ACADEMIC TALKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Publication in Contemporary Music Review - Published Online February 2022

“The Private and Public Lives of a Lost Concerto: Milton Babbitt’s Concerti for Violin, Orchestra, and Synthesized Sound.” Volume 40, Issue 2-3 (2021), pp. 253-265.

East China Normal University - November 2021

2021 Perspectives on Chinese Contemporary Music Conference. Talk title: “The Vast Musical Languages of China: A Journey Through Select Contemporary Violin Repertoire.”

Harvard Shanghai Center - May 2018

2018 Perspectives on Chinese Contemporary Music. Talk title: “The Categorical Perception(s) of Music Versus Language: Changzhou Yinsong and the Music of Chen Yihan.”

The Juilliard School - January 2018

2018 Contemporary Chinese Music: “Intersecting Perspectives from the U.S. and China.” Talk title: “Looking at Things Upside Down: A Phonetic Approach to Chinese Contemporary Music.”

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg - January 2017

Guest lecture: "Hearing in Tone: A Phonological Perspective on Chinese Contemporary Music"

Harvard University Music Department - August 2016

2016 Perspectives on Chinese Contemporary Music: “Tonal Hearing: A Phonological Perspective on Chinese Contemporary Music Analysis.” Guest lecture: "Hearing in Tone: A Phonological Perspective on Chinese Contemporary Music."

Beijing Central Conservatory - July 2016

2016 Forum for Music Analysis:《语言学与音乐：语音学视角下的中国当代音乐分析》，or “Phonology and Music: a Phonological Perspective on Chinese Contemporary Music”

Shanghai Conservatory - May 2016

21st Century European-American Music Theory and Pedagogy Conference:《语言和音乐：用语言学的角度来分析中国现代音乐》, or “Linguistics and Music: Using a Linguistic Perspective to Analyze Chinese Contemporary Music”

The Juilliard School - March 2016

D.M.A. Lecture-Performance: “Tone-Tune Correspondence: Investigating the effects of lexical tone on Chinese vocally-influenced music”

Harvard University Music Department - August 2015

2015 Perspectives on Chinese Contemporary Music: “Tone-Tune Correspondence and the Quest for Bi-Culturalism in Bright Sheng’s “The Stream Flows.