Chen-Kang Kao is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Riverside, focusing his research on the symbiotic relationship between music and dance collaborations. Notable among his commissioned works are Etus Nate – for Mixed 4-part Chorus, Flute and Bassoon (2015), Liberation‧Enlightenment – for Mixed 4-part Chorus and Piano (2017), Between Mikrokosmos and Makrokosmos II. “A Taiwanese in California” – for Piano Solo and Fixed Media (2022), and Adventure – for Piano Solo (2024).