Sha Wang Luangkesorn

Office Phone: 724-847-6663
shawang@geneva.edu
www.shawang.net

• Piano Performance
• Music Theory

Degrees Received

• B.M., 2002, Chapman University, CA
• M.M., 2004, University of Cincinnati, OH, College-Conservatory of Music
• D.M.A., 2006, University of Cincinnati, OH, College-Conservatory of Music

Courses Taught

• MUA 106, 107 - Class Piano
• MUA 206, 207 - Keyboard Harmony
• MUA 121 - Private Piano
• MUS 107, 108, 207, 208 - Music Theory I, II, III, IV

Presentations/Publications

• A play of style [electronic resource] : / comparing and contrasting neoclassicism in selected piano solo repertoire in the 1920s. Published Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2006
• 3/31/05: Paper presentation, “Creating a New Language: Comparing and Contrasting the Neoclassicism in Stravinsky’s Serenade in A and Sonata 1924” at the Royal Music Association Student Research Conference, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom

Current Projects

• Paper presentation and publication on “Integration of Music Theory into Class Piano Teaching” at the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum
• *Stravinsky paper publication in the Fall/Winter edition of The Gamut—Theoretical Journal of Music Theory Society of Mid-Atlantic

Awards & Distinctions Received

• 6/16/07-6/23/07: Advancement into live-audition-round in The 1st Jose Iturbi International Music Competition, Los Angeles
• 3/27/06-3/31/06: Advancement into New York live-audition-round in The Honens International Piano Competition, New York
• 3/3/06-3/10/06: Hilton-Head International Piano Competition, competing as a quarter-finalist, Hilton-Head, South Caroline
• 6/28/01: First Prize Winner of the 16th Annual International Young Artists Piano Competition in Washington, D.C.
• 11/4/00: Grand Prize Winner of The Concerto Competition, Mozart Festival in Long Beach, CA (performed the “Emperor” Concerto by Beethoven with the Festival Orchestra)
• 4/10/99: Winner of the Adult Seminar sponsored by the Music Teacher Association of California (performed at the state convention in Monterey, CA)
• 12/18/95 & 12/20/96: Winner of The Music Theory Competition at Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Tianjin, China

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

• Member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) -Western PA Chapter
• Member of Society for Music Theory (SMT)

Performances

• 10/19/07:  Faculty Solo Recital at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
• 9/13/07: Solo Recital as the Featured Artist in the Steinway Luncheon Musicales at Trombino Piano Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
• 9/21/07:  Solo Recital as the Featured Artist  in the September Musicale at Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
• 6/13-14/07: New music concerts at Music 07 Festival at CCM-UC, Cincinnati
• 5/11/07: Solo recital as Guest Artist at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, PA
• 10/28/06: Faculty Recital at Geneva College
• 3/28/06: New York Debut: solo recital at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, Manhattan, New York
• 9/30/05: Lecture-Recital at CCM-UC titled “Creating a New Language: Comparing and Contrasting the Neoclassicism in Stravinsky’s Serenade in A and Sonata 1924”
• 10/6/04: Doctoral of Musical Arts (DMA) Solo Recital at CCM
• 4/4/04: Master of Music Chamber Recital at CCM
• 10/3/03: Master of Music Solo Recital at CCM           
• 8/3/03: Concert series at Richard Nixon’s Museum and Library, Yorba Linda, CA
• 6/3/03: Guest Artist with Pasadena Pops Orchestra under Maestro Rachael Worby, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
• 6/30/01: Winners’ Concert of the 16th Annual International Young Artists Piano Competition, Washington, D.C.
• 7/15/01: Young Artist Concert Series, Aspen Music Festival at Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO
• 1/26/01: Concert with Long Beach Mozart Festival Orchestra as featured pianist
• 5/14/00: Piano Solo Recital at Chapman University, Orange, CA
• 5/6/00: Piano Solo Recital for Classical Music Fan Club of Los Angeles
• 6/14/99: Recital at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) California State Convention at Monterey, CA