Ms. Mei-Ann Chen

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  Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
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  About Mei-Ann Chen
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  Chen holds the position of assistant conductor and American Conducting Fellow with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and was recently named the Winner of the 2007 Taki Concordia Fellowship.
  
  During her five years as conductor and music director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic from 2002 to 2007, Chen conducted the Oregon Symphony Orchestra and participated in programs for promising young conductors sponsored by the American Symphony Orchestra League, the National Conducting Institute and the Aspen Music Festival.

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  Mei-Ann Chen, conductor and music director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic, has charmed Portland audiences with verve and vivacity for the past five years.Chen was recently selected to be a staff conductor at the Atlanta Symphony. (Photo courtesy of the Portland Youth Philharmonic)
  
  From The Asian Reporter, V17, #26 (June 26, 2007), page 13.
  
  A sendoff concert for Mei-Ann Chen
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  Mei-Ann Chen, who for the past five years has charmed Portland audiences with her verve and vivacity, and sustained the sterling reputation of the Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) Orchestra with her outstanding conducting abilities and progressive choices of repertoire, will soon be taking leave of us.She was recently picked to be a staff conductor at the Atlanta Symphony, and will work with respected Chief Conductor Robert Spano.
  
  While this will be a big boost to Ms. Chen's reputation, it will be a big loss for the City of Roses.We came to love her energy and unique style, and she continued to build the already high reputation of the PYP, whose inception in 1924 makes it the nation's oldest ensemble of its kind.It is also arguably the best, and Mei-Ann Chen has maintained the high quality and esteem the PYP enjoys.
  
  She will take the PYP on an extensive tour of Asia, starting with her home town of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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  Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
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  Join ASO Assistant Conductor Mei-Ann Chen and the ASO as they explore that essential musical element of rhythm!
  
  Dates, Times & Locations.

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  Mei-Ann Chen, guest conductor

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  Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor and Music Director
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  While at NEC, Ms. Chen won two of its most prestigious awards: the George Chadwick Medal for most outstanding undergraduate and the Gunther Schuller Medal for extraordinary contributions to musical life in the community.
  
  Ms. Chen is the fourth Music Director in the history of the Portland Youth Philharmonic.She is responsible to the Board of Directors for the overall musical direction and educational program of the Association.

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  Conducting Fellow Mei-Ann Chen conducts performances in Atlanta Symphony Hall and the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre for elementary school children, grades 3-5.For more information call (404) 733.4871.

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  Published on: 8/1/2007    Last Visited: 11/23/2007  

  The Symphony concert will be preceded by a 5 p.m. performance by the Portland Youth Philharmonic under the direction of Music Director Mei-Ann Chen, who will perform works from their previous season, including Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra" and Saint-Saens' Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Orchestra.

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  Portland Youth Philharmonic's firebrand music director/conductor Mei-Ann Chen is taking it to the streets with this boisterous free outdoor program.Sending the PYP off to an Asian tour in high style, Chen leads a program of American favorites, including Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, selections from Rodeo (think "beef, it's what's for dinner") and the Symphonic Dances from Bernstein's West Side Story.Pioneer Courthouse Square, 223-5939. 12 pm Thursday, June 28.Free.

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  A conducting diva already sorely missed is Portland Youth Philharmonic's former music director Mei-Ann Chen , who offered the type of inventive programming and firebrand musical leadership often lacking in the city's elder ensembles.

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  Mei-Ann Chen will begin a two-year conducting fellowship with the ASO in September.
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  Chen, a native of Taiwan, started playing the violin at 7.She moved to the United States in 1991 to study violin and conducting at the New England Conservatory, and earned a doctorate at the University of Michigan.
  
  Now 33, she has appeared with orchestras from Seattle to Jacksonville.For the past five years she's been music director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic in Oregon, where the ensemble won a distinguished award for creative programming.
  
  Her biggest career boost came in 2005, when she walked away with the top prize at an international conducting competition in Denmark.
  
  For women conductors, the chance to lead a major orchestra was all but impossible until recent years.And although Marin Alsop will begin her tenure with the Baltimore Symphony in the fall ,- the first maestra in history appointed music director at a top U.S. orchestra ,- Chen and the ASO remain in the vanguard of integrating the podium.
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  The American Symphony Orchestra League will provide a $30,000 grant to the ASO to help cover her salary and will give Chen a $5,000 stipend for career-enhancing travel.

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