Chien Shan-hua () is a Taiwanese

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

. He is currently a professor at th
Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology
and the Department of Music at

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is a National university, national comprehensive university in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university enrolls approximately 17,000 students each year. Approximately 1,600 students are Intern ...

. He has also been the dean of the College of Music and the director of the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology at

. His fields of interests include composition, musical theory, the history of western music, choral conducting, world music, Asian music, Austronesian music, the music of Taiwanese aboriginals, and ethnomusicology. Chien began his undergraduate studies in the Department of Music at

in 1972. He studied

vocal music Vocal music is a type of singing performed by one or more singers, either with instrumental accompaniment, or without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella), in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but ...

under Tai Su-lun (戴序倫) and Tseng Shiou-ling (鄭秀玲) and composition under Liu Te-yi (劉德義). In 1978 Chien began his master studies at the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Irvine, California, United States. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, U ...

. He studied choral conducting under Joseph P. Huszti, composition under Peter S. Odegard, and

under Mahlon Schanzenbach. Chien went to study at the

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university established in 1817 located in Vienna. With a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria, and one of t ...

in 1984. He studied composition under Thomas Christian David and Francis Burt. He graduated from the

in 1986 with a diploma in composition. Chien's works include solo pieces, solo vocal pieces, choral pieces, chamber music, and orchestral pieces. He has been dedicated to the studies of the ethnomusicology of the aborigines and the Austronesians in Taiwan. He has been awarded the composition scholarship of the Alban Berg Stiftung, the selection award of musical composition of the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China, and the commission of the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China. Chien has been the chairman of the Department of Music and the director of the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology at

. Chien has also been the conductor of many choral groups, including the chorus of

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

, the Department of Music at

, Yin Qi Culture and Music Foundation, and the Taipei YMCA. He has also been the president of the Association of Music Education, R.O.C. and the International Society for Contemporary Music, Taiwan Section.

Education

*M.M., the

. *Komposition Diplom, the

Works

*Austronesian Sentiment (2014) *Sequence VII, for Voice Solo (2014) *Ode on Austronesia (2014) *Ode to the Ocean (2009) *Sequence VI (2009) *Painoforte (2008) *Chamber Music 2006 for Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet (2006) *Chamber Music 2005 Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello (2005) *Sequence V (2004) *Sequence IV (2001) *Sequence III (1999) *Sequence II (1997) *Sequence I (1996)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chien, Shan-Hua Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Taiwanese composers University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni Taiwanese musicologists Taiwanese expatriates in the United States University of California, Irvine alumni Academic staff of the National Taiwan Normal University Taiwanese expatriates in Austria National Taiwan Normal University alumni 20th-century Taiwanese composers 21st-century composers