錢善華

錢善華’s works include numerous pieces for solo voice, solo instruments, chorus, chamber ensemble, and orchestra, and 錢善華 is devoted to research on the music of Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples and Austronesian-speaking peoples. In addition to composition, music theory, Western music history, and choral conducting, 錢善華’s teaching covers ethnomusicology courses including world music, Asian music, Austronesian peoples, and Taiwanese Indigenous music. 錢善華 has received the Berg Foundation composition scholarship, the Council for Cultural Affairs Music Composition Award and commissions, and commissions from the National Culture and Arts Foundation and the Taiwan Music Institute of the National Center for Traditional Arts.

錢善華 has served as Dean of the College of Music, Chair of the Department of Music, and Director of the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology at National Taiwan Normal University; as conductor of choirs including the National Taiwan University Chorus, the 金穗 Choir, the Music Covenant Choir, the NTNU Department of Music choir, and the Taipei YMCA choir; and as president of the Music Educators’ Association of the Republic of China, the Society for Ethnomusicology (ROC/Taiwan), and the Taiwan Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM).

錢善華 is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Music and the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology at National Taiwan Normal University.