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March 17, 2015

SVSU Rhea Miller Concert Series features pianist with global résumé

Phang, MaySaginaw Valley State University will showcase internationally acclaimed pianist May Phang during its next Rhea Miller Concert Series installment Saturday, March 21. The performance is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.

Phang has performed on three continents including solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Singapore, Montreal and the Netherlands. Her résumé includes performances with the Singapore Symphony, the Banff Chamber Players, the Montreal Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Phang was a finalist in the 2007 Iowa Piano Competition and won the Chopin Young Pianists' Competition in Buffalo, the Canadian Music Competition, and Pontoise International Young Artists Competition in France. She began piano studies in her native Singapore.

An active music educator, Phang serves as an assistant professor of music at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. She is a graduate of McGill University in Canada and earned her Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia. Phang also is a teaching artist of Young Audiences of Indiana, the state's oldest and largest provider of professional arts education programs for children; and conducts master classes at institutions such as Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, Calif., and Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Mich.

Phang’s Rhea Miller Concert Series program will include selections from musicians such as 19th century's Franz Schubert and Frédéric Chopin, as well as contemporary musician Roberto Sierra.

The Rhea Miller Concert Series is made possible by a generous gift from Rhea E. Miller, a longtime friend of SVSU. Her gift, administered by the Miller Trust for Music Education, has provided the university with the opportunity to offer outstanding performances by nationally and internationally acclaimed musical artists at no cost to the audience since 1993. For more information, call (989) 964-4159 or email music@svsu.edu.