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Sam Hsu

Name: Samuel Hsu

Job/Title: Distinguished Professor of Music
School/Department: School of Music & Performing Arts
Specialty: Piano, Music History

At PBU Since: 1972

E-Mail: shsu@pbu.edu

Education/Degrees:

  • B.S. in Bible and B.Mus. - Philadelphia Biblical University
  • Ph.D. in Historical Musicology - University of California at Santa Barbara
  • Professional Study- The Juilliard School; Studied with Rosina Lhevinne, Martin Canin

Courses Taught:

  • Music History I, II, III, IV
  • Piano Literature
  • Form & Analysis

Research Interests:

  • Music by composers displaced by the Nazi Third Reich

Personal Publications:

  • "Claude Debussy As I Knew Him" and other Writings by Arthur Hartmann, edited by Samuel Hsu, Sidney Grolnic and Mark Peters, Eastman Studies in Music series, University of Rochester Press, 2003

Interesting/Fun Fact(s):

Personal Information/Biography:

  • Shanghai National Conservatory, Age 10
  • Debut with Hong Kong Philharmonic, Age 17
  • Performances:  Mozart-on-the-Square, Union League of Philadelphia, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center
  • Board Member - Philadelphia Music Teachers Association
  • Ruling Elder,  Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
  • Chair, Piano Department, Csehy Summer School of Music
  • Visiting Scholar at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylavnia, 2000-01

Personal Interests/Hobbies:

Favorite Passage of Scripture:

  • Philippians 2:13

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