I-Jen Fang and CADI (Configurable Automatic Drumming Instrument by EMMI)
"Sic Transit"
Focus Day Performance
Thursday, 3:00 p.m.
I-Jen Fang joined the faculty of the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia in 2005 and is the Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra (CUSO). Fang received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Percussion Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, a Master of Music from Northwestern University, and her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas. In the field of percussion, Fang’s passion for the marimba has led her to several concerto performances: she was a guest marimba soloist with the Taiwan Youth Orchestra in Austria, France, Hungary, Romania, and South Africa. She has also performed as a soloist with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh and was the featured marimba soloist with CUSO during the 2006–2007 season. Fang has appeared as a featured performer at PASIC 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2010.