Yang Chen

Nov 19’da Mississauga Hazel McCallion Central Library’de Labyrinth Quartet olarak çalmak büyük bir keyifti — Marta, Aysel ve Yang ile. Beautifully captured by @green__yang and the sound expertly crafted by @tommnixon Grateful for this moment.

F is for Friday and Fragmented Forms! Bringing together experimental musicians from the Labyrinth Ensemble and Jelly Ear, this ensemble plays with improvisation and musical time travel. Enjoy this imaginative take on historical music as you make your way into the weekend...🐴🛡🤺

just coming off a sweetie shortie trip with @tigerbalme to @fdvoyageur 🐯❄️ we made at least 1 new fan! i’m back toronto for now with a few cool shows coming up :) 💥march 7: BIG BANG returns! @womenfromspacefestival ft. the music of Nina Simone 💠march 8: Fragmented Forms with @labyrinthontario contemporary improvisations as imaginings of the very old channeled through the very new 🍄march 15: Jelly Ear in calgary for a show and workshop with @newworkscalgary 🐟 happy pisces season from this very fluffy boy

Previously presented at Silence Guelph and Centre [3] Hamilton, this ensemble of some of Toronto’s fiercest experimentalists turns medieval European and Makam music inside out. 🏰⚔️🐴🛡🏹🤺 Fragmented Forms explores the possibilities of improvisation by utilizing both the microtonal aspect of Makam music and free improvisation, and how the two coalesce. From Paris to Istanbul, this musical mindwarp straddles the line between primordial and futuristic. The repertoire draws from historical music composed years before the 12-tone equal temperament tuning system was invented in China and Europe. New arrangements of 13th century cantigas lean heavily into improvisation and bring forth the contemporaneity of makam music. The ensemble takes liberties in interpreting the intervals and modes of these compositions, and brings their own agency into each piece. Fragmented Forms creates relevance to the epoch we live in being deeply historical and wildly imaginative at the same time. Participating musicians include Araz Salek (tar), Aysel Taghi-Zada (violin), Cory Harper-Latkovich (cello, rebec), Sara Constant (flute and contrabass flute), Yang Chen (percussion). March 8, 2025 Annette Studios (566 Annette St) Doors 7:30pm Tickets: $25 + Eventbrite fees No one turned away for lack of funds (please email [email protected] to reserve spot) This event is made possible by Canada Council for the Arts.

🍂 At coexisDance #106, percussionist Yang Chen will cause mesmerizing vibrations to fill the air as their movement collaborators swirl that same air in a freely improvised conflagration of joy. 🍂 coexisDance #106 is going down like the early sun Oct 26 8pm :) Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre $15 (sliding) @yango.bongo Yang is a percussionist in Toronto who enjoys making music as a means of connection :) #freeimprovisation #improvisedmovement #improviseddance #danceandmusic #bringingtheartstolife @ontarioartscouncil

OH 😮 i’m playing shows! ❄️ TONIGHT Yvern by @gabolecoco new music theatre piece, i am doing a jig on ice skates i don’t know how else to tell you to come 💝10/24 backing @perfectbabygentleimpact on their Toronto tour stop @tranzac292 can’t wait to play this sensual sublime steady music. check out their new album Shift Circuit 💃10/26 improvising with dancers for @coexisdance 🎤11/02 playing with the all-stars @labyrinthontario 👀 see you around 💕

!!! PRESENTING !!!: Yang Chen (they/them) Yang is a percussionist with many side-hustles who prioritizes collaboration, personal growth, and joy. Tuesday July 16, 9:30-11:30 Tranzac, Southern Cross 292 Brunswick Ave PWYC

hi! on March 5, i fell off my bike and broke my ankle. i was not able to walk for 6 weeks. i lost or had to cancel most of my work for the 3 highest paying months of the year. i want to share my experience during this time as it pertains to financial aid. if you’re a musician/artist freelancer, i hope you find this post a useful resource (but i hope u never actually have to use it!) 🥁 TMA Local 149 - they have a few different benefits you can apply for with a very short application. the funds are fairly limited! - it took about 6 weeks for me to hear back but i did get more financial aid than i originally applied for! 💡AFC - longer more detailed application but also more money is available for support. this is a fund geared towards emergency support so those who are in more dire situations are prioritized - they do ask for screenshots of your bank account so for some, this can feel invasive - the turn around time is very fast! the admin and my case worker were exceptionally supportive, kind, and prompt! 🇨🇦 EI - for anyone who does not have 1 straight forward full time job, this application is a confusing shit hole - i could not access EI as an employee (despite paying into it from working part time jobs my whole life) because my current part time job did not have me work 600 or more insurable hours in the past year - i could not access EI as a self employed worker because you have to opt into the program and pay into it for a full year before you can access support. if you are self employed and thinking that you might need to take time off work for any reason, i would recommend looking into self employed EI immediately - my case was one that falls through the cracks. very frustrating & time consuming experience bonus shout out! 🦵Fine Tuned Health and Performance -my friend @annmerrie opened a chiropractic & physiotherapy clinic! -she has been instrumental in helping me regain mobility and strength after i basically sat down for 6 weeks straight! (also AM is an excellent trombonist!)

popping by to plug 2 v v v cool shows im playing! like right now! 💫🥴 march 3, 7:30p Array Space with @heartmap.ambient supporting @bilalguitar groundedly soulful new album 🪁🍉 march 8, 8:00p 918 Bathurst with @womenfromspacefestival 17 piece improvising all star big band playing Bjork?!?! what does that even mean?!?! 💥🌟 and lest we forget, one stunning photo of Bailey Boi Blennerhasset 🐱 (if u come to show i give u more photo)

HAD LOTS OF FUNFUNFUN IN THE SUNSUNSUN THIS SUMMER! ☀️☀️☀️ back to our regularly scheduled programming: Oct 6: Songwriting workshop with @tigerbalme (no experience necessary!) ✍️ Oct 13: Tiger Balme x @rawtaiko showcase (4 new songs?!?!) 🐯 Oct 12: shoehorn show presented by @musicgalleryto at @batashoemuseum (i have no idea what’s happening let’s find out together??) 👠 Nov 4: @labyrinthontario returns with special guest!! (i’m only good at riqq twice a year! this is one of them!) 🥁 1st photo is the newest Sailor Scouts and u can’t tell me otherwise @planetblannett @courtayu @okkouu @coldcongee

🔥huge show in a week @openearsfest 🔥 playing my album longing for _ with superstars ⭐️ @anmusiccomposer @sconstantly @becoming_in_shadows @iamsarian @peargiver featuring music by all the above AND @creativelystephanie @yeehawyaz @charleslutvak June 2, 7pm, Registry Theatre, KW

dearest darlings, friends, acquaintances, enemies, this is where i’ll be in april and what it’ll sound like: April 1 RAW taiko, Oberlin College, Cleveland, TAIKO BANG BANG April 2 NUMUS: Incantations, KW Little Theatre, Kitchener, very (very) quiet intimate hair raising goose fleshing April 10 Jelly Ear, Tranzac, Toronto, the nexus of very old and very new and earthy all around April 15 Labyrinth Ensemble, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, you’re gonna like this one i promise April 18 Mardi Spaghetti, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, 🍝🍝 noodles on a tuesday exactly what it sounds like April 19 & 20 Do You Have the Time?, La Chapelle, tick tock tick tock come and see a moss clock ⏰ bonus: my doppelgänger in cuba, i think about him every day SEE YOU IN APRIL SNOOZING IN MAY