Sam Wu

Sam Wu is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Theory and Composition at Whitman College, specializing in contemporary music with interdisciplinary themes. His work explores connections between music and

• Architecture/Urban Planning
• Climate Science
• Astrobiology (exoplanet research)

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He has received prestigious awards including the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and First Prize at the Washington International Competition, and studied at Harvard University (AB), The Juilliard School (MM), and Rice University (DMA).

His global collaborations span orchestras like the Philadelphia Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, and Shanghai Symphony, working with renowned conductors Osmo Vänskä, Marin Alsop, and violinist Johan Dalene. Mentors included composers Tan Dun, Anthony Brandt, and Gabriela Lena Frank.