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(Hannah) Bingrou Guo is a composer/conductor based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with music often characterized by her melodically lyrical yet harmonically dissonant approach through contrapuntal writing due to her passion for the Renaissance/Baroque music, the 20th-/21st-century music, and her longstanding involvement in choral music. Her music speaks about spiritual darkness, personal struggles, and portrays the broken beauty of the world, the shared human experience that often goes unspoken or ignored. Guo's music has been awarded a gold rating and a silver rating in the 2022 IMEA collegiate-level composition competition, among her other commissions and collaborations.
Guo works with a variety of ensembles and organizations to premiere her compositions, including Sound Ecologies, Circle City Orchestra, Greencastle Flute Choir, University of Maryland Tactus, JCA Composer's Orchestra, Sunset Syndicate Saxophone Quartet, Taylor University Chorale & Sounds, Taylor University Wind Ensemble, and more. She has also sung new music by her fellow composers, conducted new chamber pieces, and was the graduate assistant of the JCA Composer's Orchestra at Butler University for two years. She considers her recent biggest achievement to be a successful and meaningful collaboration with her friend, composer/conductor Joshua P. Cuevas, in putting together a new music concert titled "On Grief that Remains" in April, 2026 with musicians gathered from Butler University, Taylor University, and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir.
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Taylor University 2022 Homecoming Concert featuring the world premiere of Guo's "Manifesto: the Mad Farmer's Liberation Front" by Taylor University Chorale and Sounds. Reed Spencer, director.
Guo's undergraduate composition recital. May, 2023.
Guo's frequent collaborator, Sunset Syndicate Saxophone Quartet
Pre-concert talk and collaboration with Sound Ecologies and Sound Ecologies Chamber Orchestra. 2024.
Collaboration with Circle City Orchestra at Indianapolis Artsgarden. Elliott Lentz, director of the orchestra; Kiki Porter, Assistant Conductor. February, 2025.
Graduate Composition Recital with musicians from Butler University and Taylor University. March 30th, 2025.
Collaboration with award-winning pianist Bibiana Miskolciova. March, 2025.
LEFT: Guo with composition and conducting faculty at the Hartt School and Butler University, 2026.
LEFT BOTTOM: Guo with the other graduate composers at Butler University, 2023.
RIGHT: Guo invited as guest speaker at the Heidelberg University Composition Studio, 2024.
Joint composition recital, "On Grief that Remains" with composer/conductor Joshua P. Cuevas and musicians from Butler University, Taylor University, and Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. April, 2026.
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