If the Ocean had Wings... was written in June of 2022. The idea for this piece was inspired by a video game I recently played, "It Takes Two". I was amazed by the game's imaginative scenes, especially "Beneath the Ice", which inspired me to write this piece. "If the Ocean Had Wings..." takes the listener on a celestial, nonstop journey that combines the piano and electronics. The music explores the timbre of the piano's different registers and many fast-paced textures that highlight the pianist's virtuosity. If the Ocean Had Wings... was written for the SPLICE Festival and virtuoso pianist Vicki Ray.

(Wenbin Lyu, June 5, 2022)

November 7, 2024; CMS National Conferences; Washington Hilton; Washington, D.C.; Zhaoyuan Qin

February 3, 2024; FSU Festival of New Music; Florida State University; Tallahassee, FL; Quin Nardone

January 30, 2024; Napoleon Electronic Media Festival; Eastern Illinois University; Charleston, IL; Shichao Zhang

November 15, 2023; Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; Cincinnati, OH; Catherine Fields

October 19, 2023; International Computer Music Conference; The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Shenzhen, China; Meishan Lin

June 22, 2023; New Music Gathering; Portland State University; Portland, OR; Zhaoyuan Qin

May 19, 2023; Asian Classical Music Initiative International Conference; Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ; Zhaoyuan Qin

April 7, 2023; SEAMUS Conference; New York City, NY; Shiau-uen Ding

March 31, 2023; UNK New Music Festival; University of Nebraska; Kearney, NE; Mirim Kim

March 11, 2023; Electronic Music Midwest; Kansas City Kansas Community College; Kansas City, Kansas; Zhaoyuan Qin

October 19, 2022; Sonic Exploration; Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; Cincinnati, OH; Mu-Tien Lai

July 2, 2022 (premiere); SPLICE Institute; Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, MI; Vicki Ray