Bowdoin International Music Festival 2025

Max Chung For six inspiring weeks this summer, Max is excited to participate in the Bowdoin Music Festival’s renowned annual new music composition program, which places a special focus on chamber music. This immersive experience offers the unique opportunity to work closely with esteemed composers-in-residence Derek Bermel and Andreia Pinto Correia as well as guest composers and performers Zhou Long, HUB New Music, and Amy Williams.

New Music on the Point June Festival 2025

Max Chung will be participating in the New Music on the Point Festival this June. This amazing summer festival brings together composers, performers and creative thinkers to experiment with the world of new music at the natural landscape of Lake Dunmore.

SPLICE New Work Artists 2025

This June at the SPLICE Institute in Michigan, Max will be participating as a New-Work composer, collaborating with the SPLICE ensemble. Together, we'll explore the intersection of composition and technology alongside SPLICE performers and faculty, Anne La Berge and Ted Moore. The focus will include advanced tools such as MAX, signal processing, SuperCollider, and contemporary performance techniques.

metroequilibrium: Governor’s Island Multimedia Installation

Metroequilibrium is a multimedia installation at Harvestwork's Elements! In Art and Tech Exhibition on Governor's Island in New York City. In this experiential piece, EDM-inspired expressions of intense urban sounds clash against moments of reprieve with calming human vocalizations that reflect the unstable forces that have shaped our post-pandemic world. This interactive work explores the responsive technologies in AI and Body tracking software to create startling and contrasting sonic and visual experiences.

New Performances of Chamber Works at Cubelab Workshop

In the Fall, Max Chung had two new acoustic compositions recorded in New York City. A new septet, "Fossilized memories Splintered futures" and a quartet of saxophone, electric guitar, accordion, and percussion were recorded during the Cubelab workshop

Max I. Chung’s ‘gradient’ premiers at Paulson Center in New York City

Max I Chung's hybrid piece "gradient" merges responsive technologies with a quartet of piano, clarinet, percussion and electric guitar. This piece was premiered at the Paulson Center in New York City. Gradient explores the concept of imperceptible geologic change—the gradual shifts that go unnoticed until they culminate in a dramatic, often overwhelming realization. The work portrays a shift in texture and timbre but also reflects a deeper human experience of time, where the moments of transition are often invisible until their effects are fully felt.