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Chinese Youth Corps Wind Orchestra
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The wind orchestra rehearses regularly on Saturday afternoons for three hours in the Chinese Youth Corps building. Additional rehearsals are scheduled during the winter and summer vacations to meet the demands of the orchestra's frequent performances. During the twenty-eight years of its existance, it has made over 350 appearances worldwide and has served as a training ensemble for many of Taiwan's professional musicians. The wind orchestra plays one or two annual concerts in the National Concert Hall and performs for various cultural activities and national ceremonies. It has obtained an international reputation through its tours to the United States of America, Europe, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. At the International Youth Music Awards in the United States in 1984, the wind orchestra received the 3A Prize and was awarded the prestigious Best Performance Award at the same festival in 1977, 1980, 1989, and 1992. It performed at both the 1995 and 1997 WASBE Conferences. In 2002, the wind orchestra won the first prize at the Fourth Asian Symphonic Band Competition in Thailand. Former conductors of the wind orchestra include Prof. Chang Da-Shen, Prof. Chen Chen-Hsiung and Prof. Kuo Lian-Chang. The wind orchestra is currently conducted by Prof. Yeh Shu-Han and associate conductor Tuan Chih-Wei. Chou Wen-Wen and Chang Hung-Yu serve as section coaches. Yeh Shu-Han is one of Taiwan's leading trumpet soloists. He studied at the National Taiwan Normal University and the Conservatoire Nationale de Musique de Paris, where he studied with Marcel Lagorce. He became principal trumpet with the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra in 1984. In recent years, he has been very active in Taiwan's wind band scene. He has served as conductor of the Taiwan Symphony Wind Ensemble and the National Taiwan Normal Univesity Band. He is currently a member of the WASBE Board of Directors. Roger Boutry will be solo pianist with the Chinese Youth Corps Wind Orchestra at the 2007 WASBE Conference. He studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, where he obtained eight first prizes in theory, piano, chamber music, harmony, fugue, counterpoint, accompaniment, composition, and conducting. He has had a varied and distinguished career, winning the Grand Prix de Rome as a composer in 1954 and the prestigious Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow as a pianist in 1958. His appointment as professor of harmony at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris in 1962 marked the beginning of his teaching activities. After winning the Grand Prix Musical de la ville de Paris, the Prix Georges Bizet awarded by the Institut de France, and Grand Prix de la Promation de la S.A.C.E.M., he became conductor of the Musique de la Garde Republicaine in 1973, a position which he held until 1997. For his accomplishments as a composer, pianist, and conductor, he was elected "Personality of the Year" in 1989. |
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