Inside Chinese Theater

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:00pm CST

McClintock Choral and Recital Room

Part of the Music Studies Distinguished Speaker Series 

Presented by Professor Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Head of Music Theory, Rutgers University 

Nancy Yunhwa Rao has produced award-winning research on a range of topics including gender and music, sketch studies, music modernism, cultural fusion in music, racial representations, and the music history of early Chinese Americans. Her book Chinatown Opera Theater in North America tells the story of iconic theater companies and the networks and migrations that made Chinese opera a part of North American cultures. As a music theorist, Rao has explored intersections between China and the West, particularly global perspectives in contemporary Chinese music.