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Lorena Searcy Cravens/Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Professor in Composition |
As the Cravens/Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Professor at the Conservatory of the
University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the recipient of the prestigious Charles
Ives Living Award (01-04) from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Dr. Chen
Yi has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2005. Chen Yi
has received bachelor and master degrees in music composition from the Central Conservatory
in Beijing, China, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Columbia University in
the City of New York. Her composition teachers have included Wu Zu-qiang, Chou Wen-chung,
Mario Davidovsky, and Alexander Goehr. She has served as Composer-in-Residence for
the Women’s Philharmonic, the vocal ensemble Chanticleer, & Aptos Creative Arts
Center (93-96) supported by Meet The Composer, and as a member of the composition
faculty at Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University (96-98). Fellowships
have been received from Guggenheim Foundation (96), American Academy of Arts and
Letters (96), and National Endowment for the Arts in the United States (94). Honors
include a first prize from the Chinese National Composition Competition (85), the
Lili Boulanger Award (93), the NYU Sorel Medal Award (96), the CalArts/Alpert Award
(97), the UT Eddie Medora King Composition Prize (99), the ASCAP Concert Music Award
(01), the Elise Stoeger Award (02) from Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center,
the Friendship Ambassador Award from Edgar Snow Fund (02), an Honorary Doctorate
from Lawrence University (02). Her music is published by Theodore Presser Company,
performed world wide, and recorded on Bis (02, 03, 04), New Albion (97), CRI (99),
Teldec (97, 99 w/Grammy Award, 03), Nimbus 93/00), Cala (95), Avant (98), Atma (99),
Hugo (00), Angel (01), Albany (04, 05), Koch International Classics (04), Delos
(04), Centaur (04, 05), Eroica (05) & China Record Corporation (86, 90).
* Chen is family name, Yi is personal name. Chen Yi can be referred to Dr. Chen, Prof. Chen, Ms. Chen, or Chen Yi, but not Dr. Yi, Prof. Yi, or Ms. Yi.