Matthew Ka Git Wong

Matthew Ka Git Wong

Sound Artist | Composer | Improvisor

Upcoming Work

A bilingual solo electronic piece using live transpositions onto incoming signals to Chinese melodic scales – a reference to my Cantonese upbringing.

Things happening with me!

Currently researching on Asian American Music – poetry and writing centering around my own Chinese American upbringing and topics of Asian Americans as a community, its music, and within the LGBTQ community.

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Matthew Ka Git Wong

Sonic Artist | Composer | Improvisor

Why choose Us?

Hello!Located in the SF Bay Area

Matthew Ka Git Wong is a Chinese American electronic sound artist, composer, and improvisor. Creating pieces that focus on identity, the LGBTQ community, and mental illness awareness.

Why choose Us?

BackgroundWho am I?

Received my BM (double major) in Composition and Electronic Production and Design with a minor in Video Game Scoring at Berklee College of Music, and an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College. I have studied with John Bischoff, Laetitia Sonami, James Fei, Richard Boulanger, Neil Leonard, Gabriele Vanoni, Marti Epstein, and Beth Denisch.

Why choose Us?

My GoalBuilding Community.

Bringing a multitude of experiences together to create supportive research and discussions on a collaborative community. I hope to use my own experiences and findings in contribution to topics on being a gay Chinese American male in this current age.

Electronic Media

Live Performances Installations

Chamber Music

Instrumental
Choral

Video Game Audio

Music
Sound Design

Research &
Life

Poetry
Papers

Music

And various other things.
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Every Sunday (2020)

Using poetry, vocals, and electronics to share a discovery of queer love while being at church.

Electronic Media.

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From Hong Kong to America (2020)

An immigration story mixed with found footage of the 70's and the difficulties of not knowing english in America.

Narrative Film.

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English. English. (2019)

A system auto tuning my alto saxophone into a set Chinese melodic scale. A narrative about my Cantonese American upbringing.

Electronic Media.

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Asian American Music Thesis

Discussions and Findings: Qualities that Form Asian American Music within the Context of Popular Media

Research.

Serious Cartoon (2019)

A piece focused on improvised saxophone adapting and playing with an independent system playing sporadic electronic sounds through analysis on incoming signals.

Electronic Media.

Coincidence (2018)

For piano, cello and SATB. Piano and cello duet through dotted lines that signify moments of togetherness. SATB is conducted following the piano and cello. Random moments of coincidence.

Chamber Composition.

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Jointly Disconnected (2018)

LGBTQ installation raising awareness using multilingual speech with surround sound and visuals of historic time-lined events. Current languages – Russian, Mandarin, Spanish, English.

Electronic Media.

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Becoming (2018)

Speech performance based on depression and anxiety. Live speech processing in Max. Texts by Yuling Wu, and Ivan Cabrera.

Electronic Media.

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Pokemon Master

A narrative on the lack of representation for the Asian American community. Growing up with a natural affinity towards cartoons, anime, and video games.

Prose Poetry.

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Breathe (2018)

For SSAATTBB, commissioned by The UNIVOZ Ensemble. An acapella chamber choir piece about topics of anxiety and panic attacks. Use of vocal extended techniques and improvisation.

Chamber Choir Composition.

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Asian American Jazz (2018)

The diaspora of Asian Americans and the cultivation of Asian American Improv and Jazz. Discussing composition elements that represent Asian American music.

Research.

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Alto Saxophone and Fixed Media (2018)

Fixed media created with only recordings of the alto saxophone. Exploring extended techniques and a duet between electronics and the alto saxophone.

Electroacoustic Composition.

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Memoir

A letter to my parents filling in my four years of my undergraduate degree. Descriptions of my unreadiness, relationships, and inheritance.

Prose Poetry.

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Fruit Exploration (2018)

PIKMIN Sound replacement – Video Game SFX and music. Music is implemented with Wwise using the distance of enemies and sun down event.

Sound Design and Chamber Composition.

Contact Matthew!

Would like to connect, have commissions, requesting sheet music? Email me at matthewkagitwong@gmail.com