25-595: Inland Territory is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Vienna Teng . It was released in Germany on February 6, 2009, and in the U.S. on April 7, 2009. The record was recorded over five months in four cities. All songs written by Vienna Teng (except "Antebellum", written by Vienna Teng and Alex Wong ). This 2000s pop album–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vienna Teng Cynthia Yih Shih (born October 3, 1978), better known by her stage name Vienna Teng ,
50-536: A George Gershwin tribute to increase AIDS awareness, and also recorded "Songbird" for another tribute, Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours . Also in 1998, Sheik released Humming , an experimental follow-up with string arrangements. Sheik sang a duet with singer Howard Jones on Jones' 2000 single entitled Someone You Need . Sheik released Phantom Moon , a Nick Drake -influenced album on which he collaborated with poet and writer Steven Sater , in 2001. The following year, Sheik released Daylight ,
75-694: A cover version of Radiohead 's " Idioteque " during this time. In 2008, she relocated from California to New York City, and performed in Central Park on Earth Day at the Green Apple Festival . Her fourth album, Inland Territory, was released in 2009. Teng stated that the lyrics to "Grandmother Song" from Inland Territory are nearly a verbatim translation of a lecture that Teng received from her Mandarin-speaking grandmother, voicing her disapproval of Teng's career choice. In 2010, Teng announced to her fans that she had been accepted into
100-907: A hidden cover of " Green Island Serenade ", a 1950s Taiwanese classic performed in Mandarin Chinese . In 2006, Teng signed with Zoë/Rounder . From December 2006 to early 2007, Teng toured extensively in the United States to promote the release of her third album, Dreaming Through the Noise . Teng co-headlined with Duncan Sheik and opened for Madeleine Peyroux . She began the Green Caravan Tour in April 2007, accompanied by cellist Marika Hughes, violinist Dina Maccabee, and percussionist Alex Wong , along with opening acts such as David Berkeley and Jenny Owen Youngs . She performed
125-441: A band with fellow Brown student Lisa Loeb . Following his graduation from Brown in 1992, he moved to Los Angeles. Early in his musical career, Sheik played guitar for other artists, including Liz and Lisa (with Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb ). Sheik also played on His Boy Elroy 's 1993 album through his connections from a fellow Brown alum, Tracee Ellis Ross . In 1996, Sheik released his self-titled debut album , which
150-407: A brighter, more modern-sounding album which included the singles, " On A High " and "Half-Life". After a four-year recording break, Sheik released White Limousine (2006), an album which included companion software on a DVD-ROM to remix individual tracks. In 2008, Sheik was a judge at the 7th annual Independent Music Awards. In 2009 he released Whisper House , a concept album which provided
175-828: A cappella . A native of Saratoga, California , she began playing classical piano at the age of five. Both her parents came from Taiwan . She was salutatorian at Saratoga High School . In 1996, while pursuing a degree in computer science at Stanford University , Teng joined the Stanford Harmonics , a student-run a cappella group. She began recording her compositions at the studios in Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) , intending to distribute her music on campus. Many of these recordings were eventually released in her début album Waking Hour . After graduating in 2000, Teng worked as
200-573: A software engineer for Cisco Systems in San Jose, but she continued to write music and perform in her free time. In 2002, Teng signed with Virt Records and quit Cisco Systems to focus on her musical career. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2013 with master's degrees in science and business administration, she worked at McKinsey & Company full-time in the area of renewable energy. Teng's first major national exposure
225-682: Is a native of Montclair, New Jersey . Following his parents' divorce, he split time between his father's house in New Jersey and his mother's home in South Carolina. He is the half-brother of Broadway actress Kacie Sheik. Sheik's Juilliard -trained grandmother introduced him to the piano, and he later took up the electric guitar. By age 12, he was playing guitar with high school students in a cover band. After graduating from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1988, Sheik studied semiotics at Brown University ; while at Brown, he played guitar in
250-522: Is an American pianist and singer-songwriter who lives in Washington, DC. Teng has released five studio albums: Waking Hour (2002), Warm Strangers (2004), Dreaming Through the Noise (2006), Inland Territory (2009) and Aims (2013). She has also released one live album, The Moment Always Vanishing (2009), on which she is double-billed with her percussionist, Alex Wong . Teng's musical style incorporates folk , pop, classical piano, and
275-403: Is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single " Barely Breathing ", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance . He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2007 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical Spring Awakening . Sheik
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#1732780386846300-641: The Arkansas Repertory Theatre . Dixie was a collaboration with then-director John Tartaglia and Nell Benjamin , who wrote the book and lyrics. The musical ran at the Goodspeed Opera House , East Haddam, Connecticut from July 2019 to September 2019, directed by John Rando . In 2015, Sheik wrote the musical thriller Noir with Kyle Jarrow . It premiered as part of New York Stage and Film's season in July to August 2015 at
325-781: The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College. Inspired by live radio plays and classic film noir, the musical was directed by Rachel Chavkin. In 2016 he prepared the music for the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.) production of The Taming of the Shrew , described in The Washington Post as "an assortment of preexisting songs by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik". Sheik produced singer-songwriter Micah Green's 2000 debut album as well as his 2012 follow-up. In 2000, Sheik wrote
350-853: The Tony Award for Best Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The guitar that Sheik used to compose songs for Spring Awakening was displayed at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center . As of 2012, Sheik was composing music for a feature-film adaptation of Spring Awakening , an adaptation almost a decade in the making. In 2012, Sheik wrote Alice By Heart , an adaptation of Lewis Carroll 's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , along with collaborator Sater. Directed by Jessie Nelson with musical direction by Lance Horne,
375-551: The End of the World . The AllMusic reviewer wrote: "...takes the sensitivity and tension of the film's plot and crafts incidental music and new songs that complement the movie well." He composed the score for the 2005 film Through the Fire with Pete Miser. Sheik wrote the music for Spring Awakening (2006) in collaboration with Steven Sater . Written over a period of eight years,
400-602: The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan . Through the program, she received an MBA from the Ross School of Business and an MS from the School of Natural Resources and Environment . During this period, Teng moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan , where she continued to perform and compose music, although she did not tour as frequently as she had before enrolling. After graduating from
425-573: The University of Michigan in 2013, she worked at McKinsey & Company full-time in the area of renewable energy. Teng's fifth studio album, titled Aims , was inspired by Detroit and released in September 2013. From September to December 2013 Teng went on a tour across the United States and Western Europe to promote the new material. During this tour, she performed as a trio with Alex Wong and Jordan Hamlin, two other musicians who appeared on
450-457: The album was released the following year. Sheik released a new studio album entitled Legerdemain in October 2015. In addition to being a singer-songwriter, Sheik has also composed music for plays, musicals, and movie soundtracks. He composed original music for the 2002 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night . In 2004, he composed the score for the film A Home at
475-586: The album. The album was released in a standard edition and in deluxe edition sold through Teng's website. By 2018, Teng was living in Boulder, Colorado . She currently lives in Washington, DC. In early 2019, Teng announced her marriage to Jacob Corvidae. Their daughter, Arcadia, was born in February 2020. Additionally, Teng is a step-parent to Corvidae's two children from a previous relationship. Duncan Sheik Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969)
500-612: The foreword to The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions , by Soka Gakkai International leader Daisaku Ikeda . In 2006, Sheik recorded the song "A Purple Trail" for Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1 . In 2008, Sheik participated in Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace , an initiative to support Tibet , Dalai Lama , and Tenzin Gyatso . Concert dates in support of Sheik's 2011 album Covers 80's were canceled when Sheik sought treatment for alcohol use disorder. In
525-691: The musical was workshopped at the Royal National Theatre and commissioned by the National Theatre Connections . Sheik wrote the music and lyrics to the 2013 musical adaptation of American Psycho , which opened at the Almeida Theatre in London, and was later staged on Broadway in 2016. In 2013, Sheik wrote the music for the musical adaptation of the novel Because of Winn-Dixie , which premiered at
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#1732780386846550-438: The musical, which premiered off-Broadway during the summer, opened on Broadway to critical acclaim later in the fall. The musical was based on the controversial German expressionist play The Awakening of Spring , written by Frank Wedekind . Sheik won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for his work on Spring Awakening , and he and Sater won a Tony Award for Best Original Score . In addition, Spring Awakening won
575-555: The score for the musical of the same name. The stage musical premiered at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in January 2010, after a workshop at Vassar College , produced by New York Stage and Film in 2009. In 2011, Sheik released Covers 80's , an album including covers of popular 1980s songs. Concert dates in support of the album were later canceled due to Sheik seeking treatment for alcohol addiction. A remixed version of
600-569: Was certified gold. The album featured the hit single " Barely Breathing ", which peaked at number 16 and remained on the Billboard Hot 100 for 55 consecutive weeks. "Barely Breathing" also enjoyed Top 20 success on Adult Contemporary radio, reached No. 2 on the Adult Top 40 charts, and garnered Sheik a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance . In 1998, Sheik recorded "Embraceable You" for Red Hot + Rhapsody ,
625-628: Was on National Public Radio 's Weekend Edition in January 2003, followed shortly thereafter by CBS 's Late Show with David Letterman . She has since made appearances on the CBS Saturday Early Show , CNN 's NewsNight with Aaron Brown and The Wayne Brady Show , and opened concerts for Joan Baez , Shawn Colvin , Joan Osborne , India.Arie , Brandi Carlile , Sarah Harmer and Marc Cohn . Although nearly all of Teng's recordings are in English, Warm Strangers features
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