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NEW ACME HONOREES Mu Phi Epsilon is proud to announce our latest ACME honorees. They are among our most accomplished members, whose achievements place them at the acme of our profession. Our new honorees are in different stages of their professional development and each has traveled a unique path to attain acclaim worthy of the ACME designation.
Chen Yi, composition Alpha Kappa, Kansas City Alumni presser.com/composer/chen-yi Dr. Chen Yi lived through the Cultural Revolution, labored in the Chinese countryside, learned about Chinese folk culture, and incorporated her Chinese roots into Western harmony to create her signature compositional style. Composer of hundreds of works, most published by the Theodore Presser Company, she is currently the Lorena Searcy Craven/Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. Born and raised in China, Chen Yi received her early music education there, becoming the first Chinese woman to earn a Master of Arts in composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. After emigrating to the U.S., she earned a D.M.A. from Columbia University. She was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition Si Ji (Four Seasons). The numerous awards, fellowships, and commissions she has received attest to Dr. Chen’s excellence and renown as an artist-performer, composer, musicologist and educator. For an in-depth profile of Chen Yi, please see The Triangle, Vol. 105, No. 4, Winter 2012, pages 6-8. Available online at muphiepsilon.org.
Chika Inoue, saxophone Omega Omega, Los Angeles Alumni chikainoue.com Dr. Chika Inoue is committed to sharing the saxophone’s versatility through performance of classical saxophone literature for audiences worldwide. A native of Osaka, Japan, she spent most of her youth in Frankfurt, Germany and San Diego, California. She is a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music (D.M.A.), UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (M.A.) and California State University-Fresno (B.A.). She was first prize laureate at the Japan International League of Artists Music Competition, La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young Artists Competition, Redlands Bowl Young Artist Competition, and Fresno Musical Club Bell T. Richie Award. Chika has performed as soloist and recitalist in international festivals and major concert halls, and is currently on faculty at the California State University-Dominguez Hills. “While my concentration is on classical saxophone, I am also immersed in jazz, film, ethnic folk, rock
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