Aiyun Huang
"Links No. 5"
Focus Day Performance
Thursday, 1:00 p.m.

Aiyun Huang enjoys a musical life as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor, producer, and teacher. She was the First Prize and Audience Award winner at the Geneva International Music Competition in 2002 and a founding member of the Canadian trio, Toca Loca, with pianists Gregory Oh and Simon Docking.  Aiyun is a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) in Montreal. She is the first faculty member from the Performance Department at McGill University (Montreal) to receive a research grant from Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC). One of her current projects is Saving Percussion Theatre, on DVD that will be released on Mode Records in 2011. Aiyun was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of California San Diego. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Percussion Area at McGill University.

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