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Derrick Wang
Education
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  • Composer
  • writer
Notable credit
Websitehttps://www.derrickwang.com

Derrick Wang is an American composer and writer.

Education

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Wang graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College, Harvard University, where he composed works including two musicals for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.[1][2] He received a master's degree from the Yale School of Music.[1]

Work

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Wang came to international attention as the composer and librettist of Scalia/Ginsburg, the opera about United States Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[3][4][5] Both justices wrote forewords to Wang's libretto.[6] One chapter of Ginsburg's 2016 book My Own Words consists of excerpts from the libretto,[7][8] narrated and performed by Wang in the audiobook.[9] In 2022, Justice Ginsburg's copy of the Scalia/Ginsburg libretto with a one-page autograph manuscript of her handwritten notes was sold at auction for over US$10,000.[10][11]

In 2024, Opera Delaware premiered Wang's new completion of the opera Turandot, praised as "adept," "respectful," and "seamless."[12][13][14]

Wang, a musical dramatist and forensic musicologist, teaches music and law at Johns Hopkins University.[12][15][16]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosen, Jeffrey (2014-09-28). "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is an American Hero". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  2. ^ Bravin, Jess (2015-07-13). "Justice Ginsburg's Spin on a Supreme Opera, 'Scalia/Ginsburg'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  3. ^ Langer, Emily (2013-10-04). "Derrick Wang Discusses 'Scalia/Ginsburg,' His Opera about the Supreme Court Justices". Washington Post. pp. E5. ISSN 0190-8286.
  4. ^ "Composing the Law: An Interview with Derrick Wang, Creator of the Scalia/Ginsburg Opera". American Bar Association. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  5. ^ Heil, Emily (2015-07-20). "'Scalia/Ginsburg' opera draws VIPs of the legal world". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
  6. ^ Scalia, Antonin; Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (2015). "Prefaces to Scalia/Ginsburg: A (Gentle) Parody of Operatic Proportions". The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts. 38 (2): 237. doi:10.7916/jla.v38i2.2118. ISSN 2161-9271.
  7. ^ Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (2016). My Own Words. Hartnett, Mary; Williams, Wendy W. (1st ed.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. pp. 43–55, 341–350. ISBN 978-1-5011-4524-7. OCLC 946693458.
  8. ^ Chemerinsky, Erwin (2016-11-08). "Book Review: My Own Words". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  9. ^ Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, My Own Words [audiobook], Hartnett, Mary; Williams, Wendy; Lavin, Linda, Disc 2, Track 3, ISBN 978-1-5082-2628-4, OCLC 949219733, retrieved 2020-11-02
  10. ^ Tarmy, James (2022-01-04). "Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Private Library Is Coming to Auction". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  11. ^ "The Library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Autograph Notes on Opera and Law". Bonhams. 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  12. ^ a b Obenreder, Gail (2024-05-21). "OperaDelaware presents Puccini's Turandot". Broad Street Review. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  13. ^ Silverman, Mike (2024-05-08). "Washington Opera offers new ending to Puccini's final work". AP News. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  14. ^ Brodeur, Michael Andor (2024-05-13). "Washington National Opera's new 'Turandot' gets a refreshing finale". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  15. ^ "Derrick Wang Joins Peabody Faculty". Peabody Magazine. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  16. ^ Cruickshank, Saralyn (2020-11-06). "Forging friendships across political divides". The Hub. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
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