Music of the Heavens was conceived by composer and performer Lan Tung from the JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble, and Dr. Aleksandra Dulic, Associate Professor in Creative Studies and Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at UBC Okanagan.
The Visual Team
The Centre for Culture and Technology
- Dr. Aleksandra Dulic – Director and Script
- Kenneth Newby – Media Arts
- Jacen Dennis – Lead Animator
- Amberley John – Illustrator (Bear and Three Brothers)
- Dianne Schnieders – Illustrator (Weaver Woman and Cowherd Man)
- Ardanna Semeschuk – Illustrator (Greek Legends)
- Li Tung – Illustrator (Weaver Woman & Cowherd Man and Greek Legends)
- Sarah Polak – Animator
- Charles Landa – Animator
The Musical Team
- Lan Tung – Producer/Composer and Erhu/Chinese violin and vocals
- Dailin Hsieh – Zheng/Chinese zither
- Jonathan Bernard – Marimba/Percussion
Composers
- John Oliver – Celestial Storehouse
- Stefan Smulovitz –
- Lan Tung – Celestial River
Kelowna based media artists Aleksandra Dulic and Kenneth Newby will create and perform live animated visuals, transforming ancient mythical creatures from the heavenly world. The animation team includes talented UBCO students and graduates: Artist Jacen Dennis is lead animator who oversees all the sections of the project; Amberley John, the Indigenous artist who created the Bear story visuals; Diane Schnieders, the artist who created the Weaver Woman story visuals; and Ardanna Semeschuk, the artist who created the Greek story visuals. Visual artist Li Tung created some drawings for the Chinese and Greek sections.
Vancouver based composers Lan Tung, John Oliver, and Stefan Smulovitz’s scores will be performed by the JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble on a cross-cultural instrumentation of erhu/Chinese violin, zheng/Chinese zither, voice, marimba and percussion. Orchid Ensemble is a cross-cultural instrumentation that includes Lan Tung on erhu/Chinese violin, Dailin Hsieh on zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard on marimba and percussion.
