NEWS
03/2018
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2018 June in Buffalo Festival. Watercolors will be premiered by the Slee Sinfonietta on June 5, 2018.
12/2017
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2018 nief-norf Summer Festival in Knoxville, TN.
11/2017
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2018 USF New Music Festival & Symposium in Tampa, FL. New-Music Consortium performed Dancer on April 7, 2018.
10/2017
Weijun is named a fellow at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences in Rabun Gap, GA.
10/2017
Weijun is named a resident at the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts in Saratoga, WY.
08/2017
Weijun is named a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, VA.
10/2016
Weijun is named an associate artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL.
10/2016
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2017 SCI National Conference at the Western Michigan University. The Spektral Quartet performed Canoe on April 1, 2017.
03/2016
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2016 June in Buffalo Festival. Ensemble Dal Niente performed Dancer on June 8, 2016.
11/2015
Canoe receives an honorable mention from the American Prize.
11/2015
Weijun is awarded the Jacob Druckman Prize from the Aspen Music Festival and School. Dancer was premiered by the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra on July 27, 2016.
10/2015
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2016 MATA Festival in New York, NY. Dancer was premiered by Ensemble Linea on April 13, 2016.
10/2015
Canoe is the winner of the I Creation/Mivos Quartet Prize for Chinese Composers. The Mivos Quartet performed the piece during their 2015 Asia Tour as well as in NYC on January 14, 2016.
03/2015
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2015 June in Buffalo Festival. The New York New Music Ensemble performed Memos on June 3, 2015.
01/2015
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2015 Mise-En Music Festival in New York, NY. The Rhythm Method performed Canoe at the marathon concert on June 13, 2015.
12/2014
Weijun is named a fellow at the Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies, Aspen Music Festival and School. The Aspen Contemporary Ensemble performed Memos on August 5, and the Aspen Conducting Academy read Canoe on July 19 and August 16, 2015.
12/2014
Canoe is the runner-up in the Red Note Composition Competition, Illinois State University. The Momenta Quartet performed the piece as well as Memos at the Red Note New Music Festival on April 1-2, 2015.
10/2014
Weijun is invited to give a presentation of his music at the "Composition in Asia" Conference, University of South Florida, on January 24, 2015.
09/2014
Distance is the winner of the American Prize.
09/2014
Canoe receives the 2nd prize in the Frank Robert Abell Young Composer Competition for New Chamber Music, University of Louisville. The Talea Ensemble performed the piece during the Grawemeyer Award 30th Anniversary Conference on March 5, 2015.
02/2014
Weijun is selected to participate in the 2014 Charlotte New Music Festival. The Freya String Quartet performed Canoe on June 19, 2014.