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Music Director, Conductor/String |
Percussion |
Brass Teacher: |
String Teacher: |
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Christopher Chung |
Chi-Ching Lin |
Lovell Park Chang |
Tony (TungYin)
Huang |
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Music Director, Conductor/String Christopher Chung |
A native of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Mr. Chung began his musical studies in piano,
violin and cello at the ages of five and nine. Following a successful musical
career in high school, he attended the National Taiwan Normal University where
he majored in cello, minored in piano and was awarded the Certificate of
Music Education. Upon moving to the United States, Mr. Chung studied under
the tutelage of cellist Peter Wiley (of Guarneri String Quartet), at
Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, SUNY, where he received both his
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Percussion Chi-Ching Lin |
Taiwanese percussionist Chi-Ching Grace Lin maintains a varied chamber music
and orchestra career in new york city area.
Chi-Ching has performed with Dicapo opera, the Metropolitain opera orchestra, Teatro Grattacielo
opera, National Choral, Binghamton Philharmonic,Riverside
Symphony, New York Asian Symphony Orchestra, New Amsterdam Orchestra,
Westfield Symphony Orchestra,Colonial Symphony,
Park Chamber Symphony Orchestra,Centre Symphony Orchestra,Metro Chamber Orchestra in venues such as Lincol Center, Carnegie Hall, Merkin
Hall, Version Hall in Philadelphia, Washington DC, New Jersey, Honk Kong,
China and Japan. As soloist Chi-Ching was feature as marimba soloist in Day
of Percussion Festival in NYC in 2001 and 2002 and also obtained the
excellent performance of chamber ensemble award. In 2008 Chi-Ching premiered
Andrew Beall's percussion concerto at Lincoln center with CYCNY. She also can
be found on Andrew Beall's solo percussion album "Deliverance". As
chamber musician,Chi-Ching
has appeared with the Talujon Percussion group, Tam
Dun Percussion group and 20th Century Contemporary Ensemble. Chi-Ching
received her Master's degree and Professional Studies Diploma from Queens
College and Mannes College the new school for music where she studied with
Michael Lipsy, Michael Werner, Jim Priess, Barry Centanni and
Glenn Valez. Chi-Ching is the percussion faculty of
the Chinese Youth Orchestra of New York since 2006. |
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Brass Teacher :
Lovell Park Chang |
New York raised trumpeter Lovell Park Chang holds a Bachelor's Degree from
Manhattan School of Music andd is currently pursuing
for a dual degree program in Masters of Music and Master of Education from
Manhattan School of Music. His most recent accomplishments include organizing
a spring recital and winning the Fuchs Competition for Chamber Music. He was
the recipient of the Canmine Caruso Scholarship in
2012. |
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String Teacher :
Tony (TungYin)
Huang |
Tony
(Tungying) Huang, Violinist and Violist, a native
of Taiwan, is an active violist and violinist who has a Bachelor of Music in
String Performance from Taiwan Soochow University, and a Master of Music in
Viola Performance from Boston University; also the
Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College of music in New York. He
enjoys both performing and teaching string instruments. He teaches both
private lessons in his studio in New York and lessons in private schools in
New Jersey. |
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Composer & Violinist : Prof. Fu-Tong Wong |
Fu-Tong
Wong (Ah-Tong), M, born in Guangdong 1948. Graduated at the Kent State
University, School of Music in the U.S.A. |
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String Li-Ling Lillian Hung |
Violist
Li-Ling Lillian Hung was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1977. She started her
long and distinguished study of Viola at the age eleven. Through
out her earlier academic years, she studied with various famous
violinists such as Mr. Kin-Fung Leung, the associate violin principle of Hong
Kong Philharmonic. She graduated from Julliard School in 1999 and Yale
University in 2001. Since the age of 18, Lillian Hung appeared in many
recitals and chamber music concerts at Kaohsiung Cultural Center in Taiwan,
Paul Recital Hall, Morse Hall in Lincoln Center, and Sprague Hall at Yale
University. She co-played with Mr. Jesse Levine and violinist Kyung Hak Yu. In spring 2003, she was invited to play the Viola
Concerto as soloist with Kaohsiung Youth Orchestra at Kaohsiung Cultural
Center and also Chamber Music Concert with all members of Kaohsiung Music
Association. Ms. Hung joined the string faculty of CYCNY Youth Orchestra in
October 2003 and is currently teaching violin and viola privately in New York
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New Yorker composer/violinist Justine F. Chen has been the recipient of
numerous prestigious awards and commissions, including prizes from BMI and
ASCAP. She has been commissioned and performed by New York City Opera, New
York City Ballet, The Juilliard School, New York Festival of Song, New
Juilliard Ensemble, Washington Ballet, Brooklyn Philharmonic, FLUX Quartet,
Elements Quartet, Concertante, Long Leaf
Opera, American Lyric Theater, Chants Libres (Montreal),
and Tapestry New Opera (Toronto). She studied violin and composition at the
pre-college division of The Juilliard School, and trained at the School of
American Ballet. As a dancer, she performed in various productions with New
York City Ballet at the New York State Theater. Among her principal
composition teachers are Robert Beaser, David
Diamond, and Andrew Thomas. Because of her unique inter-disciplinary
background, Ms. Chen has a keen interest in artistic collaborations. To this
end, she has written incidental music for numerous theatrical productions
starting in high school, including Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
and Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In 2002, The Playwright’s Theater in New Jersey
produced James Glossman’s award-winning
adaptation of Jim Lehrer’s novel, The Special Prisoner, with Justine’s
incidental music that juxtaposed soundscapes of the modern world with the
musical traditions of Noh theater. Critics wrote “… A distinct asset is the
atmospheric original score, performed by composer Justine Chen, who uses …
traditional kabuki sound effects.”(Variety.com).
Justine F. Chen’s musical motifs and sound effects add the necessary tension
and her presence on the stage provides a visual third dimension that suits
the stark atmosphere. (Independent Press,). In 2001, she collaborated
with digital artist Ye Won Cho on a short animation Trilemma, which was selected
for and screened at such prestigious festivals as the Hiroshima Animation
Festival, the New York Expo, the Student Academy Awards, Anima Mundi in South
America, and broadcast on PBS in “Reel New York”June 2002. Her
collaboration with choreographer Katarzyna Skarpetowska (David
Parsons Dance Company, Lar Lubovitch)
Perpetual Flux, premiered at Alice Tully Hall in 1998, was subsequently
programmed on Juilliard’s Summer Dance Tour. Other collaborations include Of
Roots and Stones, a dance piece with Iyun Harrison
(Alvin Ailey), performed in the Juilliard Spring Dance Concert, by the
Juilliard Dance Ensemble and Orchestra at the Juilliard Theater in 2000. On
this piece, the New York Times wrote, “Justine Fang Chen… blended popular
dance rhythms into the kind of propulsive, emotionally resonant score that
choreographers tend to dream of.”In 2004,
she collaborated with choreographer Adam Hougland on
a commission from the New York Choreographic Institute, in conjunction with
New York City Ballet and The Juilliard School. As an accomplished violinist,
she has performed worldwide and specializes in the performance and
interpretation of contemporary music. She recently performed at the
Darmstadt Ferienkurse, and also with ICE as
one of the 6 violin soloists at the US premiere of James Dillon’s much -
anticipated Nine Rivers. As a scholar, she has lectured on electronic music,
and Mario Davidovsky and his Synchronisms
series. Since 1999, she has been actively studying the intricacies of
interactive computer music program MAX/MSP. Her studies, guided by Mari
Kimura, cutting-edge violinist and MAX/MSP programmer, has resulted in the
creation of several interactive pieces, including a computer-enhanced chamber
opera for The Juilliard School. This chamber opera, The Maiden Tower, was
also presented as a part of New York City Opera’s VOX: Showcasing American
Composers in May 2006. Scenes from The Maiden Tower were presented by
Montreal’s premiere contemporary opera company, Chants Libres, in December 2008. As composer-in-residence for
Long Leaf Opera 2007-2008, she was commissioned to write a youth opera. On
her opera, an adaptation of Macbeth, the Classical Voice of North Carolina
wrote, “… a promise of outstanding hope for the musical and theatrical future
of America and the world. Three, Two, One - Bang!, a
short teen-lingo opera by Justine Chen, was performed by teenagers from all
around the Triangle’s or a show that was both charming and provocative … The
very talented Chen was commissioned by LLO to compose a half-hour opera in a
format accessible to teens both as performers and as audience. Chen's
approach to teen opera is both practical and entrancing.” May 2008, scenes
from her second opera, Jeanne, based on the life of Joan of Arc, were
performed by New York City Opera in their VOX 2008 Showcase, and was
described by the New York Times as “lyrical, atmospheric…
striking…Throughout, Ms. Chen balances despair and humor.” Notable recent
projects include a song cycle Philomel for soprano Jennifer Zetlan’s Marilyn Horne Foundation recital; songs
commissioned for Elizabeth Futral by New
York City Opera’s performances of Philomel by Lucy Shelton and Beta Collide,
and miniatures for the Machine Project at the Hammer Museum’s Little William
Theater at UCLA. In spring 2011, cellist Laura Usiskin premiered alaripu, a cello solo work inspired by Chen’s studies of
Bharatanatyam (classical South- Indian Temple Dance) at the Montgomery Museum
of Fine Arts. Taiwan’s prestigious SpringAutumnMusic Festival
bestowed the honor of its first commission to Ms. Chen for a piece for
guzheng and string quartet, which was premiered at the Hong Gah Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. Later that same
spring, her chamber opera based on the life of Charles Darwin was premiered
by American Lyric Theater at Symphony Space. Ms. Chen served as
composer-in-residence for Underworld Productions Opera in 2011-2012, and has
been Resident Artist at American Lyric Theater since 2012, where she is
collaborating with librettist David Simpatico on a full-length opera based on
the life of computer scientist Alan Turing. When workshopped in June 2013,
Opera Pulse noted ” Chen has a real knack
for encapsulating space through sound” The entire version of The Life and
Death(s) of Alan Turing will be workshopped at Merkin Concert
Hall in March 2015. In 2005, she completed her doctoral studies in
composition at The Juilliard School, where she also earned her Bachelor and Master
degrees in violin and composition. 201
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Woodwind Kenneth
Chia |
Kenneth Chia holds a
BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and a MA from Indiana University, both in
flute performance. Mr. Chia won the Long Island Flute Club Competition in
1993 and was the featured soloist with the Island Symphony. He has performed
at Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin
Hall, and also as principle flutist and soloist with COS, the North American
Elite Youth Orchestra in major cities in the US, Canada, Taiwan and the
Philippines. He performed with the Youth Orchestra, CYCNY as principle
flutist and soloist at Alice Tully Hall, NY, Hawaii and Taiwan in the summer
of 2002. Mr. Chia was selected as one of the featured soloists in the July
29, 2002 Rising Star Concert with the Queens Symphony Orchestra, under
Maestro Arthur Fagen. This past summer, Mr. Chia toured with the COS Alumni
Orchestra to Denver, Colorado, as a soloist and debuted his conducting there
with Michael Dadap, guitarist/COS Conductor, as
soloist. Mr. Chia, along with pianist
Winston Choi, debuted at Weill Recital Hall in October 2000. The duo
performed a well-received series of concerts in Sabah, Malaysia and Brunei in
the summer of 2001. During that trip, they recorded their first CD together,
a collection of works by both Eastern and Western composers. The duo
performed in Kaosiung, Taiwan in December 2002 and
Sabah, Malaysia in January 2003. They also recorded their 2nd CD
while in Sabah, Malaysia. Mr. Chia teaches privately
and is the assistant conductor of COS and woodwind instructor of the Youth
Orchestra, CYCNY. His teachers include Joseph Romano, Laurel Ann Maurer,
Julius Baker, Alberto Almarza and Thomas Robertello. Mr. Chia studied conducting under Maestro
Vincent La Selva at the Juilliard School. He has received rave reviews
as a frequent performer for the Long Island Composers Alliance in presenting
new works of flute music. He has collaborated with composers such as Michael Dadap, Martin Kennedy, Avraham Sternklar,
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2009 Instructors |
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2008 Instructors |
[Jeff Liang - Music Director
& Conductor] |
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2007 Instructors |
[Jeff Liang] [Winnie Lai] [Chris Chung] [Chi-Ching Lin] [Joyce Lin] |
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