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Prof. Helen Lee (李雪玟教授)

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Prof. Helen Lee (李雪玟教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Helen Lee
  • Chinese: 李雪玟教授
  • Era: —
  • Geography: Pingtung, Taiwan
  • Core roles: professor, artist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Helen Lee 李雪玟, Soprano, is a faculty member in the Music Department at the University of Nevada, Reno. In May 2006 she received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and has served as president of the university’s international faculty honor society, receiving special recognition at the World Congress held in Montreal, Canada. She is frequently invited to sing the American national anthem at important events in Nevada and California, representing Taiwanese Americans with distinction. Professor Lee has performed successfully several times at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City. She was invited by the Suzuki Music Association of Japan to tour Japan, where she was interviewed and performed on Japanese television.

Education

  • Chinese Culture Univ. — B.A., Music
  • Brigham Young Univ. — M.A., Music

Employment

  • University of Nevada, Reno — Music Professor — University of Nevada, Reno - International Faculty Honor Society — President — (2004-2004) — National Taiwan Normal University — Exchange Professor (short-term) — Community — North American Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA) — Award recipient and performer; speaker at annual conferences — Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) — Performer at 25th Anniversary Conference, Taipei — Taipei Philharmonic Foundation — Guest Artist - National Concert Hall concert — Nevada State Senate Committee — Speaker on Taiwan’s WHO application and Taiwan/US Free Trade Agreement — San Diego Taiwan Center — Fundraising concert performer (raised US $100,000)

Family

  • Husband: 李明義
  • Daughter: Eileen Lee世芳
  • Son: Felix Lee 世揚

Career & Recognition

Structured from the TAH Who’s Who biography and tables already mirrored on this page (|TAH Foundation source; entities without vault pages are named, not linked):

  • Faculty member, Music Department, University of Nevada, Reno; Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (May 2006)
  • President of the university’s international faculty honor society; special recognition at its World Congress in Montreal, Canada
  • Frequently invited to sing the American national anthem at events in Nevada and California, representing Taiwanese Americans
  • Performed several times at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, New York City
  • Invited by the Suzuki Music Association of Japan to tour Japan; interviewed and performed on Japanese television
  • Exchange professor (short-term), National Taiwan Normal University
  • Award recipient, performer, and conference speaker — North American Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA; vault entry: |NATPA 北美的台灣人教授協會); performer at Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) 25th Anniversary Conference, Taipei (FAPA founding record: 1982)
  • Guest artist, Taipei Philharmonic Foundation National Concert Hall concert
  • Speaker, Nevada State Senate Committee — Taiwan’s WHO application and Taiwan/US Free Trade Agreement
  • Fundraising concert performer, San Diego Taiwan Center (raised US $100,000)
  • University of Nevada–Reno campus 服務三十年貢獻獎 (30-year service contribution award), 2016-10 — see [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/7-university-of-nevada-reno-campus-helene-lee|TAH #7: UNR campus服務三十年貢獻獎 / Helene Lee 李雪玟 (10/2016)]]

Education (per TAH encyclopedia tables): B.A. Music, Chinese Culture University; M.A. Music, Brigham Young University. Family (per TAH profile): husband 李明義; daughter Eileen Lee 世芳; son Felix Lee 世揚.

Role in the Community

Corpus records beyond the press-kit bio show Lee as a published author and community chronicler within the Taiwanese American movement, not only a performer:

  • Author of personal essays in the MYStories memoir corpus: 2016) and 2018) — memoir material on gratitude to the U.S. and mother-Taiwan themes, and a mother’s choices.
  • Co-subject, with 郭敏俊 (Jackson Kuo), of 2016 “Car for Taiwan” sketch-book donation to 繁華教會 in 屏東 — her home-town church connection.
  • Speaker on Taiwan’s status before the community: lecture “Taiwan Stands Tall” at the 美東南區台灣人海上夏令會 (Southeast-region Taiwanese cruise summer camp; account published in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys101|Our Journeys #101, 吳明美, 2015/02]]), opening the assembly with vocal performance. She framed the then-upcoming 2008 presidential election as deciding whether “Taiwan” as a country would exist; fellow speakers named in the account include 林衡哲, 劉一德, 高成炎, 徐永明, 涂醒哲. At the closing ceremony she led the whole assembly in singing “伊是咱的寶貝” and “美麗台灣” — the cruise’s communal music moment, per the same account.
  • Performed at TAC/EC 2009 (“唱出臺灣人的心聲”) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/videos43|video record #43]].
  • Published music catalog on TAH: early LP [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/526-early-lp-record-e6-9d-8e-e9-9b-aa-e7-8e-9f-helen-lee-music-e9-9f-b3-e6-a8-82|#526]], 1995/05 女高音獨唱會 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/528-e6-9d-8e-e9-9b-aa-e7-8e-9f-e5-a5-b3-e9-ab-98-e9-9f-b3-e7-8d-a8-e5-94-b1-e6-9|#528]], 2013/12 世界名曲演唱會 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/529-e6-9d-8e-e9-9b-aa-e7-8e-9f-e6-95-99-e6-8e-88-e4-b8-96-e7-95-8c-e5-90-8d-e6-9|#529]], 1982 TV/1989 news recordings [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/527-1982-taiwan-tv-show-and-1989-tv-4-news-king-i-e6-9d-8e-e9-9b-aa-e7-8e-9f-hel|#527]], and soprano profile [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician68|Musician #68 (10/2014)]].
  • Wrote the concert report 台美人名小提琴家林昭亮：震撼內華達的一場演奏會 — writing as well as performing about the Nevada Taiwanese American music scene.

Sources

  • |TAH Foundation
  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/16-prof-helen-lee||TAH encyclopedia #16: Prof. Helen Lee 李雪玟教授]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who1313-helen-lee||TAH encyclopedia #1313: Prof. Helen Lee 李雪玟教授]]
  • |TAH collection: Prof. Helen Lee 李雪玟
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/7-university-of-nevada-reno-campus-helene-lee||TAH #7: University of Nevada–Reno campus服務三十年貢獻獎 / Helene Lee 李雪玟 (10/2016)]]

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