Cheng Hao (Sam) Wu Cell: 617-893-8589 Email: [email protected] Résumé Education: Harvard College, BA Music and East Asian Studies Joint-Concentration, Class of 2017 Shanghai American School Puxi (SAS), Class of 2013; Valedictorian Harvard Music Courses: MUS161: Composition Seminar; Chaya Czernowin MUS153: Jazz Harmony; Dr. Daniel Henderson MUS121a: Choral Conducting; Maestro Andrew Clark MUS51b: Music Theory; Dr. Richard Beaudoin Awards: Date 2014 2013 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2010 ~ 2013 Name ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award Finalist; dolphin song Shanghai International Arts Festival Young Artist Commission Shanghai Student Film Festival Video Art Second Prize; Farewell, Yangtze Young-Composers-Forums’ Ensemble Competition Finalist; An Aurai’s Adventures Second Prize: Oklahoma City University’s “Project21 Prize for Composition”; io Fine Arts Award for Best Composer (Interlochen Arts Camp, USA) Diploma, with Distinction, for Violin Performance (Dip. ABRSM) Award for Musical Excellence from SAS Musical Achievements: Date 2008 ~ Role Composer Description Commissions: 2013 Shanghai International Arts Festival, Princeton Pianists’ Ensemble, Harvard Wind Ensemble, Boston Premiere Orchestra, members of Juventas Ensemble, and Trio Fiori 2014 ~ 2015 Assistant Conductor Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra: conducting one large-scale work in concert, assist Maestro Federico Cortese in rehearsals and artistic matters 2014 ~ Associate Director Boston Premiere Orchestra: administration and conducting 2014 Conductor Harvard Freshmen Musical 2014: Hero 2013 ~ Arranger Melbourne, China National, Shanghai, and Guangzhou Symphonies, concert violinist Lü Siqing, pipa player Xie Yudan 2013 ~ Film Composer & Conductor Harvard Pops Orchestra: original music for silent films 1 Cheng Hao (Sam) Wu Cell: 617-893-8589 2011 ~ 2013 Cofounder & Conductor Email: [email protected] Youth•Music•Love Chamber Ensemble: programs included classical, contemporary classical, film, & Disney songs Other Musical Highlights: Date 2013 2010 2009 ~ 2013 Role Concertmaster Violin soloist Concertmaster 2007 ~ 2010 Founding member Description Harvard Bach Society Orchestra Pit Orchestra for the musical production Into the Woods SAS Symphony, APAC Orchestra*, and other youth orchestras Shanghai International Youth Orchestra (est. in June 2007) *APAC refers to the Asia Pacific Activity Conference, APAC Orchestra is an annual orchestra festival, similar to “all-state” in the U.S. where entrance is by audition. Internships: Date Role Duties 2012 – Present Personal Assistant Music Tutor Musical assistant and assistant conductor to Tan Dun: worked in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China Taught music theory and violin performance in preparation for ABRSM examinations 2010 Musical Training: Date 2014 2012 2011 2002 – Present Program Attend the European-American Musical Alliance for composition, under David Conte and Philip Lasser; Paris, France Attended the Eastman School of Music summer program for composition, under Paul Coleman; Rochester, NY Attended the Interlochen Arts Camp Composition program under Dr. Robert Brownlow, Tan Dun, and Libby Larsen; Interlochen, MI Started violin in 2002, piano in 2003, composing & conducting in 2009 (selftaught), erhu in 2013 Future Endeavors: • Piano concerto, TEA, for Cherie Hu and the Boston Premiere Orchestra (2014) • Collaboration with the Inner Mongolian ensemble ANDA Union (2014) • Commission from the Harvard River Charles Ensemble for their ChinaTour2015 (2014) • Teach summer seminar on Japanese commercial music to HS students in Tokyo (2014) • Research assistant for the first Shanghai Int’l Contemporary Music Festival (2015) 2 Cheng Hao (Sam) Wu Cell: 617-893-8589 Email: [email protected] Compositions Catalog: No. 1 Title / Date Composed Portraits of Shanghai Instrumentation Length 5.2014 alto saxophone and string quartet 10’ May 2014: Harvard Composition Seminar 161r 5’ Commissioned by the Harvard Wind Ensemble Apr. 2014: Harvard Wind Ensemble May 2014: Harvard Wind Ensemble on Harvard Arts First Festival 8’ Commissioned by the Harvard Composers’ Society Feb. 2014: Harvard University; members of the Juventas Ensemble 2 Taklamakan Desires 3.2014 bassoon solo and wind ensemble 3 Callisto 2.2014 flute, clarinet, cello Performance(s) 4 Racing Horses Overture 1.2014 symphony orchestra 3’ Composed in celebration of the Year of the Horse, based on a traditional erhu melody Feb. 2014: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tan Dun Mar. 2014: China National Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tan Dun 5 dancing shadows in an ice cave 12.2013 five pianos 5’ Commissioned by the Princeton Pianists’ Ensemble in collaboration with the Harvard Piano Society Feb. 2014: Princeton University 6 Waltzing in the Cold 11.2013 jazz octet 4’ Dec. 2013: Boston Professionals (READING) 35’ Commissioned by the Shanghai (SH) Int’l Arts Festival’s rising-artists-commissioning program Oct. 2013: SH Theatre Academy with a Curtis violinist and SH Conservatory faculty Jan. 2015: SH Arts Festival showcase at the APAP Conference in NYC 7 dolphin song (re-composed) 08.2013 bamboo flute, piano quartet, and percussion with multimedia 8 Song Arrangement 06.2013 symphony orchestra 4’ Jun. 2013: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Jun. 2013: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra 9 Homecoming: Shanghai, 2073 06.2013 symphony orchestra 10’ 2014-15: Boston Premiere Orchestra 10 Concertino 03.2013 iPads with chamber orchestra 9’ Mar. 2013: SAS Music for Hope Charity Concert, † YML * 11 Formosa Miniatures 02.2013 soprano and piano 12’ Apr. 2013: Interlochen Arts Academy, Joyce Lai & Xinyi Zhao on their senior recital 12 An Aurai’s Adventures 01.2012 string orchestra 5’ Finalist in Young Composers Forum’s String Ensemble Competition Apr. 2014: SAS Nov. 2014: SAS (APAC Orchestra Festival) 13 Dancing with Dreams 12.2012 concert band 5’ May 2013: (READING) SAS* Dec 2013: Harvard Wind Ensemble 14 Typhoon Days 12.2012 flute, violin, piano 10’ Commissioned by Detroit’s Trio Fiori Jun. 2013: Ann Arbor 11.2012 SATB voices, string orchestra, and piano 6’ Jan. 2013: China Sings SAS High School Choir with YML Apr. 2013: SAS Spring Concert May 2013: Make-a-Child-Smile Charity Concert* 15 Narnian Soliloquy 3 Cheng Hao (Sam) Wu Cell: 617-893-8589 16 Io 07.2012 Email: [email protected] flute, trumpet, cello, piano 5’ 2nd Prize for Oklahoma City University’s Project21 Prize for Composition Jul. 2012: Eastman School of Music 17 dolphin song 06.2012 violin, cello, piano 18’ Jul. 2012: Eastman School of Music Nov. 2012: SAS Nov. 2012: Shanghai (for Int’l Channel SH) Dec. 2012: Hong Kong Performing Arts Center Feb. 2013: Hong Kong (for China’s CCTV) Mar. 2013: SAS Music for Hope Concert May 2013: Hong Kong Performing Arts Center May 2013: Shanghai Conservatory of Music 18 Cimmerian Variations 04.2012 string orchestra and percussion 17’ Nov. 2012: Concordia International School Shanghai (APAC Orchestra) Feb. 2013: SAS (YML)* May 2013: Make-a-Child-Smile Concert* 19 Centennial Celebrations (1912 – 2012) 10.2011 symphony orchestra and chorus 6’ Commissioned by SAS Sept. 2012: SAS* 20 Ancient Voices 07.2011 viola/ clarinet solo and string orchestra 5’ Aug. 2011: Interlochen Arts Camp* Jan. 2012: SAS (YML)* Feb. 2014: SAS (YML) 21 A Pail of Air 08.2011 string quartet 5’ Aug. 2011: Interlochen Arts Camp Feb. 2012: SAS 22 Tinúviel 07.2011 soprano and piano 6’ Jul. 2011: Interlochen Arts Camp Jul. 2012: Eastman School of Music 23 Reminiscence of a King and Queen 06.2011 brass quintet 4’ Aug. 2011: Interlochen Arts Camp 24 Flames at Dawn 06. 2011 wind symphony 3’ Aug. 2011: (READING) Interlochen Arts Camp 25 Lost in the Metropolis 02.2011 piano solo 7’ Jul. 2011: Interlochen Arts Camp 26 Wintry Ponderings 12. 2010 symphony orchestra 6’ Jul. 2011: Interlochen Arts Camp 27 Art Song 10.2010 baritone voice, piano, and strings 3’ Nov. 2010: SAS May 2011: Shanghai Relay for Life 28 Serenade for Strings 06.2010 string orchestra 5’ Sept. 2011: Shanghai Beethoven Hall (YML)* Nov. 2011: SAS (YML)* 29 Hymn for Yue Fei 05.2010 violin and piano 2’ Jun. 2010: SAS 30 Set of Colorful Duets 04.2010 two violins 8’ Apr. 2010: Shanghai Relay for Life 31 Sonatina 02.2010 cello and piano 6’ Nov. 2010: Shanghai Concert Hall 32 Capriccio 03.2009 string orchestra 5’ Apr. 2009: Shanghai Oriental Arts Center †Youth•Music•Love Ensemble *composer conducting 4
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