- Curriculum Vitae -Gao Hong – Chinese pipa player and composer

Carleton College, Department of MusicCarleton Chinese Music Ensemble, Director

Lecturer in Chinese Musical InstrumentsOne North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057

Office: 507-222-4475. E-mail: ghong@carleton.edu Website: www.chinesepipa.com

Education1986-1990, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, P.R. China

Graduated with Honors, Student of Pipa Master Lin Shicheng1979-1985, Hebei Provincial School of the Arts, Hebei, P.R. China,

Graduated with Honors

Awards and Honors

2013 - Sorel Medallion in Recording grant from the Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable Organization, Inc. in New York City 

- Student-Faculty Fellows Program from ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation2012 - Winner of the 2012 Global Music Award 's - Award of Excellence

- Winner of the 2012-2013 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music.-Arts Tour Minnesota Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board- Folk and Traditional Arts Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board- Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace

2011 - Arts Learning Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board- USArtists International grant of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with

the National Endowment for the Arts and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2010 - Student-Faculty Fellows Program from ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation

- Art Learning Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board- Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board- Subito award from the American Composers Forum

2009 - Global Connections grant from the Meet The Composer Inc. in New York. - USArtists International grant of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with

the National Endowment for the Arts and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2008 - Awarded Guest Professor Title at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

- Jerome Foundation Emerging Composer Grant- McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians- MetLife Creative Connections Grant from the Meet The Composer Inc. in New York.- Subito Grant from the American Composers Forum.

2007 - Cultural Community Partnership Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board - Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant

- St Paul Listens Grant from the American Composers Forum- Winner of the American Composers Forum Essentially Choral Program

- MetLife Creative Connections Grant from the Meet The Composer Inc. in New York. 2006 - Creative Connections Grant from Meet The Composer Inc. in New York.

- Encore award from the American Composers Forum2005 - Subito Grant from the American Composers Forum

- Creative Connections Grant from Meet The Composer Inc. in New York- Jerome Foundation Emerging Composer Commission

2004 - Bush Fellowship for Folk and Traditional Arts- Artist Initiative Grant form the Minnesota State Arts Board

2003 - Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant2002 - Jerome Foundation Emerging Composer Commission2001 - McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians2000 - Awarded LIN (Leadership Initiative in Neighborhoods) grant from The St. Paul Companies1998 - American Composers Forum Performance Incentive Fund

- Included in People’s Publishing’s “Dictionary of Chinese Musicians”1997 - Artist Assistance Fellowship from the Minnesota State Arts Board

- McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians- Asian-Pacific Award from Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans- Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant

1996 - Received funding through Walker Arts Center Community Partnership- Included in “The Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Music Notables”- Featured in the book “Famous People From Henan Province”

1990 - Awarded International Art Cup in Beijing1984 - 1st Prize in the Hebei Professional Young Music Performers Competition

Teaching Experience2001-Present Instructor/Lecturer in Chinese Music Instruments; Director of the Chinese Music Ensemble at Carleton College, in the Department of Music. Teaching Chinese music instruments including pipa, erhu, guzheng, dizi, hulusi, bawu, zhongruan yangqin etc. Also taught “Growing Up Cross - Culturally”, and guest lecture for Asian Religions Course.1998 – PresentRoster artist with Minnesota State Arts Board in Education Program, St Paul Chamber Orchestra CONNECT Program.1996 – 1997Metropolitan State University Community Faculty Member. Taught History of Chinese Music and Understanding Chinese Culture Thought the performing Arts courses.1995 -2001MacPhail Center for Music – Faculty Member, Director of Chinese Music Ensemble and Teacher of Chinese Traditional Instruments: pipa, erhu, guzheng, dizi, zhongruan and percussion. School outreach programs, Musicianship class and master classes.1985 -1986Heibei Provincial School for the Arts in China – Pipa Instructor

Other Teaching Experience - Lectures on Chinese musicCornish Institute (Seattle); Yale University; Peabody Conservatory; Middlebury College; Colby College; Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; Kean University; Berea College; Florida State University, School of Music; St. Olaf College; University of Minnesota; Winona State University; University of Wisconsin - River Falls; CHIME (European Foundation for Chinese Music Research) International Conference (Germany); Xian Conservatory, Shanghai Normal University (China); Meet the Composer Conference (San Francisco); Dickinson College; University of Dayton. University of Iowa; University of Nebraska; St. Thomas University; Macalester College; Augsburg College.

Discography1996 - Hunting Eagles Catching Swans - Music for Chinese pipa featuring pipa master Lin Shicheng & Gao Hong.1998 - A Peacock Southeast Flew: Concerto for Pipa and Orchestra - Gao Hong with Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra.1999

- The Spirit of Nature - The professional Chinese music ensemble performs the best of Chinese folk, classical, court, silk & bamboo, minority music.- First Word: Speaking In Tongues - Four astonishing musicians from four different countries with four native tongues. An unprecedented combination of Chinese pipa, African and Middle Eastern percussion, and Latin bass.2003- Flying Dragon: Gao Hong and Friends Around the World – Gao Hong in collaborations with sitarist Shubhendra Rao, jazz flute legend James Newton, Japanese shakuhachi master Yoshio Kurahashi, and Ty Burhoe on tabla.- Buddhist Temple Music from Beijing - The Beijing Trio. Featuring Bao Jian on guanzi (oboe-like wind instrument), Hu Jianbin on sheng (mouth organ) and Gao Hong on pipa (lute).2004- Hui/Gathering: Belladonna Baroque Quartet and Gao Hong - Baroque Quartet and Gao Hong combining to play Western and Eastern early music and folk melodies from China and 17th Century Europe performed by Belladonna, Baroque Quartet and Gao Hong, Chinese pipa.2010 - Quiet Forest, Flowing Stream –New Chinese Pipa Music by Gao Hong. Featuring Gao Hong’s compositions exclusively and performed with taiko drummer Kenny Endo, sitarist Shubhendra Rao, tabla player Biplab Bhattacharrya, veena player and vocalist Nirmala Rajasekar, cellist Michelle Kinney and percussionist Dave Hagedorn. Featured in articles worldwide:Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, Chronicle of Higher Education, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Minnesota Monthly, City Pages, Asian Pages, Asian American Press, Guitarist, Skyway News, Telegraph Herald, China Daily, Henan Daily News, Luoyang Daily News, Luoyang Nightly News, The Villager (NYC), World Journal, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine, Chinese Pipa Society Newsletter, Beijing Daily, China Youth Daily, Guangmin News, China Press, Celebrity Magazine, Yanzhao Nightly News, Oversea Chinese Newspaper, Zhong Guo Daily and others.

Reviews on her music:Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Shepherd-Express, La Opinion, City Pages, Siren, Pulse, The Courier-Journal Louisville, Asian Pages, Scranton Times, String Notes, American Chinese Times, Journal of the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, ACMR Reports (Journal of the Association For Chinese Music Research), Sing Out!; China's People's Music, China Music News, Opus Pocus, the Magic of Music and others.

Broadcasts:China Central Radio Station, China Central International Radio Station, Hong Kong radio and television, Japan's NHK, Voice of America radio station, Los Angeles’s KCSN (NPR), NPR radio show “Performance Today” hosted by Fred Childs, MPR’s "The Joy of Pipa" hosted by Karl Gehrke, and the CBS radio affiliate KMOX 1120’s Charlie Brennan Show in St Louis. Luoyang Television, Henan & Hebei Provincial Television Network, Hebei Provincial Radio Station, Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered and The Morning Show, Minnesota Public Radio's Fargo-Moorhead affiliate, ABC's "On the Road" TV Show with Jason Davis, Twin Cities Public Television's News Night, KMSP-TV's Channel 9 News, KFAI-FM's Century Song, Seattle's KUOW(NPR) and KBCS and other radio and television stations in the U.S., China, Czech Republic and others.

Professional Activities and Performance Highlights

2011Guest artist with Del Sol String Quartet at the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Soloist with THE ACADIANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA on Gao Hong's Flying Dragon Concerto at the Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette, LA. Soloist with St Olaf Orchestra on Gao Hong's Flying Dragon Concerto

at Skoglund Center Auditorium, Northfield, MN. Featured artist at the Asia Society Texas Center Tiger Ball 2011, Houston, TX. Featured artist at Arts School of East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. Featured artist at the Great Lakes Folk Festival, East Lansing, MI. A world premiere of Gao Hong's "Golden Season" - for S.A.T.B. Chorus and Chinese Pipa at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul with Macalester College Choir. Guest Artist with LEVEN String Quartet on Paul Dice's new music at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.2010Soloist with Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony on Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa at Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Iowa. Featured artist at Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, AZ. Solo concert at University of Wisconsin-River Falls “Culture, Counter-Culture, and Modernity” Conference. Solo concert at WSU's International Music Series Winona State University, MN. Artist in Residency at Sibley Elementary School, Northfield, MN through Minnesota State Arts Board Art Learning Grant and DAKOTA COUNTY LIBRARY AT EAGAN, MN. Performed with "Speaking In Tongues", Guqin (Chinese Zither) master Zhao Jiazhen and famous percussion group "Ba Da Chui" from China at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul.2009Soloist with Louisville Orchestra on Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa at Kentucky Center, Louisville, KY. Performed with Carleton College Chinese Music Ensemble at Celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Mall of America. Guest Artist and Lecturer at Colby College and University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Featured artist and composer at MacPhail Center for Music’s International Music Series and Zeitgeist ‘s concert "Converging Traditions" in St Paul. World premiere of Gao Hong's Golden Season, her first composition for guitar and pipa, at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Denmark with subsequent performances at Cadogan Hall, London, England, The Nafplion Festival, Greece, The Madeira Festival, Portugal and other venues throughout Europe. Featured artist at the 9 th annual Music Festival of Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing China.2008Soloist with Rochester Symphony Orchestra on Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa and Gao Hong's composition Flying Dragon Concerto. World premiere of Gao Hong's first choral composition, The Coming of Spring, by VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, Conductor, at The Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul. “Celebration – Music of Gao Hong” concerts featuring Gao Hong’s compositions exclusively and performed with taiko drummer Kenny Endo, sitarist Shubhendra Rao, tabla player Biplab Bhattacharrya, veena player and vocalist Nirmala Rajasekar, cellist Michelle Kinney, pianist Nicola Melville, and percussionist Dave Hagedorn at Carnegie Hall, New York City, Ted Mann Hall, Minneapolis, and Carleton College, Northfield. Featured artist at Music in the Park Series - Family Concert, Minnesota History Center, St. Louis Classical Guitar Society concert at The Ethical Society, St. Louis, MO., and Minnesota State University at Winona’s International Music Series. Lecturer at Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and awarded of honorary title of “Guest Professor” at the conservatory. Featured on NPR radio show “Performance Today” (the most- listened-to classical music radio show in America, hosted by Fred Childs), MPR’s "The Joy of Pipa" hosted by Karl Gehrke, and the CBS radio affiliate KMOX 1120’s Charlie Brennan Show in St Louis. One of the featured artists for a documentary featuring various types of music that would have been heard in Deadwood, South Dakota, in gold rush era. Awarded third McKnight Fellowship for Performing Artists and became the only performer in any musical genre to win it a total of three times. Had 5 music compositions premiered that were commissioned by the Jerome Foundation, Zeitgeist, and IFTPA.2007Featured soloist at Middlebury College; Featured soloist and composer with Speaking in Tongues on premiere of her composition Awakening at Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Featured soloist and composer on the premiere of her Courage in Milwaukee at the 25th anniversary season finale concert of Present Music. Solo concert at St. Olaf College. Performed at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Gao Hong’s first choral composition, The Coming of Spring, was one of five pieces selected for a reading session by VocalEssence out of 128 applicants nationwide.2006

Soloist with Oshkosh Symphony on Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa and Gao Hong's Flying Dragon Concerto. Featured artist at Kean University, NJ, and Berea College, KY. Performances with Speaking in Tongues at Carleton College and Unity Church-Unitarian in St Paul. Performance with Bakken Trio of Quiet Forest, Flowing Stream for pipa and piano trio, composed by Gao Hong, at Bridge Chamber Music Festival in Northfield, MN. Solo concerts at Winona State University, Winona, and Minneapolis Institute of Arts.2005World premiere of Flying Dragon Concerto, composed by Gao Hong, with the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra in Minneapolis. Featured composer and performer at the Amsterdam China Festival in Amsterdam, Holland. World premiere of Quiet Forest, Flowing Stream for pipa and piano trio, composed by Gao Hong and performed by Gao Hong with Bakken Trio at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis. World premiere of pipa piece with choir, Si Ji, composed by Zhou Long, with World Voices in Edina and Shoreview, MN. Featured artist and composer with Present Music in Milwaukee. Solo concert at Michigan State University’s Wharton Center. Solo concert at Adams Museum in Deadwood, SD. Collaborative performance with Douglas Ewart/Steve Goldstein/Mankwe Ndosi at The Festival Dancing in Your Head at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Solo concert at MacPhail Center for Music for their first annual International Folk Music Workshop Series. Collaborative performance with Indian dancer Ranee Ramaswamy and Indian singer Nirmala Rajasekar at Music in the Park Series in St. Paul. Solo concert at Winona State University Winona, MN.2004Soloist with Pasadena Symphony on Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa. Featured in articles in the Los Angeles Times, China Daily, and China Press. Featured in a live broadcast on Los Angeles NPR affiliate KCSN. Featured artist in a documentary for Voice of America’s Distinguished Chinese Musicians in America radio program which was produced in Washington D.C. and broadcast worldwide. Solo performances at Great Lakes Folk Festival, East Lansing, Michigan. Solo performance for Building Bridges Diversity Festival, Red Wing, Minnesota. Performed solo and with Minnesota Chorale on Bridges Series concerts, Minnetonka and Minneapolis. Collaborative performance with Japanese taiko artist Kenny Endo and percussionist Dave Hagedorn at Carleton College. Guest Artist in the Centennial Concert Series: GLOBALIZATION at St Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Featured artist in the Minneapolis Mosaic's Many Worlds, One Night program at the Historic State Theater, Minneapolis.2003Collaborative performance with sitarist Shubhendra Rao and tabla player Akram Khan. Release of CDs Flying Dragon: Gao Hong and Friends Around the World (Innova), and Beijing Trio's Buddhist Temple Music from Beijing. Performances with The Spirit of Nature at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and at the University of Dayton in Ohio. Performance with early music ensemble Belladonna at Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh Concert Series and The Schubert Club Early Music Concerts Series in St Paul, MN. Performances with the Beijing Trio in Minneapolis and Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Performances with the multicultural group Speaking in Tongues in a Ragamala Music and Dance Theater production at Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota. Featured in article in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.2002Soloist with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa in four performances at Ordway Center in St. Paul with Tan Dun conducting. Sold-out performance at Walker Art Center entitled "Gao Hong and Friends Around the World" in which Gao Hong was joined by jazz legend James Newton, shakuhachi master Yoshio Kurahashi, sitarist Shubhendra Rao, tabla player Ty Burhoe, jazz bassist Anthony Cox, the multicultural group Speaking in Tongues, and Minnesota blues icons Donald and Faye Washington. Featured artist in the “Rainbow Concert” at Florida State University School of Music. Performances with The Spirit of Nature in St. Paul, Winona, and Northfield, Minnesota, and at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Performance at Walker Art Center with Zeitgeist and Jin Hi Kim. Recorded CDs with early music ensemble Belladonna and with cast of "Gao Hong and Friends Around the World" concert.2001Performer/composer in Ragamala production of "Transposed Heads" at Southern Theater, Minneapolis. Live broadcasted solo performance on Minnesota Public Radio. Composed soundtrack and performed on six-episode series "Made in China" which aired on PBS stations nationwide. Solo performances at Minnesota Children's

Museum, St. Paul; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Winona State University Residential College. Performance with early music ensemble Belladonna at Musical Instrument Museum, Vermilion, South Dakota. Solo performance at Yale University for Washington's Governor Gary Locke. Performance with Anthony Cox at The Festival Dancing in Your Head at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.2000Performed at Festival of Perth Australia, with “The Peony Pavilion”. Soloist with Intersection Chamber Orchestra on Tan Dun's "Ghost Opera" pipa concerto (pipa with string orchestra). Performed with Fred Ho and the Monkey Orchestra at Mountain View Jazz Festival, Vermont. New Music Concert with Melody of China, San Francisco. Soloist and composer on world premiere theater production of "Song of the Pipa" with Theatre Mu. Collaborative performance at Music in the Parks Series with Belladonna. Residency in 30 public schools for Dubuque Arts Council, Dubuque, IA. Soloist on world premeire pipa concerto by Janika Vandervelde with Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco. Solo performance for Minnesota International Citizens Award Banquet and Grantmakers in the Arts Annual Conference, Minneapolis MN. Performance with The Spirit of Nature at Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY. Residency for Arts Are Basic, Lincoln, NE in 18 public schools and performance at Lentz Center for Asian Arts and Culture, Lincoln, NE. Performance of Tan Dun's “Pipa Concerto” with University of Iowa Symphony. Performance at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN with Speaking in Tongues and others.1999Performances with Lincoln Center production of “The Peony Pavilion” in Lincoln Center Festival, Festival d'Automne a Paris, Festival de Teatro d'Europa Milan; world premiere performance with Portland (Maine) Symphony of Nancy Van de Vate's “A Peacock Southeast Flew”; performance with Duluth-Superior Symphony; performance at University of Hong Kong; recorded CDs with Speaking in Tongues, The Spirit of Nature, and with flamenco guitarist Wayne Wesley Johnson.1998Soloist on premiere recording of pipa concerto “A Peacock Southeast Flew” by Nancy Van de Vate with Moravian Philharmonic in Czech Republic (Vienna Modern Masters label); performed West Coast premiere of Lou Harrison's “Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra” with the Seattle Creative Orchestra; performed world premiere with Minnesota Chorale; residency at Peabody Conservatory with Music From China (NYC); performed world premiere with Heidelberg Philharmonic and solo concert at CHIME (European Foundation for Chinese Music Research) International Conference, Heidelberg, Germany; performed at San Francisco Jazz Festival with Fred Ho and The Monkey Orchestra. performed at Smithsonian Institution solo and with Music from China.1997Performed U.S. Midwestern premiere of Zhou Long’s pipa concerto “Peking Drum” with Keith Clark conducting the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra; also a guest soloist with Kenwood Chamber Orchestra at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Northeast Orchestra (MN); and Bloomington Symphony (MN); Bay Youth Orchestra, Virginia Beach, VA; also performed with Fred Ho and The Monkey Orchestra at Next Wave Festival in Brooklyn, NY; with the Lincoln Symphony (NE) on Tan Dun's “Circle”; with Inoue Ensemble and Blended Cultures Orchestra; and solo concert at the Hebei International Music Festival and others.1996 - 97Featured in television documentaries filmed by both Henan and Hebei Provincial Television Networks in China, Luoyang Television in China, and by Asian Media Access in Minneapolis for their East Meets West television series.1996Joint tour with Lin Shicheng with performances in Beijing; Honolulu; Seattle; St. Paul, and Winona, Minnesota; Recorded CD Hunting Eagles Catching Swans with Lin Shicheng. Founded a professional Chinese music ensemble the Spirit of Nature.1995Solo performances at 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Sino-Japanese War, O’Shaugnessy Auditorium, St. Paul, and at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis. Solo performance at St Cloud State University, MN.1994

U.S.Tour (solo) with performances in New York City; Pittsburgh; Cleveland; Denver; Minneapolis; St. Paul; Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Albany, Brentwood & Geneva, New York. Numerous performances in United States at universities, festivals, and in concert halls; including solo recitals, performances with ensembles comprised of both Chinese and Western instrumentation; performances with jazz musicians Fred Ho, AnthonyCox, Dean Granros and Dave King; and performances with the multi-ethnic Blended Cultures Ensemble. One of two on-stage musicians in Tokyo run of famous Japanese playwright Hideki Noda's “Kiru”.1993-94Solo performances in several Japanese cities, including Tokyo, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Hitachi, Osaka and others.1992Soloist with Chinese Performing Arts Delegation which toured Japan.1990-92Soloist with Beijing Song & Dance Troupe.1986-90Solo and ensemble performances and recordings with various Central Conservatory ensembles including those broadcast on radio and television.1979-85Solo and ensemble performances with Hebei Provincial School for the Arts touring troupes including those broadcast on radio and television.1976-79Pipa performer with Handan Song & Dance Troupe.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Gao Hong, a Chinese musical prodigy and master of the pear-shaped lute, the pipa, began her career as a professional musician at age 12. She graduated with honors from China's premier music school, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she studied with the great pipa master Lin Shicheng. In both China and the U.S. Gao has received numerous top awards and honors, including First Prize in the Hebei Professional Young Music Performers Competition and an International Art Cup in Beijing. In 2005 Gao Hong became the first traditional musician to be awarded the prestigious Bush Artist Fellowship, and in 2012 she became the only musician in any genre to win four McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians. The Minnesota State Arts Board has awarded her with an Artist Assistance Fellowship, an Artist Initiative Grant, and a Cultural Community Partnership grant.

Gao has performed throughout Europe, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, China, and the U.S. in solo concerts and with symphony orchestras, jazz musicians, and musicians from other cultures. She has performed at many major festivals worldwide. Her performances have included those at the Lincoln Center Festival; Carnegie Hall; the San Francisco Jazz Festival; the Smithsonian Institution; the Next Wave Festival; Festival d'Automne a Paris in Paris and Caen, France; the International Festival of Perth, Australia; and the Festival de Teatro d'Europa in Milan, Italy. Her performances of pipa concerti with symphony orchestras include several world, U.S., and regional premieres and performances with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony, Heidelberg (Germany) Philharmonic, the Women's Philharmonic in San Francisco, the Portland (Maine) Symphony, and the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra among others. In addition, she performed with the Lincoln Center production of “The Peony Pavilion.”

As a composer, she has received commissions from the American Composers Forum, Walker Art Center, the Jerome Foundation, Zeitgeist, Ragamala Music and Dance Theater, Theater Mu, IFTPA, Danish guitarist Lars Hannibal, and Twin Cities Public Television for the six-part series "Made in China." Meet the Composer Inc. in New York City has awarded her two Creative Connections grants and two MetLife Creative Connections grants.

China's foremost music publication, "People's Music," wrote of Gao Hong that "like the famous Luoyang peony, she has gradually emerged as the best of all beautiful flowers...her performance has extremely strong artistic appeal and belongs under the category of 'fine wine'...the more you listen, the more beautiful it gets..."