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I create music and dialogue experiences rooted in community - cultivating listening, healing, and connection.

My work extends to schools, institutions, and cross-cultural collaborations seeking meaningful engagement.

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My Work

Music is the foundation of my practice - used as a tool for listening, dialogue, and community-building. Each project is developed collaboratively, ensuring experiences are grounded, responsive, and meaningful.

  • Programs interweave storytelling and audience engagement for all ages (adult-specific programming also available). Instruments include violin, Chinese erhu, voice and singing bowls.

    • Solo live performances drawing from classical music, traditional Chinese music and/or my original compositions

      • A Bird a Day original music violin, voice and looping pedal inspired by birds

      • Music of Transformation Bach Chaconne and original music

    • Performances for community-building, healing spaces, multigenerational exchange, and education

    • Chinese culture-sharing programs (available as bilingual English/Mandarin programs)

      • Lunar New Year celebration concert

      • The Middle Kingdom: exploring China through music and story

    •  Improvised Music performances

      • Solo Improvisations

      • Duo with jazz pianist Brian Friedland

    • Signature Cross-Cultural Collaborations include:

      • Duo with Shaho Andalibi, Persian ney

      • Sonic Joy: duo collaboration with Malian virtuoso Balla Kouyate, balafon

      • Soul Yatra Trio: collaboration with master musicians Sandeep Das, tabla, and Mike Block, cello

  • Lead and collaboratively design arts-based community-building projects using project-specific artistic practices, disciplines, and partners

    Examples (with collaboration partners in parenthesis):

    • Secret Grove (Castle of our Skins and Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum)

    • Wrapped in Love (Neighborhood Birth Center)

    • Code Listen (City of Boston, Boston police department, Teen Empowerment)

    • What Artists Knead (City of Boston Office of Arts and Culture)

    • Water Graffiti for Peace (Boston Chinatown Neigborhood Center)

    • Sing Home (Pao Arts Center)

    • Sunbar (Expressing Boston Public Art Fellowship)

  • Workshops, music-dialogue sessions and opening performance-presentations include:

    • Listening Meditation*

    • Music as Medicine*

    • Music for Healing and Dialogue

    • Sing Home: Exploring Our Roots 

    • Finding Our Groove: the Art of Community-Building* 

    • co-designed, custom sessions tailored to specific partner’s needs

    *Available as a keynote with audience participation

  • Shaw Pong takes on a select number of values-aligned composition commissions/collaborative projects per season

“Shaw Pong was so captivating. The children were mesmerized by her performance and she did a great job engaging them in learning Chinese vocabulary and answering questions. Her violin skills were incredible and we were transported to China through her stories. We had two year olds in the audience and they sat for the whole 45 minutes!”
— Kira Donnelly, Head of School, Summit Montessori
“Shaw Pong is a pleasure to work with. She has the unique ability to be both extremely collaborative and independently self driven. She deeply considers her work’s meaning and will go the extra mile to make sure it is executed and presented in a way that maximizes its impact. If you have the chance to work with her I highly recommend you take it.”
— Daniel Callahan, Co-Producer, MassQ Ball
“Shaw Pong kept even the youngest audience members engaged without losing the interest of the adult attendees. It is rare for a program to truly have intergenerational appeal, but Shaw Pong’s Lunar New Year Celebration pulls it off brilliantly.”
— Celeste Bocchicchio-Chaudhri, Children's Librarian, Boston Public Library (Roslindale Branch)

Testimonials from past clients:

“We knew we could trust Shaw Pong to elevate the experience, and she did. It was stunning! Her gorgeous music set exactly the tone that we wanted. So many people commented on how beautifully the music invited them into the space and the experience.”
— Lori Lobenstine, Design Studio for Social Intervention

Live Music Performance for all ages

Lead Artist/Designer:

Creative Community

Engagement

Speaker, Workshop Leader,

Educator

Photos by Robert Torres

Composition Commissions

My Work

Music is the foundation of my practice - used as a tool for listening, dialogue, and community-building. Each project is developed collaboratively, ensuring experiences are grounded, responsive, and meaningful.

Present and past partners include: