Stephen Yip
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION 2010
Composer's Biography
Stephen Yip
Stephen Yip was born in Hong Kong and now living in U.S.A. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) at Rice University and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. His mentors include Wing-fai Law, Clarence Mak, Arthur Gottschalk and Ellsworth Milburn. He has attended major music festivals include: Aspen Music Festival, Asian Composers’ League, ISCM World Music Days, Music X, June in Buffalo, IMPULS Ensemble Akademie, California E.A.R. Unit Composer Seminar, the 13th International Summer Program, Czech Republic, International Composers’ Workshop, Luxembourg, The 45th International Summer Course for New Music, Darmstadt, Germany and residencies include: Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Yaddo Colony, NY and MacDowell Colony, NH. Yip’s works have been performed in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Israel, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Germany, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, and Philippines. He has received several composition prizes, included “Haifa International Composition Prize”, First International EPICMUSIC Composition Prize, Italy, International Biennial composition competition, the Debussy Trio Music Foundation, Molinari Quartet’s Third International Composition Competition, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Emerging, the ALEA III composition Competition and the fourth NACUSA Texas Composition Competition. His works are recorded in the ERM-Media, PARMA, Capstone, North South recording, ATMA Classique and Beauport Classical labels. Yip is a member of the SCI, NACUSA, and ASCAP. Currently, he serves music faculty at Houston Community College and freelance composer.
Prize-Winning Work: Advanced Level
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