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Yu-Lin

Yu-Liang

Currently, I am working as Assistant Director for the newly developed opera produced by the National Symphony Orchestra, called “La Peintre, Yu-Lin”.

“Pan Yu-Liang (1985-1977) was a legendary Chinese painter. At a young age, she was sold to a brothel and then became a wealthy official’s concubine. Her paintings of nude models violated cultural norms in the feudal society and generated much controversy in Shanghai in the early Republic years. She was forced to move to Paris to pursue her passion and successfully established herself as a “warrior of beauty.”"

- taken from the NSO website

Conductor: Yip Wing-Sie
Stage director:
Juliette Deschamps
Composer:
Nan-Chang Chien
Playwright:
An-Chi Wang
Author:
Shin Nan

July 08, 2010 – 19:30 National Theater, Taipei (World Premier)
July 09, 2010 – 19:30 National Theater, Taipei
July 10, 2010 – 19:30 National Theater, Taipei
July 11, 2010 -  14:30 National Theater, Taipei

National Symphony Orchestra

NSO 1I am a research project manager for the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in Taipei, Taiwan.  I am focusing on my research on 6 successful music festivals and educational programs that are produced and/or associated with symphony orchestras around the globe.  The first 3 chapters are in-depth research on the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its Tanglewood, the Saito Kinen Orchestra and its Saito Kinen Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center and its National Symphony Orchestra. The last chapter includes 3 other types of classical music festivals / music academy which are Salzburg Easter Festival, Berlin Philharmonic’s Orchestra Academy and BBC Proms.  While the completely report will be kept internally as some of the organizations have requested the information to be kept private, I will make a summary of the report with the consent of each organization, which will be available on the NSO website.  (May- December 2009)

Taipei National University of the Arts Invited Speaker

tnua_orchestra_2I am honored to be an invited speaker for the music department at the Taipei National University of the Arts this semester.  I will introduce the concept of performing arts and theater to students, and encourage them to think not solely as musicians only, but more as performing artists and more in a global way.

Date: October 12, 2009
Time: 13:10~14:50
Location: Music department at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei Cultural Foundation

Taipei Arts FestivalI was working as a project manager for the Taipei Culture Foundation.  I was coordinating the international performing groups for Taipei Arts Festival, Taipei Children’s Arts Festival, 2010 Int’l Flora Expo (June 2009)

Please refer to Department of Cultural Affairs and Taipei Culture Portal to further explore the culture scene in Taiwan!

The Urban Scholars Program at University of Masschusetts, Boston, MA

I was teaching a theater course I created called “Speak! Act! Becase We Care!” at The Urban Scholars Program at UMass Boston, MA.

This class was a fun and highly interactive course.  We explored the world of theater and social issues.  We also explored the meaning of ensemble work and played “games” that relate to body, voice and movement work.  Students wrote their own monologues, rehearsed and performed the monologue as a final project that touch upon social issues that affect all of our lives.  The final performance was in the form of a monologue, a dance or a song.

One of my students wrote this on the Course Evaluation:

Please List the reasons why you think this class would be important for others to take?

-First, the teacher is the best one

-It helps you develop your skills in writing, speaking and performance

-It makes you know who really exist behind that skin and not to hide that person inside of you

-It helps you know how to act, speak out in so many different ways according to the situation

I miss my students and I look forward to teaching again soon!