Chen Shi-hui
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Shih-Hui Chen (born 1962) is a Taiwan
ese composer who lives and works in the United States
.
, Taiwan
, and came to the United States in 1982 to study for a master's degree from Northern Illinois University
and a doctoral degree from Boston University
. After receiving her DMA in Music Composition, Shih-Hui Chen took a position at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
where she is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition. She served as composer-in-residence at Boston University's Tanglewood Institute in 2000, 2001 and 2004, and as music advisor for the Formosa Chamber Music Society. She is a former member of the composers' collective Musiqa and the Asian Composers' League.
Chen Shih-hui has been awarded a number of grants, and her work has been performed internationally. In 1999, she received an American Academy in Rome Prize
, a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 2000, and a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2007. In 2010, Chen received a Fulbright Fellowship to study traditional Chinese Music, Nanguan (music), and music of the Taiwanese aboriginal people.
Selected works include:
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese composer who lives and works in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Biography
Chen Shih-hui (陳士惠) was born in TaipeiTaipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, and came to the United States in 1982 to study for a master's degree from Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
and a doctoral degree from Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. After receiving her DMA in Music Composition, Shih-Hui Chen took a position at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
where she is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition. She served as composer-in-residence at Boston University's Tanglewood Institute in 2000, 2001 and 2004, and as music advisor for the Formosa Chamber Music Society. She is a former member of the composers' collective Musiqa and the Asian Composers' League.
Chen Shih-hui has been awarded a number of grants, and her work has been performed internationally. In 1999, she received an American Academy in Rome Prize
Rome Prize
The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists and to 15 scholars The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists...
, a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 2000, and a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2007. In 2010, Chen received a Fulbright Fellowship to study traditional Chinese Music, Nanguan (music), and music of the Taiwanese aboriginal people.
Works
Chen Shih-hui composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice, and solo instruments. She also composes music for theater and film scores.Selected works include:
- 66 Times for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
- 66 Times for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
- Fu I for Solo Pipa
- Fu II for Pipa and Five Western Instruments
- Mei Hua for String Quartet
- Moments for Full Orchestra
- Plum Blossoms for Alto Saxophone and Piano
- Shui for Cello and Piano
- Shu Shon Key for Viola and Chamber Ensemble
- Shu Shon Key for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
- Sweet Rice Pie, Six Songs on Four Taiwanese Nursery Rhymes for Voice and Chamber Ensemble
- Twice Removed for Solo Alto Saxophone and Solo Clarinet (2 versions)