Rachel Vetter Huang
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Rachel Vetter Huang is a classical violinist, recording artist and Adjunct Professor in Music at Scripps College
. She is also a published scholar in general music, African-American music and jazz. Huang has frequently performed in the U.S.A., China, Austria, Scotland and other European countries.
, Canada, and spent her childhood in Chicago
, Illinois, and Lexington, Massachusetts
, where she studied violin with the Polish-American violinist Roman Totenberg
, Professor of Music at Boston University
. She spent summers at the Meadowmount School of Music
as a pupil of Ivan Galamian
. At 16, Huang received a full scholarship to Radcliffe College
, Harvard University; while there she studied with noted American violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay
. During that time, Huang also attended the Aspen Music Festival and School
and Tanglewood Music Festival
on major scholarships. After graduating from Harvard, she continued music studies with an M.M. in violin performance at the Stony Brook University, and finished with a Doctor of Musical Arts in violin under the guidance of Isidore Cohen
and Lazar Gosman, former concertmaster of the Leningrad Philharmonic. Huang did postdoctoral work at Brandeis University
with Robert Koff, original second violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet
.
, the Concord Symphony Orchestra, the Albuquerque Philharmonic, the Lake Tahoe Festival Orchestra and others. Prior to faculty appointment in Music at Scripps College, Huang served as violin professor at the Petrie School of Music at Converse College
, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
and Fort Lewis College
. She has been a guest artist at the University of California, Davis
, San Francisco State University
, New Mexico State University
, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
and was an American representative at the Respighi Festival in Citta de Castello, Italy, the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, and the Arts College, Xiamen University
, People's Republic of China. She has performed on radio broadcasts from WQXR-FM
New York, WGBH-FM Boston and on South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado and California public television and radio networks.
Huang's article on Billie Holiday's rhythmic expressivity was reviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education
and was published by the Institute of Jazz Studies
of Rutgers University. She also authored four entries in the Encyclopedia of Music in the Twentieth Century, published by M.E. Sharpe (London). In recognition of her outstanding scholarship in jazz and Billie Holiday in particular, she was interviewed for "Billie and Me", an acclaimed 6-part radio series for BBC Radio 2
, which was later commissioned as a critically acclaimed stage performance at London's Barbican Centre in 2004.
Summer Seminar, "JAZZ: A Comparative View" at Yale University
, directed by John F. Szwed, Musser Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies. She has given numerous presentations on violin-piano duo repertoire as the chamber music at state and national conventions of the Music Teachers National Association and the College Music Society, and was a featured artist performer at the 1994 World Conference of the International Society for Music Education in Tampa, Florida.
Scripps College
Scripps College is a progressive liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California, United States. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Scripps ranks 3rd for the nation's best women's college, ahead of Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryn Mawr College at 23rd on the list for...
. She is also a published scholar in general music, African-American music and jazz. Huang has frequently performed in the U.S.A., China, Austria, Scotland and other European countries.
Education
Rachel Vetter Huang was born in EdmontonEdmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Canada, and spent her childhood in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois, and Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...
, where she studied violin with the Polish-American violinist Roman Totenberg
Roman Totenberg
Roman Totenberg is a Polish-American violinist and educator.He is the father of National Public Radio journalist Nina Totenberg...
, Professor of Music at Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. She spent summers at the Meadowmount School of Music
Meadowmount School of Music
The Meadowmount School of Music, founded in 1944 by Ivan Galamian, is a 7-week summer school in Westport in Upstate New York for accomplished young violinists, cellists, violists, and pianists training for professional careers in music. The students are required to practice for at least five hours...
as a pupil of Ivan Galamian
Ivan Galamian
Ivan Alexander Galamian was an influential Armenian violin teacher of the twentieth century.He was born in Tabriz, Iran, but his family soon emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic Society there with Konstantin Mostras until his graduation in 1919...
. At 16, Huang received a full scholarship to Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
, Harvard University; while there she studied with noted American violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School.She was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.-Career and education:...
. During that time, Huang also attended the Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen Music Festival and School
The Aspen Music Festival and School, founded in 1949, is an internationally renowned classical music festival that presents music in an intimate, small-town setting...
and Tanglewood Music Festival
Tanglewood Music Festival
The Tanglewood Music Festival is a music festival held every summer on the Tanglewood estate in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts....
on major scholarships. After graduating from Harvard, she continued music studies with an M.M. in violin performance at the Stony Brook University, and finished with a Doctor of Musical Arts in violin under the guidance of Isidore Cohen
Isidore Cohen
For the composer born with this name, see Isidore de LaraIsidore Cohen was a renowned chamber musician and violinist, as well as a former member of the Juilliard String Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio.Cohen began studying violin at age six, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art in...
and Lazar Gosman, former concertmaster of the Leningrad Philharmonic. Huang did postdoctoral work at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
with Robert Koff, original second violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet
Juilliard String Quartet
The Juilliard String Quartet is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York. The original members were violinists Robert Mann and Robert Koff, violist Raphael Hillyer, and cellist Arthur Winograd; Current members are Joseph Lin and Ronald Copes violinists,...
.
Professional career
Rachel Huang is violinist of the Mei Duo, the Gold Coast Trio and the Euphoria Quartet, resident quartet of the Claremont Colleges. She has performed as concerto soloist with the Boston Pops OrchestraBoston Pops Orchestra
The Boston Pops Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in playing light classical and popular music....
, the Concord Symphony Orchestra, the Albuquerque Philharmonic, the Lake Tahoe Festival Orchestra and others. Prior to faculty appointment in Music at Scripps College, Huang served as violin professor at the Petrie School of Music at Converse College
Converse College
Converse College is a liberal arts women's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. It was established by a group of Spartanburg citizens and named after Dexter Edgar Converse.-History:...
, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26...
and Fort Lewis College
Fort Lewis College
Fort Lewis College is a public liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado.-History:Military FortThe original site of Fort Lewis College began southwest of its present location back in 1880. Set up originally as a Military Fort for the 22nd Regimental Infantry which occupied the land from...
. She has been a guest artist at the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
, San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
, New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a university located in Socorro, New Mexico....
and was an American representative at the Respighi Festival in Citta de Castello, Italy, the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, and the Arts College, Xiamen University
Xiamen University
Xiamen University , colloquially known as Xia Da , located in Xiamen, Fujian province, is the first university in China founded by overseas Chinese. Before 1949, it was originally known as the University of Amoy. The school motto is "Pursue Excellence, Strive for Perfection "...
, People's Republic of China. She has performed on radio broadcasts from WQXR-FM
WQXR-FM
WQXR-FM is an American classical radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, and serving the New York City metropolitan area. It is the most-listened-to classical-music station in the United States, with an average quarter-hour audience of 63,000...
New York, WGBH-FM Boston and on South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado and California public television and radio networks.
Huang's article on Billie Holiday's rhythmic expressivity was reviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty, staff members and administrators....
and was published by the Institute of Jazz Studies
Institute of Jazz Studies
The Institute of Jazz Studies is the largest and most comprehensive library and archive of jazz and jazz-related materials in the world, located at the Newark campus of Rutgers University.-History:...
of Rutgers University. She also authored four entries in the Encyclopedia of Music in the Twentieth Century, published by M.E. Sharpe (London). In recognition of her outstanding scholarship in jazz and Billie Holiday in particular, she was interviewed for "Billie and Me", an acclaimed 6-part radio series for BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
, which was later commissioned as a critically acclaimed stage performance at London's Barbican Centre in 2004.
Awards and honors
Recipient of National Endowment for the Arts grants towards production of chamber music festivals in New York and Colorado, Huang was chosen to participate in a National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
Summer Seminar, "JAZZ: A Comparative View" at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, directed by John F. Szwed, Musser Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies. She has given numerous presentations on violin-piano duo repertoire as the chamber music at state and national conventions of the Music Teachers National Association and the College Music Society, and was a featured artist performer at the 1994 World Conference of the International Society for Music Education in Tampa, Florida.
African-American music
- "The Suite for Violin and Piano: William Grant Still and the Harlem Renaissance", Violin Society of America Journal, Vol. 24 No. 3, 1996
Jazz studies
- "Towards an Understanding of Rhythmic Expressivity: Billie Holiday's Rubato", co-author Hao Huang, Annual Review of Jazz Studies, Vol. 7, 1994-95 (Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University)
General music studies
- Entries (Ernest Ansermet, Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler, Billie Holiday), in Encyclopedia of Music in the Twentieth Century, M.E. Sharpe, London, 1998
- "New Strategies for Introduction to Music Courses: Cross-cultural and Cross-tradition Comparison and Examination", Art & Academe: A Journal in the Humanities and Sciences in the Education of Artists, Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall 1996 (School of the Visual Arts, NYC), 1997
Recordings
- THE GOLD COAST TRIO "live at Mondavi Center" (Agnelli CD-2) 2006
- THE MEI DUO "live", American Romantics (VSA CD-2000-1) 2001
External links
- Official website http://www.scrippscollege.edu/academics/faculty/rachel-vetter-huang.php
- Scripps College Music Department website http://www.scrippscollege.edu/academics/department/music/index.php
- Classical Music Festival, Eisenstadt, Austria http://cmf.ou.edu/
- Aspen Music Festival http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/index.cfm?&swf_plugin=0,0,0
- Meadowmount School of Music http://www.meadowmount.com/
- Recital review http://laverne.edu/campus-times/2010/04/claremont-recital-evokes-emotion/