Composition
The Saga of Leif Erikson
2020-present
Music and Lyrics: Christopher Brain, Thomas Simpson
Book: Tom Barry
Additional music and orchestrations: Lyndon Chen
Written largely during COVID-19 and performed with the help of RD Productions and DIY Theatre in Sunningwell, Oxford (2023) and in Grenoble, France (2024). RD Productions is hoping to take the show to Bonn, Germany in 2026!
Sonata IV from Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano, by John Cage for prepared preparations, by Lyndon Chen
May 2026
Composer, Performer: Lyndon Chen
Composed by sampling the noises made the Cagae's preparations (elastic, nails, cloth, etc.) themselves
Explanation of Autumn
March 2025
Lyrics: Andrea Cohen
Music: Lyndon Chen
Professor: Scott Frankel
StrAIpsody
October 2024
Composer, Performer: Lyndon Chen
Graphic scores produced by styleGAN after Cathy Berberian's Stripsody compositions.
Two Seasonal Dances
June 2024
Composition on a brief quoting excerpts from Arundhati Roy's War Talk.
Epyllion Blues
March 2024
Composer: Lyndon Chen
Response to a brief celebrating the centenary of the composition of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue