ALL ABOUT I-CHIN
Born in Taiwan now living in Los Angeles, I-Chin is a classically trained professional soloist and choral singer. Having performed in numerous concerts professionally since 2003, she became known for her warm, velvety voice.
Her concert repertoire includes Bach's Mass in B minor, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Mendelssohn's Elijah. Her performance in the latter earned praise from Timothy Mangan of The Orange County Register as "delicate and aristocratic singing in her solos."
With the Camerata Singers of Long Beach and The National Children's Choir at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, she’s sung as a soloist in Mozart's Requiem and Handel's Messiah.
Her most recent solo work includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Pacific Symphony (January, 2023), the role of Shue-Ying in On Gold Mountain (LA Opera, May 2022) and the role of Suzuki in Madame Butterfly (Lyric Opera of Orange County, November 2021), Notably, she performed the role of Devotee in Philip Glass’ The Passion of Ramakrishna (2018) as part of Glass' 80th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall.
You can see her this spring at The Ebell Center of Los Angels production of The Everywhere of Her. Book and Lyrics by Velina Hasu Houston, and music by Carla Lucero. I-Chin will play the role of Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, the first Chinese Aviatrix in U.S. from the early 30's.
REPERTOIRE LIST
Opera:
“Cruda Sorte!.. Gia so per pratica” from L’Italiana in Algeri by Gioachino Rossini
“Una voce poco fa” from Il Barbiere Di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini
“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Habañera) from Carmen by Georges Bizet
“Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla) from Carmen by Georges Bizet
“Lullaby” from The Consul by Gian Carlo Menotti
“Faites-lui mes aveux” from Faust by Charles Gounod
“Chacun à son goût” from Die Fledermaus by Johan Strauss
“Voce di donna” from La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli
“Non so più cosa son” from Le Nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart
“Voi, che sapete” from Le Nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart
“Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” from Wether by Jules Massenet
“Sorride Vostro Onore?” from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
“Wealth, Luck, Adventure” from On Gold Mountain by Nathan Wang
“Pauline’s Aria” from Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky
Operatic Role:
Shue Ying On Gold Mountain by Nathan Wang
Suzuki Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Ngon Hong On Gold Mountain by Nathan Wang
Carmen Carmen by Georges Bizet
Mercedes Carmen by Georges Bizet
Meg Page Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
Ma Moss The Tender Land by Aaron Copland
Choral Solo:
“Bless the Lord, O My Soul” from All Night Vigil Op. 37 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
“But Who May Abide” from Messiah by Handel
“O Thou That Telles Good Tidings to Zion” from Messiah by Handel
“He Shall fedd His Flock” from Messiah by Handel
“He was despised” from Messiah by Handel
“Pie Jesu” from Duruflé Requiem by Maurice Duruflé
“Den das Gesetz” from Jesu, meine Freunde by J.S. Bach
“Christe eleison” from Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach
“Lasudamus te” from Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach
“Qui sedes ad dextram Patris” from Masss in B minor by J.S. Bach
“Et in unum Dominum” from Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach
“Agnus Dei” from Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach
“Von den Stricken meiner Sünden” from St. John Passion by J.S. Bach
“Es ist vollbracht” from St. John Passion by J.S. Bach
“Erbarme Dich” from St. Matthew Passion by J. S. Bach
“Gloria” from Missa Brevis by Zoltan Kodaly
“Schmeichelnd hold” from Choral Fantasy by Ludwig Van Beethoven
“Freude schöner Götterfunken” from Ninth Symphony Op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven
“Laudate Dominum” from Vesperae solennes de Confessore by W.A. Mozart
Mozart Requiem by W.A. Mozart
Judas Maccabaeus by Handel
“Oh Rest in the Lord” from Elijah by Mendelssohn
“Laudamus te” from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
“Domine Deus, Agnus Dei ” from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
“Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris” from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
"The Passion of Ramakrishna" by Phillip Glass
Oratorio:
“Bereite dich, Zion” from Weihnachts-Oratorium by J.S. Bach
“Schlafe, mein Liebster” from Weihnachts-Oratorium by J.S. Bach
“Schliesse, mein Herze” from Weihnachts-Oratorium by J. S. Bach
"Agnus Dei" by Georges Bizet
“Eija, mater, fons amoris” from Stabat Mater by Giovanni Pergolesi
“Vouchsafe, O Lord” from Te Deum Laudamus by Henry Purcell
“Repentir” by Charles Gounod
“Ave Maria” by Franz Schubert
“Les Rameaux” by Jean-Baptiste Faure
Art Song:
Italian
Amarilli, mia bella by Caccini
Alma del core
Sebben, crudele by Caldara
Vittoria, mio core! by Carissimi
Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile by Giordani
Vergin, tutto amor Durante by Giordani
Caro mio ben by Giordani
O del mio dolce ardor by Gluck
Pur dicesti, o bocca bella by Lotti
Lasciatemi morire! by Monteverdi
Nel cor più non mi sento by Paisiello
Se tu m’ami, se sospiri by Pergolesi
Già il sole dal Gange by A. Scarlatti
Pietà, Signore! by Stradella
Tu lo sai by Torelli
French
Les Nuits D’été by Hector Berlioz
Ici-bas by Gabriel Fauré
Après un Rêve by Gabriel Fauré
Les Roses d’Ispahan by Gabriel Fauré
Adieu by Gabriel Fauré
Lydia by Gabriel Fauré
Dans les Ruines d’une Abbaye by Gabriel Fauré
Mai by Gabriel Fauré
Chanson d’Amour by Gabriel Fauré
Five Greek Folk Songs by Maurice Ravel
English
The Cherry Tree by Armstrong Gibbs
Evensong by Liza Lehmann
Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me? by Handel
Silent Noon by Ralph Vaunghan Williams
This Little Rose by William Roy
Early In The Morning by Ned Rorem
Homeward Bound by Marta Keen
German
Meine Liebe ist grün by Brahms
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht by Gustav Mahler
Urlicht by Gustav Mahler
Du bist die Ruh by Franz Schubert
Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit by Clara Schumann
Zueignung by Richard Strauss
Allerseelen by Richard Strauss
Morgen! by Richard Strauss
Education:
CSU Fullerton Music Performance Undergrad
CSU Fullerton Music Education Undergrad
Instruments:
Piano: 10+years
Organ: 2years
Violin: 6years
DISCOGRAPHY
Fauré, Maurice, Aprés un rêve First Congregational Church of Los Angeles with Organist Christoph Bull. 2021 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nca9082d5IE
Lu, Quan-Sheng, Home (家) First Congregational church of Los Angeles with Organist Christoph Bull. 2021 https://youtube.com/watch?v=nF5jkOMpb_I
Mahler, Gustov, Eighth Symphony. Chorister with Pacific Chorale/Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Deutsche Grammophon, 2019 (Grammy award, 2021) https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/mahler-symphony-no-8- dudamel-12346
Schumann, Clara, Liebst du um Schönheit UCLA recording studio with Organist Christoph Bull. 2018 https://youtube.com/watch?v=b3Eky1xQxEU
Live “Breast Cancer Benefit Concert” at St. Athanasius Echo Park with mezzo-soprano Eleen Hsu-Wendtl and pianist David Clemenson. 2017 https://youtube.com/watch?v=mfMXoSy-kOY
Gounod, Charles, Repentir First Congregational church of Los Angeles with Organist Christoph Bull and improvisational painter Norton Wisdom. 2012 https://youtube.com/watch? v=pUUJmsX0jls
Fauré, Maurice, Aprés un rêve Suchitoto, El Salvador with Organist Christoph Bull. 2012. https://youtube.comwatch?v=IrIE3rfnvfY
Glass, Philip, The Passion of Ramakrishna. Soloist with Pacific Symphony/Pacific Chorale, conducted by Carl St. Clair. Label: Orange Mountain Music, Catalogue No: OMM0080 https:// www.prestomusic.com
Ticheli, Frank, The Shore and other choral works. Chorister: Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony, and the John Alexander Singers, conducted by John Alexander. Delos, 2013. https:// delosmusic.com/recording/frank-ticheli-the-shore/
Virtual Recordings
Ticheli, Frank, There Will Be Rest. Pacific Chorale, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=AsCmL9gIzb4&list=RDMM&index=2
The Wayfaring Stranger, Arr. Moira Smiley. Pacific Chorale, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=sr5xpV-o03E&list=RDMM&start_radio=1
Pacific Chorale, The Wayfaring Project: An Original concert Film. 2021. https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWWQS8IzaaU solo at 1:19
McFerrin, Bobby, The 23rd Psalm. Pacific Chorale, 2020. https://www.pacificchorale.org/ recordings/psalm23/