conductor
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Date: 14:30, Oct 31, 2020
2020 Taipei International New Music Festival ISCM-Taiwan

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Event: University of Michigan─Midwest Composers Symposium
Date: 10:00, Nov. 11, 2017, premiere
Location: Hankinson Rehearsal Hall, University of Michigan, MI, United States

Performers:
Anne Daley, flute
Samantha Lee, viola
Stephen Karukas, vibraphone
Corey Rubin, conductor

Host: University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Program Notes

This piece was written shortly after beginning my studies in a new country. Around the beautiful campus, new life experiences inspired deep thoughts. I gradually got used to the carefree and leisurely lifestyle, made friends from all over the world, and was greatly inspired by various different cultures. Such feelings led me to sketch the street scenes around my apartment in personal musical language.

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《街景速寫》（給長笛、中提琴與鐵琴）(2016) [10’41”]

2018年2月21日，週三，20:30 │ 陳以德－作品呈現音樂會
印第安納大學雅各布斯音樂學院克勞福德廳，布魯明頓，印第安納州，美國

展演名稱：密西根大學─中西部學術作曲交流年會（Midwest Composers Symposium）
時間：2017年11月9日，週六，10:00
地點：密西根大學漢金森排練廳，密西根州，美國

演出人員：
長笛 / Anne Daley
中提琴 / Samantha Lee
鐵琴 / Stephen Karukas
指揮 / Corey Rubin

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展演名稱：臺灣現代音樂協會─2020臺北國際現代音樂會節
時間：2020年10月31日，週六，14:30
地點：國家演奏廳，臺北市，臺灣

演出人員：
長笛 / 林薏蕙
中提琴 / 張力文
擊樂 / 黃微心

樂曲解說

這首樂曲是在自身剛抵達新環境初待上兩個月的時後所寫作的。在美麗的環境中，生活上的全新體驗帶給我許多感觸和思考：我逐漸習慣於這裡悠然的生活步調，認識了來自世界各地的朋友，也感受著此一不同文化所帶來的啟發。這些較初步的感受，使我決定以住家附近的街景作為主角，以個人當下的音樂語彙為這些街景進行速寫。

Believe in Yourself, for Symphonic Band (2018)

Believe in Yourself, for Symphonic Band (2018) [5’32”]

Commission for Hammer and Nail Project by IU JSoM Student Composers Association

8:00 p.m., Sep 18, 2018 │ Concert Band and Symphonic Band Session
Musical Arts Center, Indiana University JSoM, Bloomington, IN, United States
Sound Recording Copyright 2018, Trustees of Indiana University
Indiana University JSoM Concert Band │ Jason H. Nam, conductor

Program Note

Believe in Yourself consists of three main sections. There are several beautiful melodic lines in the first section, which brings about a bright and encouraging atmosphere. The second section provides a refreshing contrast to the other sections. It develops from rhythmic fragments into a concrete shape. The

last section can be musically regarded as a conclusion. This section is full of energy and momentum and ends up in a strikingly conclusive way.

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《相信自己》 （給管樂團）(2018) [5’32”]

委託創作，雅各布斯音樂學院─鎚子與釘子計畫
2018年9月18日，週二，8:00 p.m. │ 秋季管樂團音樂會
印第安納大學音樂藝術表演中心，布魯明頓，印第安納州，美國

樂曲解說

這首作品由三個段落組成：第一段落包含諸多旋律線條，帶來喜樂之氛圍。第二段落之對比性建立於零碎的節奏材料，逐漸發展成明顯的織體。第三部分具有總結之感，充滿豐沛的能量，果決地作結束。

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Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng (2012)

Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng(2012)[11’35”]

19:30, Nov 23, 2014 │ Music Taiwan 2014 Concert Series
Recital Hall, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chieh-Hao Hsieh, clarinet | Chiung-Hsien Huang, viola | Dai-Lin Hsieh, guzheng
Chih-Sheng Chen, conductor

Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng(2012)[11’35”]

19:30, May 26, 2014, premiere │ YI-DE CHEN’s Graduate Composition Concert
Concert Hall, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

Quei Hsu, clarinet │ Hui-Wen Liao, viola │ I-Hua Yang, guzheng
Cheng-Chia Tsai, conductor

Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng(2012)[11’35”]

14:30, Apr. 12, 2014, premiere │ Joint Composition Students Concert
Concert Hall, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan

Quei Hsu, clarinet │ Chi-Dong Moe, viola │ I-Hua Yang, guzheng
Cheng-Chia Tsai, conductor

Contemporary Music XI, CD published by Taiwan Composer’s Association

Program Note

When writing this piece, I was in a sentimental mood, experiencing the
autumn blues. I was grappling with deeply philosophical questions such as “Who am I?”, “Why do I exist in the world?” and “Why do I tirelessly work to compose contemporary music?”. Amidst a good life, there was a sense of loss. Naturally and regrettably, no one had ready answers as time went swiftly by.

I wondered how many friends identified with what I was experiencing. I was
overcome by a sense of loneliness. I much wanted to share happiness and beauty, not regret or melancholy. Could it be that I was fighting for a dream too far from the outset? But then time is on my side as life is still full of potential and promise.

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《秋靜愁》（給單簧管、中提琴與古箏）(2012)[11’35”]

2014年11月23日， 19:30 │ 亞洲作曲家聯盟臺灣總會─音樂臺灣─作品呈現音樂會
國立臺灣師範大學音樂系演奏廳，臺北，臺灣

《秋靜愁》（給單簧管、中提琴與古箏）(2012)[11’35”]

2014年5月26日，19:30 │ 陳以德─作品呈現音樂會
國立臺北藝術大學音樂廳，臺北，臺灣

《秋靜愁》（給單簧管、中提琴與古箏）(2012)[11’35”]

2014年4月12日，14:30，首演 │ 校際學生作曲交流音樂會
東吳大學松怡廳，臺北，臺灣

樂曲解說

在寫作室內樂作品《秋靜愁》時，當時的心情正如秋天般蕭條、苦澀。同
時思考著許多已經存在但一直沒有好好面對的切身問題，例如：「我是誰？我究
竟是怎樣性格的人？我為何存在？」、「我到底為何創作當代音樂？」、「我這幾年其實過得很好，但有時候就是會覺得自己好像遺失了一些東西」等。可惜，這些問題一時間無人能回答，而時光的快速流逝使我幾乎沒有餘力回頭思考。

聽完這些創作曲後，有哪些朋友能真正理解我的心呢？此時，我覺得很迷惘，我好希望能像從前一樣無憂無慮地分享快樂和美好，而不是遺憾或悲傷。或許，好多幻想和期待打從一開始就只是遙不可及的美夢；又或許，我們還年輕，很多事情仍有機會改變。相信經過這段時間的沉澱以後，我會好起來的。