BM in Music Composition from Taipei National University of the Arts
MM in Music Composition from the Manhattan School of Music
DMA in Music Composition from the Manhattan School of Music
Experience
Ya-Lan has experience teaching all ages in private settings for piano, music theory, and composition. She worked as a graduate teaching fellow and tutor for both undergrade and graduate level at the Manhattan School of Music. She also speaks Mandarin.
Bio
Taiwanese composer Ya-Lan C. is currently based in New York. She is interested in the collaborative process of music making between composer and performer as well as exploring using musical gestures to create subtle and transparent sound. She also collaborated with various artistic mediums and done so with animation, poetry, dancing, and lighting design. Ya-Lan has recently been awarded the 2022 Manhattan Prize for her string quartet, a finalist for the Mivos Kanter String Quartet Composition Prize, as well as commissions from the Percussion Ensemble at the Manhattan School of Music, New Chamber Ballet, and grants from the National Culture and Arts Foundation from Taiwan.