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Hsiao-Mei Ku
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Professor of the Practice of Music (violin) and Member of Ciompi Quartet |
| Office Location: |
082 Mary Duke Biddle |
| Office Phone: |
(919) 660-3329 |
| Email Address: |
hmku@duke.edu |
- Office Hours:
- By Appointment
Education
- Master of Music with Distinction, Indiana University, 1983
- Recipient - Performer's Certificate School of Music, Indiana University, 1983
- Special Program Iowa State University, 1981
- Diploma Central School of Music, Beijing, China, 1970
Research Interests
1. Numerous solo and chamber music appearances internationally as well as in the U. S. A.
2.Recordings with Ciompi Quartet on Sheffield Lab and Albany labels.
3.Solo CD album, "Music of Violn and Piano of Ma Sicong (I)", is first of the Naxos’s new series “Chinese Classics”, released under Naxos in July 2007
4. Solo CD of “Music for violin and Piano” volume 2 (Naxos 8.570605) by the Chinese composer Ma Sicong has been featured at ClassicsOnline in November, 2009 and has been released by Naxos in March, 2010. The album can be found at: http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=889226 Miscellaneous
A music composition " Sound. Distant" for violin and guzheng by Mark Kuss was premiered on my annual recital in fall of 2009 at Duke that was original created as a music response to Nasher Museum's exhibition entitled: "Displacement: Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art", has now developed into a collaboration on an extended work, a concerto in three movements for violin, guzheng and an orchestra. This project will have a great impact in the music world and as it is a first work ever written for violin and guzheng assisted by a western orchestra --a combination that has apparently no active history. Orchestra New England (ONE) in New Haven, Connecticut has invited composer Mark Kuss to write a three movements work featuring Jennifer Chang and me as the soloists and this new work will be premiered on May 7, 2011 as part of ONE's 2010-11 subscription series. An additional collaboration with Duke Chamber Players, a student-run chamber music orchestra during DCP’s 2010-11 season will be held at Von der Heyden, Perkins Library in April 2011. Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Certificate for Excellence in Performing Ma Sicong's Music, China Guangdong Province Ma Sicong Association, May 24, 2012
- the DukeEngage Program Director Leadership Award, DukeEngage, November, 2010
Recent Professional Work: (More...)
Recordings - with “Music for violin and Piano” volume 2, by the Chinese composer Ma Sicong. Naxos 8.570605 Naxos, March, 2010 .
- Hsiao-mei Ku and Ning Lu. "Music for Violin and Piano" Vol.II by Ma Sicong. ClassicsOnline, November, 2009 .
- Hsiao-mei Ku and Ning Lu. Violin and Piano Music of Ma Sicong (I). Naxos, July, 2007 .
- Malcom Peyton. String Quartet No.2. November, 2005 . [abs]
- Scott Lindroth. Nassuh. March, 2005 . [abs]
Commissions: - Commissions, Duke Univeristy, April, 2012
Commissions of Chiayu Hsu's "Journey to the West" String Quartet
- Commissions, Duke University, Smith College, March 31, 2012
Donald Wheelock's String Quartet No.6
- Commissions, New Haven, CT, May 07, 2011
Commission of Mark Kuss's "Sounds. Distant" for Violin/Guzheng and Orchestra
- Commissions, May 01, 2010
String Quartet "Journey to the West" (World Premiere) by Chiayu Hsu
- "Sound. Distant", November 01, 2009 - present
Commissioned and World Premiere of "Sound. Distant" for Violin and Guzheng by composer Mark Kuss
- Commissions, Duke Universiry, October 18, 2009
"Quintet for Tenor Saxophone and Strings" by Max Raimi
Solo Performances: - Solo Performances, 2012 - present
October 5 Solo Recital, Nelson Music Room, East Duke
October 3 Solo Recital, Carol Woods, Chapel Hill, NC October 2 Solo Recital, Croasdaile Village, Durham, NC
September 28 Solo Recital, Forest@Duke, Durham, NC July 15 Solo performance at Qinyuan Music Festival, Qinyuan, China May 25 Solo Performance for MaSicong’s Centennial Celebration Concert, Xinhai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China April 22 Solo performance for MaSicong’s Centennial Celebration
Concert, West Chester University, Philadelphia, PA
- Solo Performances, January 01, 2011 - December 31, 2011
November 5 Soloist,
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC
October 30 Solo
recital, Duke annual recital, Nelson, East Duke
October 26 Solo recital, Carol Woods, Chapel
Hill, NC
October 28 Solo recital, Croasdaile
Village, Durham, NC
October 21 Solo recital, the Forest at
Duke, Durham, NC
October 5 Soloist,
Beethoven Triple Concerto, DSO, Reynold Theater
May 7 Soloist,
Orchestra of New Haven, Connecticut
April 16 Soloist,
Duke Chamber Players, Perkins Library, Duke
- Solo Performances, 2010/12/07
November 19 Solo Performance for R.E.A.C.H’s charity fund rising event, Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC September 12 Solo Recital, Nelson Music Room, East Duke University September 10 Solo Recital, the Forest at Duke, Durham, NC September 9 Solo Recital, Croasdaile Village,Durham, NC September 8 Solo Recital, Carol Woods, Chapel Hill, NC April 22 Solo Performance, " a Musical Response" to the exhibition of “Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art”, Nasher Museum, Duke University April 3 Solo Performance, Collaboration with Duke Dance Department on their April 3, 2010, Collaboration with Duke Dance Department on their "ACROSS THE THRESHOLD SYMPOSIUM" concert : Movement, Memory & Music: A Mosaic of Transcultural Performance March 15 Solo Concert for Durham Public School (East meets West), Baldwin, East Duke February 24 Solo Concert at Lecture Series, Thompson Hall, NCSU February 16 Solo Performance/Lecture for Prof. Alison Arnold’s class "Music of Asia" at NCSU February 16 Mallarme Chamber Players, "East Meets West" St. Mary's School Concert Series, Raleigh, NC January 26 Solo Recital, Smedes Parlor Concert Series, Saint Mary’s School, Raleigh, NC
- Solo Performances, 2009 - present
December 3 Solo “Alexander's Feast” by Handel, Duke Symphony
Orchestra, Baldwin, East Duke
November 1 Duke annual recital, world premiere of “Sound. Distant”
For violin and guzheng by Mark Kuss
October 29 Violin Recital, Croasdaile Village, Durham, NC
October 28 Violin Recital, Carol Woods, Chapel Hill, NC
October 27 Violin Recital, Forest at Duke, Durham, NC
- Solo Performances, 1990/09/01
October 5 Solo Recital, Nelson Music Room, East Duke October 3 Solo Recital, Carol Woods, Chapel Hill, NC October 2 Solo Recital, Croasdaile Village, Durham, NC September 28 Solo Recital, Forest at Duke, Durham, NC July 15 Solo performance at Qingyuan Music Festival May 25 Solo performance at Ma Sicong's Centennial Celebration concert, Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China April 22 Solo
performance for MaSicong’ CentennialCelebration Concert, West Chester University, Philadelphia, PA
Performances: - Performances, 2012 - present
December 24 Christmas Eve's concert, Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, Durham, NCDecember 16 Concertmaster, Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC July 15 Conducting Festival Orchestra, Qingyuan, China April 8 Concertmaster, Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC February 26 Chamber Music Wilmington, NC
- Performances, 2010/12/07
December 24 Christmas Eve’s concert, Durham, NC December 12 Concertmaster, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC April 11 The Duke Chorale concert, Duke Chapel April 4 Concertmaster, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC
- Performances, 2009 - present
December 13 Christmas Concert, Duke Chapel, Duke
Concertmaster, Presbyterian Church Chamber Orchestra,
Durham, NC
December 12 Christmas Concert, Duke Chapel, Duke
December 6 “Nutcrackers” the Carolina Ballet, Raleigh, NC
December 5 “Nutcrackers” the Carolina Ballet, Raleigh, NC
July 4 North Carolina Symphony Concert, Cary, NC
July 3 North Carolina Symphony Concert, Garner NC
July 2 North Carolina Symphony Concert, Fayetteville, NC
June 27 North Carolina Symphony Concert, Cary, NC
June 26 North Carolina Symphony Concert, Chapel Hil, NC
June 22 North Carolina Symphony Concert, New Bern, NC
June 20 North Carolina Symphony Concert, Cary, NC
June 19 North Carolina Symphony Concert, Manteo, NC
April 28 Medici & Stradivarius concert, Duke Garden, Duke
April 13 Concertmaster, Trinity Presbyterian Church Orchestra
Durham, NC
Master Classes: - Master Classes, 2012 - present
October 31 Sectional Coaching of Duke Symphony Orchestra, Duke September 30 Master Class for Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra, UNC, Chapel Hill, NCJuly 13-16 Master Classes and workshops, Qingyuan Music Festival, Qingyuan, China April 23 Master Class, West Chester University, Philadelphia, PA
- Master Classes, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, December 12, 2011
3-Day Residency in Sichuan Conservatory, China
- Master Classes, January 01, 2011 - present
September 18 Coaching
Mallarme Youth Chamber Players
May 5 Master
class, University of Southern University Connecticut
January 30 Coaching Mallarme Youth Chamber
Players
- Master Classes for Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra, UNC, 2007 - present
- Mallarme Youth Chamber Music, November 22, 2009
Chamber Music Master Class
- Master Classes, May 30, 2005 - present
Chamber Music,University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Works Premiered:
Artistic Direction:
Series Coordinator/Director:
Residencies: - Residencies, July 13, 2012 - present
July 13-16 Inauguration of Qingyuan Music Festival Qingyuan, China
- Residencies, December 15, 2011
3-day Residency in Sichuan Conservatory, China
- Residencies, May 04, 2011 - May 05, 2011
Master Class and Lecture of "Music Scene in China"
- Mallarme Youth Chamber Music, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, June 10, 2007 - present
- UNC Chamber Music Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC, June 05, 2005 - present
Week-long of Chamber Music Coaching
- Monadnock Music Festival, Peterborough, NH, August 10, 1992 - present
Visiting Professor of Guangzhou Xing Hai Conservatory, China |
