MassQ Ball at the Arnold Arboretum
Oct
4
2:00 PM14:00

MassQ Ball at the Arnold Arboretum

I’m so honored to be creating an interactive installation (including forests, live music, and mindful walking) for this incredible arts explosion in the Arnold Arboretum. The whole event is magic!! Event runs 10am-4pm, my installation is viewable all day and from 2pm-4pm will be activated with live music.

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The Women Gather
Jun
23
to Jun 25

The Women Gather

Presented by Gibney Dance in NYC

I composed music and co-created sound for this production in collaboration with an amazing international ensemble of dancers and choreographer Wendy Jehlen.

The Women Gather is a centering of women’s experience with a conscious awareness of the glorious diversity of gender presentation within women. The Women Gather will be a performance by eight women from five countries, who create sound and movement together live, in an environment that they build, deconstruct, and recreate over the course of the performance. All sound is generated live by the ensemble. The Women Gather is a ritual of healing. A gathering of women. A safe space and a space for the conjuring of magic.

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Source
Apr
8
7:30 PM19:30

Source

Performance and conversation by myself on violin and erhu with special guests, TBA!

I’m honored to be performing on the new online Latitude concert series, alongside 7 other artists I admire and respect greatly. Check out the lineup and subscribe at https://www.broadbandcollab.com/latitudes

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Soul Yatra Trio
Nov
19
8:00 PM20:00

Soul Yatra Trio

Soul Yatra Trio with myself on violin and erhu, Sandeep Das on tabla, and Mike Block on cello. Excited to be playing this online concert with these amazing friends IN THE SAME ROOM thanks to thoughtful planning by Celebrity Series with Futura Production Studios.

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May
30
4:00 PM16:00

Traces

  • 1326 Westminster Street Providence, RI, 02909 United States (map)
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Join for a concert on the site of the future Community MusicWorks headquarters! This special event features the world premiere of a piece by composer Shaw Pong Liu for CMW students and the MusicWorks Collective, which reflects on interviews with neighborhood residents, . Help honor the past and look to the future as we celebrate with music and stories.

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Soul Yatra Trio
Mar
22
3:00 PM15:00

Soul Yatra Trio

Three master musicians and committed arts educators come together in a trio concert when Mike Block (cello), Sandeep Das (tabla) and Shaw Pong Liu (violin, erhu) appear as Soul Yatra trio. 

Mike Block -- a pioneering cellist, composer, innovator, and educator -- was called “the ideal musician for the 21st century” by Yo-Yo Ma. Grammy-nominated virtuoso Sandeep Das, one of today’s leading tabla players, is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow in the field of music composition. Composer and performer Shaw Pong Liu, the 2016 City of Boston Artist-in-Residence embedded with the Boston Police Department, engages diverse communities with music and social dialogue.

Tickets are $5, with proceeds to benefit Legacy Lives On, a non-profit organization that provides ongoing support, comfort, and healing for families that have lost a loved one to homicide.

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Loved By Many Musical Memorial Project
Dec
14
1:00 PM13:00

Loved By Many Musical Memorial Project

Honoring loved ones lost to homicide and their families, this event is a performance/memorial/dialogue collaboration of composer Shaw Pong Liu, homicide survivors, Boston Arts Academy teen dancers, guest artists NEA National Heritage Fellow Balla Kouyaté on balafon, jazz trumpet master Jason Palmer, and the Code Listen ensemble including survivors, teen artists, and members of the Boston Police Department. Join us in the Courtyard and Calderwood Hall for a free performance and dialogue.

Admission is free but RSVP required, seating is extremely limited.

Schedule: 

  • Courtyard Processional | 1 PM -1:30 PM

  • Calderwood Hall performance/memorial/dialogue | 2–3:30 PM

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Code Listen 3.0
Dec
15
3:00 PM15:00

Code Listen 3.0

  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (map)
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Code Listen 3.0 reflects on the intertwining stories of Boston Police, teens, and mothers who have lost their children to homicide in a citywide series of musical-narrative performances and conversations during Homicide Survivor Awareness Month (Nov 20- Dec 20 2018).

Join us for a public-facing, free performance and dialogue featuring original music composition by lead artist Shaw Pong Liu; theatre direction by Pascale Florestal; live music performance by a collaborative ensemble of homicide survivors, Boston police, youth, and musicians Jason Palmer, jazz trumpet, Ashleigh Gordon, viola, and members of A Far Cry chamber orchestra; a public memorial of memorial posters for homicide victims; and community dialogue about violence, racism, and police practices.

In partnership with New England Foundation for the Arts, Celebrity Series of Boston, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Legacy Lives On, Teen Empowerment and A Far Cry.

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Code Listen 3.0
Dec
8
3:00 PM15:00

Code Listen 3.0

Code Listen 3.0 uses music and stories to engage a citywide conversation on violence, racism, and police practices by creating public music-memorial-dialogue events during Homicide Survivor Awareness Month (Nov 20- Dec 20 2018). The performance will include an original music composition by lead artist Shaw Pong Liu; theatre direction by Pascale Florestal; live music performance by a collaborative ensemble of homicide survivors, Boston police, youth, and musicians Jason Palmer, jazz trumpet, Ashe Gordon, viola, and members of A Far Cry chamber orchestra; a public memorial of memorial posters for homicide victims; and community dialogue about violence, racism, and police practices.

In partnership with New England Foundation for the Arts, Celebrity Series of Boston, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Legacy Lives On, and Teen Empowerment.

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Aug
26
6:00 PM18:00

The Beat That Binds Us

  • Millenium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (map)
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Performance by five 2018-2019 Kennedy CenterCitizen Artist Fellows, including me!

By combining elements of spoken word verse, hip hop, dance, visual art & instrumentation, The Beat That Binds Us explores the connectivity of Americans by using the body as a metaphor, with emphasis on its health and vitality dependent on the syncopated rhythm of its heartbeat. Through creating content that explores social norms and behaviors, this performance will investigate the barriers that create disease or disharmony in an increasingly divisive nation, and will unpack what we can do to move forward together as a functioning, beating heart.

About the Performers: The Kennedy Center, a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, honors our 35th President everyday by uplifting ideals from his legacy (service, justice, freedom, courage, and gratitude) that live through the arts. As part of this celebration of legacy, the Kennedy Center launched the "Citizen Artist Fellow Recognition" in 2016, which celebrates emerging artists across the country who utilize their art form for positive impact on communities. Through a year-long engagement with the Kennedy Center, Citizen Artist Fellows develop and strengthen connections in their fields, receive opportunities for artistic collaboration and presentation, and gain access to Kennedy Center Staff and Artistic Partners for individual professional development.

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May
17
to May 20

Silkroad Residency at Freer-Sackler

  • Freer-Sackler Galleries, Washington DC (map)
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The third weekend in a year-long Silkroad residency at the Freer-Sackler (Asian Art museum of the Smithsonian Institute) includes the premiere of a new piece commissioned by the museum, with compositions by Silkroad musicians, including a piece by me, based on works of art in the museum.

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