Dr. Jie Yi joined UUFH in August 2018. Jie holds a Doctor of Music Arts degree in conducting from Manhattan School of Music. He is the author of Chinese for Singers, the first comprehensive guide for Western singers to use in singing Chinese texts. Jie conducted Messe de Minuit by Charpentier, Musikalische Exequien by Schütz, and Missa O quam gloriosum by Victoria at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 2018 and 2019. He also conducted Handel’s coronation anthem Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened at the Riverside Church in 2018. In 2015, he made his Carnegie Hall debut, conducting Xian Xinghai’s Yellow River Cantata. He was Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor at the Shanghai Opera from 2008 to 2013. Jie is a recipient of the Asian Culture Council Fellowship (2011) and the U.S. China Cultural Institute Fellowship for Young Conductors (2006). As pianist and vocal coach, he performed at La Lingua della Lirica Festival in Italy (2015–16) and performed Bellini’s opera I Capuletti e i Montecchi at Manhattan School of Music (2013).