Aspiring Conductor Strives to Create Ensembles that Demonstrate Global Diversity Through Music
ANKENY, IA, UNITED STATES, March 14, 2024. Aspire2STEAM.org, which provides educational scholarships and mentoring to young women and girls who are working toward careers that require education in science, tech, engineering, the arts, or math (STEAM), has awarded Tianxi Wen a LEGACY scholarship.
Tianxi is completing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “We love Tianxi’s mission to introduce World music to American audiences through her work as a musician and conductor,” said Cheryl O’Donoghue, CEO at Aspire2STEAM.org. “While there are many outstanding conductors in the US, most have only a western musical background. Tianxi is dedicated to both western and non-western music and hopes to break the ‘East is least; West is best’ stereotype.”