Music Teacher's Association of California's program, "Friends of Today's Music", this piece is noted by Hui herself as a commentary from her point of view on the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Speaking in Tongues(1993) and Foreign Affairs(1994) are two more of Hui's chamber works that are both notable in that they call for a larger ensemble of fifteen parts in their instrumentation. These two works were followed by Lacrymosa (1996), which calls for a soprano vocalist in its scoring, and Woman: Songs on poems by Sandra Cisneros (1997), featuring a mezzo-soprano among the flute, viola, and cello parts. As the name of the latter work implies, this piece is set to the words of a handful of Sandra Cisneros’ poems, including “Loose Woman”, which, in an effort to evoke a bold sense of femininity, Hui set to music inspired by a burlesque dance scene from the Broadway musical, “Sweet Charity”. Additionally, in 1998 Melissa Hui wrote the score to the Oscar-nominated short film, "Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square", which was directed by Shui-Bo Wang. Works References External links Melissa Hui official website Faculty Profile Page at Schulich School of Music of McGill University Composer Showcase Page at Canadian Music Centre 1966 births Living people 21st-century classical composers California Institute of the Arts alumni Canadian classical composers Canadian musicians of Hong Kong descent Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Musicians from Montreal Musicians from Vancouver Naturalized citizens of Canada Pupils of Jacob Druckman McGill University faculty Stanford University Department of Music faculty Yale University alumni Women classical composers Women music educators 21st-century women composers Canadian women composers