Hao Huang – Music, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music

 Professor Huang published the following:

·      “From Passive ‘Vessels’ of Traditional Culture to Symbolic Cultural Markers: The Geetharines in Mauritius,” by D. V. Ballgobin and Hao Huang, co-authored book chapter in Women in the making of Mauritian History (University of Mauritius Press), ed. Vijaya Teelock, pp. 121-128;

·      “Beethoven In 2021: Why His Music Continues To Matter During The Covid-19 Pandemic,” article and performance of Beethoven Piano Sonata 0p. 109, feature page posted on Serenade, the major classical music site in India, February 2021;
https://serenademagazine.com/series/opinion/beethoven-in-2021-why-his-music-continues-to-matter-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

·      “COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the Environment in the Asia Pacific,” Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, April 2021;

·      Book chapter in-press, “What Beethoven Meant in China, 1900-1949: Music, Ideology and Power,” in Sino-German Encounters and Entanglements: Transnational Politics and Culture, 1890–1950 (Palgrave Series in Asian German Studies), ed. J. Cho, May 2021.

He gave the following presentations and performances:
·      Guest distinguished panelist, Berklee College of Music American Roots Music Program:  “Billie Holiday Birthday Symposium,” April 2021;
·      February 2021 – Featured speaker in Academic Minute, “Tradition and Environmentalism in Bali: An Interdisciplinary Perspective,” February 2021;
https://academicminute.org/2021/02/hao-huang-scripps-college-tradition-and-environmentalism-in-bali-an-interdisciplinary-perspective/
·      “Tradition and Environmentalism in Bali,” The Academic Minute, Inside Higher Ed.;
https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2021/02/01/tradition-and-environmentalism-bali
·      Scripps College Faculty Recital, The Mei Duo, April 2021.
https://www.scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar/faculty-recital-the-mei-duo

Professor Huang was  narrator and background researcher for “Blood on Gold Mountain” – a story from the 1871 LA Chinatown massacre podcast, Episode 1 released March and April 2021, available on all major podcast directories. A future broadcast of entire podcast series  will air in May 2021 on KSPC-FM for Asia-American/PI Heritage Month. https://blood-on-gold-mountain.captivate.fm/

The podcast received the following press coverage:

·      Press Play with Madeleine Brand on KCRW National Public Radio;
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/immigration-aapi-hate-chinese-massacre-1871-film/blood-on-gold-mountain-podcast-la-chinatown

·      Cinema Junkie with Beth Accomando on KPBS NPR;
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/mar/24/podcast-1871-LA-chinatown-massacre/

·      Interview in the OC Register, Press-Enterprise and the Southern California News Group;
·      Interview published by the Washington Post, April 2021;
·      Inside Podcasting | Inside.com website;
https://inside.com/campaigns/inside-podcasting-2021-03-16-26961

·      Center for Asian American Media (CAAM);
https://www.facebook.com/CAAMedia/photos/a.269767429812182/3601753569946868/?type=3

·      Interview with Inside the Issues with Alex Cohen, on Spectrum News 1, American cable news television channel founded by Time Warner Cable;

Professor Huang and his creative team received a $15,000 UCLA Chancellor’s Arts Initiative Award to present a live performance of “The Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre: 150-year Commemorative Performance and Dialogue” in Los Angeles on October 24, 2021.

Professor Huang’s original play about the 1900 San Francisco Bubonic Plague was selected as “Top 5 Winning Plays of the Year” for Pomona College Theater Department’s Annual 10-Minute New Play Competition (Play Fest).