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Bright Sheng (surname Sheng, born Shèng Zōngliàng, 盛宗亮, in Shanghai, China, December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist. He has lived in the United States since 1982 and is on faculty at the University of Michigan. Sheng's compositions have been performed by most major American orchestras as well as many European, and Asian orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the China National Symphony. Some of the most notable performers of Sheng's music have included Leonard Bernstein, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter...

Ashengrace is the music project of musicians Ian Christensen and David Holton. The two have been creating a creative blend of ethereal, ambient, and older-alternative music styles for many years. They share common influences in Pink Floyd, Clan of Xymox, the Cocteau Twins, Lycia, and The Cure. The band utilize heavy keyboard sequencing and drum programming to form their backdrop, layered with creative bass-guitar work and layers of washed-out gutiars and distant vocals. The attempt is to create music that encompasses large soundscapes, but not so distant as to be unattanable to the listener. Ashengrace is music that makes you...