Mei-Ann Chen has had a meotoric rise to the top ranks of conductors worldwide. She was appointed Music Director of the widely-recognized Chicago Sinfonietta in 2010. Her successful debut season was marked by prestigious awards from the League of American Orchestras and the Helen M. Thompson Award for emerging music director, as well as the Sinfonietta’s First Place ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.

She currently serves as Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and is in great demand as a guest conductor in the U.S. and worldwide, including engagements in all principal Danish orchestras, BBC Scottish Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Graz Symphony, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic, and the Trondheim Symphony. During the 2011-12 season, she debuted with the symphonies of Jacksonville, Naples, Nashville, Pasadena, Sarasota, the National Symphony of Mexico and the Netherlands Philharmonic at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

Mask designed by Barbara Pompei Boland

Les Couleurs de la Musique

"Color, movement and mark making are critical to all my artwork. Listening to music of French composers; Debussy, Ravel and others inspired this mask. There is a visual element to music. A mysterious transportation to real and abstract places in one's mind, evoking myriad emotions."

For more information about this mask or artist, email barbidoodle@comcast.net.