Lucia Hwong's music for David Henry Hwang's play, Golden Child , on April 22 at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. Golden Child is currently running on Broadway and Lucia and David's previous collaboration was M. Butterfly, also on Broadway. The concert was sponsored by the Cleveland Composers Guild. The dance premiere by the Brown Dance Ensemble accompanied by the Brown University Orchestra took place on October 31, 1997. Ernie Stire's debut CD, Samson Riffs , including eight compositions and featuring the performances of Stephanie Rogers on piano, Alvin Rogers on violin, Gerre Hancock on organ and Phish's Trey Anastasio on guitar.
Stires plays piano.