Doctor of Musical Arts (University of Utah)
Specialized in Choral Conducting / Related Field: Orchestral Conducting
Music Director of the Salt Lake Chinese Choir
Sound Engineer for Virtual Choir Performances
Cover Story of The Voice, the publication by Chorus America
KSL TV Community Story:
First Chinese choir in Utah uses music to break cultural barriers
Biography
Dr. Yu-Feng Huang is a Taiwanese conductor, educator, and cultural advocate based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of Utah and currently serves as Music Director of the Salt Lake Chinese Choir. His work centers around connecting communities through choral music and promoting the beauty of Chinese language and culture on the American stage.
With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Huang has led numerous university and community choirs in Taiwan, including the National Chiao Tung University Chorus and National Cheng-Chi University Law Department Chorus. He has conducted internationally award-winning ensembles and is deeply committed to presenting contemporary Asian choral repertoire to Western audiences.
As part of his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Huang expanded into sound engineering and video production, producing virtual choir projects and digital performances. He is also the founder of the Chinese Choral Repertoire Promotion Project, which aims to introduce Chinese literature and cultural identity through choral performance. His doctoral dissertation provides pronunciation and interpretation guidelines to help non-Chinese-speaking choirs perform Chinese music authentically.
In addition to his choral conducting work, Dr. Huang is the founder of Note Is Publishing（專註）, a music publishing company dedicated to promoting Chinese-language choral repertoire in the United States. He also leads a Chinese immersion children's choir, using culturally responsive and language-integrated methods to nurture both musical skills and heritage identity in young singers.
Dr. Huang earned his Master of Fine Arts in Choral Conducting from National Taiwan Normal University under Dr. Ai-Kuang Sun (孫愛光), and studied for over a decade with Maestro Fang-Pei Lien (連芳貝) at National Taiwan University Chorus. At the University of Utah, he studied under Dr. Barlow Bradford and served as teaching assistant for the University Chamber Choir and A Cappella Choir, while also teaching undergraduate conducting.
