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Music fills Wylie High School

by | Dec 16, 2015 | Education

From Staff Reports

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Clarinet and music lovers alike enjoyed the musical stylings of Wylie High School clarinet instructor, Yi-Wen Chen last Friday. Chen, a native of Taiwan, performed pieces from J.S. Bach, Ching-Wen Chao, Halim Beere, Steve Reich, and Zack Browning. The performance included solo clarinet with electroacoustic music.

“I started learning piano at four-years old and learning clarinet at nine. I studied under the music gifted and talented education system,” Chen said. “I majored in both piano and clarinet until I began high school at which time I chose clarinet as my major.”

Chen received her DMA degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Besides being a founding member of the TV Buddha New Music Ensemble, she was also a commissioner and collaborator of contemporary music based in the Illinois area.

Chen said loves the clarinets range of sounds and its ability to mimic sounds heard in our every-day lives such as birds calls, scooter sounds and a boiling teapot.

“If you play in the wind ensemble, it serves a very important role in the group,” she said. “It plays a lot of leading melody, other instruments listen to you, and you get a lot of attention from the audience. However, clarinet can also work as accompaniment or can cooperate with other instruments in the orchestra music or chamber music.”

For full story see the Wylie News athttp://www.etypeservices.com/Wylie%20NewsID245/default.aspx.

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