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Nancy Guy is a music scholar with broad interests that encompass the music of Taiwan and China, various forms of opera (including both European and Chinese forms), the interaction of music with state politics, and the ecocritical study of music. She is the inaugural holder of the Chiu-Shan Rufina Chen Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies and serves as Co-director at the Center for Taiwan Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Her notable publications include 'Peking Opera Politics in Taiwan', which received the ASCAP Béla Bartók Award for Excellence in Ethnomusicology and was named an 'Outstanding Academic Title 2006' by Choice. Guy's research addresses how political influences shape music, demonstrated through her examination of the Peking Opera tradition. She also explores the impact of American opera singer Beverly Sills on perceptions of high art and mass culture in her book 'Magic: Beverly Sills'. Her recent edited volume 'Resounding Taiwan: Musical Reverberations from a Vibrant Island' presents a rich tapestry of cultural expression across Taiwan, examining how music and life influence one another. Guy's work has received recognition through numerous grants and awards, and she frequently presents her research at universities worldwide.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Nancy Guy teaches courses on music with a focus on Taiwan and China.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).