Snapshots of the artists (page two)
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MUSIC
Jean
Ahn, Ph.D. candidate
in music composition
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Past projects: Ahn's
music has been played in New York,
Japan, and widely in Korea. She has also studied electronic/computer
music at CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technologies)
and is experimenting with fusing electronics with
Asian traditional instruments.
Now working on: "Composing a
piano concerto."
Plans for the Eisner prize
money: "Going to music festivals
and seminars this summer."
Jessie Lee, fourth
year music and molecular & cell biology
double major
Hometown: El Sobrante, CA.
Past projects: Lee
performed Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 1" with the
University Symphony Orchestra on Cal Day 2005. She
has studied piano with Jacqueline Chew in the Young
Musicians Program and is presently studying with Betty
Woo.
Now working on: "Taking
lessons on piano and carillon. I hope to start cello
lessons in the fall."
Plans for the Eisner prize
money: "Most likely I'll
use it for tuition or to contribute to my savings
for a future instrument."
Kathryn
Fang, December 2005 graduate in music and
molecular & cell
biology
Hometown: Plano, TX
(but currently Irvine, CA)
Past projects: In March,
performed in the Music Department's Noon Concert series
(left). In summer 2005, participated
in the International Academy of Music in Italy, where
she studied with Boris Slutsky of the Peabody Conservatory;
she will continue studying with him in the fall through
the Hertz Traveling Fellowship.
Plans for the Eisner prize
money: "It will help fund my studies
abroad this summer in Russia as well
as on the East Coast."
Clarissa Lyons, fourth-year music major
Hometown: Davis, CA
Past projects: Attended
the Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute in
2005, singing in scenes from Poulenc's "Dialogues
of the Carmelites," Verdi's "Falstaff" and
the full-length production of Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffman." In
February, gave a Noon Concert in Hertz Hall of her two favorite genres,
German Lieder and American Art Song.
Now working on: Sings with the Chamber
Chorus and with Cal Jazz Choir.
Future plans: Applying to graduate programs
in vocal performance.
Linda Wang, December
2005 graduate in music
Hometown: Arcadia, CA
Past projects: Past
piano performances include solo Noon Concerts for the
music department and ensemble concerts in collaboration
with composers from the graduate composition seminar
of Professor Jorge Liderman. As a violinist, Wang represented
the University and toured Italy, Israel, and Jordan
with Musica Europa in summer 2004. Wang debuted as
a student conductor with Schubert's Symphony No.8 on
Cal Day 2005. She also conducted Tchaikovsky's "Romeo
and Juliet Overture"
with the Berkeley Summer Symphony.
Future plans: Will perform
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 with the University
Symphony in May 2006.
Other interests: Spends
her spare time as a labor [birth] coach.
PERFORMING ARTS: DANCE
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 Charles Slender. (Photo by Matt Haber) |
Charles Brandon Slender,
fourth-year dance and performance studies and English
literature double major
Hometown: Oceanside, CA
Past projects: Began
training as a dancer four years ago, and has since
then performed extensively
throughout the Bay Area. His choreography has
been presented numerous times on the UC Berkeley campus; his most
recent work was "Coming Home.".
Now working on: "I am currently
investigating emotional states; trying to discover what the body
and mind goes through in unearthing authentic emotional qualities
and dispositions, and learning how to utilize these emotional states
in performance to effect a cathartic response in audience members.
My research will contribute to the development of my first solo
work, which is as yet untitled."
Plans for the Eisner prize money: "Travel
to Durham, NC; Amsterdam; and Moscow to participate in international
dance festivals and work with American and European choreographers.
These experiences will provide a monumental amount of knowledge regarding
the international dance community
and present opportunities to forge significant
relationships with dancers and choreographers from a variety of disciplines."
Other talents: Slender has been a
competitive gymnast and was a varsity member of the UC Berkeley Men's
Diving Team, 2002 to 2004.
 Emily Woo Zeller (Photo by Matt Haber) |
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Emily Woo Zeller, fifth-year
dance, theater, and performance studies major
Hometown: Los Angeles
area
Past projects: Has been
a member of the Bay Area Repertory Dance Company, working
with Ellis Wood, Carol Murota, Lisa Wymore, and Reggie
Wilson in the dance department. Closed a show with
Facing East Dance and Music, which performed at the SomArts
Gallery in San Francisco. Has done choreographic work
for the main stage productions "Marat/Sade"
and "The Cradle Will Rock" at UC Berkeley.
Now working on: "The
Berkeley Dance Project, and a collaborative work with
Amy Chang for the Asian American Dance Project's 'Trans-la-tions'
festival."
Plans for the Eisner prize
money: "It will provide me with better
financial security during my transition from a student
to a professional artist. I intend to visit New York
City and the American Dance Festival this summer, and
go on to work in Hong Kong for some time in entertainment
and performance."
PERFORMING ARTS: THEATER
 Chou fits Leon Litwack for headgear in "The Cradle Will Rock." (Peg Skorpinski photo) |
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Holly Hoching Chou,
fourth-year theater and English double major
Hometown: Cypress,
CA
Past projects: Chou's
credits as an actor include "Tooth and Nail," "Three
Sisters,"
and "The Cradle Will Rock" at UC Berkeley,
as well as "Take Me for a Ride ... Cute Girl!" at
Theater Rhinoceros in San Francisco. Through her work-study
position in the Costume Shop in Theater, Dance, and
Performance Studies, she coordinated dance costumes
for Ellis Wood's "Timeless Red,"
assisted Wendy Sparks on "The Cradle Will Rock,"
and designed costumes for student choreographer [and
Eisner winner] Charles Slender's "Coming Home."
Now working on: Costumes
for the Berkeley Dance Project, April 21-30.
Matthew Cowell, fourth-year
theater and performance studies majorHometown: Born in Michigan, raised in Napa, CA
Past projects: Has acted in several shows at UC Berkeley, including in "Three Sisters" and "The Cradle Will Rock," and has been a fight director and a sound designer for many UC Berkeley theater productions.
Now working on: "Facilitating a stage combat class in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies."
Plans for the Eisner prize money: "Furthering my education in theater by putting it toward future graduate studies."
PHOTO IMAGING
Jelani Mahiri, Ph.D. candidate in sociocultural anthropology
Hometown: Chicago,
Illinois
Past projects: "The
creative project that resulted in the Eisner award
is a documentary portraiture project photographing
the youth that attend a nonformal educational project
in Sao Paulo, Brazil, called Projeto Clicar. Projeto
Clicar works with poor urban youth to provide them
with a space to explore learning at their own pace,
utilizing arts, crafts, education-oriented
computer games, Internet and computer design programs,
etc.
The documentary photographic work [sample,
right]
was developed in order to begin a specifically visual
archive of the youth that attend as well as to provide
them with photographs of themselves, a luxury that
many cannot afford."
Now working on: "My
dissertation."
Plans for the Eisner prize
money: "To return
to Brazil this summer to photograph more of the city
of Sao
Paulo and the work of informal street vendors, which
is the topic of my Ph.D. dissertation. I will also
begin a documentary/educational video project with some
of the older youth at Projeto Clicar, oriented around
discovering what it takes to enter the University of
Sao
Paulo. I will explore
youth perspectives on and desires concerning higher
education, as well as what students, professors and
administrators at the university recommend for preparation
to enter."
Andrew Moisey, Ph.D. candidate in film studies
Hometown: Penn Valley, CA
Past projects: In
1999 took a Summer Sessions course in
black-and-white photography with Abner Nolan; began
studying in 2001 under Janet Delaney, the director
of photography in the Visual Studies program in the
College of Environmental Design, and broke ground
on a massive project about college fraternity life. In
2004, was
awarded the prestigious Dorothea Lange Fellowship for
his work.
Now working on: Continuing
to work on the fraternity documentation project.
See his work at: Andrewmoisey.com
Honorable mention, Photo Imaging:
Monty
Suwannukul, third-year
architecture major
Camilo Salazar Prince,
fourth-year philosophy major