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Department of

Music

Angela Yeung, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Music

Angela Yeung, Ph.D., is the director of the University of San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Ensembles, and the Annual Chamber Music Festival that is held in February (Winter Chamber Heat) and July (Summer Festival).  She has conducted orchestras and choirs nationally and internationally, and is the principal guest conductor for The Chorale Singers in Jakarta, Indonesia.  Since 2006 Yeung has been president of the Western Division of the National College Orchestra Directors Association.

Yeung performs professionally on modern and baroque cellos, and is the founding artistic director of the concert series Early Music at Saint Peter’s Church in New York City.

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University, Music Theory
M.Mus., McGill University, Music Theory
Concerto Diploma with distinction, McGill University, Baroque cello performance
B.Mus. with Honours, Wilfrid Laurier University, Cello performance  

 

Scholarly and Creative Work

Yeung has performed as a conductor or cellist in major concert venues nationally and internationally, reaching audiences on every continent except Africa and Antarctica.  Her 2008-2009 engagements included directing the Asia premiere of "Come Life, Shaker Life" by Gwyneth Walker with more than a hundred singers and the Jakarta Symphony, leading The Chorale Singers to win the Open Mixed Choir category and an overall Gold Certificate at the 2009 International Choral Festival in Penang, Malaysia, and giving half a dozen performances as a chamber musician in San Diego, San Francisco, New York, and Hong Kong.  Her 2009-2010 engagements include international performances in Guadalajara, Mexico, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Shaoxing and Hong Kong, China.

As a scholar  Yeung has given lectures and papers on various aspects of music theory and analysis, historical performance practice, and history of chamber music, in particular the early development of the piano trio.  She has transcribed and orchestrated numerous works, including establishing a new genre of chamber music for horn, cello, and piano.  She has recently begun a systematic arrangement of Indonesian folk songs for a cappella choir and with accompaniment.

Teaching Interests

Yeung has taught music theory courses at USD and continues to offer guest lectures and seminars on a variety of music theory topics by invitation.  In addition to her current directorship of the symphony orchestra and chamber music ensembles, Yeung teaches individual conducting and cello lessons.  Her commitments in community service learning have led to many outreach performances by the orchestra and the chamber music ensembles every year, and to providing basic music education for elementary school children through her lower-division music theory class.