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Pauline Ng

Ph.D. Candidate At UC San Diego
La Jolla,CA

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Instructional Assistant – Teaching Assistant

University of California, San Diego
09.2020 - Current
  • conducted weekly discussion and laboratory sections of upper and lower division courses at the University
  • held weekly office hours to answer students' questions on assignments and course materials
  • read, evaluated and graded homework, papers, midterms and exams
  • courses taught at the University include: MUS 1A & 1B (Fundamentals of Music), MUS 4 (Introduction to Western Music), MUS 11 (Folk Music), MUS 12 (Opera), MUS 20R (Exploring the Musical Mind), MUS 111 (Topics/World Music Tradition – Music of the Southeast Asia, and Persian Music), MUS 114 (Music and Ideas Since 1900), MUS 126 (Blues: An Oral Tradition)

Violin Instructor

Self-employed
06.2013 - Current
  • offered weekly 45-minute, 60-minute or 90-minute individual lessons violin students of all ages and levels
  • customized technical exercises and études
  • prepared students for conservatory and college auditions, competitions and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music examinations – former students have been accepted by and advanced to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Bienen School of Music of Northwestern University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and award prizes at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival

String Orchestra Conductor

Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section)
09.2019 - 08.2020
  • conducted weekly rehearsals
  • prepared students for interschool competitions (e.g. Hong Kong Schools Music Festival) and performances

Music Composition Instructor

Self-employed
01.2015 - 08.2020
  • offered individual and group classes to secondary school students working on their portfolio for university entrance exams and requirements
  • offered individual lessons and short-term consultation sessions to college students and adults on specific projects
  • provided guidance and tutorial sessions on software usage (e.g. Sibelius, Logic Pro X, Max) to composition of all ages


String Ensemble Instructor

Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section)
09.2016 - 08.2019
  • conducted weekly coaching sessions to student-formed string quartets, string octets and piano quartets
  • coached students for interschool competitions (e.g. Hong Kong Schools Music Festival) and performances
  • organized outreach performance opportunities for students

Violin Instructor

Oberlin Conservatory
09.2014 - 05.2017
  • taught weekly 30-minute individual lessons to elementary school students at the Oberlin Community Music School
  • taught bi-weekly 60-minute secondary lessons to students at the Oberlin College and non-violin performance majors at the Oberlin Conservatory

Education

Ph.D. - Music

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
08.2020 -

Master of Music - Music Composition

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Music - Composition And Violin Performance

Oberlin Conservatory
Oberlin, OH
05.2001 -

Accomplishments

April 13-14, 2024

Presenter at the Asian Classical Music Initiative 2024

Ng, P. From Absolute to Adaptable: Nurturing Relative Pitch in Tonal Language Speakers with Absolute Pitch during Early Musical Training. Oral presentation at the Asian Classical Music Initiative at Mount Saint Mary's University (Chalon Campus), Los Angeles, CA


September 2018 - May 2019

Recipient of the Performing Arts EXCELerator Fellowship , University of Michigan


May - June 2017

Violinist of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble – Ojai Music Festival 2017 and Cal Performances at UC Berkeley

Performances of pieces by Vijay Iyer (Emergence, Trouble), and Courtney Bryan (Yet Unheard) at the Ojai Musica Festival and U.C. Berkeley.


2016 - 2017

Young Composer in Residence of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings

Detroit, MI


October 19–20, 2018

Composer at the Midwest Composers Symposium


May 20, 2017

Quartet Violinist at the Commencement Recital of Oberlin Conservatory


February 20, 2016

Composer at the Danenberg Honors Recital of Oberlin Conservatory


August 25, 2015

Composer and violinist at the Orientation Recital of Oberlin Conservatory


September 2013 - May 2017

Recipient of the Conservatory Dean Scholarship at Oberlin Conservatory

Timeline

Instructional Assistant – Teaching Assistant

University of California, San Diego
09.2020 - Current

Ph.D. - Music

University of California, San Diego
08.2020 -

String Orchestra Conductor

Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section)
09.2019 - 08.2020

String Ensemble Instructor

Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section)
09.2016 - 08.2019

Music Composition Instructor

Self-employed
01.2015 - 08.2020

Violin Instructor

Oberlin Conservatory
09.2014 - 05.2017

Violin Instructor

Self-employed
06.2013 - Current

Master of Music - Music Composition

University of Michigan
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Music - Composition And Violin Performance

Oberlin Conservatory
05.2001 -

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