Compositions & Arrangements

[Arrangement] 月半小夜曲 (Half Moon Serenade) (2025)

Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano

Arranger: Wing Yan Chan

Original Composers: Naoko Kawai

Duration: 4:55

[Arrangement] Where Are You Christmas? (2024)

Orchestra

Arranger: Wing Yan Chan

Original Composers: Mariah Carey, James Horner, Will Jennings

Duration: 3:30

[Arrangement] Santa, Can’t You Hear Me (Short Version) (2024)

Orchestra

Arranger: Wing Yan Chan

Original Composers: Kelly Clarkson, Aben Eubanks

Duration: 3:25

[Arrangement] 슈퍼 참치 (Super Tuna) (2024)

Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano

Arranger: Wing Yan Chan

Original Composers: Seok Jin Kim, Bum Joo Kye "BUMZU"

Duration: 1:45

Turn That Frown Upside Down (music and sound design for video game) (2024)

Violin, viola, cello, double bass; Foley

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 0:55

Fun background music for a video game where a character plays with its shadow (in addition to physical objects). The shadow theme was also incorporated into the music. Just like the character with its shadow moving in opposite directions, the music has two melodies moving in contrary motion.

[Arrangement] Rewrite The Stars from The Greatest Showman (2024)

2 vocalists, piano, double bass

Arranger: Wing Yan Chan

Original Composers: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Language: English

Duration: 3:38

A touching duet sung by Zac Efron and Zendaya on the soundtrack of The Greatest Showman.

[Mashup] La Campanella + (2024)                           

Grandes études de Paganini, S.141, No. 3 'La Campanella' by Franz Liszt

我不會唱歌 by 容祖兒· 李克勤 (Joey Yung X Hacken Lee)

Violin Concerto No.2, Op.7, III. Rondo "La Campanella" by Niccolò Paganini

Shut Down by BLACKPINK

2 vocalists, violin, electric guitar, piano, bass, drum set

Arranger: Wing Yan Chan

Original Composers: Niccolò Paganini, Franz Liszt, E.Tsang, Teddy, 24

Lyrics: 黃偉文, Teddy, Danny Chung, Vince

Language: Chinese (Cantonese), English, Korean

Duration: 5:46

Niccolò Paganini's 'La Campanella' (The Little Bell) continues to ring almost 200 years later, with successors incorporating the theme from his violin concerto into piano etudes, Canto-pop, and K-pop songs (which even has a parody, B²TSM's 'Sell Out'.) What happens if you bring them all together?

Nine to Five to One (2024)

2 vocalists, piccolo, tenor saxophone, double bass, percussion, piano, keyboard

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Lyrics: Wing Yan Chan

Language: English

Duration: 4:22

For people who work a 9 to 5 job, time for themselves to spend with family and friends doing hobbies is presumably relegated to 5pm to 1am (assuming some time for sleep). In the style of music from musicals, this song tells the story of someone who loves their 5 to 1, and repurposes office supplies (e.g. computer/laptop keyboard, pen, papers, paper clips on a desk) into musical instruments for percussion!

[Mashup] Descending Fifths (2024)

Suite in G minor, HWV 432, 6: Passacaille (Passacaglia) by George Frideric Handel

Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 'Winter' by Antonio Vivaldi

Passacaglia for Violin and Viola by Johan Halvorsen

Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra

Autumn Leaves by Nat King Cole

I Will Survive by by Gloria Gaynor

Love You Like a Love Song by Selena Gomez

4 vocalists, flute, tenor saxophone, violin, double bass, electric bass, percussion, piano, keyboard

Arranger: Wing Yan Chan

Original Composers: George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Johan Halvorsen, Bart Howard, Joseph Kosma, Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris, Antonina Armato, Tim James, Adam Schmalholz

Lyrics: Bart Howard, Johnny Mercer, Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris, Antonina Armato, Tim James, Adam Schmalholz 

Language: English

Duration: 4:10

Premiere: Side-by-Side - Confluence Concerts on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at Heliconian Hall

Since the internet-famous Pachelbel Rant pokes fun at the overused chord progression from Canon in D, this mashup draws attention to many pieces/songs which use the descending fifth chord progression, playing them over Handel's Passacaglia which can be heard throughout.

I’ll Be Wandering (2024)

SATB choir a capella / Vocalist, bass, piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Lyrics: Wing Yan Chan

Language: English

Duration: 3:49

Imagine being the main character of a Disney movie, full of curiosity and optimism. In the "wandering" spirit of this song, the choir can stand around the room, and the soloist(s) can enter as they sing and continue to wander through the aisles of audiences.

Dream Chasers (2023)

Flute, piano / Piano / Orchestra

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 3:03

Premiere: Reverie - Skule™ Choir Winter Concert on Thursday, November 28, 2024 at East Common Room, Hart House, University of Toronto

In the style of movie/video game soundtracks, this piece captures the sentiment of a modern musician forging their own non-traditional path in music. The flute and piano arrangement can be played by one person - even when the parts overlap - one hand plays each instrument. For the orchestral version, just like the original, an accompanied flute solo opens with the main theme, before more instruments gradually come in. Horns and bassoons later play the theme, each a slight variation imitating improvisation, later leading up to a spectacular finale.

I Just Wanna Dance (2022)

Lead vocalist, backing vocalists, electric guitar, piano, bass, drum set / Vocalist, bass, piano / Vocalist, piano / Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Lyrics: Wing Yan Chan

Language: English

Duration: 3:16

Premiere: ToRONTO2.0 Live Music Series Summer Summit 23 Episode 1 on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at Christie Pits Park

A catchy pop song that makes you want to move to the beat - it is fun and easy to dance to. It gradually builds to the chorus, then maintains a steady underlying beat throughout, with off beat rhythms on top to keep people moving. Listeners soon become familiar with the chorus and recognize it the next time they hear it.

Time to be Happy (2022)

SATB choir, piano / Vocalist, piano / Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Lyrics: Wing Yan Chan

Language: English

Duration: 4:40

Premiere: A Night of Hearth and Joy - Skule™ Choir Winter Concert on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at East Common Room, Hart House, University of Toronto

A peaceful song for SATB choir with piano accompaniment which aims to help listeners calm down and relax. The melody is nearly equally distributed between the parts, so singers (especially those who rarely get the melody) were also pleased. 

Drifting into Dreams (2020)

Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 6:37

Premiere Performance: Adult Piano Pedagogy Recital on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto

A Chopin-style etude designed to push the limits of what can be done with arpeggios. Beyond just playing two arpeggios one octave apart, there are arpeggios one step (less than an octave) apart, contrary motion, alternating pattern, polyrhythms, playing three arpeggios between the two hands. Still, a clear melody is carried throughout.

1 Theme 12 Variations (2020)

Piano / Electronic

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 3:47

12 variations of a theme:

Original

1. Right hand

2. Left hand

3. Chromatic

4. Canon

5. Video game 

6. Dance

7. Broken chords 

8. Arpeggios

9. Relative minor

10. Romantic

11. Christmas

12. Finale

Battle On! (2020)

Orchestra / Electronic / Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 5:02

An epic, cinematic piece which can be the soundtrack to a movie of your imagination. The shorter electronic version was created in Waveform, with sounds that wouldn't typically be possible with human musicians and real-life instruments.

Better Tomorrow (2020)

Piano / Piano duet

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 2:57

Like a military march, this piece drives forward with power and intensity.

Soaring (2020)

2 violins / Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 3:16

A simple piece conveying the feeling of soaring across the sky in a glider.

Home Sweet Home (2020)

Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 2:32

Written early in the pandemic while stuck at home, this piece hopes to bring audiences from longing for the past/future to embracing the present.

Finding Direction (2019)

Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Premiere: Eat Drink, and Be Merry - Skule™ Choir Winter Concert on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at East Common Room, Hart House, University of Toronto

Calm Before the Storm (2018)

Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 3:51

Premiere: Student Composition Night on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Bayview Secondary School

Written during the senior year of high school not long before final exams, "Calm Before the Storm" expresses the feeling of having spare time to write music when the time could be spent on studying instead.

Endless Ends (2017)

Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 2:50

Premiere: Student Composition Night on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Cosmopolitan Music Hall

If “endless” were an adjective and “ends” the noun, its meaning would be different from if “endless” were a noun and “ends” the verb, so what my piece means is up to the listener. 

Relive (2015)

1. Revenge

2. Regret

3. Renew

Piano

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 10:21 (2:57 + 4:05 + 3:19)

Metamorphosis (2014)

Piano / Piano duet

Composer: Wing Yan Chan

Duration: 5:09