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This issue's featured composer is He Jian-Jun.

A native Chinese, He Jian-Jun received his B.A. in violin performance from Northwestern National University (Lanzhou, China), M.A. in music theory from The Arts Academy of China (Beijing), and D.M.A. in composition from West Virginia University. His composition teachers have included Zhao Xing-Dao, Michael Golden, and John Beall. His compositions, numbering over fifty for various media, are enjoying growing success in Asia and the United States. In addition to his musical creation, he has published several research papers dealing with music theory, compositional technique, ethnomusicology, and music education. Dr. He is currently on the faculty of Casper College (Casper, Wyoming) teaching Composition and Music Theory. He was a former faculty member at Ningxia University (Yinchuan, China), West Virginia University, Slippery Rock University (PA), and Stephen F Austin State University (TX).

Imagine Music publishes He Jian-Jun's composition Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano. This work was premiered by James Romain at the World Saxophone Congress XIII in Minneapolis, Summer 2003. This work synthesizes Western musical genre and compositional techniques with traditional Chinese musical elements. It shows the fusion of different cultures and reflects the diversity of today’s music

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