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The Sheboygan Symphony Offers Cello Master Class

on 03/20/2007 12:35 PM

The Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra’s guest artist for the March 24th  Concert, Cello soloist, Yu-Hsien Wu, will lead a master class at Lakeland College Friday, March 23rd at 3:00 p.m. in the Bradley Building Performance Hall.

Cello soloist, Yu-Hsien Wu, was born in Taichung, Taiwan. She began studying the cello at nine and won first prize at the National Youth Music Competition in Taiwan at the age of eleven. In 1999, she earned her Bachelor of Music Degree from Soochow University in Taipei with First Honors.

Following graduation, Wu came to the United States and earned a Master’s Degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College in New York. She studied the cello with Alexander Kouguell and formed the Aurora String Quartet under the guidance of Daniel Phillips, member of the Orion String Quartet. In 2001, she enrolled in the DMA program at UW - Madison, where she studied with Uri Vardi.

Wu performs as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber player across the United States. She is on the faculty of  Ripon College, Madison Country Day School, the Teaching Division in the School of Music at University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the chamber music program of Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra. Wu recently received her doctorate in cello performance with a minor in piano performance from UW - Madison in 2006.

These students from the Sheboygan Area will be performing in the March 23rd master class:
Alexander Klintworth ………………………….Home Schooled
Nashira Young……………………………………Lincoln High School, Manitowoc
Riley McKinch  …………………………………..Home Schooled                                        

For more information, contact event coordinator Charles Stephan at (920) 235-4031.

For details about upcoming master classes, please contact the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra at 452-1985 or visit our website at www.sheboygansymphony.org .