Chou Wen-chung

Professional Achievements

The curriculum vitae of Chou Wen-chung

Born July 28, 1923, Chefoo (Yentai), China; residence in USA since 1946; naturalized 1958; married, two sons.

Rockefeller Foundation grant, 1954
Louisville Orchestra commission, 1954
Guggenheim Fellowships, 1955 & 1956
American Wind Symphony Orchestra commissions, 1961 & 1964
National Institute of the Arts and Letters award, 1963
New York State Council for the Arts commission grant, 1964
William and Nona Copley Foundation award, 1966
Alice M. Ditson Fund grant, 1969
The American International Music Fund special citation, 1970
The Koussevitsky Music Foundation commission grant, 1973
National Endowment for the Arts commission grant, 1975
Honorary Board Member, Composers Recordings, Inc., 1980-present
Honorary Life Member, Asian Composers’ League, 1981-present
China Institute’s Qingyun (Blue Cloud) award, 1985
National Endowment for the Arts consortium commission grant, 1989
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award, 1992
Barlow Endowment for Music Composition commission grant, 1992
Board Member Emeritus, Yaddo Corporation, 1994-present
Honorary Member, International Society for Contemporary Music, 1994-present
University of Cincinnati Award for Excellence, 1996
Hong Kong Association of Writers and Artist’s Gold Dragon Award, 1998
Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, 2000
Honorary Professor of Musical Composition, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, 2004
Robert M. Stevenson Prize, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2005

1991-present: Fritz Reiner Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition, Columbia University
1984-1991: Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition, Columbia University
1972-1984: Professor of Music, Columbia University
1968-1972: Associate Professor of Music, Columbia University
1964-1968: Assistant Professor of Music, Columbia University
1963-1964: Lecturer in Music, Hunter College
1961-1962: Lecturer in Music, Brook1yn College
1958-1959: Research Associate in Music, University of Illinois

1987, June-Sept.: Acting Dean, School of the Arts
1984-1991: Director, Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, School of the Arts
1978-present: Founder and Director, Center for US-China Arts Exchange
1976-1987: Vice Dean, School of the Arts
1975-1976: Associate Dean, School of the Arts
1974-1975: Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Music Department
1973, Jan.-Aug.: Acting Dean, School of the Arts
1969-1989: Chairman, Music Division, School of the Arts
1969-1974: Chairman, Composition Committee, Music Department

1978-1987: Member, Advisory Council on East Asian Art, Columbia University
1978-1987: Member, University Committee on General Education, Columbia University
1978-1991: Member, University Committee on Oriental Studies, Columbia University
1976, Oct.: Paul Clark Stauffer Visiting Professor, San Diego State University
1974-1975: Chairman, Search Committee of Dean of the School of the Arts, Columbia University
1974, Spring: Visiting Professor, Graduate Composition Seminar, Music Department, University of Pennsylvania
1972-1976: Member, University Committee on the Arts, Columbia University
1971-1972: Member, Presidential Committee on the Arts, Columbia University
1970-1975: Administrator, Walter Hinrichsen Award for Composers, Columbia University
1970 & 1971, Summers: Composer-in-Residence, Koussevitsky Composer’s Studio, Tanglewood
1970, Summer: Guest Composition Teacher, Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood
1967, Summer: Composer-in-Residence, Festival of the Arts of This Century, East-West Center Honolulu
1963 & 1964: Faculty Composer, Bennington Composers’ Conference
1962-1966: Composition & Theory Teacher, Horace Mann School, New York
1958-1959: Composer-in-Residence, University of Illinois
1955-1957: Director, research program on classical Chinese music and drama, sponsored by a Rockefeller Foundation grant, Columbia University
1955-1957: Technical Assistant, Electronic Music Laboratory, Columbia University

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