Hsiung-Zee Wong

Hsiung-Zee Wong (born October 24, 1947) is a composer, artist, and designer who was born in Hong Kong. She moved to the United States in 1966, where she worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. Wong studied at the University of Hawaii until 1968. In 1970, she studied electronic music at Mills College with Robert Sheff (later known as Gene Tyranny) and Dane Rudhyar. In 1972, she studied industrial design at the California College of Arts and Crafts.[1] Other teachers included Ernst Krenek, Chou Wen-Chung, Leonard Klein and Robert Ashley.[2] In 1972, Wong presented an art exhibit entitled "A Celebration of Women" at the Intersection Gallery (probably Intersection for the Arts).[3]

Wong founded Hysteresis, a women's creative arts group that included Bay-area artists, at Mills College.[4] She also performed with the Flowing Stream Ensemble. Wong's compositions include:

Electronic

Cry of Women in the Wilderness (piano, gong, and amplified Zen bell; 1972)
Earth Rituals (tape with chanting and sound improvisation; 1973)
Maturity (taped piano improvisation; 1972)
Sounding of the Sane (tape with audience chanting)

Guitar

Artsongs and Ballads[5]

Multimedia

They Move, Don't They? (sound calligraphic score with visual slides; 1973)

Vocal

Piano Ritual I (voice, piano, Chinese woodblock and gong)
Songs (voice and guitar; 1964-1972)

References

Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
Pfitzinger, Scott. Composer genealogies : a compendium of composers, their teachers, and their students. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5. OCLC 961457738.
Female Artists, Past and Present. Women's History Research Center. 1974.
Mander, Anica Vesel; Rush, Anne Kent (1974). Feminism as Therapy. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-70937-6.
MacAuslan, Janna. Guitar music by women composers : an annotated catalog. Aspen, Kristan, 1948-. Westport, Conn. ISBN 0-313-29385-6. OCLC 36589202.

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[1] Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.

[2] Pfitzinger, Scott. Composer genealogies : a compendium of composers, their teachers, and their students. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5. OCLC 961457738.

[3] Female Artists, Past and Present. Women's History Research Center. 1974.

[4] Mander, Anica Vesel; Rush, Anne Kent (1974). Feminism as Therapy. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-70937-6.

[5] MacAuslan, Janna. Guitar music by women composers : an annotated catalog. Aspen, Kristan, 1948-. Westport, Conn. ISBN 0-313-29385-6. OCLC 36589202.