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Hsiao-Mei Ku
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Professor of the Practice |
| Office Location: |
082 Mary Duke Biddle, Box 90665, Durham, NC 27708 |
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| Email Address: |
hmku@duke.edu |
- Office Hours:
- By Appointment
Education
- M.Mus. Indiana University at Bloomington, 1983
- 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
Teaching (Fall 2024):
- Music 398s.01, Advanced chamber music perf.
Synopsis
- Biddle 019, Th 04:40 PM-05:55 PM; Biddle 101, Tu 04:40 PM-05:55 PM
Teaching (Spring 2025):
- Music 399.01, Music community connect
Synopsis
- Biddle 086, Tu 04:40 PM-05:55 PM
Recent Professional Work: (More...)
Recordings - H. Ku. Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. TOCC 0189 Toccata Classics, 2013 . [abs]
- 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]
Commissions: - Ciompi Quartet Concerts Dates, 2014/01/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
- "Sound. Distant", November 01, 2009 - present
Commissioned and World Premiere of "Sound. Distant" for Violin and Guzheng by composer Mark Kuss
- Hsiao-Mei Ku: Solo Performances, 2002, 2002/01/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
- Hsiao-Mei Ku: Solo Performances, 1999, 1999/01/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
Solo Performances: - Solo Performances, September 29, 2013 - present
October 20 Annual
Duke Solo Recital, Nelson, East Duke University
October 18 Violin Solo Recital at The Forest at
Duke, Durham, NC
October 16 Violin Solo Recital at Carol Woods,
Chapel Hill, NC
September 29 Concert for Chinese Culture Week, School of
Music, College of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT
- 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, 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, 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
Compositions Performed: - Music for violin and Piano, 2010/03/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
- Music for Violin and Piano, 2009/11/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
- Violin and Piano Music of Ma Sicong (I), 2007/07/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
- String Quartet No.2, 2005/11/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
- Nassuh, 2005/03/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
- “Sinian”, “Xiyou” and “Yaoshanying”, 2005/01/01
with Hsiao-Mei Ku
Master Classes: - Master Classes, December 11, 2013 - present
December 20 Master Class at
National Fine Arts University, Taipei, Taiwan
December 18 Master Class at Wuhan Conservatory, China
December 11 Master
Class at Suzhou University Conservatory, China
- Master Classes, October 20, 2013 - present
November 24 Coaching Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra
Players
November 17 Coaching Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra
Players
October 27 Coaching Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra
Players
October 20 Coaching Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra
Players
- 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, 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
- Master Classes, May 30, 2005 - present
Chamber Music,University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Works Premiered:
Artistic Direction: - Artistic Direction, 2012 - present
July 13-16 Conducting of Qingyuan Youth String Ensemble, Qingyuan, China
Series Coordinator/Director:
Residencies: - Residencies, July 13, 2012 - present
July 13-16 Inauguration of Qingyuan Music Festival Qingyuan, 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
Other Activities:
Visiting Professor of Guangzhou Xing Hai Conservatory, China |
