Works performed by Earplay:
Unwinding
Ursula Kwong-Brown (b. 1987) is a composer and media artist from New York City, currently living in Berkeley, California. Described as "atmospheric and accomplished" by The New York Times, her work has been performed in diverse venues including Carnegie Hall, le Poisson Rouge and the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center in NYC, St. Paul’s Chapel and Miller’s Theatre at Columbia University, and the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Awards include an ASCAP Honorable Mention, the Chicago Ensemble’s "Discover America" Composer Award, Columbia University’s prestigious Sudler Arts Prize, and the Bowdoin Festival Composition Prize. She received her B.A. from Columbia University in 2010, graduating with honors in music and biology. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in New Media & Music at UC Berkeley with support from a Mellon-Berkeley fellowship.
Her website is ursulaskwongbrown.com.
[from program for March 14, 2016 concert]
