Hsiung-Zee Wong

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Hsiung-Zee Wong (born October 24, 1947) is a composer, [1] artist, and designer who was born in Hong Kong.

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Biography

Wong moved to the United States in 1966, where she worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. She studied at the University of Hawaii until 1968. In 1970, she studied electronic music [2] at Mills College with Robert Sheff (later known as Gene Tyranny) and Dane Rudhyar. In 1972, she studied industrial design at the California College of Arts and Crafts. [3] Other teachers included Ernst Krenek, Chou Wen-Chung, Leonard Klein and Robert Ashley. [4]  In 1972, Wong presented an art exhibit entitled "A Celebration of Women" at the Intersection Gallery (probably Intersection for the Arts). [5]

Wong founded Hysteresis, a women's creative arts group that included Bay-area artists, at Mills College. [6] She also performed with the Flowing Stream Ensemble. Wong's compositions include:

Electronic

Guitar

Multimedia

Vocal

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Ruth (1976). Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN   0-8161-1117-0. OCLC   2035024.
  2. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-1138-3. OCLC   3844725.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN   0-9617485-2-4. OCLC   16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ Pfitzinger, Scott (March 2017). Composer genealogies : a compendium of composers, their teachers, and their students. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN   978-1-4422-7225-5. OCLC   961457738.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ Female Artists, Past and Present. Women's History Research Center. 1974.
  6. ↑ Mander, Anica Vesel; Rush, Anne Kent (1974). Feminism as Therapy. Random House. ISBN   978-0-394-70937-6.
  7. ↑ MacAuslan, Janna (1997). Guitar music by women composers : an annotated catalog. Aspen, Kristan, 1948-. Westport, Conn. ISBN   0-313-29385-6. OCLC   36589202.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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