Cheng, Ya-Hui

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Department: 
Fine Arts
Location: 
Patton Hall 212
Phone: 
478-822-1065
Email: 
Chengy@fvsu.edu

Position: Assistant Professor of Music

Professional Experience:
Member of Society of Music Theory; College Music Society and National Opera Association

Faculty Bio
Education: 

B.A. - Music from Queens College, City University of New York.
M.A. - Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Ph.D. - Music Theory from Florida State University.

Publications: 

Book: Ya-Hui Cheng. Puccini’s Women: Structuring the Role of the Feminine in Puccini’s Operas (VDM Verlag, 2009).

Article: Ya-Hui Cheng. “The Harmonic Representation of the Verismo Female Lead in Puccini,”
The Opera Journal (Forthcoming).

Research Interests: 

Tonal and Post-Tonal Analysis, 19th Century Operas, Genderism, and Exoticism