Life History of a Print of Chinese Theater

Nancy Yunhwa Rao is Distinguished Professor of Music at Rutgers University. She holds a PhD in music
theory from the University of Michigan. Her research seeks to bridge music theory, musicology and
Sinophone studies. She is the author of Chinatown Opera Theater in North America, which won book
awards from American Musicological Society, Society for American Music, and Association for Asian
American Studies. Her second book, Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in 19th-Century
California and Beyond was newly published this year. A member of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences and Honorary Member of the American Musicological Society, Rao is Editor-in-Chief of
American Music.