Who?
What's the purpose of being an artist in the 21st century?
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It's about understanding and experiencing aliveness, vibrancy, gratitude, fulfillment, sorrow, pain, love and care.
So I strive to find this through our work together, and share it with our community.
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Biography
Hailing from New Zealand, Muse Ye is a collaborative pianist currently pursuing her doctorate at University of Michigan. Before relocating to Singapore for her Bachelors degree in piano performance, she spent her childhood immersed in different kinds of music making which led to being a national finalist in the New Zealand Chamber Music Competition, playing with the Christchurch Symphony orchestra, and touring the country with national choirs. She then moved to Ithaca, NY to pursue a Masters in collaborative piano and subsequently a second Masters in vocal performance, during which she collaborated with instrumentalists and vocalists in more than 50 recitals both virtually and in-person, and curated interdisciplinary recitals incorporating literary, digital and visual art.
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Credits include:
2022: Opera Company of Middlebury, Young Artist (Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld); Aspen Music Festival, Collaborative Piano Fellow (Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, Berlioz’s Requiem).
2023: Opera Lucca, pianist and coach (Gianni Schicchi); Queensland Art Song Festival.
2024: University of Michigan mainstage production, pianist and coach (Elizabeth Cree); Classic Lyric Arts - France, Collaborative Piano Fellow; Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Collaborative Piano Fellow (Howland Little Women).