Title
Associate Professor of Composition
Music
Expertise
Composition, Theory and Analysis, Performance
Degrees
Brandeis University, Ph.D.
Boston University, M.M.
Natl Taiwan Normal U, B.F.A.
Awards and Honors
Barlow Commission; Barlow Endowment for Music Composition (2009)
Charles Ives Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2009)
Guggenheim Fellowship (2009)
Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress Commission (2009)
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2009)
Aaron Copland Award (2008)
Fromm Music Foundation Commission (2008)
Faculty Development Award, Office of the Provost, UC Davis (2006)
Wayne Peterson Prize in Music Composition (Honorable Mention) (2004)
Music Taipei Composition Competition Award (Honorable Mention) (1998)
Yoshiro Irino Memorial Award, the 12th Asian Composers League (1998)
The Council for Cultural Affairs of the Executive Yuan (Taiwanese Government Agency) Music Composition Award (1991)
Courses Taught
| MUS | 4a | Introduction to Chinese Music |
| MUS | 101a | Theory and Musicianship I: Part 1 |
| MUS | 101b | Theory and Musicianship I: Part 2 |
| MUS | 103a | Theory and Musicianship II: Part 1 |
| MUS | 103b | Theory and Musicianship II: Part 2 |
| MUS | 235a | Topics in Twentieth-Century Music |
| MUS | 292a | Seminar in Composition |
| MUS | 292b | Seminar in Composition |
| USEM | 36a | Romanticism in Nineteenth-Century Music |
Scholarship
