Official release of new song "Phone of the Wind" on Autumn Geese Records December 2, 2022, available NOW HERE. Excerpt from "Phone of the Wind" by Itaru Sasaki (poetry) and Jen Shyu (composition, vocals, Japanese biwa). Jade Tongue: Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet); Mat Maneri (viola); Thomas Morgan (bass); Dan Weiss (drums); translated into English by Aya Ogawa. Recorded, edited, mixed, and mastered by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio, NYC. Produced by Jen Shyu Ⓒ Chiuyen Music 2021 (ASCAP)

Official release of new album Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses April 23, 2021, available NOW in digital and CD HERE on Autumn Geese Records. "Life As You Envision" by Jen Shyu (composition, lyrics, vocals, piano, Taiwanese moon lute, Japanese biwa, percussion. Jade Tongue: Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet); Mat Maneri (viola); Thomas Morgan (bass); Dan Weiss (drums) © Chiuyen Music 2021 (ASCAP). Video by BEND Productions filmed at Asia Society Texas Center. Footage of Lee Ufan (Korea, 1936)'s artwork Relatum -signal (2011) made of steel plate and stone, used with permission.

Official release of new album Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses April 23, 2021, available NOW in digital & CD HERE on Autumn Geese Records. Excerpts from “When I Have Power" by Jen Shyu (composition, lyrics, vocals, piano, Taiwanese moon lute, Japanese biwa, percussion, video editing and photography). Jade Tongue: Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet); Mat Maneri (viola); Thomas Morgan (bass); Dan Weiss (drums); Timorese chant taught by Maria de Jesus of East Timor. © Chiuyen Music 2021 (ASCAP)

Zero Grasses EPK & Interview, world premiere October 30, 2019, at National Sawdust on John Zorn's Stone Commissioning Series. Video by BEND Productions filmed at Asia Society Texas Center. Footage of Lee Ufan (Korea, 1936)'s artwork Relatum — signal (2011) made of steel plate and stone used with permission.

Excerpts from Nine Doors, co-presented by World Music Institute and National Sawdust, in association with Asia Society, filmed by Carlton Bright, from World Premiere, June 29, 2017

Nine Doors, excerpted from September 12, 2018's performance at Resonant Bodies Festival 2018 at Roulette, NY, filmed by Cutting Bird Video.

Song of Silver Geese (Jen Shyu composition, vocals, dance, instruments), Simon Barker (drums), Véronique Serret (6-string violin), James Shipp (vibraphone), November 9, 2017, Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival.

Jen Shyu's Song of Silver Geese, Pi Recordings Album Release EPK. Video by Lee Seong Uk, official release Nov. 10, 2017 (Pi). Oct 27 + 28, 2017, CD release concerts @the Stone (New School), NYC.

"Door 1: Dark Road, Silent Moon" from Song of Silver Geese (2016) at Vision Festival 21. Composition, vocals, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, piano, dance by Jen Shyu; Choreography, dance, stage design by Satoshi Haga, with Jade Tongue, and Mivos Quartet.More info: HERE Filmed by (((unARTig)))

"Contemplation" (Poetry by Edward Cheng, translation by Wendy Cheng), from Song of Silver Geese (2016) at Vision Festival 21. Co-direction, composition, vocals, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, piano, dance by Jen Shyu; Co-direction, choreography, dance, stage design by Satoshi Haga, with Jade Tongue and Mivos Quartet. More info: HERE Filmed by (((unARTig)))

Solo Rites: Seven Breaths directed by Garin Nugroho (2015)
English translations HERE
National Gugak Center, South Korea, October 30, 2015, with special guest Shin Seung-Gyoon (soribuk)

Roulette TV: Solo Rites: Seven Breaths (2014) English translations HERE

Moxa, from Sounds and Cries of the World (2015)
"Moxa" was originally part of my project Inner Chapters, but I recorded the song with Jade Tongue for my latest album on Pi Recordings (September 2015). Personnel:Jen Shyu (composition, vocals, Gat Kim [Taiwanese moon lute]), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Mat Maneri (viola), Thomas Morgan (bass), and Dan Weiss (drums) Listen to more sound sample from the album HERE

Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue: Sounds and Cries of the World (2015)
Mother of Time (a video by Sujin Lee)

Solo Rites: Seven Breaths directed by Garin Nugroho at Ojai Music Festival 2017: Daybreak Concert, June 9, 2017, Zalk Theater

Discussion in Indonesian + Q/A about Solo Rites: Seven Breaths directed by Garin Nugroho, moderated by Alan Feinstein, Executive Director of AMINEF 
(presented by @america + AMINEF, September 9, 2016-English translation coming soon)

Solo Rites: Seven Breaths directed by Garin Nugroho (presented by @america + AMINEF, September 9, 2016)
English translations HERE

Solo Rites: Seven Breaths directed by Garin Nugroho (2014)
Premiered May 28, 2014, Roulette Intermedium, Inc., Brooklyn, NY. Commissioned by Roulette with support from Jerome Foundation. Jen Shyu: composition, vocals, dance, Taiwanese moon lute, piano, gayageum, er hu, East Timorese lakadou

WNYC Interview: “Song For Naldo” from Solo Rites: Seven Breaths (2014)
Music and English lyrics by Jen Shyu, Tetum lyrics and traditional East Timorese song by Mestre Marçal of Fahisoe, Aileu district, and last verse of English lyrics from Chega! The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation, Timor-Leste, Executive Summary

Raging Waters, Red Sands (2009)
Premiered December 4 & 5, 2009, Jazz Gallery, NYC. Commissioned by the Jazz Gallery with support from Jerome Foundation. Jen Shyu: composition, voice, dance, er hu / Satoshi Haga, choreography, dance / Libretto in Portuguese by Patrícia Magalhães. Download full audio HERE

Cry of the Nomad (2008)
Premiered May 16, 2008 at Roulette with funds from the Jerome Foundation. Jen Shyu: composition, vocals, dance / Satoshi Haga: dance, choreography.

March for Jacob Blake for pianos four-hands, by Jen Shyu, commissioned by HOCKET Ensemble (Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff on piano) for #What2020SoundsLike

"The River in my Mind" - solo violin composition by Jen Shyu, composed for violinist Jennifer Koh, commissioned by ARCO Collaborative for "Alone Together" in 2020. Released by Jennifer Koh on Naxos ℗ 2021 Cedille

Duet with Tyshawn Sorey (2014)
With composer / multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey. The song at 39:00 is loosely based on Javanese Macapat “Sinom Semarangan” with text re-written by the late great Javanese puppeteer Sri Joko Raharjo “Cilik,” who at the age of 30 perished with his wife and 11-month-old son in a car accident on June 8, 2014.

Duet by Siena Jazz Workshop 2019 faculty members Kenny Werner (piano, arrangement) and Jen Shyu (vocals), performing "Embraceable You” by George and Ira Gershwin, August 3, 2019, Siena, Italy.

Impromptu duet by Siena Jazz Workshop 2018 faculty members Kenny Werner (piano) and Jen Shyu (vocals), performing "All the Things You Are" at the 2nd night of final student concerts, August 7, 2018, Siena, Italy.

Synastry with Mark Dresser (2011)
Live at The Loft, UC San Diego, February 2015. With the release of this critically acclaimed duo album on Pi Recordings, legendary bassist Mark Dresser became the first bassist as leader, and I, the first female as well as vocalist as leader on the label. Buy CD HERE.

Duet with Heo Yoon-Jeong
An excerpt from a duo performance with geomungo player, composer, and improviser Heo Yoon Jeong at the Changwoo World Music Festival in Seoul, South Korea. We are improvising on the traditional East Timorese song from “Song for Naldo” above.

"That elusive thing called World Peace - We Have the Answer
Jen Shyu | TEDxDili.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx".

Pansori: Simcheongga (2013)
Pansori is Korea’s epic storytelling tradition. Performed at National Gugak Center, Umyeondang, Seoul, South Korea. Jen Shyu: Pansori / Kwon Song-Hee: Gosu (soribuk) and Seopyeonje Pansori teacher. This was my first performance of this excerpt of the epic Simcheongga after 5 months of studying Pansori.

Ledhekan Mangkunegaran, Javanese song and dance from Mangkunegaran Palace, Surakarta, Indonesia (2013)
This was my first performance of “Ledhekan,” the disappearing art form of Javanese dance combined with Javanese sindhenan, both of which I was studying in Java on my Fulbright. This is called “Gambyong Langenkusuma,” which I performed on May 4, 2013, after studying Javanese dance and sindhenan for about 17 months.

Jen Shyu (aged 13), Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb minor, 3rd mvmt

Carnegie Hall's Musical Explorers program for kids. Performed at Zankel Hall for about 4,500 students over 10 concerts. Shyu's songs are at the following times in the video:

16:34 (East Timorese song - "Hau Hakerek Surat Ida" - lyrics by Tio Momo, based on Maorian melody)
27:03 (Original composition by Shyu called "Don't Tell Me--The Language of Dementia" (poetry by Edward Cheng) / "Rainy Night Flower - Taiwanese folk song, translated into Spanish by Jen Shyu)
37:20 (Song 3 - Javanese song "Ayun-Ayun" lyrics by Ki Narto Sabdo, arranged by Jen Shyu)

Srimpi Pandelori Pujokusuman, as taught by Siti Sutiyah Sasmintodipuro, S.SN. Performed December 22, 2013, at Kraton Palace (Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat), Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Dancers Left to Right: Christine Anita Wardaningrum (Indonesia) Anita Listyaningrum (Indonesia) Yulida Cahya Purwaningtyas (Indonesia) Jen Shyu (United States)