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Kheng K. Koay
Faculty
Professor
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. (Ph.D in Musicology).
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. (MM).
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. (BM)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. (MM).
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. (BM)
Kheng K. Koay holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Melbourne. She is currently a Professor of Musicology in the Music Department at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Her articles and chapters appear in numerous scholarly journals and books and have been presented at several international conferences. Her current research interests focus on late 20th-and-early 21st centuries- music. She has also commenced publishing her articles on analyses of women music, Peter Maxwell Davies, John Adams, Alfred Schnittke, Daniel Bernard Roumain and others. She is the author of Tracing the Beats: The Fusion of American Vernacular and Western Art Music (2013), and The Kaleidoscope of Women’s Sounds in Music of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries (2015).
At the Music Department, Koay teaches undergraduate and graduate music histories courses, including American Music History, Music Aesthetics and Criticism, Contemporary Music, Western Music History, Introduction to Music Research, Graduate Music History Review and others. To enhance students’ opportunities and experiences, she also organizes national and international music conferences for scholars and students (2015 Taiwan Musicology Forum, 2020 International Music Conference and others).
Publications
1. Books
• The Kaleidoscope of Women’s Sounds in Music of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. (ISBN: 978-1-4438-7652-0)
• Tracing the Beats: The Fusion of American Vernacular and Western Art Music. Kaohsiung, Taiwan: National Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2012. (ISBN: 978-986-86641-6-6)
2. Articles
• “Vocal-Instrumental Style in Judith Lang Zaimont’s The Figure String Quartet” Musicologica Olomucensia 28 (December 2018), 82-102.
• “‘Open Form’ in Naxos Quartet No. 10 of Peter Maxwell Davies” Quadrivium. Revista de Musicologia 9 (2018), 1-13. http://avamus.org/ca/quadrivium/ (RILM)
• “Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 4: Recreation of Traditions in a New Musical Context” Revista Per Musi, vol. 38 (2018), 1-13. https://seer.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/issue/archive
• “The Light Style of Peter Maxwell Davies’ Mavis in Las Vegas” Kuandu Music Journal, vol. 27 (July, 2018) 53-75. 《關渡音樂期刊》第二十七期
• “Stylistic Synthesis in Libby Larsen’s Evening in the Palace of Reason” Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities – Musicologica 2/2017 (August 2017), 70-85.
• “Peter Maxwell Davies' Interpretation of Past Musical Practices in Naxos Quartet No. 8” Musicologica Olomucensia 24 (December 2016), 47-62. (RILM)
• “Judith Weir’s Instrumental Music as Description” Revista Per Musi, vol. 33 (Jan-Apr., 2016), 59-78. https://seer.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/issue/archive (RILM)
• “Binary Opposition and Synthesis in Tower’s String Quartet No. 2” Opus, vol. 20, no. 1 (June, 2014), 117-136. (RILM)
• “The Structural Fragmentation in Zwilich’s Millennium Fantasy” Revista Brasileira de Música, vol. 26 no. 1 (Jan-June 2013), 173-188. (RILM)
• “The Musical Styles in Zwilich’s Double Quartet for Strings” NCUE Journal of Humanities, vol.7 (March, 2013), 77-91. 《國立彰化師範大學文學院學報》第七期
• “The Crossed Boundaries in Musical Culture between Asian and Western World” in Asian Culture(s) in the Context of Globalization. Ed. by I-Chun Wang and Li Guo. CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, 15.2 (June 2013), article 19. (AHCI)
• “Baroque-Minimalism in Adams’s Violin Concerto” Tempo 66, no. 260 (April, 2012), 23-33. (AHCI)
• “Reel Tracks: Australian Feature Film Music and Cultural Identities, ed. Rebecca Coyle” (Review) Journal of Film Music, vol.3 no.1 (2010), 79-83. (MLA)
• “Daniel Bernard Roumain: The Fusion of HipHop and Art Music in String Quartets” in Musical Islands. Edited by Elizabeth Mackinlay, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Katelyn Barney. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, 327-343.
• “Sofia Gubaidulina: Dualism and Unification in String Quartet No. 2” The Shiwan Journal of Arts, vol. 5 (2009), 121-138.《西灣藝論》第五期
• “The ‘Cambiata’ Motive and Cyclic Form in Schnittke’s 4th String Quartet and 3rd Piano Sonata” Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities 24 (Summer 2007), 25-40.《中山人文學報》第二十四期 (MLA)
• “A Reflection of Moment Form in Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 3” Theoria 11 (2004), 109-124. (RILM)
3. Encyclopedia
• “Indonesia,” Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith and Anthony J. Fonseca. California: ABC-CLIO Greenwood, 2019, 343-345.
• “Malaysia,” Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith and Anthony J. Fonseca. California: ABC-CLIO Greenwood, 2019, 444-445.
• “Taiwan,” Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith and Anthony J. Fonseca. California: ABC-CLIO Greenwood, 2019, 685-686.
4. Papers Presented at Conferences
• “An Evening in the Palace of Reason with Bach and Fritz: Libby Larsen and the Royal Theme” presented at the 2017 Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, at Hawaii University, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 3, 2017.
• “A Connection Between Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Musical Lessons and Blackface Minstrel Shows” presented at the International Conference of the European Music in the Late 18th to early 19th Centuries: Diversity and Evolution, at National Sun Yat-sen University, December 5, 2010.
• “Music and Sound Design in Mason Bates’ Rusty Air in Carolina” will be presented at 31st Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, at The University of Melbourne, Australia, Dec., 4-7, 2008.
• “Daniel Bernard Roumain: The Fusion of HipHop – Art Music in String Quartets” presented at the “Islands”: Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Musicological Societies, at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia, November 24, 2007.
• “Schnittke and the Cambiata Cyclical Motive,” presented at the 2006 Taiwan Musicology Forum, at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, Dec. 2, 2006.
• “Sofia Gubaidulina: Binary Opposition and Unification in String Quartets” presented at 2006 International Conference on Modern Cross-Cultural Research, at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, Oct. 21, 2006.
• “Dualism and Unification in Sofia Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 2,” presented at the 28th National Conference of Musicological Society of Australia, at The University of Sydney, Sydney, Sept. 29, 2005.
• “An Analytical Approach to 20thCentury Compositions: Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina,” presented at Melbourne University Staff and Post-Graduate Seminar, at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, April 17, 2003.
• “A Reflection of Moment form in Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 3,” presented at the MSA Victorian Chapter Conference, at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, November 16, 2002.
• “Thematic and Motivic Development in String Quartet No. 3 by Alfred Schnittke,” presented at the MSA Music Symposium, at UNSW, Sydney, August 10, 2002.
At the Music Department, Koay teaches undergraduate and graduate music histories courses, including American Music History, Music Aesthetics and Criticism, Contemporary Music, Western Music History, Introduction to Music Research, Graduate Music History Review and others. To enhance students’ opportunities and experiences, she also organizes national and international music conferences for scholars and students (2015 Taiwan Musicology Forum, 2020 International Music Conference and others).
Publications
1. Books
• The Kaleidoscope of Women’s Sounds in Music of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. (ISBN: 978-1-4438-7652-0)
• Tracing the Beats: The Fusion of American Vernacular and Western Art Music. Kaohsiung, Taiwan: National Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2012. (ISBN: 978-986-86641-6-6)
2. Articles
• “Vocal-Instrumental Style in Judith Lang Zaimont’s The Figure String Quartet” Musicologica Olomucensia 28 (December 2018), 82-102.
• “‘Open Form’ in Naxos Quartet No. 10 of Peter Maxwell Davies” Quadrivium. Revista de Musicologia 9 (2018), 1-13. http://avamus.org/ca/quadrivium/ (RILM)
• “Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 4: Recreation of Traditions in a New Musical Context” Revista Per Musi, vol. 38 (2018), 1-13. https://seer.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/issue/archive
• “The Light Style of Peter Maxwell Davies’ Mavis in Las Vegas” Kuandu Music Journal, vol. 27 (July, 2018) 53-75. 《關渡音樂期刊》第二十七期
• “Stylistic Synthesis in Libby Larsen’s Evening in the Palace of Reason” Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities – Musicologica 2/2017 (August 2017), 70-85.
• “Peter Maxwell Davies' Interpretation of Past Musical Practices in Naxos Quartet No. 8” Musicologica Olomucensia 24 (December 2016), 47-62. (RILM)
• “Judith Weir’s Instrumental Music as Description” Revista Per Musi, vol. 33 (Jan-Apr., 2016), 59-78. https://seer.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/issue/archive (RILM)
• “Binary Opposition and Synthesis in Tower’s String Quartet No. 2” Opus, vol. 20, no. 1 (June, 2014), 117-136.
• “The Structural Fragmentation in Zwilich’s Millennium Fantasy” Revista Brasileira de Música, vol. 26 no. 1 (Jan-June 2013), 173-188. (RILM)
• “The Musical Styles in Zwilich’s Double Quartet for Strings” NCUE Journal of Humanities, vol.7 (March, 2013), 77-91. 《國立彰化師範大學文學院學報》第七期
• “The Crossed Boundaries in Musical Culture between Asian and Western World” in Asian Culture(s) in the Context of Globalization. Ed. by I-Chun Wang and Li Guo. CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, 15.2 (June 2013), article 19. (AHCI)
• “Baroque-Minimalism in Adams’s Violin Concerto” Tempo 66, no. 260 (April, 2012), 23-33. (AHCI)
• “Reel Tracks: Australian Feature Film Music and Cultural Identities, ed. Rebecca Coyle” (Review) Journal of Film Music, vol.3 no.1 (2010), 79-83. (MLA)
• “Daniel Bernard Roumain: The Fusion of HipHop and Art Music in String Quartets” in Musical Islands. Edited by Elizabeth Mackinlay, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Katelyn Barney. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, 327-343.
• “Sofia Gubaidulina: Dualism and Unification in String Quartet No. 2” The Shiwan Journal of Arts, vol. 5 (2009), 121-138.《西灣藝論》第五期
• “The ‘Cambiata’ Motive and Cyclic Form in Schnittke’s 4th String Quartet and 3rd Piano Sonata” Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities 24 (Summer 2007), 25-40.《中山人文學報》第二十四期 (MLA)
• “A Reflection of Moment Form in Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 3” Theoria 11 (2004), 109-124. (RILM)
3. Encyclopedia
• “Indonesia,” Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith and Anthony J. Fonseca. California: ABC-CLIO Greenwood, 2019, 343-345.
• “Malaysia,” Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith and Anthony J. Fonseca. California: ABC-CLIO Greenwood, 2019, 444-445.
• “Taiwan,” Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith and Anthony J. Fonseca. California: ABC-CLIO Greenwood, 2019, 685-686.
4. Papers Presented at Conferences
• “An Evening in the Palace of Reason with Bach and Fritz: Libby Larsen and the Royal Theme” presented at the 2017 Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, at Hawaii University, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 3, 2017.
• “A Connection Between Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Musical Lessons and Blackface Minstrel Shows” presented at the International Conference of the European Music in the Late 18th to early 19th Centuries: Diversity and Evolution, at National Sun Yat-sen University, December 5, 2010.
• “Music and Sound Design in Mason Bates’ Rusty Air in Carolina” will be presented at 31st Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, at The University of Melbourne, Australia, Dec., 4-7, 2008.
• “Daniel Bernard Roumain: The Fusion of HipHop – Art Music in String Quartets” presented at the “Islands”: Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Musicological Societies, at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia, November 24, 2007.
• “Schnittke and the Cambiata Cyclical Motive,” presented at the 2006 Taiwan Musicology Forum, at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, Dec. 2, 2006.
• “Sofia Gubaidulina: Binary Opposition and Unification in String Quartets” presented at 2006 International Conference on Modern Cross-Cultural Research, at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, Oct. 21, 2006.
• “Dualism and Unification in Sofia Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 2,” presented at the 28th National Conference of Musicological Society of Australia, at The University of Sydney, Sydney, Sept. 29, 2005.
• “An Analytical Approach to 20thCentury Compositions: Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina,” presented at Melbourne University Staff and Post-Graduate Seminar, at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, April 17, 2003.
• “A Reflection of Moment form in Gubaidulina’s String Quartet No. 3,” presented at the MSA Victorian Chapter Conference, at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, November 16, 2002.
• “Thematic and Motivic Development in String Quartet No. 3 by Alfred Schnittke,” presented at the MSA Music Symposium, at UNSW, Sydney, August 10, 2002.
