Jason Kao Hwang

Jason Kao Hwang is a composer, jazz violinist, sound designer, and certified Pro Tools instructor, whose work spans music, film, dance, and museum exhibitions. He has created sound designs for exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, New York Historical Society, and Liberty Science Center. His scoring work includes numerous PBS documentaries, commercial spots for Swatch and Snapple, dance productions, and source music for Martin Scorsese’s Kundun. Hwang has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Chamber Music America, and others. He has released twenty critically acclaimed recordings. As jazz violinist he has performed with William Parker, Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Tomeka Reid, Butch Morris, and many others, both here and abroad. 

Courses

Sound Image

Education

New York University, BFA