Lunch and Learn with guest artists
Wednesday, Nov. 19
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Timashev Room 160
All Ohio State students, faculty and staff are invited to a special event on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. in Timashev N160. Enjoy lunch and candid conversation with the musicians of TRIO PHŌS (Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet | Julia Yang, cello | Sophiko Simsive, piano) and choreographers Zoey November, MFA candidate; and Crystal Michelle Perkins, associate professor of Dance.
Topics include:
- Networking as professional musicians/artists
- Finding success and joy in the freelancing life
- Fostering interdisciplinary work as an artist
- Information about their collaborative project, “Sound of Connection”
Registration is REQUIRED for this free event for Ohio State students, faculty and staff.
RSVP for Lunch and Learn
DEADLINE: Monday, Nov. 10
This program is sponsored by the Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise.
Questions? Please email BarnettCenter@osu.edu.
Composer Talk with guest Shih-Hui Chen
Friday, Nov. 21
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Weigel Room 174
Join acclaimed composer and Rice University professor Shih-Hui Chen for a conversation and a presentation of her work.
Chen's new work, Our Stories, Our Songs, will be premiered by TRIO PHŌS in a multidisciplinary performance on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2:30 p.m. in Timashev Recital Hall.
Chen joins TRIO PHŌS as a part of a Visiting Artist Residency Grant generously sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs.
Recipient of the 2023 Walter Hinrichsen Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Taiwanese-American composer Shih-Hui Chen is fascinated by the narratives at the intersection of identity, culture, and tradition. In her works, she seeks to cross boundaries between music and society, between the music of distinct cultures, and between music and other art forms. Recognition of her work has come from institutions that include: American Academy in Rome, Guggenheim Foundation, and Fulbright Scholar Program. Chen’s compositions have brought her into contact with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Her recent projects include a thirty-minute, multimedia cello concerto, Our Son Is Not Coming Home To Dinner; a sixty-minute, mixed-media viola concerto sisila ila ila: saying goodbye, which includes shadow puppets; and a seventy-minute cross-genre theatrical work Kimchi, Pickles and Wine.
Shih-Hui Chen currently serves on the Performing Arts and Culture committee at Asia Society Texas Center and is on faculty at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University. Her music can be heard on Albany, New World and Bridge Records. shihhuichen.com
"The Sound of Connection"
Sunday, Nov. 23
2:30–4 p.m.
Timashev Recital Hall
A culminating performance of a weeklong interdisciplinary Visiting Artist Residency that brings together classical chamber music, composition, choreography and contemporary dance. TRIO PHŌS’ project, The Sound of Connection, celebrates community, empathy and intergenerational relationships through the stories of older adults. The show interweaves dance and aural histories collected over the course of the past year with the music of Brahms, John Bull, Karim Al-Zand, and a commissioned work by Shih-Hui Chen. Chen’s work, Our Stories, Our Songs, was commissioned for this project and inspired by music and conversations between Trio Phōs members and participants from Older Adult Community Centers in New York City.
"Sound of Connection" full event details
This project is supported by a Visiting Artist Residency Grant through the Office of Academic Affairs.