Former Students
Sau-yan Chan, PhD, (entered program in 1981) 1986, “Improvisation in Cantonese Operatic Music”.
J. Lawrence Witzleben, PhD (1982) 1987, “Silk and Bamboo: Jiangnan Sizhu Instrumental Ensemble Music of Shanghai”.
Ping-hui Li, PhD (1984) 1991, “The Dynamics of a Musical Tradition: Contextual Adaptations in the Music of Taiwanese Beiguan Wind and Percussion Ensemble”.
Ying-fen Wang, PhD, (1984) 1992, “Tune Identity and Compositional Process in Zhongbei Songs: A Semiotic Analysis of Nanguan Vocal Music”.
Helen Rees, PhD, (1989) 1994, “A Musical Chameleon: Dongjing Music of the Naxi people of Yunnan”.
Nancy Guy, PhD, (1988) 1996, “Peking Opera and Politics in Post-1949 Taiwan.”
Nimrod Bernoviz, PhD, (1990) 1997, “China’s New Voices: Politics, Ethnicity and Gender in Post-Revolutionary Popular Music Culture on the Mainland, 1978-96.”
Lee Tong Soon, PhD, (1992) 1998, “Performing Chinese Street Opera and Constructing National Culture in Singapore.”
Ben Wu, PhD, (1992) 1998, “Ritual Music in the Court and Rulership of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)”.
Shingil Park, PhD, (1994) 2000. “Negotiating Identities in a Performance genre: the case of P’ungmul in contemporary Seoul”.
Lei Ouyang Bryant, PhD, (1998) 2004. “’New Songs of the Battlefield’: Songs and Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.”
Heesun Kim (“Honorary” Student), PhD, 2004. “Kayagum Shingok: Composition, Performance, and Representation of New Kayagum Music in Contemporary South Korea.”
Darinda Congdon, PhD, (1996) 2007. “’Tibet Chic’: Myth, Marketing, Spirituality and Politics in Musical Representations of Tibet in the United States.”
Eun-young Jung, PhD. (1998) 2007. “Transnational Dynamics in Northeast Asia: The ‘Presence’ of Japan in Korea’s Popular Music Culture, 1996-2006.”
Stephanie Webster-Cheng, PhD. (2000) 2008. “Composing, Revising, and Performing Suzhou Ballads: a Study of Political Control and Artistic Freedom in Tanci, 1949-1966.”
Ben Pachter, PhD. (2006) 2013. “Wadaiko in Japan and the United States: The Intercultural History of a Musical Genre.”
Yuko Eguchi Wright, Ph.D. (2005) 2015. “The Arts of the Geisha: Unraveling the Artistic Traditions and the Aesthetics of Iroke through an Analysis of their Music and Dance”.
Da Lin, PhD. (2006) 2017. “The Political Economy of Kun Opera in China (1940s to 2015)”.
Christopher Pak, M.A (1989) 1993, “How Shall We Praise Our Lord in a Foreign Land? Music of a Chinese Christian Church in the United States”.
Shek-kam Lee, M.A, (1992) 1995, “Reading between the Lines: Rhythmic Information in Qin”
Shuo Zhang, M.A, (2006) 2009. “Erhu as Violin.”
Meng Ren, M.A., (2008) 2012. “Why Are the Flowers So ‘Red’: Scholarship and Policy Changes on Hua’er (Flower Songs) in Northwest China”
Lorena Hui, M.Phil, 1999 University of Hong Kong, on Japanese Noh Drama.
Ciris Leung, M.Phil. 2000, University of Hong Kong, on Cantonese Opera.
Daphne Lee, M. Phil. 2001, University of Hong Kong, on Guqin Music in Hong Kong.
Sau-yan Chan, PhD, (entered program in 1981) 1986, “Improvisation in Cantonese Operatic Music”.
J. Lawrence Witzleben, PhD (1982) 1987, “Silk and Bamboo: Jiangnan Sizhu Instrumental Ensemble Music of Shanghai”.
Ping-hui Li, PhD (1984) 1991, “The Dynamics of a Musical Tradition: Contextual Adaptations in the Music of Taiwanese Beiguan Wind and Percussion Ensemble”.
Ying-fen Wang, PhD, (1984) 1992, “Tune Identity and Compositional Process in Zhongbei Songs: A Semiotic Analysis of Nanguan Vocal Music”.
Helen Rees, PhD, (1989) 1994, “A Musical Chameleon: Dongjing Music of the Naxi people of Yunnan”.
Nancy Guy, PhD, (1988) 1996, “Peking Opera and Politics in Post-1949 Taiwan.”
Nimrod Bernoviz, PhD, (1990) 1997, “China’s New Voices: Politics, Ethnicity and Gender in Post-Revolutionary Popular Music Culture on the Mainland, 1978-96.”
Lee Tong Soon, PhD, (1992) 1998, “Performing Chinese Street Opera and Constructing National Culture in Singapore.”
Ben Wu, PhD, (1992) 1998, “Ritual Music in the Court and Rulership of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)”.
Shingil Park, PhD, (1994) 2000. “Negotiating Identities in a Performance genre: the case of P’ungmul in contemporary Seoul”.
Lei Ouyang Bryant, PhD, (1998) 2004. “’New Songs of the Battlefield’: Songs and Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.”
Heesun Kim (“Honorary” Student), PhD, 2004. “Kayagum Shingok: Composition, Performance, and Representation of New Kayagum Music in Contemporary South Korea.”
Darinda Congdon, PhD, (1996) 2007. “’Tibet Chic’: Myth, Marketing, Spirituality and Politics in Musical Representations of Tibet in the United States.”
Eun-young Jung, PhD. (1998) 2007. “Transnational Dynamics in Northeast Asia: The ‘Presence’ of Japan in Korea’s Popular Music Culture, 1996-2006.”
Stephanie Webster-Cheng, PhD. (2000) 2008. “Composing, Revising, and Performing Suzhou Ballads: a Study of Political Control and Artistic Freedom in Tanci, 1949-1966.”
Ben Pachter, PhD. (2006) 2013. “Wadaiko in Japan and the United States: The Intercultural History of a Musical Genre.”
Yuko Eguchi Wright, Ph.D. (2005) 2015. “The Arts of the Geisha: Unraveling the Artistic Traditions and the Aesthetics of Iroke through an Analysis of their Music and Dance”.
Da Lin, PhD. (2006) 2017. “The Political Economy of Kun Opera in China (1940s to 2015)”.
Christopher Pak, M.A (1989) 1993, “How Shall We Praise Our Lord in a Foreign Land? Music of a Chinese Christian Church in the United States”.
Shek-kam Lee, M.A, (1992) 1995, “Reading between the Lines: Rhythmic Information in Qin”
Shuo Zhang, M.A, (2006) 2009. “Erhu as Violin.”
Meng Ren, M.A., (2008) 2012. “Why Are the Flowers So ‘Red’: Scholarship and Policy Changes on Hua’er (Flower Songs) in Northwest China”
Lorena Hui, M.Phil, 1999 University of Hong Kong, on Japanese Noh Drama.
Ciris Leung, M.Phil. 2000, University of Hong Kong, on Cantonese Opera.
Daphne Lee, M. Phil. 2001, University of Hong Kong, on Guqin Music in Hong Kong.