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Tsao Poon-Yee (Penyeh)
B.Mus., M.Mus. (U.B.C.); Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)

Professor Tsao received his Ph.D. degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Pittsburgh, and began teaching in the Music Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1982. Professor Tsao's research interests include ritual music of China (Taoist ritual music and ritual music of the popular belief systems of China's Han majority and ethnic nationalities), narrative music, and theory and methods of ethnomusicology. Professor Tsao also acts as research fellow or honorary professor for China Academy of Arts (Research Institute of Music, Beijing), Central Music Conservatory (Beijing), China Music Conservatory (Beijing), Zhongyang Minzu University (Beijing) and Sichuan University (Sichuan) and Xiamen University (Fujian). He has served as Editor’s Consultant for the international journal Musical Performance, and as a member of the Executive Board of the International Council of Traditional Music (UNESCO Category C).

曹本冶教授，美國匹玆堡大學民族音樂學博士，1982年起任教香港中文大學音樂系。主要研究專題及其相關領域包括中國傳統儀式音樂、道教科儀音樂、 民族音樂學（ethnomusicology）理論方法、及中國說唱音樂。曹本冶教授同時也是中國藝術研究院音樂研究所（北京）、中央音樂學院（北京）、 中國音樂學院（北京）、中央民族大學（北京) 、四川大學、廈門大學等學府的特約研究員和教授，國際性音樂學刊 Musical Performance的編輯顧問，並為多個國內外民族音樂學學會的顧問、理事及會員，曾任二屆 (4年) 聯合國「C 類」文化組織「國際傳統音樂委員會」(International Council for Traditional Music，簡稱ICTM) 的理事及第 31屆（1991年）及第34屆（1997年)「國際傳統音樂委員會世界會議」學術小組的成員。


Research Interests

Ethnomusicology; Chinese Music; Chinese Ritual Music; Music of China's Ethnic Minority; Narrative Music

民族音樂學; 中國音樂; 中國儀式音樂; 中國少數民族音樂; 說唱音樂

Contact

Email: poonyeetsao@cuhk.edu.hk

Fax: (852) 2603-5273