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FLORIDIAN SYMPHONY FOR ORCHESTRA (2024)

Instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 3 3 3 1 - timp+2 - hp - str
Duration: 8'

Commissioners: League of American Orchestras in partnership with American Composers Orchestra with the generous support from the                           Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program

Performance History:

December 13 & 14, 2024. Hayes Hall, Artis--Naples, Florida, United States

Naples Philharmonic, Alexander Shelley, cond. 

October 11, 2025. PACE Center, Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center, Parker, Colorado, United States

Symphony of the Rockies, Grace Wahlen, cond.

October 12, 2025. Grace Commons Church, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder Symphony Orchestra, Grace Wahlen, cond.

October 16 & 17, 2025. Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Aram Demirjian, cond.

February 28, 2026. Umstattd Hall, Zimmermann Symphony Center, Canton, Ohio, United States

Canton Symphony Orchestra, Jeri Lynne Johnson, cond.

Press Mentions:

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Crafting a Soundscape - Composer Meilina Tsui’s Masterclass at UT, Oct 17, 2025.

Arts Knoxville: Review: Demirjian, Fung, and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Deliver a Magical Evening, Oct 25, 2025.

Program Note:
Floridian Symphony for orchestra (2024) is an 8-minute musical representation of a dusk-to-dawn time-lapse of Florida’s natural soundscapes. The diverse wildlife in the picturesque suburbs of Orlando, where I have been calling my home since becoming a new US resident in 2023, have offered tremendous inspiration for Floridian Symphony. In this piece, I try to capture the “symphonic” voices of Florida’s natural inhabitants - insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians - as well as sounds of rain and thunderstorm, using adventurous extended-techniques. Underneath the extensive technicality that this piece demands, there is a simple artistic idea of creating an intimate connection with the uniqueness, beauty, and vibrant diversity of the natural world. 

-- Meilina Tsui
2024

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