USA Projects

RECORD LABELS: CKL Music, EDITION WANDELWEISER RECORDS
*(2011-present)Voice Faculty of The HK Yip's Children's Choral & Performing Arts School.
* (2011-present) Founding Chairman & Tutor of the HK C.KL Learning Program(English Reading, Comprehension, Creative Writing & Music)
*(2011-present) Assistant faculty of the F.O.C.U.S Intensive English Reading Program, Hong Kong
******BFA.,(California Institute of the Arts"Music Composition/Performance")
******CERT.,(F.O.C.U.S Internship Program, Hong Kong " Child Reading Specialist for Children with SLD & AD/HD")
******CERT.,(S.D County Regional Occupational Program in "Child Development")
* EMAIL: c.breakaway2@gmail.com

Composer/ performer C. Kenneth Lee has been hailed by The Hong Kong Economic Journal as "a young musical prodigy...." Lee is a "2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Composer Award" Finalist, recipient of The "2005 California Institute of Music's "Creative Student Leadership Award", an honorable mention recipient from "2006 Save Me a Spot in College Visual & Performing Arts Scholarship Contest" and a "2009 Cal Arts Capitol Records / EMI Jazz CD project Contest" Nominated Asian Classical-Crossover/Film Composer. He is a classically trained pianist, author, occasional actor, and 2011 Hong Kong Peninsula Hotel Singing Contest section winning classically trained singer.

C. Lee's "Piano Solo No.4 (2011)" appeared on EDITION WANDELWEISER RECORDS, a German classical Label that include names like John Cage and Morton Feldman. etc. Lee was nominated and almost recorded for CAPITOL RECORDS/EMI.
Lee is currently a Faculty of The Hong Kong Yip's Children's Choral & Performing Arts School Voice Program, an assistant faculty of the F.O.C.U.S Intensive English Reading Program in Hong Kong, Founding Chairman/tutor in Music and English at The H.K C.KL Learning Program, & has been a substitute faculty of California Institute of the Arts Pre-College Voice Program(2010-2011).
Lee wrote a newspaper article "Classical VS Pop Music, Now That's Hot!" which appeared and published in "The Falcon Eye" in 2007 and his first book, "Selected Poems, Articles & Short Stories". Lee has played and his music played in solo/ non solo concerts in USA such as Northwestern University, CalArts, Beverly Hills. etc, Australia, Hong Kong such as PENINSULA HOTEL, GRAND HYATT HOTEL, Skylark Lounge, Backstage Live .etc),and PRINCESS CRUISES. Apart from collaborating with many bands and choirs; and having released 4 solo CDs of his original compositions on iTUNES, AMAZON, NAPSTER, RHAPSODY, and other mp3 venders, small TV appearances on ABC & CBS, Lee has landed on acting and singing roles including being a member of The Original USA West Coast Opera Cast of Iannis Xenakis's only Opera, (2010) ORESTEIA, a singer/actor of The Los Angeles Original Musical Cast with MEREDITH MONK in (2008)SONGS OF ASCENSION which toured at redcat in The Walt Disney Concert Hall, and supporting lead role of The Original Hong Kong Musical Cast of (2011) Big The Musical.

Lee has worked musically with musicians like LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, David Rosenboom, Bobby Taylor(Jackson 5 producer), Vicky Fung,  Carlsbad Music Festival, California EAR Unit, Northwestern University NHSMI orchestra, CalArts Orchestra and other groups and artists in the U.S and in Hong Kong. Lee studied piano with an alumni from The Julliard School, an alumni from The Eastman School of Music, and faculties at CalArts. Lee studied music composition at Northwestern University's National High School Music Institute, The Walnut Hill School, and received his Bachelors degree in music composition at California Institute of the Arts. Lee has studied composition/worked with Augusta Read Thomas, Morton Subotnick, William Powell (Julliard School Alumni '70), David Rosenboom, Wolfgang Von Schweinitz, Matt McBane, Michael Pisaro, Barry Schrader, Rob Wannamaker etc, and studied voice with Angela Gooch, Alla Markovich, Jimmy Chan. etc. Lee and his music has also been featured in several newspapers (Hong Kong Economic journal, East West Magazine, Del Mar Village Voice. etc) and on radio broadcasts from the USA(ex: UCLA radio), United Kingdom(ex: Tempo FM 107.4, and Australia(ex: 2 CR Radio Network). Lee's music has been performed by David Rosenboom, Allan Vogel of Los Angeles Chamber orchestra, California EAR Unit, Susan Allen, Matt McBane.etc. as well as chosen for the 20th Century FOX SPONSORED "The 2009 Independent Asian Pacific Islander Performing Artists and Writers Festival" in Los Angeles.