ATTENTION GRABBING HEADLINE
"IN TIME" for String Orchestra (2025) - 3'
"IN TIME" explores the themes of changing times. While the whole piece remains in the same tempo, or "in time." I would like to invite listeners to ponder the fleeting nature of time and the impact of financial decisions on individuals and societies. By juxtaposing these two fundamental aspects of human existence, the quartet prompts reflection on the interconnectedness of past, present, and future, as well as the delicate balance between risk and reward.
IGNITE for Piano, Electric Guitar, and Chamber Orchestra (2021/2022) – 5’
IGNITE is a lively fanfare that celebrates the inaugural concert of Longy School of Music of Bard College’s newly formed ensemble “Orchestra Flex,” a reduced version of the Longy Conservatory Orchestra. The piece begins with a spark of motif on the solo piano, as it evolves into polyphonic swirls of sounds by woodwinds, brass, strings, and electric guitar. Wu describes IGNITE as a showcase of his Post-Minimalistic style, as well as the colours and virtuosity of piano, electric guitar, and large ensemble.
Whispers of Jukai (2022) – 7’
Whispers of Jukai is a symphonic poem that depicts a journey through death and reborn; all through the life cycle of a forest. Like civilization, the forest contains its own ecosystem. Death is only the beginning of a journey to reborn and transcendence.
Paliscapes (2017) -6’
Paliscapes is meant to create an ambient soundscape using the concept of palindromes. In this piece, the two different tempo markings depicts the two different phases of a palindrome; with the A section slow and staggering, and the B section with more motivic motion.