曾毓芬
Yuh-Fen Cecile Tseng
Current Position
．Associate Professor, Department of Music, National Jia-Yi University, Taiwan
．Chair, Center of Humanities and Arts, National Chiayi University
．Producer and Host of Broadcast Program “The Rhythm of Life” in Philharmonic
Radio Station, Taipei
Academic Background
．Taipei National University of the Arts, PhD, Majoring in Ethnomusicology
．New York University, Master of Arts, Majoring in Piano Performance
．Soochow University, Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Piano Performance
Academic Achievements
[Book, Audio Recording and Vedio Recording]
2001
2002
2003
The Appreciation of Western Classical Music—on Music Styles from the
Medieval Times to Baroque Era. Taipei: Chi-Ying Publishing Co..
Keyboard Music: Theory and Practice. Taipei: New Wen-Jing Publishing
Co..
Exploring the Possibilities of Musical Analysis from Musical Aesthetic
View. Taipei: Yang-Zhe Culture.
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2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
Music and Dance of Gavalan Tribe, Taiwan (Book & CD/DVD). Pingtung:
Bureau of Cultural Park, Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan.
I Singing with Life: A Music Story of Bunun Tribe, Taiwan (Book & 2CDs).
Nantou: Yushan National Park Headquarter.
The Legend of White-Stone Mountain: A Vedio recording on the Oral Music
Tradition of Seediq Tribe and Truku Tribe(2 DVDs). Yi-Lan: Center for
Traditional Arts, Preparatory office of the National Headquarters of
Taiwanese Traditional Arts.
A Research on the Vocal Music of Seediq Tribe & Truku Tribe-- Focusing
on the Functioning & Thoughts of Their Musical Improvisation. Taipei:
PhD Dissertation of Taipei National University of the Arts.
Music and Dance of Sakizaya Tribe, Taiwan (Book & CD/DVD). Pingtung:
Bureau of Cultural Park, Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan.
2009 Taiwan Traditional Music Yearbook (Book, E-Book & Website)
(the executive editor & the writer of the chapter “Indigenous
Music”). Taipei: Taiwan Music Center, Preparatory office of the National
Headquarters of Taiwanese Traditional Arts.
http://210.241.82.1/rimh/2009_taiwan_traditional_music_yearbook/index.html
2010
2010 Taiwan Traditional Music Yearbook (E-Book & Website)
(the executive editor & the writer of the chapter “Indigenous
Music”). Taipei: Taiwan Music Center, Preparatory office of the National
2010
Headquarters of Taiwanese Traditional Arts.
http://tmc.ncfta.gov.tw/2010_taiwan_traditional_music_yearbook/
Music and Dance of Bunun Tribe, Taiwan (Book & CD/DVD). Pingtung:
Bureau of Cultural Park, Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan.
[Journals and periodicals]
1996
2003
2004
“Discussion on the Basic Elements, the Form, and the Reference of Music
from the Eclectic-Aesthetic Angle,” Chia-Nan Annual bulletin Vol. 22, pp.
272-285.
“The Application of the Twentieth-Century Music in General
Education —An Discussion on the Possibilities and Methods from the
Viewpoints of Hermeneutic Phenomenology,” in Conference of the Arts and
Humanities Education, TNUA.
“Overtone Singing: Physics and Metaphysics of Harmonics in East and
West—A Book Review on Mark C. van Tongeren’s Overtone Singing,”
Oriental Humanities Vol. 3, No.2, pp.209-236.
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2004
2005
2005
2005
2006
2007
“The Excellent Model of the Comprehensive and Improvisational
Characteristics of Folk Arts—An Discussion on the Performing Skills and
Music of Yang, Xiu-Heng’s Hakka Acrobatics Show,” International
Symposium on “Ganzhou and the Hakka World”. Peking: People’s Daily
Publishing Co..
“The Love and Salvation in Music—Exploring Mahler’s Symphony No.8,”
in Album of NSO Mahler Cycle, pp.142-156. Taipei: National Symphony
Orchestra.
“The Fusion between Declining Tradition and Modernism—an Essay on
Zhu Jian-er’s Tenth Symphony, Fishing in Snow,” Arts Review Vol.15,
pp.27-72.
“A Chronological Observation on the Evolution of Bunun’s Pasibutbut
Singing taken place in Mingde Village, Nantou,” Symposium on the
Traditional Arts of Nantou County, pp. 139-170. Yi-Lan: National Center of
Traditional Arts.
“The Wildness and Tenderness in Burmese Music—An Essay on the Style
of Burmese Traditional Music and Saing Waing Ensemble,” in the
Illustrated Book of “2006 Exhibition on the Traditional Percussion
Instruments of Asian-Pacific Area: Simplicity, Elegancy and Wildness”,
pp.24-41. Yi-Lan: National Center of Traditional Arts.
“The Singing Along Li-Wu River—Traditional music and Dance of Truku
Tribe,” Music Browser 100. Taichung: National Taiwan Symphony
Orchestra
2007 “The Musical Improvisation of Taiwanese Aborigine Seediq Tribe
—Illustrated by the Ritual Dance Song “Uyas Kmeki,” Guandu Music
Journal Vol. 7, pp.93-129. Taipei: Graduate Institute of Musicology, Taipei
National University of the Arts
2008
“Same Gaya, Different Tunes—Comparing the Similarities and Differences
between the Music Culture of Seediq Tribe and Truku Tribe,” Traditional
Arts Vol. 75, pp.37-41. Yi-Lan: National Center of Traditional Arts.
2008
2008
“Music As the Tool of Ethnic Recognition—Illustrated by the Vocal Music
System of Seediq Tribe and Truku Tribe,” 2008 Taiwan Musicology Forum.
“The Fantastic Sound from the Land of Philippines—Tracing the Cultural
Context of South-Eastern Asian Music through the Diversity of Philippine
Instrumental Ensemble,” Traditional Arts Vol. 78, pp.19-28. Yi-Lan:
National Center of Traditional Arts.
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2009
2009
2010
“The Dazzling Golden Color and Passionate Feelings—Remarks on the
Improvisational Beauty of Burmese Saing Waing Ensemble,” Traditional
Arts Vol. 84, pp.12-16. Yi-Lan: National Center of Traditional Arts.
“The Revival of a Missing Tribe--Rethinking the Cultural Reconstruction
Issue of Taiwanese Indigenous Tribes through the Process of Investigating
Sakizaya’s Tradition Music,” 2009 Taiwan Musicology Forum.
“Remaining Individuality within Sameness, While Pursuing Harmony from
Various Standpoint--A Study on the Polyphonic Singing of Bunun from the
View of Music Improvisation,” 2010 Taiwan Musicology Forum.
[Research Projects]
2005
2005
2005
2005
Executing the Project of “The Writing and Compiling of an Audio
Anthology of Bunun Music Based on Their Traditional Customs, Ritual and
Legends”, commissioned by Yushan National Park Headquarter.
Undertaking the work of field investigation, interviewing, recording and
writing.
Executing “The Investigation Project on Copyright and Intellectual
Properties of Traditional Hakka Music”, commissioned by Council for
Hakka Affairs, Executive Yuan. Responsible for the work of collecting data,
analyzing, interviewing, consulting the lawyers and writing.
Executing the Project of “ The Writing of A Proposal about the Intergration
and Development on the Music Resource of Tsou Tribe Resided in Ali
Mountain, Jia-Yi”, commissioned by Alishan National Scenic Area.
Undertaking the work of field investigation, interviewing and writing.
Executing the Project of “ Zhong Yun-Hui Hakka Ba-Yin(Hakka
Instrumental Ensemble) Performing in Paris, France”, invited by Maison
des Cultures du Monde and sponsored by Council of Cultural Affairs and
Council for Hakka Affairs, Executive Yuan. Serving the post of executing
producer and English translator.
2005 Executing the Project of “ 2005 International Cultural Festival of Bamboo”,
commissioned by Cultural Affairs Bureau of Nantou County. In charged of
inviting Philippine Mudukayan Ensemble and Vietnamese Truc Vang Band,
and hosting during their performances.
2005
Attending “The 7th World Symposium on Choral Music, 2005” held in
Japan with The Voice of Lileh—a performing group from Bunun Tribe,
Taiwan. Hosting and translating “The Workshop of Bunun’s Pasibutbut” .
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2006
2006
2007
Executing the Project of “ The Investigation on the Cultural Resource of
Seediq Tribe”, commissioned by National Center of Traditional Arts.
Undertaking the work of field investigation, interviewing, recording and
writing.
The executing producer of “2006 Exhibition on the Traditional Percussion
Instruments of Asian-Pacific Area: Simplicity, Elegancy and Wildness”,
commissioned by National Center of Traditional Arts. In charge of
Instruments purchasing, arrangement of the exhibition, and also the writing,
English translating and compiling of the Illustrated Book.
The executing producer of the Hakka Musical “My Daughter’s Wedding
--The Taming of the Shrew” . Responsible for the proposal writing, music
2008
compiling, and performing administration.
The executing producer of “2008 Asia-Pacific Traditional Art
Festival —The Fantastic Sound from the Land of Philippines”,
2009
commissioned by National Center of Traditional Arts. Also hosting and
translating “The Workshop of Madukayan Ensemble” and “The Workshop
of Hud Hud Performing Troupe, Ifugao”
The executing producer of “2009 Asia-Pacific Traditional Arts
Festival—Legend of the Mekong River: Court and Folk Arts”,
commissioned by National Center of Traditional Arts. Also hosting and
translating “The Workshop of Mandalay Marionettes Theatre, Myanmar”
2009
2009
2010
2010
and “The Workshop of Thai Classical Dance and Music Group of
Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand”
The Instructor of “2009 Intensive Training Camp of Taiwanese Indigenous
Music and Dance—The Tribe of Sakizaya”.
The Instructor of “2009 Intensive Training Camp of Taiwanese Indigenous
Music and Dance—The Tribe of Seediq”.
Executing the Project of “ The Comprehensive Investigation on the
Traditional Music of Bunun in Nantou County”, commissioned by Cultural
Affairs Bureau of Nantou County. Undertaking the work of field
investigation, interviewing, recording and writing.
Executing the Project of “ The Investigation on the Cultural Resource of
Atayal’s Oral Tradition and Epic Singing”, commissioned by Headquarters
Administration of Cultural Heritage. Undertaking the work of field
investigation, interviewing, recording and writing.
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