Cheng Ching Nam Hippocrates 鄭靖楠 Birth: 12/12/1994 Mobile number: +1(313)312-3225 Email: [email protected]
Roles ● Composer ● Pianist, overtone singer and multi-instrumentalist (Nagoya harp, jaw harp and more) ● Director of
--The Cross-Cultural Music Collective (Collective of performers and instruments from different nations) --Sync 5 (a 5 people Chinese-Western mixed ensemble featuring young performers of 2000 generations) --Stringtenuto (String quartet promotes contemporary music and multimedia collaboration) --Ling Long Ensemble (Community and commercial music group with dizi, erhu, pipa and keyboard) --Stayhomemusically (Virtual composition and performance platform) --Overtone Singing Choir (Choir features composition and performance inspired by overtone singing) ● Curator / Art administrator ● Educator / Guest speaker / Presenter
Education Since 2019 Doctor of Music (Composition), Indiana University Jacobs School of Music --Double minor in music theory and ethnomusicology --Supervisors: Prof. Don Freund, Prof. David Dzubay, Prof. Aaron Travers, Prof. Eugene O'Brien
2016 – 2018 Master of Music (Composition), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts --Graduated with distinction, The Best Interdisciplinary Project Award 2016/17 --Supervisors: Prof. Clarence Mak, Dr. Florence Cheung
2012 – 2016 Bachelor of Music (Composition), Hong Kong Baptist University --Supervisors: Dr. Christopher Coleman, Prof. Christopher Keyes
Professional Appointments Since 2019 Associate Instructor in music theory, Indiana University --Fall 2019, T109 Rudiments of Music 1, Prof. Alissa Guntren --Spring 2020, T351 Music Theory and Literature V, Prof. Julian L. Hook --Fall 2020, T331 Musical Skills IV, Mr. Daniel Cueto
2017 Teaching Assistant in music theory, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts --Spring 2017, MUCSB 1004 Music Techniques 2, Dr. Grace Yu --Fall 2017, MUCSB 1003 Music Techniques 1, Dr. Grace Yu
Scholarships
Indiana University Fellowship and Associate Instructorship 2019-2020 Jacobs School of Music
Indiana University Graduate Tuition Award 2018-2020 Jacobs School of Music
Hong Kong Jockey Club Full Scholarship for master of study 2016-2018 Music and Dance Fund
Qualifications
2016 FTCL in Piano Recital Trinity College London
2014 AMus in Music Theory Trinity College London
2008 Grade 8 in Violin Performance Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
2008 Grade 8 in Clarinet Performance Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Conferences 2018 The 3rd Altamira Hong Kong International Guitar Symposium, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
2018 The International Conference on Performing and Visual Arts, The University of Malaya, Malaysia
2017 International Symposium on Practice-as-Research (ISPaR), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
2017 Innovation in Performing Arts Education Symposium (IPAE), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
Languages Fluent Cantonese, English, Mandarin Skills Avid Sibelius, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, Microsoft Office
Highlighted Awards / Achievements July 2020 Selected by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra of the ‘HKCO Net Festival 2020’ call for score of his work: ‘HongKongers Addoil! 同聲同氣同奏樂 (2020)’, for Chinese orchestra
July 2020 Selected by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild of the ‘HK Contemporary Music Festival: Asian Delights’ call for score of his work: ‘ling4-ling4-ling4 零・凌・靈 (2020)’, for dizi, sheng, guzheng, pipa and erhu
February 2020 Winner of Indiana University ‘Kids Compose award’ of his work: ‘Two Dreams (2019)’, for orchestra
June 2019 Selected by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild of the ‘HK Contemporary Music Festival: HK Delights’ call for score of his work: ‘View Three : Four Views (2016, rev. 2019)’, for string quartet and dance
May 2019 Selected by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra of the ‘Music from Heart 2019’ call for score of his work: ‘Slide Over the Water 凌波微步 (2017, rev 2019)’, for qudi, sheng, pipa, yangqin, erhu, gehu and bangzi
March 2019 Selected by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild of the ‘Musical Convergence’ call for score of his work: ‘Purification 淨 (2019)’, for Chinese ensemble
December 2017 Selected by the Hong Kong Lingnan University of the Knowledge Transfer Project : Chinese Musical Style submission of entries of his work: ‘Slide Over the Water 凌波 微步 (2017)’, for dizi, sheng, yangqin, pipa, and guzheng
June 2017 The Best Interdisciplinary Project Award 2016/17 for his multimedia production: ‘The Cityscape 我城 (2017)’, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
May 2017 Selected by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra of the ‘Music from Heart 2017’ call for score of his work: ‘The Walled City 寨城 (2017)’, for Chinese orchestra
February 2017 Selected by Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Limited of the CASH call for score of his work: ‘Cash Celebration 春慶 (2017)’, for erhu, saxophone, pipa and cello
January 2017 Selected by Radio Television Hong Kong, ‘Young Music Makers 2017’
November 2016 Selected by Kollektiv Totem of the Pinyin Festival call for score of his work: ‘The Rite of Life 生命之祭 (2016)’, for piccolo, alto saxophone, tenor trombone and percussion
June 2016 Selected by Hong Kong Vienna Music Festival of their call for score of his work: ‘Fission 分裂 (2014)’, for flute, clarinet and piano
May 2016 Selected by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra of the ‘Music from Heart 2016’ call for score of his work: ‘Gather and Scatter 聚散 (2016)’, for Chinese orchestra
Apr 2016 Third prize in New Generation Composition Contest 2016 of his work: ‘Clamor 喧 (2016)’, for saxophone octet, Radio Television Hong Kong
March 2016 Selected by MUSLAB of the MUSLAB Festival call for score of his electronic: ‘Time and Earth 時間和地球 (2013)’, for 5.1 fixed media
Professional Collaborations / Commissions Cantabile CASH 香港作曲家及作詞家協會 Chai Found Music Workshop 采風樂坊 City University Philharmonic Orchestra 香港城市大學管弦樂團 Collegium Musicum Hong Kong HKAPA Academy Symphony Orchestra 演藝交響樂團 HKAPA Academy Festival 2017 香港演藝學院節 2017 HKAPA Chinese Orchestra 演藝中樂團 Hong Kong Arts Development Council 香港藝術發展局 Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra 香港中樂團 Hong Kong Chordophonia 香港弦人 Hong Kong Composers' Guild 香港作曲家聯會 Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre Hong Kong Lingnan University 香港嶺南大學 Hong Kong Saxophone Ensemble Hong Kong Vienna Music Festival Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra Indiana University Wind Ensemble Jockey Club Street Music Series Kollektiv Totem Leisure and Cultural Services Department 康樂及文化事務署 MUSLAB Festival MusicLab Musica Del Cuore Musicus Society 垂誼樂社 National Youth Orchestra of China 中華青少年交響樂團 Radio Television Hong Kong 香港電台 Sha Tin Symphony Orchestra 沙田交響樂團 Tai Kwun 大館 The Music-Joint Association 凝音樂坊 Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble 竹韻小集
Composition Summary in numbers (2012 – Orchestral (17) Large Chamber (27) Small Chamber (58) Choral (2) Solo (31) Dance-related (3) Theatre / Community Participation (3) Electroacoustic / Electronic / Interactive / Live Processing (6) Orchestration / Arrangement (11) Multimedia Production (3)
Highlighted Press RTHK 香港電台 : 香港故事 - 追尋人生：且聽風吟 -- 作曲家鄭靖楠 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLrL5vX13k Classicfm : For his overtone singing : https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/contrapuntal-overtone/
TwoSet Violin: For his overtone singing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqEm4GM6wyM&list=RDrqEm4GM6wyM&start_radio=1&t=0
References Composition / Orchestration Don Freund | Professor Aaron Travers | Associate Professor
Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music
+1-812-855-1242 +1-773-213-0795 [email protected] [email protected]
Music Theory / Aural Training Julian Hook | Associate Grace Yu | Doctor Shane Levesque | Doctor Professor
Indiana University, The Hong Kong Academy The Hong Kong Academy Jacobs School of Music for Performing Arts, for Performing Arts, School of Music School of Music
+1-812-856-0121 +852-2584-8784 +852-2584-8898 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Ethnomusicology / World Music Daniel Reed | Professor
Indiana University, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
+1-812-855-2535 [email protected]
Selected video recordings during 2019 and 2020
香港中樂團HKCO 「心樂集」20周年系列 - 作品選輯 第十八集 - 鄭靖楠 - 小合奏《凌波微步》 https://youtu.be/NGjl9OZFIeE
Conversation in sound For gayageum and pipa, written for The Cross-Cultural Music Collective https://youtu.be/QPJcmtcgfIc
Three Songs Inspired by the Poems of William Blake For baritone and viola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8pGn_iRiEs
The Voice of the City 城市之音 For overtone singing and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11VoRdMbWDI
Sorrow goes, Faith comes! 告別悲痛，擁抱信念 For chamber orchestra, COVID commission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icinp2aKx1A
YMM Fantasy (RTHK COVID commission) For mixed Chinese-Western ensemble, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBWmfPyiGi0
Stay home musically (in different languages, a project for COVID) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsaydm2lLhWe4cUAur88wVWsCKlSl9QEc Bios
Hippocrates Cheng graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in
Music. With the support from Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund's full scholarship,
He later pursued his Master’s degree in Music Composition at The Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts with excellent performance under the guidance of Prof. Clarence Mak and Dr.
Cheung Pui Shan. Cheng is currently a doctoral music student in Jacobs School of Music of
Indiana University majoring in composition, and minoring in ethnomusicology and music theory.
His compositions cover a broad spectrum, ranging from instrumental to scores for large-scale multimedia productions. His works have been performed around the world such as Vienna,
Mexico, Macau and Shenzhen. In 2016, his ‘Fragment’ was selected by Ablaze Records for the inclusion of the SINFONIA Series CD album. Later in 2016 and 2017, his ‘Gather and Scatter’ and
‘The Walled City’ for Chinese orchestra was premiered and performed by the Hong Kong Chinese
Orchestra in their ‘Music from the Heart’ concerts. His ‘Clamor’ for saxophone octet won third prize in the New Generation 2016 contest organized by the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild and
RTHK. Cheng’s ‘Fission’ for flute, clarinet and piano was premiered at the Hong Kong Vienna
Music Festival in Vienna. His electronic music, ‘Time and Earth’, was selected and broadcast by
MUSLAB. He was also appointed as the commissioned composer by Musicus Society in 2016.
Cheng is also a pianist and overtone singer. He was awarded a FTCL diploma in piano recital in
2016 and one of the winners of RTHK Young Music Makers 2017 with his overtone singing. He was the artistic director and composer of the first Academy Festival: School of Music multimedia production, ‘The Cityscape’. ‘The Cityscape’ was also awarded the Academy School of Music prize for ‘The best interdisciplinary project 2016-2017’. In 2018, he became the artistic director and composer of the ‘The Cityscape II’, which included three events: ‘The City Art Exhibition’, a collaborative artwork showcased by Academy student artists and Hong Kong artists; ‘The
CITYsoundSCAPE’, a sound, visual and space experience; ‘The Cityscape II’, a music- drama multimedia performance.
Cheng has participated in several academic conferences, including the International Symposium on Practice-as-Research (ISPaR) held at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2017 and The International Conference on Performing and Visual Arts (ICPVA) in Malaysia in 2018. Cheng is more enthusiastic about participating in some lectures and community music education promotion activities. He also held community sharing concerts in 2018 and 2019, aim to bring different types of music to the community and educate the public.
He is the founder, artistic director and composer of ‘The Cross-Cultural Music Collective (CCMC)’ which consists of different instrumentalists and singers from different music culture and background. Members include Chinese, Cantonese opera, Western, and different ethnic instruments musicians. CCMC encourages local art creation and organizes concert and performance workshop in the Hong Kong and U. S.
For his overtone singing: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/contrapuntal-overtone/
RTHK - : https://youtu.be/wxLrL5vX13k
Two Set Violin We Learned an IMPOSSIBLE Singing Technique (Brett is a Prodigy!!) https://youtu.be/rqEm4GM6wyM
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https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/contrapuntal-overtone/
RTHK - : https://youtu.be/wxLrL5vX13k
Two Set Violin We Learne d an IMPOSSIBLE Singing Technique (Brett is a Prodigy!!) https://youtu.be/rqEm4GM6wyM