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Faye Chiao

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Join @fayechiao and @tasheroonies for an open rehearsal of their new musical! Part of our Fertile Ground New Work Residencies. Friday, July 24th, 4pm @62center!

Reserve your FREE ticket ➡️ wamtheatre.com/fertile-ground-new-works-residency/

P.S. See Faye and Tasha perform at our Summer Soiree on July 26th! 🔗wamtheatre.com/summer-soiree-2026/

#wamtheatre #womeninthearts #theatre #MusicalTheatre by @fayechiao

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Don't miss The 24 Hour Musicals this year! Featuring the immense talents of:

Natalie Walker (White Girl in Danger), Olli Haaskivi (Oppenheimer), Andrew Leeds (Barry), Michael Mitnick (Scotland, PA), and Faye Chiao and Tasha Gordon-Solmon (Fountain of You).

See all these and more June 22 at The Lynn F Angelson Theater. Link in bio! by @fayechiao

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We are so excited to perform “moments colores” by @fayechiao, featuring @kpsoprano
“moments colorés” was commissioned by The Lunar Ensemble as part of a centennial celebration of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. Written for a Pierrot ensemble instrumentation, this work is a setting of four poems from Albert Giraud’s cycle Pierrot lunaire: Rondels bergamasques based on the commedia dell’arte figure of Pierrot.

Each poem in this set draws on connotations from, imagery of, and associations with colors. The first song features black and green, and the last song, white. Whereas the black is the total absence of light, while white is its full spectrum. White is also the color traditionally associated with the character of Pierrot. The color white ties each poem together in color and character; thus each song was written around a short motif representing white.

1. The first song, Absinthe, draws on the dark colors of green and black, describing drunken images soaked in absinthe. The start of the piece describes “an immense sea of absinthe” and other drunken images elicited by the proverbial green fairy. Soon, benign images devolve into darker hallucinations; the music grows frenetic and the singer frantically recounts her boat being seized and pulled into the sea. The music returns to calms as she “disappears without complaint.”

2. L’Alphabet (The Alphabet Book) reflects nostalgia for a colorful, children’s alphabet book which become the character’s fondest memories of childhood.

3. Poussière Rose (A Fine dust of Rose) compares the goddess Phoebe to a white rose in the sky, and imagines the mythical character Cassandre fleeing on the ground, brushing against thyme and leaving rose-colored “dew drops.” This song asks the singer to perform sprechstimme, a style of singing approximating speech and recitation.

4. The last poem, Blancheurs Sacreés (A Sacred White), describes the color white, as found in nature, suggesting innocence lost and longed for.
#songcycle #artsong #pierrotlunaire by @fayechiao

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7 months ago

So excited to announce our March lineup! Can’t wait to hear what these writers have in store! Tickets now on sale. 🎟️ in bio.
#musicaltheatre #cabaret #musicaltheatrewriters #newmusicals #verseintro taken in SoHo Playhouse by @fayechiao

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8 months ago

New Victory LabWorks Launch Artist @divya_mangwani_ is hard at work on her newest show for young audiences, THE ICE CREAM DREAM!

Hear from her and her collaborator, fellow LabWorks alum @fayechiao, as they discuss creating the music and dance of the show. by @fayechiao

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2 years ago

To brighter things ahead…Happy New Year friends! by @fayechiao

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3 years ago

Aspiring musical storytellers - please consider this amazing workshop!

https://www.bmi.com/theatre_workshop

@bmi_mt_workshop by @fayechiao

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5 years ago

So honored to be part of this-but I’m SO not the cool part.

Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle of Asians in America, a 1973 Paredon Records release, is widely recognized as the first album of Asian American music.

Chris Kando Iijima, Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto, and William "Charlie" Chin delivered their activist message so beautifully, influenced by their solidarity with African American and Latin American social movements.

Please check out the album!
And come join us Friday!
https://linktr.ee/thecanalesproject

@nobukomiyamoto_
@tadashinakamurafilms
@tienmelisainsta
@roseharam
@thecanalesproject by @fayechiao

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5 years ago

This is just one. But my goodness, it’s one. by @fayechiao

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5 years ago

The brilliant @chesneysnow and I working on a new piece, Upstream. Check it out through Sunday with some other brilliant new pieces @syracusestage Cold Read Festival!

Happy National Theater Day!

#nationaltheaterday taken in Syracuse Stage by @fayechiao

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6 years ago

Tonight I watched the digital premiere of Anton Dudley and my family opera with my nieces and nephews tuning in.
It was kinda great.

Katie: The Strongest of the Strong tells the story of real-life strong woman, Katie Sandwina, who became a symbol for the women’s suffrage movement.

Thank you @hougrandopera and HGOco and Opera to Go for giving us the opportunity to tell this story.

To the amazing cast, creative and production team, congratulations and bravi.

And to all who work on voter engagement and voting rights, thank you. by @fayechiao

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6 years ago

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