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Colleen Bailey

Zen Echo

Lucy Hodges

Sophia Gaeun Lee

Angela Lim

Lu Lu

Lucas Nguyen

Yash Singh

Thanat Singhirunnusorn

There exists a genetic predisposition to perfect pitch caused by the prevalence of tonal language in many Asian cultures. However, the societal expectation for English fluency overwhelms that internal resonance. While the skill is exercised through music lessons and familial translation, the root of the sound is lost to an environment that sees little use for the ability day-to-day. With pressures to conform and, at times, performing to forget, how does one create harmony from opposing voices? Dissonance expresses the conflict Asians in America experience between the sounds they live and the ones they leave behind.