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In the Media: KCRW Highlights New Podcast Blood on Gold Mountain
KCRW’s “Press Play” featured Blood on Gold Mountain, a new podcast by Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, in collaboration with his son, Micah. The podcast, which launches on March 24, tells the story of the L.A. Chinatown Massacre of 1871.
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In the Media: New Blood on Gold Mountain Podcast Highlights L.A. Chinatown Massacre, Claremont Courier Reports
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, has launched a new podcast, Blood on Gold Mountain, the Claremont Courier reported. The podcast tells the story of the 1871 L.A. Chinatown Massacre and is part of a three-year series of multimedia events leading up to the massacre’s 150th anniversary this October.
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In the Media: Hao Huang Explains Why Performing Beethoven’s Music Still Matters to Him in Serenade Magazine
In an op-ed for Serenade magazine, Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, explains why playing Beethoven’s music has mattered to him, especially during the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Performing music for a live audience is a way to share the most special, innermost core of my being, the part that aspires to beauty so much that it dares to try to make it,” Huang says.
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In the Media: Hao Huang Discusses Balinese Art and Environmentalism on Academic Minute Podcast
Hao Huang, professor of music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music, discussed the intersection of Balinese music and environmentalist practices on the Academic Minute podcast.
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Hao Huang Examines the Integration of Music Education with Science and Technology in STEAM Journal
In the STEAM Journal, Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair of Music and professor of music, examines the effectiveness of teaching music in conjunction with math and science education.
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Hao Huang Reflects on COVID-19’s Environmental Effects in EnviroLab Asia
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair of Music and professor of music, published a paper examining COVID-19’s environmental effects in EnviroLab Asia, The Claremont Colleges’ journal of Asia and the environment.
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Jeannette Hunker ’23 Keeps the Music Alive with Driveway Concert Series
Social distancing and shelter-at-home guidelines have affected every facet of life, from the shift to work-at-home to telemedicine doctor visits. But it’s in our communal rituals and celebrations where many people are feeling the greatest loss. “With the ban of concerts, graduation ceremonies, weddings, and other large social gatherings, most people feel a void in their lives,” says Jeanette Hunker ’23.
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In the Media: Hao Huang Reflects on the History of Score Writing by Hand in Strings Magazine
In Strings magazine, Professor of Music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music Hao Huang shared the fountain pen’s importance in score-writing history.
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Professor Hao Huang Awarded KAMEN Residency for Composition and Ethnomusicology
Professor of Music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music Hao Huang has been awarded a KAMEN Artist Residency for his work as a composer and ethnomusicologist.
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In the Media: KPCC and Daily Bulletin Highlight Professor Hao Huang’s Commemorative L.A. Chinatown Massacre Performance
Professor of Music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music Hao Huang spoke to KPCC about his curation of the commemorative L.A. Chinatown Massacre performance.
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