Former Instructors

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Zhang Jianhua, Visiting Scholar

visiting scholar at MTSU

Zhang Jianhua, Associate Professor of the School of Music, Qufu Normal University, Shangdong Province, China.

Professor Zhang is a vocal instructor and graduate supervisor. She is a member of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, a member of the Chinese Opera Research Association, and a member of the Music Education Professional Committee of the Chinese Education Society. She won the First Prize in the 6th Provincial Teaching Competition. She has directed many operas, such as “Wildfire Spring Breeze Into the Ancient City” and “Canal Haruka.”

Professor Zhang specializes in historically informed performances of ancient Chinese poetry. Her performance was on China’s Central Television (CCTV). She published “New Sounds of Ancient Music” and “Sung Poetry from the Song Dynasty” and many academic papers. She is an Inheritor of Ancient Poetry in the National Art Foundation and has been committed to promoting and popularizing ancient sung poetry. She participated in the preparation of the (13th Five-Year Plan) National Key Publication Publishing Planning Project, “Essence of Chinese Ancient Poetry.”

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Former Visiting Scholars

Yi Chen holds a PhD in Performance Studies from Shanghai Theatre Academy and worked in Hangzhou Normal University as an Associate Professor. Her current research focuses on the history of Hangzhou Opera and theater education. Dr. Chen has won multiple grants for her research including funding from China’s Ministry of Education and
Hangzhou’s Publicity Department of the Municipal Committee. Between 2008 and 2010, she worked in the University of Chicago as a visitor scholar. Her most recent publication, A Study on Hangzhou Opera from the Perspective of Ecology of Folk Culture, was published September 2018 in China. Yi Chen volunteered at the CCMC during the 2018-2019 season. 

Former Student Volunteers

Anwei Wang is an undergraduate student in Music Education at Zhejiang Conservatory Of Music. A profficient zheng player, Anwei is the 2014 solo gold medal winner in the 2nd International Youth Guzheng Competition, and the 2nd place winner of the Taizhou Instrumental Music Competition. She has worked as an assistant music teacher at Taizhou High School, and participated in the G20 summit. Anwei Wang volunteered at the CCMC during the 2018-2019 season.

Jing Cao is a master’s student in erhu performance at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music. She is the gold medal recipient of the 9th National Youth National Instrument Competition and the 2013 Excellent Performance Award winner in the First National Solo Invitational Tournament in Zheijiang Province. She has toured with the Traditional Music Group of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music and performed in Smetna Concert Hall in the Czech Republic and the Vienna Children’s Choir Concert Hall. Jing Cao volunteered at the CCMC during the 2018-2019 season. 

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Lyujing Liu, Visiting Scholar

visiting scholar at MTSU, yangqin teacher for MTSU Chinese Ensemble

Ms. Liu earned her Master’s Degree in yangqin performance from Xiamen University, where she studied under Professor Yanfang Zhao.  An award-winning instructor, Liu teaches yangqin at Hangzhou Normal University and runs her own studio.  As an accomplished performer, Liu has played for national and world leaders and is a member of the Cimbalom World Association and the Yangqin Professional Committee of the National Chinese Orchestra.