The Albany Symphony premieres a large, new work as part of their 2025 American Music Festival - 06/07/2025
albany, ny
The Albany Symphony has commissioned a new, 15-20min. orchestral work from Ge to be premiered on the final concert of their 2024-25 subscription series. You can find out more information here.
Telos Consort presents an evening of music curated by Ge - 03/07/2025
new york, new york
Ge curates an evening-length concert of music titled ‘Manic Sincerity’ for New York-based chamber ensemble Telos Consort, as part of his role as Artist-in-Residence. The show is hosted by 92NY, and will feature music by Christian Quiñones, Anna Pidgorna, Nathaniel Wolfgang Parks, Yaz Lancaster, Christopher Cerrone, and Ge himself. You can find out more here.
The New England Philharmonic performs Remember to Have Fun as the winning entry in their annual Call for Scores - 03/02/2025
boston, ma
Ge’s orchestral work Remember to Have Fun has been selected as the winner of the 2024 New England Philharmonic Call for Scores, and will be presented in concert in their 2024-25 season. You can find out more information here.
Attacca Quartet premieres Music of Innocence & Experience - 12/04/2024
princeton, nj
Ge’s new string quartet, Music of Innocence & Experience, is premiered by the Attacca Quartet. You can find out more information here.
The New York Youth Symphony performs Pareidolia and Other Habits - 11/24/2024
new york, new york
The New York Youth Symphony, led by conductor Andrew J. Kim, performs Ge’s Pareidolia and Other Habits as part of the 2022 Barlow Prize consortium.
The Westside Chamber Players perform Minutes Between - 11/16/2024
new york, new york
The Westside Chamber Players, led by composer/conductor Sofia Ouyang, performs Ge’s Minutes Between as a winner of their 2024-25 Call for Scores.
The World Youth Symphony Orchestra performs Sighting the Swallow - 07/14/2024
interlochen, mi
The World Youth Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Matthew Straw, performs Ge’s Sighting the Swallow as the Grand Prize winner of the New York Youth Symphony’s First Music commission.
Ge named one of two iQ Test Scholars by the icarus Quartet - 06/23/2024
baltimore, md
The icarus Quartet has named Ge one of two iQ Test Scholars for the '24-25 season, alongside composer Erik Texter. The two of them will workshop and compose new 8-10min. pieces to be premiered by the quartet in 2025, while also being mentored by Christopher Theofanidis. You can read more here.
Nanjing West Road receives a 2024 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award - 06/07/2024
new york, ny
Ge’s electroacoustic work Nanjing West Road has been named one of 16 winners of the 2024 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, out of over 600 submissions.
Blackbox Ensemble presents Of a Feather at the Cape May Bird Festival - 05/18/2024
cape may, nj
The Cape May Bird Festival hosts the Consonance Collective as their keynote speakers for their 2024 Spring Festival. The Blackbox Ensemble performs works by five members of the collective, including Ge’s Of a Feather.
Ge’s piece, Doppelgänger Streets, selected for the 2024 MATA Festival - 05/16/2024
new york, ny
Ge’s electroacoustic work, Doppelgänger Streets, has been selected for performance in the 2024 MATA Festival. You can find out more information here.
So Percussion premieres System Haptics Off - 05/14/2024
princeton, nj
Ge’s electroacoustic percussion quartet, System Haptics Off, is premiered by So Percussion as part of their role at Princeton as the Edward T. Cone performers-in-residence. You can find out more information here.
The St. Olaf Band premieres Dancing on Air - 04/21/2024
northfield, mn
Ge’s concert opener for band, Dancing on Air, receives its premiere by the commissioning ensemble, the St. Olaf Band. You can find out more information here.
Khemia Ensemble presents Ge’s new work, Pupil of Light - 04/19/2024
greensboro, nc
Ge’s new electroacoustic song Pupil of Light is performed by Khemia Ensemble, the commissioning group, as part of the Music for a Great Space chamber music series. Choreographer Jiwon Ha provides original dance choreography with the performance. You can find out more information here.
Ge’s multimedia work, You Have Entered the Public Domain, receives its premiere - 04/16/2024
princeton, nj
Ge’s multimedia work for violin, percussion, video, and fixed electronics, You Have Entered the Public Domain, is premiered by Aliayta Foon-Dancoes (violin) and j clancy (percussion) in fulfillment of Princeton Music’s General Exam requirements. You can find out more information here.
The Seattle Symphony Youth Orchestra premieres Ge’s new work, Pareidolia and Other Habits - 03/17/2024
seattle, wa
Ge’s Barlow Prize commission, Pareidolia and Other Habits, is premiered by the Seattle Symphony Youth Orchestra and conductor Juan Felipe Molano. You can find out more information here.
The U.S. Navy Band tours Continuity Errors - 02/03-18/2024
the american south
The US Navy Band tours Ge’s saxophone concerto, Continuity Errors, across the American South. You can find out more information here.
~nois presents Ge’s work, To Speak As One, at the International Saxophone Symposium - 01/13/2024
fairfax, va
Ge’s saxophone quartet, To Speak As One, is presented by ~nois at the International Saxophone Symposium. You can find out more information here.
Jonathan Yanik and the U.S. Navy Band premiere Ge’s new work, Continuity Errors - 01/12/2024
fairfax, va
Ge’s new concerto for saxophone and band, Continuity Errors, receives its premiere as part of the International Saxophone Symposium’s US Navy Band residency. You can find out more information here.
JACK Quartet premieres Ge’s new work, Panes of Grisaille - 11/28/2023
princeton, nj
Ge’s new piece, Panes of Grisaille, for string quartet receives its premiere in Fall 2023 as part of JACK’s residency with the Princeton Sound Kitchen. You can find out more information here.
Ge named Sioux City Symphony Composer of the Year - 11/18/23
sioux city, ia
Ge’s piece, Songs of Refuge, has been named the winning entry for the Sioux City Symphony’s Composer of the Year program. His piece will be programmed alongside Amy Beach and Johannes Brahms in the symphony’s November concert. You can find out more information here.
Ge performs and presents The Butterfly Effect and Hymns After Laurie Spiegel - 11/14/23
princeton, nj
Ge performs Ellie Cherry’s piece for performer and electronics, The Butterfly Effect, as part of the Princeton Sound Kitchen’s season. On the same concert, pianist Maxwell Hinton gives the live premiere of Ge’s Hymns After Laurie Spiegel. You can find out more information here.
21st Century Consort presents Doppelgänger Streets in concert - 10/28/23
washington, dc
Ge’s piece, Doppelgänger Streets, has been programmed on 21st Century Consort’s October 28th concert at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The concert is set in conversation with the Hirshhorn’s ongoing exhibition of contemporary Chinese photography, “A Window Suddenly Opens.” You can find out more information here.
Ge’s electroacoustic song, To St. Augustine, premieres at Virginia Tech - 09/26/23
blacksburg, va
Ge’s piece, To St. Augustine for soprano, chamber ensemble, and electronics receives its premiere at Virginia Tech as part of the Jessie S. Yee Memorial Commission.
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players premiere Ge’s new work, The Floating World - 09/21/23
san francisco, ca
Ge’s piece, The Floating World, for sinfonietta is officially premiered by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players as a winner of the first annual ArtZenter Grant. You can find out more information here.
F-PLUS premieres Ge’s new work, Found in Stillness - 09/12/2023
princeton, nj
Ge’s new piece, Found in Stillness, for trio and electronics receives its premiere in Fall 2023 as part of F-Plus’s residency with the Princeton Sound Kitchen. You can find out more information here.
Ge profiled in New Sounds by writer Gray Harrison - 08/09/2023
the internet
The lovely Gray Harrison has written a wonderful profile of Ge’s work. Read it here.
Ge selected for Copland House’s HARVEST Commission - 08/01/2023
cortlandt manor, ny
Ge has been selected for Copland House’s HARVEST commission, given to one CULTIVATE alumnus every two years. He will compose a new chamber work for Music from Copland House. You can find out more information here.
Ge’s piece Of a Feather premieres at Bang on a Can’s LOUD Weekend - 07/29/2023
north adams, ma
The fellows of the 2023 Bang on a Can Summer Festival premiere Ge’s commissioned work Of a Feather as a part of LOUD Weekend. You can find out more information here.
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players read Ge’s new work, The Floating World - 06/23/23
san francisco, ca
Ge’s new piece, The Floating World, for sinfonietta is read by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players as part of the first annual ArtZenter Grant. You can find out more information here.
Mind on Fire premieres Ge’s new work, Nanjing West Road - 06/02/23
baltimore, md
Ge’s new work for large ensemble and electronics Nanjing West Road receives its premiere at Current Space on June 2, 2023. This work was supported by a New Music USA Creator Development Grant. You can find more information here.
The Tesla Quartet performs Celeste Forma - 05/28, 30/23
las vegas, nv
The Tesla Quartet performs Ge’s string quartet, Celeste Forma, as part of Clark County Regional Library District’s Space Festival. You can find out more information here.
~Nois performs Ge’s new work, To Speak As One - 05/21/23
chicago, il
Ge’s new saxophone quartet, To Speak As One, is performed as part of ~Nois’s tour finale at the Epiphany Center for the Arts. You can find out more information here.
The Civic Fellows of the Chicago Symphony perform Intuitive Geometry - 05/07/23
chicago, il
Ge’s chamber piece Intuitive Geometry is performed as part of the Chicago Symphony’s Civic Fellows Call for Scores. You can find out more information here.
~Nois performs Ge’s new work, To Speak As One - 04/23/23
fort atkinson, wi
Ge’s new saxophone quartet, To Speak As One, is performed as part of ~Nois’s performance at Fort Atkinson Club’s Chamber Music Series. You can find out more information here.
Tactus Ensemble performs Pell-Mell - 04/10/23
new york, ny
Ge’s work Pell-Mell for flute, bass clarinet, and electronics receives its East Coast premiere by the Manhattan School of Music’s contemporary performance ensemble Tactus. You can find out more information here.
Huizi Zhang premieres Ge’s new work, To the Memory of a Little Grasshopper - 04/09/23
brooklyn, ny
Ge’s new piano piece To the Memory of a Little Grasshopper receives its premiere at Scholes Street Studio on April 9, 2023 as part of the Consonance Collective’s collaboration with pianist Huizi Zhang, ‘Letters to the Future.’ You can find out more information here.
~Nois performs Ge’s To Speak As One - 03/27/23
san marcos, tx
Ge’s new saxophone quartet, To Speak As One, is performed as part of ~Nois’s residency with Texas State University. You can find out more information here.
~Nois performs Ge’s To Speak As One - 03/21/23
college station, tx
Ge’s new saxophone quartet, To Speak As One, is performed as part of ~Nois’s residency with Texas A&M University. You can find out more information here.
Mike Repper and the New York Youth Symphony premiere Ge’s new work, Sighting the Swallow - 03/19/23
new york, ny
Ge’s newly commissioned orchestral work Sighting the Swallow receives its premiere at Carnegie Hall on March 19, 2023 as part of the New York Youth Symphony’s annual McCrindle Concert. You can find out more information here.
~Nois performs Ge’s To Speak As One - 03/17/23
nacogdoches, tx
Ge’s new saxophone quartet, To Speak As One, is performed as part of ~Nois’s residency with Stephen F. Austin University. You can find out more information here.
Hila Plitmann and Edge Ensemble perform Unstrung and Swept Away - 03/08/23
winchester, va
Ge’s piece for high soprano and brass band Unstrung and Swept Away is performed by Shenandoah Conservatory’s new music ensemble, Edge Ensemble, as part of Hila Plitmann’s residency there. You can find out more information here.
~Nois premieres Ge’s new work, To Speak As One - 03/07/23
princeton, nj
Ge’s new saxophone quartet, To Speak As One, receives its premiere Mar. 7, 2023 as part of ~Nois’s residency with the Princeton Sound Kitchen. You can find out more information here.
Ge receives Copland House Residency Award - 10/16/22
cortlandt manor, ny
Ge has been selected for a residency at Copland House for the 2022-23 season, and will spend January 2023 working and composing there. You can find out more information here.
Ge named the winner of Khemia Ensemble’s inaugural commissioning contest - 09/01/22
virtual
Ge has been named one of two winners of Khemia Ensemble’s inaugural commissioning contest out of a pool of over 500 applicants. He will compose a new 5-7min. work for soprano and chamber ensemble. You can find out more information here.
Ge named the winner of the 2022 Barlow Prize - 08/18/22
provo, ut
Ge has been named the winner of the 2022 Barlow Prize, out of a pool of 395 applicants from 42 countries. Ge will compose a new orchestral work to be performed in the 2024-25 season by the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony, and the Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra. You can find out more information here.
Ge commissioned by the Virginia Tech School of the Performing Arts as part of the Jessie S. Yee Memorial Commission - 06/20/22
blacksburg, va
Ge’s work The Gate Illumined has been selected as the winner of the second annual Jessie S. Yee Memorial Commission. Ge will compose a new work for soprano and chamber ensemble to be premiered at Virginia Tech as part of their faculty new music ensemble’s 2023-24 season. At the time of the premiere, the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts will host Ge for a residency, during which he will present his work in a seminar, critique student compositions in a masterclass, and adjudicate student compositions, along with the composition faculty, for the annual Yee Prize student composition competition.
The Light That Breaks Through performed by the Canberra Sinfonia - 06/15/22
forrest, australia
Ge’s concerto for piano and strings, The Light That Breaks Through, will be given its Australian premiere by conductor Leonard Weiss, pianist Ronan Apcar, and the Canberra Sinfonia. You can find out more information here.
Ge’s newly commissioned work, In Search of Standard Time, to be premiered by the Albany Symphony June 2022 - 06/03/22, 07/01/22
schenectady, ny
The Albany Symphony has commissioned Ge to write a new piece, In Search of Standard Time, to be premiered by the Dogs of Desire ensemble June 3rd, 2022, with an additional performance July 1st.
Ge’s ‘Doppelgänger Streets’ selected for Score Follower’s channel - 05/27/22
virtual
Score Follower has selected Ge’s piece for violin and electronics, Doppelgänger Streets, for presentation in their biannual ‘Follow My Score’ series. You can view the video here.
Ge named an awardee for New Music USA’s Creator Development Fund - 05/16/22
new york, ny
New Music USA has granted Ge funding from their Creator Development Fund to support the creation of Nanjing West Road, a song cycle for chamber ensemble and electronics to be premiered by Mind on Fire. You can find out more information here.
Remember to Have Fun selected for performance in the 2022 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute - 05/02-06/22
minneapolis, mn
Ge’s orchestra piece Remember to Have Fun has been selected for presentation in the 2022 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. You can find out more information here.
Ge selected for residency at the KHN Center for the Arts - 04/11/22
nebraska city, ne
Ge has been selected to be a composer-in-residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. You can find out more information here.
Ge commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony as part of the First Music program - 03/29/22
new york, ny
Ge’s orchestral work Songs of Refuge has been selected as the Grand Prize winner for the New York Youth Symphony’s prestigious First Music commission, a program that awards young composers new orchestral and chamber commissions. Ge will compose a new orchestral work to be premiered at Carnegie Hall as part of the New York Youth Symphony’s 2022-23 season. You can find out more information here.
Hila Plitmann and Boss Street Brass Band premiere Unstrung and Swept Away - 03/07/22
austin, tx
Ge’s piece for soprano and brass band, Unstrung and Swept Away, will be premiered by Hila Plitmann and the Boss Street Brass Band in UTAustin’s Bates Recital Hall. The piece sets text by poet Todd Boss and invokes the language and styling of J-pop jazz. You can find out more information here.
Metastable State receives the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize’s Special Distinction - 02/14/22
new york, ny
Ge’s sinfonietta piece Metastable State has received Special Distinction in ASCAP’s annual Rudolf Nissim Prize, a prize awarded for compositions requiring a conductor. You can find out more information here.
Ge selected as Associate Artist for the Atlantic Center for the Arts - 02/13/22
new smyrna beach, fl
Ge has been selected to be an associate artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts’s residency #184, studying with Timo Andres. You can find out more information here.
Ge selected for the Pacific Chamber Orchestra’s Emerging Composers Workshop - 10/29/21
livermore, ca
The Pacific Chamber Orchestra has named Ge’s work, Songs of Refuge, a winner in their first annual emerging composers workshop. The piece will be read 10/30/21 under the direction of Lawrence Kohl and the mentorship of Kurt Rohde and Jean Ahn. More details here.
Ge selected as Honorable Mention in One Found Sound’s annual Emerging Composer Award - 06/17/21
san francisco, ca
Conductorless orchestra One Found Sound has named Ge the runner-up and honorable mention in their annual Emerging Composer Award. More details here.
Ge commissioned for a new piece for Kamrotōn to be premiered at the 2021 SCI National Student Conference - 06/11/21
virtual
Ge was selected to compose a new duo for flute and clarinet for Kamratōn as part of the 2021 SCI National Student Conference, to be premiered in August 2021. More details on Kamratōn here.
Ge’s newly commissioned work by the Albany Symphony, The Gate Illumined, premiered June 2021 - 06/11/21
troy, ny
The Albany Symphony has commissioned Ge to write a new piece, The Gate Illumined, to be premiered by the Dogs of Desire ensemble June 11th, 2021. More details here.
Ge selected as fellow for Copland House’s CULTIVATE 2021 - 06/06-14/21
peekskill, ny
Ge was selected from a pool of 150 applicants to be a fellow for Copland House’s prestigious CULTIVATE program. He will compose a new work in collaboration with painter Mokha Laget to be premiered by Music From Copland House in June 2021. More info can be found here.
Cartoons and Kung Fu to be premiered May 2021 - 05/06/21
baltimore, md
Percussionist Nonoka Mizukami will premiere Ge’s piece for percussion and tape, Cartoons and Kung Fu, as part of her final doctoral degree recital at the Peabody Conservatory.
Ge’s string quartet Celeste Forma wins First Prize in the Beyer Competition - 04/25/21
greenwood, in
The National Federation of Music Clubs has named Ge’s string quartet, Celeste Forma, as the grand prize winner in the 2021 Beyer Composition Competition.
The Light That Breaks Through premiered as part of the 5th Alfred Schnittke Composition Competition - 03/29/21
lviv, ukraine
Ge’s concerto for piano and strings, The Light That Breaks Through, was selected as a finalist in the 5th Alfred Schnittke Composition Competition. The piece will be premiered March 29 by the Lviv Philharmonia. More info can be found here.
Ge’s collaborative string quartet Celeste Forma presented in partnership with the Space Telescope Science Institute - 05/04/21
virtual
Ge and composers’ collective Consonance will present a series of music videos (including Ge’s Celeste Forma) based on the formation of stars as a part of the Space Telescope Science Institute’s lecture series in May, 2021. More info can be found here.
The Light That Breaks Through named runner-up in 2021 RED NOTE Composition Competition - 11/27/20
normal, il
Ge’s concerto for piano and strings, The Light That Breaks Through, was selected as a runner-up from a pool of 98 applicants in the 2021 RED NOTE Composition Competition. More information can be found here.
Ge selected to compose new work for Deux Ex Musica - 11/02/20
virtual
Christian new music organization Deus Ex Musica selected Ge as a winner in their composition competition. He will compose a new piece for violinist Wendy Case to be released on Deux Ex Musica’s record label. More information can be found here.
Ge composes incidental music for virtual theater production by the Scattered Players - 10/02-11/02/20
virtual
Innovative theater company 'The Scattered Players’ presents an original fantasy adventure production, The Battle of Broken Mirrors. Presented online, the show features an original orchestral score composed by Ge. More information can be found here.
Ge selected for Composer Residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts - 10/02-28/20
austerlitz, ny
The Millay Colony for the Arts has selected Ge for an October residency at their campus in the Berkshire foothills of upstate New York. More information on the Millay Colony can be found here.
I Cannot Dream Your Dreams named winner in 1st Annual Calliope Call for Scores - 07/13/20
boston, ma
Calliope, a choral-instrumental ensemble based in Boston, names Ge’s piece for chorus and orchestra I Cannot Dream Your Dreams the inaugural winner of their annual call for scores. More information on Calliope and their call for scores can be found here.
Escaping Continuum Named a Finalist in the Chelsea Symphony Composition Competition - 04/30/20
new york, ny
The Chelsea Symphony names Ge’s orchestra piece, Escaping Continuum, one of two finalists in their prestigious annual composition competition. More information on the Chelsea Symphony and their annual competition can be found here.
Premiere of Remember to Have Fun - 03/08/20
baltimore, md
Assistant conductor of the Canton Symphony Matthew Jaroszewicz premieres Ge’s chamber piece, Remember to Have Fun, as part of Consonance Collective’s spring 2020 concert. Flute: Adam Eydelson. Clarinet: Ashna Pathan. Piano: Jonathan Shin. Viola: Amy Tan. Cello: Hang Liu. More information on Consonance can be found here.
Premiere of Minutes Between at Peabody - 02/14/20
baltimore, md
Conductor Jebat Kee premieres Ge’s string orchestra piece, Minutes Between, as part of the fourth Composition Department recital of the 2019-20 academic year. Violins: Audrey Maxner, Anna Pavlou, Nicole Avila, Sarah Jane Thomas, Hanyu Feng, Adam Davis. Violas: Amy Tan, Daphne Bickley. Violoncelli: Kyle Victor, Zoe Hardel. Double Bass; Patrick Raynard. A recording can be found here.
Premiere of Scivia, written for Pique Collective - 12/14/19
baltimore, md
Scivia, a chamber piece for electric guitar, percussion, and cello written for Pique Collective in collaboration with composers’ collective CNSNC will premiere December 14 at The Undercroft. More information on Pique can be found here.
Premiere of Pierrot Suite, Picture Whimsies, in Collaboration with Art10Baltimore - 12/1/19
baltimore, md
Ge’s 40m suite of music for Pierrot ensemble based on 9 paintings by local artists collective Art10Baltimore will be premiered at Peabody Conservatory. More information on Art10Baltimore can be found here.
Bounce named runner-up in 2020 RED NOTE Composition Competition - 11/22/19
normal, il
Ge’s wind ensemble piece, Bounce, was selected as a runner-up from a pool of 99 applicants in the 2020 RED NOTE Composition Competition. More information can be found here.
Premiere of Suggestions of Motion - 11/19/19
baltimore, md
Suggestions of Motion, A new saxophone-piano duet written for Caleb Shannon will be premiered at Peabody Conservatory, alongside 5 other new pieces.
Reading of Anthem - 10/29/19
baltimore, md
A new orchestral piece by Ge entitled Anthem, will be read by the Peabody Symphony Orchestra.
Mind Over (Particulate) Matter selected as finalist by Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra - 10/22/19
los angeles, ca
Orchestra piece Mind Over (Particulate) Matter has been chosen as a finalist for the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra’s 6th Season. More information can be found here.
Premiere of Yappie - 10/05/19
baltimore, md
An original musical by Ge entitled Yappie, portraying the trials and tribulations of an Asian American theatre troupe, had its workshop premiere in Cohen-Davison Hall of the Peabody Conservatory. More information can be found here.
Premiere of new orchestra piece, A Darkling Solstice Psaltery, by Harbin Symphony Orchestra - 08/31/19
harbin, china
A new orchestra piece, entitled ‘A Darkling Solstice Psaltery,’ has been named one of six finalists in the 2nd annual International Music Competition of Harbin. More information on the competition can be found here.
Premiere of new orchestra piece, Sum of its Parts, by Concerto Chamber Orchestra - 04/27/19
los angeles, ca
A new orchestra piece, entitled Sum of its Parts, has been named one of four winners in the 2018-19 Concerto Chamber Orchestra call for scores. More information on the orchestra can be found here.
Reading of Everything In Its Place - 02/11/19
baltimore, md
A new orchestral piece by Ge entitled Everything In Its Place, will be read by the Peabody Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere of Night Run - 10/07/18
vilnius, lithuania
A finalist in the Future Symphony Competition, a 10-min. piece entitled Night Run by Ge will be performed at St. Catherine’s Church, Vilnius. Read more here.