2026 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award

Max Chung was honored to be selected as a semi finalist this year for his piece 'shadow blending'. Thank you to the ASCAP foundation for supporting young composers with this award that is named after the Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Morton Gould.

Max Collaborates with Loadbang in Boston

Max was excited to have the innovative new music quartet, loadbang perform his new electroacoustic composition at the Longy School of Music this summer! The piece explores the relationship between acoustic instrumentation and electronic sound processing, drawing on loadbang's distinctive instrumentation to create a hybrid sonic texture

Max @ Iceberg New Music Institute!

In June, Max's piece, 'projected metropalace' was performed at the Iceberg Institute in Florida, where he collaborated with the Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP) on this new composition which integrates his EDM music with acoustic instrumentation. The piece experiments with the intersection of EDM and new music, combining electronic techniques with live instrumentation. Thanks to CAMP for their collaboration and performance of my work!

Bergamot Quartet Performs ‘Shadow Blending’

The Bergamot Quartet performed Max Chung's latest composition, 'shadow blending'. The piece is a delicate interplay of geologic textures and ephemeral shadows, highlighting the fleeting moments of experience and the fragility of existence and memory. As the piece unfolds, the two traces of earth and shadow become psychologically inseparable, creating a sonic experience that blurs the line between the tangible and the intangible. This work explores human perceptions, between presence and echo, exploring the boundaries between what is physically present and what remains as afterimages dissolve.

The Da Capo Ensemble premier of ‘me obruit’ this week in New York City

Max Chung's new composition 'me obruit' was performed in New York City this week by the amazing Da Capo Ensemble. This composition me obruit literally means being overshadowed by a larger force. The piece explores the sensation of being submerged underwater, tracing the long, slow process of losing energy and slipping into a dreamlike state, floating.

Hub New Music Composition Reading

Max Chung's latest composition, commissioned by Hub New Music and performed at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, explores the intense struggle between consciousness and unconsciousness through a vivid contrast that gradually dissolves over the course of the piece. The work, 'Submerged' integrates theatrical, gestural interactions among the musicians and incorporates the performers’ gasping sounds to evoke a sense of surfacing from within.