PERFORMANCES
Scenes from Sisters of the Storm, concert reading.
Brooklyn Institute of Social Research, 2025-2026
The Elizabeth Project, pocket opera
soprano Kerrigan Bigelow and pianist Amber Scherer
City Lyric Opera
December 1-3, 2025, The Flea, NYC
mOthertongue: LIVED EXPERIENCE IN ASIAN AMERICA performance by soprano Jennifer Lien of ALIGHT -May 12, 2025 Cincinnati, OH
2.16.2025 University of Minnesota Morris
3.25.2025 The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
Projecting Set-Screw, soprano and piano
Text: Adapted from Crystal Eastman's 1911 speech.
Jeanai La Vita, soprano
Justina Lee, piano
Presented with a New Works Grant from The Bronx Council on the Arts
Bronx River Art Center
March 29, 2025
Sisters of the Storm, libretto reading
Librettist: Marcus Yi
Singapore Unbound
Asian American Writers Workshop, NYC
10.20.24
Photo: Steven Laxton.
JUSTINE F. CHEN
COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST
SAVE THE DATE:
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SONG join us at the composer's round table in Cincinnati, OH 5/12/25
Justine's cycle of Asian Americana: ALIGHT, poetry of Ophelia Hu Kinney, sung by inspiring force of nature, soprano Jennifer Lien.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the stunning soprano Jeanai La Vita and pianist Justina Lee on their beautiful recital, and performance of my song with the words of revolutionary suffragist Crystal Eastman at the Bronx River Arts Center!
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