Frank, finally, I got a chance to listen to the rest of the pieces that I didn't complete the first time.
Ansel Adam once said something like a negative is a music score and every print is a performance -- it differs every time. In this case, I hav to say that the performer has as much creativity as the composer, so the cellist makes the negative too.
Congrats to that.
I was trained in classical tradition, my two mentors -- directors of the China Conservatory Composition Department -- didn't teach me to rebel against the dictatorship of the Major-Minor keys. I wasn't mature enough to understand the power of atonal music.
Having said that, I think I was drawn to pko4 and pko3 for the rhythmic freedom, the self-confirming form and the sassy texture. I like these.
Good job.