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Vienna Teng: An Exploration in Sound and Silence

Vienna Teng: An Exploration in Sound and Silence . Music 1010-042 Semester Project by Toni Cerna. Table of Contents. Biography Composition History + Listening Guide Works Cited. Biography. Cynthia Yih Shih born October 3, 1978 Immigrant parents worked in Silicon Valley

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Vienna Teng: An Exploration in Sound and Silence

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  1. Vienna Teng: An Exploration in Sound and Silence Music 1010-042 Semester Project by Toni Cerna

  2. Table of Contents Biography Composition History + Listening Guide Works Cited

  3. Biography • Cynthia Yih Shih born October 3, 1978 • Immigrant parents worked in Silicon Valley • Wrote computer code before entering music industry in her twenties • Began singing before she could talk

  4. Early Years • Began piano lessons at five years old • Wrote her first song at six years old • Created her stage name at twelve years old, “Vienna Teng” • Wrote first song lyrics at thirteen years old • Continued composing but entered Stanford as a CS major

  5. Beginning Career • Performed informally at Stanford • Self-produced first album while still an engineer • Began performing locally in 2001 • Signed to Virt Records in 2002 • NPR and Letterman bring attention

  6. Continuing On • Commercial success an “uphill battle” • Dedicated fans • Second album released in 2004 • Widely varied influences • Third album released in 2006

  7. Current Affairs • Fourth studio album released in 2009 • First live album also released in 2009 • Hiatus from music to pursue graduate studies • 2011 single to support Japanese relief efforts • Musical collaboration premiered Dec 2012

  8. Composition History #1 Shine, written and performed by Vienna Teng.

  9. Listening Guide #1 Shine – Vienna Teng 0:00 Introduction 0:08 Introduction Continues 0:16 Verse 1 0:31Verse 1 Continues 0:49 Chorus

  10. Listening Guide #1 (cont.) Shine – Vienna Teng 1:05 Post-Chorus 1:11 Verse 2 1:44Chorus Repeats 2:16 Chorus Add-On

  11. Composition History #2 Antebellum, written and performed by Vienna Teng and Alex Wong.

  12. Listening Guide #2 Antebellum – Vienna Teng 0:00 Introduction 0:22Verse 1 0:44 Verse 1 Continues 0:56Chorus 1:23Verse 2 1:50Verse 2 Continues

  13. Listening Guide #2 (cont.) Antebellum – Vienna Teng 2:07Chorus 2 2:29Chorus Add-On 2:43Bridge 3:08Bridge Continues 3:30Chorus & Bridge 4:16Coda

  14. Composition History #3 Nothing Without You, written and performed by Vienna Teng.

  15. Listening Guide #3 Nothing Without You – Vienna Teng 0:00 Introduction 0:14Verse 1 0:39 Verse 1 Continues 1:00Chorus

  16. Listening Guide #3 (cont.) Nothing Without You – Vienna Teng 1:46 Verse 2 2:16 Verse 2 Continues 2:31 Chorus 2 3:06Coda

  17. Composition History #4 Stray Italian Greyhound, written and performed by Vienna Teng.

  18. Listening Guide #4 Stray Italian Greyhound – Vienna Teng 0:00 Verse 1 0:33 Verse 1 Continues 0:46 Chorus 1 1:07 Verse 2 1:36 Verse 2 Continues 1:49 Chorus 2

  19. Listening Guide #4 (cont.) Stray Italian Greyhound – Vienna Teng 2:16 Bridge 1 2:33 Bridge 1 Continued 2:57 Bridge 2 3:10 Bridge 1 Repeats 3:43 Bridge 3 3:59 Coda

  20. Works Cited Amy. "Interview: Vienna Teng." Collected Sounds. Collected Sounds, 10 Dec. 2001. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. "Bio." Vienna Teng. Vienna Teng, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. "Discography." Vienna Teng. Vienna Teng, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Inoue, Todd. "Metroactive Music | Vienna Teng." Metroactive Music | Vienna Teng. Metro Publishing Inc., May-June 2004. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Kleinman, Scot. "Vienna Teng Song Notes." Vienna Teng Song Notes. Scot Kleinman, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Moore, Summer. "Changing Her Tune." Stanford Magazine. Stanford University, Nov.-Dec. 2003. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. "News." Vienna Teng. Vienna Teng, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Perkins, Lucy. "Dreamy, Ethereal Vienna Teng to Grace the Power Center." The Michigan Daily. The Michigan Daily, 6 Oct. 2011. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Ransom, Kevin. "Vienna Teng Performing Ark Benefit, Setting Music aside and Moving to Ann Arbor." AnnArbor.com. AnnArbor.com LLC, 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Reverte, Michele. "Interview: Singer/Songwriter Vienna Teng Explores a Vast 'Inland Territory'" : LAist. Gothamist Inc., 29 Apr. 2009. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Sanders, Jonathan. "Review: Vienna Teng - "Dreaming Through The Noise"" InMyHeadphones.com. Jonathan Sanders, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. Selvin, Joel. "Songwriter Finds Her Voice, Fame at Dawn of Her 'Waking Hour'" SFGate. Hearst Communications, 8 Apr. 2003. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. "Vienna Teng." Last.fm. CBS Interactive, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. "Vienna Teng." Virt Records. Virt Records LLC, 2001. Web. 25 Feb. 2013.

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