周子鈴 Sarana Chou

作曲家簡介 周子鈴

紐約時報形容旅美作曲家周子鈴的作品“現代感又有稜角”; 伯明罕新聞報稱她為“有說服力的作曲家。周子鈴曾與波士頓銅管五重奏(Boston

Brass)，Pacifica 弦樂四重奏，長笛家Demarre McGill，鋼琴家林佳靜(Jenny Lin)合作, 她的作品曾於美國

、加拿大、比利時、德國、西班牙、中國以及台灣演出。

周子鈴從學生時代開始，屢次在作曲比賽中嶄露頭角，2002年以長笛協奏曲”掙脫”獲美國作曲家暨作家出版協會青年作曲大賽首獎，她曾獲得國際女性作曲家聯盟作曲獎，也曾獲選為美國音樂教師協會委託創作作曲家，以及擔任加拿大班芙音樂節之駐團作曲家。

周子鈴出生於台灣台中，中學時期師事金希文教授，高中畢業後赴紐約茱莉亞音樂學院(The Juilliard School)深造，隨作曲家

Samuel Adler 學習作曲，成為該校首位台灣籍作曲學生，畢業時獲得音樂院最高作曲獎 Palmer Dixon

Prize，隨後獲全額獎學金赴芝加哥大學(University of

Chicago)攻讀碩士學位，於2009年獲得伊士曼音樂學院(Eastman School of Music)音樂藝術博士，

2008-2013年為美國桑福德大學(Samford University)

專任助理教授兼研究所主任，2014-2018任教於西維基尼亞大學 (West Virginia University),

教授理論作曲及分析課程，現與夫婿及兩個女兒居住在美國賓州，為自由音樂創作人。

Sarana Chou - Composer

The *New York Times* has described the work of Taiwanese-American composer Tzu-Ling Chou as “modern and edgy,” while the *Birmingham News* called her “a persuasive composer.” She has collaborated with ensembles and artists such as the Boston Brass, the Pacifica String Quartet, flutist Demarre McGill, and pianist Jenny Lin. Her compositions have been performed in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Spain, China, and Taiwan.

Since her student days, Chou has stood out in numerous composition competitions. In 2002, her flute concerto *Unbound* won First Prize in the Young Composer Awards presented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). She has also received the International Alliance for Women in Music composition award, was commissioned by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) as a commissioned composer, and served as composer-in-residence at the Banff Music Centre in Canada.

Born in Taichung, Taiwan, Chou studied under Professor Hsu Tsang-Houei (金希文) during secondary school. After high school, she moved to New York to pursue advanced studies at The Juilliard School, where she studied composition with Samuel Adler and became the school’s first Taiwanese composition major. Upon graduation, she received Juilliard’s highest composition honor, the Palmer Dixon Prize. She then received a full scholarship to pursue her master’s degree at the University of Chicago and earned her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the Eastman School of Music in 2009.

From 2008 to 2013, she served as Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director at Samford University. Between 2014 and 2018, she taught theory, composition, and analysis at West Virginia University. She now lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two daughters, working as a freelance composer.