SHIH-HUI CHEN
Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory

Diploma (1982), National Academy for the Arts M.M. (1985), Northern Illinois University D. M. A. (1993) Boston University 1603 Alice Pratt Brown Hall 713-348-3742 shihhui@rice.edu

SELECTED COMMISISONS AND PERFORMANCES

Four Little Pieces for Wood (solo piano; 2005) St. Martin in the Fields, 7/29/05, London; Hsia-Jung Chang

Sweet Rice Pie, Four Taiwanese Nursery Rhymes (voice and chamber ensemble, 2005);Koussevitzky Foundation Commission. Empyrean Ensemble, 3/6/05, Davis, CA; David Milnes with Sarah Eyerly. Pittsburg New Music Ensemble, 7/22/05, Pittsburg; Kevin Noe with Timothy Jones

Plum Blossoms (saxophone and piano, 2004); World-Wide Concurrent Premieres & Commissions; more than 50 performance (begins 2/20/05) including: Boston: Ken Radnofsky, Harry Cherrin, Amy McGlothlin; Tennessee: Phillip Barham; New York (Weill Recital Hall) Chien-Kwan Lin; North Carolina, Frank Bongiorno; Houston, Valerie Vidal; Michigan: Ryan Janus

String Quartet #5 (2004) Taiwan Connection Music Festival, 12/17/04; Formosa String Quartet; Musiqa, 1/16/05, Houston; Chiara String Quartet; Merkin Hall, 2/13/05, NY; Chiara String QuarteT; Julliard School of Music, 3/17/05, NY; Formosa String Quartet

Four Little Pieces for Wood (solo Guitar, 2004); Freon Ensemble Commission; Fort Worth Guitar Guild series, 3/14/04: Valerie Hartzell; Ferrara Summer Festival, 5/27/05, Italy; Stefano Cardi

Shui (cello and piano, 2003); Fischer Duo commission; Rothko Chapel, 4/28/03, Houston; the Fischer duo; Syzygy Concert series, 12/4/03, Houston; the Fischer Duo; Boston Conservatory, 3/1/05, Boston; the Fischer Duo; Good Shepherd Church at Lincoln Center, 3/5/05, NY; the Fischer Duo

Jin, Concerto for Pipa and Chamber Orchestra (2002); Barlow commission; Jordan Hall, 10/11/02, Boston; Wu Man with Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Twice Removed (solo clarinet version, 2002); Indiana University, 4/5/02, Bloomington, IN, Min-Ho Ye; Taiwanese Heritage week, 5/16-5/22/ 02, Boston, Vancouver, San Diego, Lincoln Center, Min-Ho Ye; Freon Ensemble, 10/20/2002, Rome, Italy; Seattle Chamber Players, 3/14/04, Seattle; Taipei Symphone Orchestra, 4/16/05, Taipei; Bill Chen; International Clarinet Association, 7/15/05, Japan; Min-Ho Ye and Timothy Perry; ISCM, New York, 5/12/05; Jean Kopperud

Twice Removed (solo saxophone, 2000); Longy School of Music commission; Jordan Hall, Boston, 3/15, New England Conservatory, Harry Cherrin; Pickman Hall, 3/12/00, Cambridge, MA, Ken Radnofsky; American Academy in Rome, 6/20/00, Rome, Ken Radnofsky; New England Conservatory, 9/23/01, Boston, Ken Radnofsky; Saxophone Convention, Dallas, 3/14/02, Ben Street; Rothko Chapel, 4/28/02, Houston, Scott Plugge

Once Removed (music for documentary film, 1999); in collaboration with filmmaker Julie Mallozzi; Museum of Fine Arts, 12/2/99, Boston; PBS broadcast, 5/14/00, Boston; New England Film and Video Festival; National Council on Family Relations Media Competition ( First Place Award)

Fu I (solo pipa, 1999) Musik Im 20th Jahrhundert, 5/14, Saarbrucken, Germany, Wu Man; Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, 10/22/99, New York, Wu Man; American Academy in Rome, 6/20/00, Rome, Wu Man; Taipei Theater, 11/31/01; 12/1/01, New York, Wu Man; Colgate University , 4/14/02, NY, Wu Man

Fu II (pipa and 5 Western instruments, 1999); Fromm Foundation Commission; Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, 10/22/99, NY, Wu Man with BMOP; Chinese Composers' Conference, 4/8/00, Boston, Wu Man with BMOP; American Academy in Rome, 6/20/00, Rome, Wu Man/Freon Ensemble; Syzygy Concert series, 12/6/01, Houston, Wu Man/Syzygy Ensemble; Pacific Rim Festival, 5/19/01, Seattle, Wu Man with Seattle Symphony Orchestra; NetWork for New Music, 2/24/02, Philadelphia, Wu Man with NetWork for New Music; Uzbekistan Contemporary Music Festival, 4/20/03, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Wu Man and resident ensemble

String Quartet no. 3 (1998); Tanglewood Music Center Commission; Tanglewood Music Festival, 8/6/98, Lenox, Arditti String Quartet; Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, 10/23/99, Meridian String Quartet; Yellow Spring Music Festival, 9/24/00, Meridian String Quartet

Little Dragonflies (solo piano pieces for children, 1996); Malden Cultural Council grant; Malden Public Library, 2/22/97, Malden, MA

Moments (full orchestra, 1995); Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Commission; Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, 11/21/95, Philadelphia; Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, 11/14/96, Cleveland; Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, 3/6/98, Boston; Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, 5/14/02, Shanghai

66 Times (soprano and chamber orchestra, 1992); Cleveland Chamber Symphony, 11/20/95, Cleveland; Cleveland Chamber Symphony, 5/1/00, Cleveland

66 Times; the Voice of Pines and Cedars (soprano and chamber ensemble, 1992); Aspen Music Festival, 7/16/ 92, Aspen; Asian Contemporary Music Festival, 10/22/93, Seoul, Korea; Stella Nova Tokyo, 6/18/94, Tokyo, Japan; Irino Composition Competition, 5/22/94, Taipei, Taiwan; Tanglewood Music Festival, 7/16/96, Lenox; Empyrean Ensemble, 2/12/98, Davis; 2/13/98, San Francisco; Christine Schadeberg; Freon Ensemble, 10/20/2002, Rome, Italy; Voices of Change, 4/27/2003, Dallas; Christine Schadegerg