Jing Wang, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Uriel is a collaboration between visual artist Harvey Goldman and composer Jing Wang.
Biography
Jing Wang, a composer and virtuoso erhu
artist, was born in China. Ms. Wang has participated in numerous musical
communities, as a composer and a performer of diverse styles of music. Her
compositions have been selected and presented in China, Spain, France, Italy,
Serbia, Turkey, Romania, Russia, Australia, Japan, Argentina, and throughout
the United States. They have also been recognized by the American Society of
Composers, Authors, and Publishers and Electro-acoustic Miniatures
International Contest Spain. She was the winner of 2006 Pauline Oliveros Prize
given by the International Alliance for Women in Music and has been awarded the
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, the Vilcek Foundation Fellowship, and the Omi
International Musicians Residency Fellowship. As an active erhu performer, she
has introduced the Chinese indigenous erhu into Western contemporary music scene
with her wide array of compositions for chamber ensemble, avant-garde jazz
improvisations and multicultural ensembles. She has also successfully performed
erhu concertos with several symphony orchestras in the United States. Ms. Wang
is currently an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth where she teaches electroacoustic music, composition, and music
theory.
Harvey Goldman has created critically acclaimed
work in the fields of ceramics, digital imaging, animation and music. He
is founder of the Digital Media program at the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States,
Europe and Asia. He has received grants from the National Endowment for
the Arts, The Ford Foundation and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts
and Humanities. Goldman’s work is included in numerous private and public
collections including the Iota Center for Experimental Animation, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Everson Museum of Art, Decordova Museum, Currier
Museum of Art, and the Crocker Art Museum. His animations have been
screened throughout the world including, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhon
Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the White Box Museum, Beijing,
China. His interests include gardening, storytelling, world music, sound
exploration, language development, writing systems and basketball. He
resides in Dartmouth, Massachusetts with his wife and fellow artist,
Deborah Coolidge.