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Equally distinguished as harpist
and pianist, Jing-I Jang is known
for her graceful and poetic performances infused with brilliant virtuosity,
charm, and tasteful musicality.
Jing-I received her DMA in harp performance and literature at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a cognate in piano pedagogy in May 2009. Her
final DMA thesis, “Preparation of a modern edition for Elias Parish Alvars’ Introduction and Variations on Bellini’s
‘Norma,’ op. 36 for harp and orchestra,” includes the world premiere of her
modern edition of Parish Alvars’ previously unpublished manuscript. Jing-I
Jang’s edited edition, including the score and parts and the piano reduction
arranged by her have recently been published by Adlais Music Publishers in
2011. She was a lecturer in the Eleventh World Harp Congress in Vancouver,
Canada, in July 2011. Her articles have been published in the World Harp
Congress Review.
Jing-I also received Master degrees in both harp performance
(2004) and piano performance (2006) from Illinois. She received her Bachelor degree from National Taiwan
Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei, majoring in piano performance with a minor
in harp. Jing-I has achieved distinction in the
international and national realms of harp performance as a prizewinner
in the 19th Nippon International Harp Competition in Soka, Japan and
in the 9th International Web Concert Hall Competition in 2007, and as
a finalist in international competitions in Germany
and the US. She was also a winner of the Illinois School of Music
Concerto Competition and the NTNU Concerto Competition.
Previously,
Jing-I was acting principal harp with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and
served as the adjunct harp instructor and staff piano accompanist at Wright
State University, Dayton, Ohio. She was also selected as the full scholarship
recipient to the Aspen Music Festival. Prior to
coming to the US, she was principal harpist with the Yinqi Symphony Orchestra
and the Taipei Contemporary Chamber Orchestra and various other ensembles in
Taiwan. She also performed with the Sinfonia da Camera in Illinois, Taipei
Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan.
Jing-I
served as a teaching assistant at Illinois and had been consistently
named with “Outstanding Distinction” to Illinois’ Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent from 2002-2007. She also was the recipient of the Roslyn Rensch Harp Award
at Illinois (2002-2004) that recognizes exceptional achievement in academics
and performance.
Jing-I enjoys performing solo concerts as well as with
small and large ensembles. She has a wide and varied repertoire and is in
demand as a performer. Besides her performances activities, she is very
enthusiastic and passionate in teaching. She had worked with college
students at the University of Illinois, where she has taught a wide range of
students from diverse backgrounds, from beginners to doctoral performance
majors. She has also previously taught general music classes in high school and private
lessons in both piano and harp.
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