Dr. Narong Prangcharoen

Education Backgrounds

• University Of Missouri at Kansas City. Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, 2010. Composition study with Dr. James Mobberley, Dr. Zhou Long, Dr. Paul Rudy, and Dr. Chen Yi. Conducting study with Dr. Sarah L. McKoin

• Illinois State University. Master of Fine Arts in Composition, 2002. Composition study with Dr. Stephen Taylor

and Dr. David Feurzeig. Conducting study with Dr. Stephen K. Steele

• Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand. Bachelor of Music in Music Education, 1996.

Private composition lessons with Dr. Narongrit Dhamabutra. Private piano study with Professor Kit Young

and Dr. Bennett Lerner. Private conducting study with Vanich Potavanich

Experiences/ Positions

• Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

• Dean of College of Music, Mahidol University, September 2017- 2025

• Associate Dean and Chair of Composition Department, College, May - September 2017

• The Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Orange County, CA, USA Composer-in-Residence, June 2013- April 2017

• University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri Community Music and Dance Academy Composition

and Piano Teacher, 2006- 2017

• Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois Visiting

• Professor, 2005-2006. • Counterpoint, Spring, 2006

• Analysis through Composition, Spring 2006 • Transcription, Spring 2006

• Composition, Spring 2006

• Current Analytical Technique, Fall 2005 Basic Musicianship, Fall 2005

• Basic Music Theory, Fall 2006 Composition, Fall 2005

Professional Experience

• Vice President of China-ASEAN Musicians Union, 2018-present, ongoing

• Artistic Advisor of AANMI (Asia / America New Music Institute), 2015-present, ongoing

• Composer in Residence of Pacific Symphony Orchestra, 2013-2017

• Artistic Committee of Beijing Modern Music Festival, 2012-present, ongoing

• Composer in Residence of Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, 2011-present, ongoing

• Founder and Artistic Director of Thailand International Composition Festival, Thailand, July 2005 to

2016, ongoing

Honors and Awards

• Charles Ives Award 2021, Music Composition, awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letter,

New York, 2021

• UMKC Alumni Award 2015, Honors Outstanding Alumni awarded by the University of Missouri-Kansas City,

Kansas City, MO, 2015

• Guggenheim Fellowship Award 2013, Music Composition, awarded by John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, 2013

• Winner of Barlow Prize 2013, awarded by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham

Young University, 2013

• Winner of Music Alive Residency Award 2013, Composer-in-Residence of the Pacific Symphony,

Orange County, CA, 2013

• Winner of American Composer Orchestra 20th Annual Underwood New Music Readings 2011,

Commissioned Composer and Audience Choice Award, 2011

• Winner of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute 2010, Minneapolis, 2010

• Silapathorn Award (Contemporary National Artist of Thailand) 2007, awarded by Thai Government,

Bangkok Thailand