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Music Library: Yuko Asada

Celebrating AAIP Heritage Month

Musical Instrument Technician Assistant with the NIU Steelband Director of Community School of the Arts Steelband
Selected Interview Selected Recordings of Works Works Interviews  YouTube Playlist

Exhibit Home NIU School of Music Asian American Faculty List Asian American Studies Certificate

Selected Interview

Works

Compositions:
Composed for steel band unless otherwise noted.

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Recordings may be found on the NIU Music Library YouTube Chanel Yuko Asada Playlist

  • Cliff's Playground
  • Opposite Attraction for tenor and bass steelpans 
  • Milky Way 
  • Kelp 

Arrangements:
Arranged for steel band unless otherwise noted.
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Recordings may be found on the NIU Music Library YouTube Chanel Yuko Asada Playlist

  • My Way by Anka, Revaux, Thibault, and Frankois
  • Smile by Charlie Chaplin
  • Miagete Goran Yoru No Hoshi Qo by Taku Izumi for tenor pan and double seconds
  • Sakura - Japanese Folk Song 
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
  • Italian Symphony by Mendelssohn
  • Jerusalema by Kgaogelo Moagi and Nomcebo Zikode
  • Yellow Bird by Monton
  • Famalay by Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin, and Skinny Fabulous
  • Piano Concerto in D minor K.466 mvt. I  by W.A. Mozart piano solo with steel band.
  • Rondo alla turca by W.A. Mozart 
  • Sonata in A by W.A. Mozart
  • Concerto para Quinteto by Astor Piazzolla
  • E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini  
  • Oye como va by Tito Puente
  • Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel 
  • The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns 
  • Ave Maria by Franz Schubert  
  • Shake it off by Taylor Swift
  • Forn Dueng Khrok Dueng Sak - Thai Traditional
  • Can't Stop the Feeling by Timberlake, Martin, and Shelback
  • Movie Medley by Various composers
  • Joy to the World by Isaac Watts
  • Lean on Me by Withers
  • Let's Groove Tonight by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn
  • Western Chinese Capriccio by Zhou Yugo and Zhou Wang

Selected Recordings of Works

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YouTube Playlist

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