Yu-Hui Chang

Title

Associate Professor of Composition

East Asian Studies
Music

Expertise

Composition, Theory and Analysis, Performance

Degrees

Brandeis University, Ph.D.

Boston University, M.M.

National Taiwan Normal University, B.F.A.

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Contact

Email:	ychang@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-3317
Office:	Slosberg Music Building - Addition, 225

Awards and Honors

Guest Composer, Composers Conference at Wellesley College (2011)

Meet The Composer Commission; for MTC Studio's Three-City Dash Festival (2010)

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 and Its Development in the Modern Era
MUS	101b	Theory and Musicianship I: Part 2
MUS	172b	Proseminar in Theory and Composition
MUS	191b	Analysis of Extended Tonal Music
MUS	193b	Topics in Analysis of Contemporary Music
MUS	292a	Seminar in Composition
MUS	292b	Seminar in Composition

Scholarship

Chang, Yu-Hui. Composer. "Worries Just As Real" – for violin and piano; recorded by violinist Daniel Stepner and pianist Donald Berman. Centaur Records, 2014. (forthcoming)

Chang, Yu-Hui. Composer. "Rio del Tizon" – for solo cello; cellist Rhonda Rider's Grand Canyon project CD. MSR Classics, 2013. (forthcoming)

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Ching" – for mixed chorus and eight instrumentalists; Commissioned by the Taipei Symphony Orchestra Chorus. 2013.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "In Thin Air" – for violin, piano, and percussion; written for Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble. 2012.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Under a Dim, Orange Light" for flute, viola, and guitar; Commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. 2012.

Chang, Yu-Hui. Composer. "Being: Two Collins Songs" for a cappella chamber choir, in Volti's "House of Voices" album. Innova Recordings, 2012.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Pu Songling's Bizarre Tales" - for erhu, pipa, yangqin, piccolo/alto flute, bass clarinet, and percussion; Commissioned by Meet the Composer. 2011.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "When the Wind Comes, the Grass Bends" for string quintet; commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet. 2011.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Being: Two Collins Songs" - for a cappella chamber choir; Lyrics by Billy Collins; Commissioned by Volti. 2010.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Burst" - for four clarinetists; Commissioned by the Magic Clarinet Quartet. 2010.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "It Is an Illusion You Were Ever Free" - for women's choir and piano trio; Lyrics by Frank Bidart; Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment and Triple Helix Piano Trio. 2010.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Rhetorical Flourishes: Three Shepard Songs" - for soprano, viola, clarinet/bass clarinet, and percussion; Lyrics by Neil Shepard; Commissioned by the Monadnock Music Festival. 2010.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Rio del Tizon" for solo cello; Commissioned by cellist Rhonda Rider. 2010.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Toil, Live, and Sing" - for ajaeng, violin, and violoncello; Written for the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2010. 2010.

Chang, Yu-Hui. Composer. "Tangled in Smoke" for solo piano, in Amy Briggs' "Tango for Piano" album. Ravello Records, 2010.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "At the Brink of the Chill" for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano; Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. 2009.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Sky Lantern" for a large flute ensemble; Commissioned by the Tone Melody Flute Ensemble. 2009.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Through Time…, with Su Shr" - for violoncello and piano; Commissioned by cellist Rhonda Rider. 2009.

Chang, Yu-Hui. Pianist. "Tribute to Chou Wen-Chung" CD. Albany Records, 2009.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Dou Zhen" - for six percussionists; Commissioned by the Ju Percussion Group. 2008.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Flicker" - for piano trio; Commissioned by the Triple Helix. 2008.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "The Orphan of Zhao" (Concert Version). 2008.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Worries Just As Real" for violin and piano; Commissioned by the National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center. 2008.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Binge Delirium" - for percussion solo; Commissioned by Chris Froh. 2007.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Mountain is Mountain" for Flute and String Orchestra; Commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. 2007.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "The Orphan of Zhao" - incidental music for a play of the same title; Commissioned by the Brandeis Theater Company and the MusicUnitesUS. 2007.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Wu" - for gayageum and cello; Commissioned by the Arts Council Korea. 2007.

Chang, Yu-Hui. Conductor. Ross Bauer's CD "Ritual Fragments". Albany Records, 2007.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Lonebird" - for piano solo; Commissioned by Chamber Music Now, for pianist Marilyn Nonken. 2006.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Lost Threads" - for piccolo/alto flute, viola, bass clarinet, and percussion; Written for the Empyrean Ensemble. 2006.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Orpheus With His Lute" - for chamber choir. 2006.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Three Fantasias" - for solo clarinet; Commissioned by clarinetist Wen-Shin Chang of Taipei Symphony Orchestra. 2006.

Chang, Yu-Hui. Composer. Shadow Chase (Recording). Chamber Music Partnership, Inc., 2005.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Tangled in Smoke" - for piano solo; Written for pianist Amy Briggs. 2004.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Transpiration" for piano trio; Written for pianist Amy Briggs and the Empyrean Ensemble. 2004.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Longing for String Trio" - for violin, viola, and cello; Commissioned by The 2003 International Festival of Women in Music Today, Seoul. 2003.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Lotus Piercing Tender" - for four violas; Written for the Violafest!. 2003.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Shadow Chase" - for string quartet; Commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. 2003.

Chang, Yu-Hui. Composer. Ballade (Recording). Azica Records, 2003.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "Perplexing Sorrow" - for flute, viola, and piano; Commissioned by Earplay. 2002.

Chang, Yu-Hui. "kai men da ji" - for piano and string quartet; Commissioned by the Mondavi Center for the performing Arts, written for pianist Lara Downes and the Alexander String Quartet. 2002.

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