composer, pianist, music educator
Toronto-based composer, singer-songwriter (under the name Grumpy Kitty Boy), pianist, writer, and music educator.
Endless persisting with fevered dreaming Juro Kim Feliz (part 4 of 5) Baritone Danlie Acebuque in a still from with fevered dreaming, filmed at Tindahan Grocery (Richmond, BC) with cinematography by Rachel Chen and direction by Solara Thanh Bình Đặng. N.B. This is the fourth of a series of five essays around the release of [...]
Marching child of the sun revolting Juro Kim Feliz (part 3 of 5) Baritone Danlie Acebuque in a still from child of the sun revolting, with cinematography by Rachel Chen and direction by Solara Thanh Bình Đặng. N.B. This is the third of a series of five essays around the release of Liham: A Digital [...]
Mapping the land of the mourning Juro Kim Feliz (part 2 of 5) Mezzo-soprano Renee Fajardo in a still from land of the mourning, with cinematography by Rachel Chen and direction by Solara Thanh Bình Đặng. N.B. This is the second of a series of five essays around the release of Liham: A Digital Song [...]
Entering the worlds of Liham Juro Kim Feliz (part 1 of 5) The homepage of the digital song cycle Liham. https://www.lihamproject.com/ [If you haven’t seen “Liham: A Digital Song Cycle” yet, I highly encourage you to go there right now: https://www.lihamproject.com%5D Dear Reader,I stared at a bunch of words on my screen on a July [...]
Me doing live readings during the world premiere of Liham in 2024 at New York. Photo: Sidney Boquiren. I stood up and faced the audience. The four physical books I brought at the sidelines now weighed heavily on me. My face couldn’t figure out whether it should give onlookers a scowl or a cold, hard [...]
In a cozy, little corner— I scoop up squiggles on paper And bash them into blue screens, Casting permanent markings…And yet I don’t seek attention; A quieter year is my resignation. Trade wars vanish like a gaslit craze; And yet my poor heart dissolves into rage. Sunday matcha and mango milk teas repress The past [...]
2025 starts tomorrow. To mark the end of this year, I did what my yesterday self wouldn't believe I could do. I bought a salt lamp. A salt lamp chilling alongside some rocks. The lamp now sits on top of my piano with a pinkish glow. It graces the company of a set of rocks [...]
[N.B. The year 2024 has been a whirlwind of action for me, resulting into a lack of writing in this space since the last post in 2023. This post is my way of remedying that absence. I should make it a New Year resolution to write more thought pieces here. I'll wrap up everything in [...]
(This is a long-delayed Part 2 of a series of updates. Click HERE to read Part 1.) The year 2023 was the most exciting time for me in many ways — exciting in that I totally didn't had the time to sit back and post updates! I intended to post this after the world premiere [...]
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