Xi Wang
Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Theory
Composer Xi Wang (Xi-family name, Wang-first name, pronounced "Shee Wong") has been considered as one of the most talented and active composers of her generation. Her music has been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Shanghai Philharmonic, the Spokane Symphony, the Proteus Ensemble, the Tippet String Quartet, the Mark Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble, the Pacific Music Festival Academy Percussion Ensemble, the Maya Trio, and the DoublePlay, to name a few.
Xi Wang has received five prizes from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Her music has been spotlighted on Minnesota Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio and Radio-China. She was the sole recipient of the 2006-2007 Robbins Family Prize in Music Composition for her exceptional merit and promise as a composer at Cornell University. Xi Wang was also one of the eight young composers featured in the project "New Voices from China" at Bard College. Her Music for Piano, Percussion and Wind Ensemble is one of the 21 obligatory pieces (selected from over 700 band pieces submitted from over 50 countries) for the 2010 Coups de Vents International Band Competition in France. Her other awards include the first prize of the Fourth International Jurgenson Competition for Young Composers; the Tsang-Houei Hsu International Music Composition Award; the fifth edition of Northridge Composition Prize; the first prize of the "Music from China" International Composition Competition; the first prize of the "Ensemble X" competition, and the Outstanding Student Studying Abroad Award from the Chinese Government.
Her fellowship credits include: Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center at Wellesley College, Massachusetts; Pacific International Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan; the Susan and Ford Schumann Fellowship at Aspen International Music Festival; Norfolk Chamber Music Festival; California Summer Music; Music 04, Cincinnati; Oregon Bach Music Festival; the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East; and a bursary award from the Hinrichsen Foundation for attending the Dartington International Summer School in England.
As a conductor, Xi Wang has conducted a number of premieres of her own compositions as well as music by her colleagues. She performs as a solo pianist as well as a chamber music player.
Xi Wang's music education started at the age of five. She received her B.M. from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, M.M. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and D.M.A. from Cornell University. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Meadows School of the Arts of Southern Methodist University.
Xi Wang loves travel and she is a fairly decent cook. For more information, please visit her homepage: www.xiwangcomposer.com
Education
D.M.A., Cornell University;
M.M., University of Missouri-Kansas City;
B.M., Shanghai Conservatory, China
Teaching
Music Theory and CompositionLinks