CARLA NG -

Multidisciplinary artist working across music/theatre/film/performance. director, noise maker, composer+, pot-stirrer, professional pretty lights admirer, maximalist, chronic show-goer, HongKonger

MY WORK

pp1 [piano portal 1] , (2022), 6’30’’+
Solo Piano
CLICK HERE for Score Website
(note that you have to have a camera with your device, the website is not compatible with mobile phones, you can only use the camera function with a tablet/laptop)
In collaboration with Maximilian Wolter for the website construction

Steve Reich (2021), 2’
Solo Piano
Part of an ongoing series “Distanced Portraits”

Uh-huh I’m listening (2021), ~3-7’
Solo Piano
Premiere: 6th July 2021, Audrey Wu, St George the Martyr Church, London

Synaptic Fantasia (2021), 13’
Solo Percussion and Milk Tea
Performance by Chris Brannick, May 2021, Guildhall School of Drama and Music

Yiyiumum (2020), 6’30’’
Solo Clarinet
Performance by Jonathan Willett, November 2020, Guildhall School of Drama and Music

Solo

Buckingham Palace (I just wanna be free) (2023), 9'
Pieces for my friends #1 - for Jo and Chris
Theremin and Harp
Premiere: 7th December 2023, Jo Fraser & Chris Clarke, Future Strategy Club, London

燒賣 豉油 辣油 麥精 (Siu Mai, Soy Sauce, Chili Oil, Wheat Soy Milk) (2021), 17’
2 Pianos
Premiere: 31st March 2022, KwanYee Chan and Jeremy Chan, Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, London

A reminder if you forget (2021), 8’
Flute, piano and tape
https://www.taylorirelan.com/shop
Selected on “The Journey” call for score, featured on “The Journey” (album)
Premiere: 27th February 2022, Taylor Ireland (Flute) & Andrea Feitl (Piano), USF Recital Hall Tampa, Florida

Reaching (2020), 7’
Mezzo Soprano and Piano
Premiere: 8th July 2022, Lydia Haynes (mezzo soprano) & Matthias De Smet (Piano), St Mary-at-Hill, London
In collaboration with poet Edward Dunne, part of Creative Minds in song 2021

Let Me Change Your Mind (2021), 6’+
For 2 woodwind instruments
https://youtu.be/qS4URUJu1lY
George and Ricardo's Version, recorded at Guildhall School of Drama, April 2021

SlowburnrubwolS (2020), 7’
Solo Violin and Siu

i am here for design purposes

DUET

Count 2 (2024), ~12'
6+ Vocalists
Workshopped by EXAUDI on the 22nd Jan, 2024 - Milton Court, Barbican, London

膠兜之旅 (2023), ~25'
The Curious Adventure of Ms Basin
Harp and Brass Quintet
Premiere: 7th July 2023, Chris Clarke; St James Islington, London

我去咗間車仔麵舖，然後我幫我碗麵影咗幅相 (2023), 10-15’
(I once went to a noodle place, and I took a picture of my noodles)
String Quartet (or any instrument that can sustain pitch)
Premiere: 24th January 2023; Ligeti Quartet; Milton Court, Barbican, London

Haze, Echo and Specific Tones (2022), 7’
Ravel Harp Septet
Premiere: 6th July 2022; Lucy Walsh, Izzy Hopkins, Damian Dobromirov, Niya Lecheva, Joshua Law, William Lui; Silk Street Music Hall, Barbican, London

和味龍 (2021), 9’
Brass Quintet

String Quartet No. 2 (2021), Open
any four instruments

Telemarketing Trapdoors (2021), 7’
Five performers, monitor, computer keyboard and amplified microphone
https://youtu.be/2R4nK-phWq4
Recorded by Alice Hermand, Audrey Wu, Chris Clarke, Jo Billy Fraser, Kit McCarthy
3rd May 2021, London

Prelude 705 (2018), 7’
Violin, Viola, Bass Clarinet, Marimba, Vibraphone
Part of the Hong Kong Composers Guild Mentorship Scheme 2018, under the guidance of Mr Hui Cheung Wai
Premiere: 1st February 2019, GalaMusica School Chamber Compositions 2019; Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre Theatre

Small Ensemble
(3-10 players)

BASS CLARINET TURD (open for suggestions for a better title)
Concerto for soloist who also shares a traumatic piano learning history
CARLA'S VERSION: Recorded on the 24th April 2023, Milton Court, Barbican, London

手尾膚影 (my hand, my skin and the shadow of my tale) (2022, rev. 2023), 9’
Chamber Orchestra
First workshopped on the 10th of May, Milton Court, Barbican, London; Conducted by Jack Sheen
Hong Kong Premiere: 23rd November, 2023; Gustav Mahler Orchestra, Conducted by Stone Tung;
Concert Hall @ Hong Kong Cultural Centre

My gift for home from home (2021), 6’
Mixed ensemble
Written for SoundZpace: Mixtape 2021
Premiere: 16th August 2021, SoundZpace: Mixtape ensemble, Lee Hysan Concert Hall, CUHK, Hong Kong

Large Ensemble
(10+ players)

Orchestral

倫敦燒鴨河 By the gates of Hong Kong Garden (2021), 10’
Solo Harmonica and Orchestra
https://iccch.hkharmonica.org/
Merit Award Winner of 1st Hong Kong International Composition Competition for Chromatic Harmonica 2021

Everytime i visit you (2021), 2’
Studio Orchestra
Inspired by the Westminster Bridge; written for Illuminate River Phase 2

A Pianist's Air (Concert Version) (2018), 9’
Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: 30th June 2018, St Stephen’s College Symphony Orchestra, Lee Hysan Concert Hall, CUHK, Hong Kong

Open Score

Overcoming distance (2022), 4’
Open Score
Premiere: 29th December 2022, SoundZpace: Across Timezones
Performed by Michelle Cheung, Alvin Ho, Zac Leung, Carla Ng, Ambrose Chiu, Angelina Lee, Henry So

count 1 (2022), open
Open Score
Part of on-going series “count”

SKY DADDY (2021), 6’30’’
Open Score
Premiere: 6th December 2021, NMS Spring Concert 2021
Performed by Leyla Cemiloglue, Omri Kochavi, Kit McCarthy, Callum Murray, Efe Yuksel, Xiyan Wang, Joanna Ward; Pembroke House, London

NOW I KNOW (2021), 8’+
Open Score
https://youtu.be/SxHh3KGO6jI
Recorded in Guildhall School of Music and Drama, July 2021
Performed by: Ben Pease Barton, Dr Hollie Harding, Efe Yukesel, Jo Billy Fraser, Kit McCarthy, Mara Pruna, Carla Ng

Theatre / Installation/
Multimedia

"。" (2022)
Part of NMS Installation 2022
5th July 2022; St Giles Cripplegate, Barbican, London, UK
For two performers, confessions, shredder
w/ Audrey Wu

The World i See - a blindfolded theatre experience (2019)
17th & 18th January 2019
https://youtu.be/3SfHAR2_UCQ
Part of Orbis Week 2019
Creator / Book / Director: Carla Ng
Co-creator / Coordinator: Michelle Cheung

A Pianist’s Air (2018), 9’
Chamber Orchestra, Video, Off-stage Soprano and Percussion, Dancers
For GalaMusica-School Creative Works Final Performance, 2018
Premiere: 2nd February 2018, (see creative team below), Concert Hall, Shatin Town hall, Hong Kong

Film

膠兜之旅 (2023), ~25'
The Curious Adventure of Ms Basin

Understanding Corollary Discharge Under 2 Mins (2020), 1’48’’
Short video, Live-action animation
Created, researched and illustrated by Cherie Chang
composed and edited by Carla Ng

有夢就去追 [go chase your dream if you got one] (2020), 10’
Short Film, Edited Documentary
By Carla Ng and Michelle Cheung
Winner of the Merit Award of the DStage Just Fly Short Film Competitio

last updated: 21/02/2024

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