Mingmei Yip

Mingmei Yip
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Mingmei Yip

Mingmei Yip was born and grew up in Hong Kong and since 1992 has resided in the United States.She received her Ph. D. in musicology from the University of Paris, Sorbonne, and subsequently was appointed lecturer in music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and later senior lecturer (associate professor) at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Yip has lectured widely on and performed the qin at Oberlin Conservatory, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Orchestra Women's Association, the University of Paris, Oxford University and the China Institute in New York.Her publications include numerous articles and books, among them The Art of Qin Music, Qin Music and Chinese Culture, The World of Music, Never Poles Apart (short stories and essays), and Good Time on Earth (essays on Zen Buddhism illustrated by her own paintings and calligraphy).A sixth book, Qin Music and Zen Buddhism, has been accepted for publication in Taiwan.She had her one person show on Guan Yin - the Goddess of Compassion -- at the New York Open Center in SoHo, on December 2002.