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Chih-Chen Wei (魏志真)

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Chih-Chen Wei (魏志真)

Vault record timeline

  • 2014/10 — TAH encyclopedia composer profile: 52. Chih-Chen Wei 魏志真, Composer — contemporaneous with the 2014 Centaur release of Viola Works By American Female Composers, which collected her “Between Stream and Hills V – Odyssey” (recorded by violist Prof. Hsiaopei Lee and pianist Dr. Chialing Hsieh).
  • 2015-05-10 — second TAH encyclopedia record published: 402. Chih-Chen Wei 魏志真
  • The two records document her resident-composer posts — Los Angeles Chamber Singers (2002), 4th Annual Thailand International Composition Festival (2008), National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (2010) — and her education: NTNU B.S., UCLA M.S., USC Ph.D. (Music Art); geography on her TAH profile: 台灣台中.

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Chih-Chen Wei
  • Chinese: 魏志真
  • Era: - / - / - /
  • Geography: 台灣台中
  • Core roles: Taiwanese American (TAH Who’s Who)
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Chih-Chen Wei is an active composer. Her recent compositions has been played by Taipei philharmonic Youth orchestra, member of Los Angeles Percussion Quartet (Nick Terry), Dharma drum mountain choir, Soprano Stacey Fraser, Tenor Andrew Crane, Violist Hsiaopei Lee, Flutist Glendy Chien, Pianist Slawomir P. Dobrzanski, Chialin Hsieh, Charleen Liu, Kelly Anderson, Jocelyn Hua-Chen Chang, and among others. Her work “Between Stream and Hills V – Odyssey” has collected in the album Viola Works By American Female Composers, recorded by violist Prof. Hsiaopei Lee and pianist Dr. Chialing Hsieh, released by Centaur in 2014.

Education

  • National Taiwan Normal University — B. S. Music
  • University of California, Los Angeles — M. S. Music
  • University of Southern California — Ph.D. Music Art

Employment

  • Los Angeles Chamber Singers — Resident Composer — (2002-2002) — 4th Annual Thailand International Composition Festival — Resident Composer — (2008-2008) — National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra — Resident Composer — (2010-2010)

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Compositions & Recordings

  • Performed by the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Dharma Drum Mountain choir, and members of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet (Nick Terry); collaborators include soprano Stacey Fraser, tenor Andrew Crane, violist Hsiaopei Lee, flutist |Glendy Chien 簡嘉琳, and pianists Slawomir P. Dobrzanski, Chialin Hsieh, Charleen Liu, Kelly Anderson, and Jocelyn Hua-Chen Chang.
  • “Between Stream and Hills V – Odyssey” is collected on the album Viola Works By American Female Composers, recorded by violist Prof. Hsiaopei Lee and pianist Dr. Chialing Hsieh and released by Centaur in 2014.
  • Resident composer: Los Angeles Chamber Singers (2002), 4th Annual Thailand International Composition Festival (2008), National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (2010).
  • Music education: NTNU (B.S.), UCLA (M.S.), USC (Ph.D., Music Art).

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Connected in the Vault

  • Collaborator: flutist |Glendy Chien 簡嘉琳 has performed her works (linked above).
  • Archival record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/402-chih-chen-wei-e9-ad-8f-e5-bf-97-e7-9c-9f-201505|TAH #402 encyclopedia, 2015/05]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/52-chih-chen-wei-e9-ad-8f-e5-bf-97-e7-9c-9f-composer|TAH #52 encyclopedia, Composer, 2014/10]]

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  • Collaborator sweep: no vault pages exist for violist Hsiaopei Lee or pianists Chialing Hsieh, Charleen Liu, Kelly Anderson, Jocelyn Hua-Chen Chang, Slawomir P. Dobrzanski, nor for Nick Terry, Stacey Fraser, or Andrew Crane; no org pages exist for the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Singers, the Thailand International Composition Festival, or the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. |Glendy Chien 簡嘉琳 remains the only linkable collaborator.
  • Cited records [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/52-chih-chen-wei-e9-ad-8f-e5-bf-97-e7-9c-9f-composer|#52 (2014/10)]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/402-chih-chen-wei-e9-ad-8f-e5-bf-97-e7-9c-9f-201505|#402 (2015/05)]] are bibliographic-only in the vault — no further text to absorb. Status: saturated, pending-verification.

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