Hyaline Songs is an instrumental album about growing up as a trans woman, navigating gendered ideals and realities, and finding the way home again. The concert will involve 5 pairs of songs-one improvised on piano, the others composed digitally with commentary from the composer/performer. Calliope Wong, is a UConn junior who is a pre-med English major. She is a Chinese American trans woman with hopes of becoming an endocrinologist who composes music, paints and writes. This album honors the trans communities, past, present and future.
This project was funded by the IDEA research grant in the Office of Undergraduate Research; and the concert is sponsored by the Rainbow Center. The album, Hyaline Songs will be available on CD for $10.00. 50% of the album proceeds will benefit 2 transgender nonprofit organizations: The Ali Forney Center for Homeless LGBTQ Youth and Trans Life Line. Everyone is welcome to attend on Saturday, October 10, 2015, 12 noon-2 pm in the Rainbow Center (403 Student Union). Light refreshments will be served. The concert is free.
For more information, contact: Fleurette King at fleurette.king@uconn.edu