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Ming-Hsiu YEN is an active composer and pianist. Her compositions have been played in Taiwan, Japan, France, China, and throughout the United States, by such orchestras as the Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan), YinQi Symphony Orchestra and Choir, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, and by such ensembles as PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Brave New Works, and OSSIA, among others. She received commission awards from the Hanson Institute for American Music, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, New Music Project, and Asia Trombone Seminar, and her music has been recorded on Innova and Blue Griffin Recording labels.
As a prize-winning pianist from the Grieg Festival Young Artists Composition, the Society for Musical Arts, and the UM concerto competitions, she performed concertos written by Barber, Corigliano and herself with the UM Symphony Orchestra and frequently appears in new music festivals throughout the United States, including the Once. More. Festival, SCI National Conference, Midwest Composers Symposium, among others.
Ms. Yen holds degrees from the University of Michigan (DMA in composition; MM in composition and piano performance) and the Eastman School of Music (BM). She served as Composer-in-Residence/Adjunct Associate Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is currently serving as Assitant Professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan.
Website update: January 20, 2012
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