SHAW PONG LIU
violinist | composer | educator | community-builder
Shaw Pong Liu is a creative visionary with decades of experience facilitating community dialogue and healing through creative music and art projects. As an improviser she relishes the spontaneous possibilities of collaboration, co-creating new experiences with professional artists, scientists, community organizers, and community members of all backgrounds.
Violinist and community-builder Shaw Pong Liu creates transformative listening spaces for dialogue and healing through deep collaboration across disciplines.
Her work seeks to:
Nurture deep listening
Live violin performance & guided walking meditation, Secret Grove installation at MassQ Ball, Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum.
2. Build community through participatory music and art-making
Bilingual Lunar New Year performance, Boston Public Library (Roslindale Branch)
3. Invite healing and dialogue across differences
Lead Artist/Creator, Code Listen project, using music to build bridges between Boston police, teens, and mothers who have lost sons to homicide
4. Build trust and connection through co-creation
Music & dialogue workshops and residencies for schools, organizations and institutions
4. Create new musical experiences that foster connection and curiosity
Audience-engaged composition “for all to sing”, Winsor Music concert
Nurture deep listening
Live violin performance & guided walking meditation, Secret Grove installation at MassQ Ball, Arnold Arboretum.
Build community through participatory music and art-making
Lunar New Year Bilingual Performance, Boston Public Library
Create new musical experiences that foster connection and curiosity
Build trust and connection through co-creation
Experiential music and dialogue sessions for trust and community-building
Code Listen: music for healing and dialogue community ensemble of Boston police, mothers who are homicide survivors, and teen artists
Community composition “for all to sing” at Winsor Music concert
Invite healing and dialogue across differences
Violinist and community-builder Shaw Pong Liu creates transformative listening spaces for dialogue and healing through deep collaboration across disciplines.
Her work is animated by the following questions:
How can we listen more deeply?
Live violin performance & guided walking meditation, Secret Grove installation at MassQ Ball, Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum.
How can the transformative power of music help repair fractured lives?
Musical Memorial to loved ones lost to homicide, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
What can we create together that is impossible to create alone?
Code Listen: music for healing and dialogue community ensemble of Boston police, mothers who are homicide survivors, and teen artists
How can creative experiences invite connection and build trust?
Lunar New Year Bilingual Violin & Erhu Performance, Boston Public Library
