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A young artist originally from Hangzhou, China, Yuxun "Helen" He is a third-year double major at Oberlin College and Conservatory studying computer science and Technology in Music and Related Arts as a student of Tom Handman Lopez and Aurie Hsu. Growing up as a choir girl, He has attended festivals and competitions Austria, the United States, Spain, China, the United Kingdom, and Canada. As a composer, Helen has also attended festivals and workshops around the world, including the 2017 International Music Festival of the Adriatics (where she studied composition with Tom Lopez and Stefano Sacher) and the Kyiv Contemporary Music Days masterclass (where she studied with Ake Parmerud, Jaime Reis, Mehmet Can Ozer, and Alla Zagaykevych). Additionally, she is a member of the student council of Society of Composers, Inc.
Helen is especially interested in using music as a tool for social justice - her composition Pulse, a tribute to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, received its US premier in November 2016 and its Europe premier in March 2018 at FESTIVAL 5 GIORNATE in Milan, Italy. Her more recent composition Dear His Mom, which discusses the phenomena of victim blaming in incidents of sexual harassment and assault, received its European premiere in September 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine, and its US premiere in November 2017. |
A classically-trained vocalist and pianist, Helen enjoys premiering other composers' newest works when she's not composing herself. She is also an avid researcher in the field of computer science - currently, she's conducting research on online privacy challenges of underrepresented groups and algorithms for generating pseudo-topological maps.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS
Memories of Love - audiovisual installation, to be premiered May 2018
Untitled duet for double bass and viola da gamba, to be premiered in May 2018
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - SATB choral piece, to be premiered in fall 2018
A collaboration with choreographer and dancer Louise Wurzelbacher, to be performed at the Cleveland Museum of Art in fall 2018
Untitled piece for solo flute - with loop pedals, with or without electronics, with or without choreography, to be premiered in late 2018 or early 2019
Untitled duet for double bass and viola da gamba, to be premiered in May 2018
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - SATB choral piece, to be premiered in fall 2018
A collaboration with choreographer and dancer Louise Wurzelbacher, to be performed at the Cleveland Museum of Art in fall 2018
Untitled piece for solo flute - with loop pedals, with or without electronics, with or without choreography, to be premiered in late 2018 or early 2019
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