Mr. Hsueh-Yung Shen This is Me

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1. 1. American Composers Orchestra - Whitaker New Music Reading Sessions, April 3, 2000

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   Published on: 4/3/2000   Last Visited: 7/14/2008

   Hsueh-Yung Shen, 1999 Whitaker Commission recipient, received accolades from ACO President Francis Thorne for his piece "Changing Hues and Cries".
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   Mr. Shen, an Associate Professor at Southwestern University, Texas, is in the early stages of composition of his new work, though promises that it will be a different style composition from the work that he won with.

2. 2. American Composers Orchestra - June 4, 1999 - Whitaker New Music Reading Sessions

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   Published on: 6/4/1999   Last Visited: 7/14/2008

   HSUEH-YUNG SHEN: Changing Hues & Cries
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   This season's winners are: Robert Gross, Ken Ueno, Sophia Serghi, Arlene Elizabeth Sierra, Hsueh-Yung Shen, Carter Pann and Felicia Ann Barbara Sandler.
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   Hsueh-Yung Shen - 1999 Whitaker Commission Awardee
   
   Hsueh-Yung Shen earned his D.M.A. at Stanford University and his M.A. at Harvard.He also studied composition, theory and analysis with Nadia Boulanger at Fontainebleau, France; ear-training with Annette Dieudonné; and piano with David Wilde.Mr. Shen has composed a wide range of orchestral works as well as quartets and quintets.He currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and as music director of the Southwestern University Chamber Soloists.

3. 3. American Composers Orchestra - Whitaker New Music Reading Sessions 1999 Winner

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   Published on: 1/1/1999   Last Visited: 7/14/2008

   Hsueh-Yung Shen, Composer with "Sensuous Ear" Wins Whitaker Commission
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   Hsueh-Yung Shen, a composer The New York Times said has, "a sensuous ear for sound" and the Washington Post called, "a spectacular talent with very considerable potential for future growth," has been named winner of the 1999 Whitaker Commission, an honor that includes a $15,000 prize and premiere performance by American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
   
   Chosen from among seven finalists in one of this country's most coveted opportunities for emerging composers, Shen won top prize of the Whitaker New Music Reading Sessions with his evocative orchestral essay entitled Changing Hues and Cries.
   
   Mr. Shen is currently an Associate Professor at Southwestern University, Texas.He earned his Doctorate from Stanford University and his Masters from Harvard.Among his recent teachers are Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, John Chowning, Leland Smith and Lukas Foss, who calls Shen, "a brilliant, highly professional young composer."
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   Yet, at age 47, Shen is one of the oldest composers to participate in Reading Sessions.
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   Recently, Shen has gained some important new champions, including renowned cellist Leslie Parnas and violist Raphael Hillyer, both of whom have recently commissioned chamber works from him.