CHUNG-MEI CHANG

A former member of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galícia in Spain, Chung-Mei Chang is a graduate of Boston University, where she studied with Peter Zazofsky and the Muir String Quartet. Besides being a new member of the Santa Barbara Symphony, Mei is also assistant concertmaster of The Riverside Philharmonic and a member of the Long Beach Symphony. She often plays with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra and the Pasadena Symphony. In the summers, she plays with the Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra in Bend, OR and the Pasadena Pops Orchestra. Mei was born in Taiwan and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil.