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In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Museum of Chinese in America honors the remarkable contributions of Asian and Asian American women composers to the musical landscape. Musicians Tessa Brinckman, Tiffany Wu and Kim Foester will present Weaving Clouds: Women in Creative Renewal, a captivating concert that combines harp, viola and flutes in an intimate exploration of women’s generativity and rest. The performance incorporates found archival texts, poetry by NYC Asian women, and audience collaboration. The program features music by groundbreaking Asian diasporic composers such as Chen Yi, Du Yun, Jennifer Jolley, and Yi-Ning Lo. Through this evocative repertoire, audiences are invited into a restorative space of memory, resistance, serenity, and renewal.

ABOUT the Musicians

TESSA BRINCKMAN

Interdisciplinary flutist/composer Tessa Brinckman has been praised for her “chameleon-like gifts” and “virtuoso elegance” (Gramophone), “an adroit creator of sound worlds” (Fanfare). Originally from Aotearoa/New Zealand (now in NYC since 2022) she has co-created work that honors synesthesia, dialect, innate meter and collaboration, with numerous prominent musical artists around the world. Tessa co-directs the bi-coastal duo, Caballito Negro, commissioning ground-breaking work for flute and percussion. Two of her collaborative videos have won 22 film festival awards for music scoring, animation and experimental film. She released another critically acclaimed album, Take Wing, Roll Back (New Focus Recordings) in 2024.

KIM FOSTER

Kim Foster is a violist, educator, and entrepreneur with a dynamic career. A freelancer in New York City, she performs with ensembles like The New Jersey Symphony and the New York City Ballet, and has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Shlomo Mintz and members of the Tokyo Quartet. As an educator, Kim teaches entrepreneurship and chamber music at the Special Music School in Manhattan. She is also dedicated to holistic artist development, working in higher education at Juilliard’s Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services, where she helps students master the art of performance management.

TIFFANY WU

Taiwanese-American harpist Tiffany Wu (she/her) is based in NYC and LA. She’s been privileged to perform at venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Museum of Modern Art for Amazon, the United Nations, and more. She has performed and recorded alongside notable musicians, including Kate Baldwin, Dick Griffin, O-Lan Jones, and Vince Bell. In her spare time, she forgets her tea on the windowsill, enjoys Ghibli movies, writes poetry, and is a passably acceptable plant mom. Say hi at tiffanyhwu.com or @green.teaffany.

This concert is sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund, which provides free live music to the public in the United States and Canada.