Yang is wearing all red. They are holding a large saw in their right hand.

Yang

Yang (they/them) is just happy to be here with you :) They are a percussionist with many side-hustles who prioritizes collaboration, personal growth, and joy. Yang is a grateful nexus of playful curiosity, cross disciplinary yearning, classical training, and loving relationships. All of which influence process & product within their work.

Recent fruits of their labour include 🍊

  • longing for _ : their debut percussion+ album released in November 2022

  • Tiger Balme : their band’s self titled debut album release

  • leaving their arts admin job in early 2023 to pursue freelance music full time (yikes! but also wahoo!)

  • Lunchbox Dilemma : they were the subject of this CBC Gem docu-series featuring Asian-Canadians and their coming of age experiences

  • continuing to dream boundlessly, hope with discipline, grow into their most authentic self, seek & create joy, and movemovemove relentlessly despite significant & mundane difficulties and societally imposed & self imposed limiting assumptions

Yang is a soft-hearted dream-headed Pisces who enjoys yelling, cooking, and giggling at dad-jokes, often all at once.

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A moon, willow branch, and magpie appear within a geometric frame. Yang Chen appears in all caps below

About the logo

Yang’s logo was created in collaboration with Veronica Ing. Words on the logo from Veronica:

“…guided by Chinese crafstmanship - metal and woodwork - and symbols used in ceramics and paintings. The calligraphy is guided by research into historical brushwork [with input from Yang’s mom, a Chinese calligraphy enthusiast]. Held inside a Chinese-style frame are three symbols: the single magpie, the willow, and the moon. The magpie is a symbol of happiness and a harbinger of joy, and is alone, looking for collaborators. The willow is a strong but gentle protective symbol of safety and belonging, and was chosen for its association with the water and the moon. The calligraphy is held inside the moon… Their name 泱 means a body of water so great that its bounds are imperceptible, and they are also Piscean.”