Sha Wang

 Employments:

• August 06 – present: Assistant Professor of Piano and Theory at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA. Duties include:

• teaching private piano, class piano, piano pedagogy, piano literature, accompanying, music theory, independent studies in orchestration and advanced analysis

• performing faculty recitals on and off campus

• advising students

• serving on the Library and Technology Committee

• serving on the Faculty Senate

• serving as faculty sponsor of the honor society Alpha Chi

• September 02 – June 06: Teaching Assistant, teaching music theory at undergraduate and graduate levels at CCM-UC, under the supervision of Dr. Robert Zierolf. Classes taught include:

• Graduate Theory Review
• Musical Theatre—Theory, Sight Singing, and Keyboard Skills
• Sophomore Music Theory, Musicianship, and Keyboard Skills

• Summer 04: Faculty/Staff pianist, accompanist/opera coach at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan

• Spring 06: Assisting Dr. Mitchell Conda in the Secondary Piano Department at CCM-UC for Class/Group Piano teaching

• September 05 – June 06: Music direction/pianist at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio

• September 02 – June 06: Staff ballet accompanist at CCM-UC

Education:

• September 04—June 06: Doctoral of Musical Arts (DMA) from College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (CCM-UC) in Piano Performance, study with Frank Weinstock, cognate in Music Theory. Doctoral Document Title “A Play of Style: Comparing and Contrasting Neoclassicism in Selected Piano Solo Repertoire in the 1920s.”

• September 02—June 04: Master of Music in Piano Performance CCM-UC, study with Frank Weinstock

• June 01—August 01: Aspen Music School and Festival, study with John Perry                                                             

• August 98—May 02: Chapman University Orange, CA, (Summa cum laude, Department Honor, and Grey Key) Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, study with Karen Knecht

Awards and presentations:

• Oct. 09: alternate finalist at the Seattle International Piano Competition

• May 2009: 2nd prize at Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition

• 4/18/08: Grand Prize winner of Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Audition

• 6/16/07-6/23/07: Jose Iturbi International Music Competition, Los Angeles

• 3/27/06-3/31/06: Honens International Piano Competition, New York

• 3/3/06-3/10/06: Hilton-Head International Piano Competition, competing as a quarter-finalist, Hilton-Head, South Caroline

• 3/31/05: Paper presentation, “Creating a New Language: Comparing and Contrasting the Neoclassicism in Stravinsky’s Serenade in A and Sonata 1924” at the Royal Music Association Student Research Conference, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom

• 6/28/01: First Prize Winner of the 16^th Annual International Young Artists Piano Competition in Washington, D.C.

• 11/4/00: Grand Prize Winner of The Concerto Competition, Mozart Festival in Long Beach, CA (performed the “Emperor” Concerto by Beethoven with the Festival Orchestra)

Performances:

• 2/24/2010 – Solo recital at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

• 12/23/2009 -- Solo recital at Kosciuszko Foundation Auditorium, New York City

• 11/6/2009-- Concert at Chatham College
• 10/23/2009 -- Faculty Recital at Geneva College
• 10/3/2009 – soloist for the Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association Concert
• May -- solo recital at Tianjin Conservatory of Music

• Masterclass and lecture at Tianjin Conservatory of Music

• May 3rd, 2009 -- Solo Recital for the Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association at Christ Church at Grove Farm, Sewickley, PA

• March 21th, Private Salon Concert
• 3/29/2009, Solo Concert at Starksdale First Presbyterian Church, Steubenville, OH
• 3/15/2009 -- Sunday Concert sponsored by Piano Piano Teachers Association at Christ Church at Grove Farm, Sewickely, PA

• 11/9/08 -- Solo Concert presented by The Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania at the First Unitarian Church in PIttsburgh, PA
• 10/17/08: Faculty Recital Geneva College
• 9/21/08: Pittsburgh Concert Society Winner Concert at Carnegie Mellon University, Kresge Hall

• 9/6/08: Chamber Music Concert at The Church of Brethem Mendelssohn Trio with members of Pittsburgh Symphony

• 10/13/07: Faculty Recital at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
• 9/13/07: Solo Recital at Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
• 9/5/07: Solo Recital at Trombino Steinway Piano Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
• 6/13-14/07: New music concerts at Music 07 Festival at CCM-UC, Cincinnati
• 5/11/07: Solo recital as Guest Artist at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, PA
• 10/28/06: Faculty Recital at Geneva College

• 3/28/06: New York Debut: solo recital at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, Manhattan, New York

• 9/30/05: Lecture-Recital at CCM-UC titled “Creating a New Language: Comparing and Contrasting the Neoclassicism in Stravinsky’s Serenade in A and Sonata 1924”

• 10/6/04: Doctoral of Musical Arts (DMA) Solo Recital at CCM

• 4/4/04: Master of Music Chamber Recital at CCM

• 10/3/03: Master of Music Solo Recital at CCM        

• 8/3/03: Concert series at Richard Nixon’s Museum and Library, Yorba Linda, CA

• 6/3/03: Guest Artist with Pasadena Pops Orchestra under Maestro Rachael Worby, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”

• 6/30/01: Winners’ Concert of the 16^th Annual International Young Artists Piano Competition, Washington, D.C.

• 7/15/01: Young Artist Concert Series, Aspen Music Festival at Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO

• December 01: Bachelor of Music Solo Recital at Chapman University

• 1/26/01: Concert with Long Beach Mozart Festival Orchestra as featured pianist

• 5/14/00: Piano Solo Recital at Chapman University, Orange, CA

Professional affiliations:

• MTNA

• Society of Music Theory

• Society of Music Theory Mid-Atlantic

Projects and publications:

• “A Play of Style: Comparing and Contrasting Neoclassicism in Selected Piano Solo Repertoire in the 1920s.” OhioLink online. May 2006.

• CD recording and releasing. Repertoire include Schubert’s C minor Sonata, D. 958, Liszt’s Vallée d'Obermann, Sonata in B minor, and Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor. In progress.