Experience Summary
I began studying violin with my father at the age of three. I attended Kunming Art Institute in Yunnan, China for junior and senior high school and than studied with Professor WeiJian Zhao from Central Music Conservatory in Beijing. I hold both AA and AS degree from Pasadena City College. where I served as the assistant concert master for many semesters. I also studied violin with Prof. Jay Zhong, former violin Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. Currently I am a scholarship student at Bob Cole Conservatory of California State University, Long Beach, and studying with renowned violin pedagogue Linda Rose.
I have performed extensively throughout China, Hong Kong, and the United States and won many awards for my performances. At age six, I won 1st place at The Future Violinist Competition in Yunnan and continuously wining at different competitions around China. 1989 summer, I held my solo recital at The HongKong Academy for Performing Arts and was a great success. My most recent performances including: Solo violinist at 2005 New Universe Entertainment Academy; Performing with international tenor Oscar Zhang at UCI Barclay Theatre as guest solo violinist, with UCI symphony Orchestra, 2006. Guest Solo Violinist performing at Cerritos Performing Art Center in 2007. She also performed with different orchestras year round at different locations such as the Ford Amphitheatre and Orange county Performing Arts Center, she plays Jazz with Michael Mcdaniel Quartet.
I began my teaching career at the age of 15 at my father’s violin school in Yunnan, China. The school currently has more than two hundred violin students and five violin teachers. Each year, I travel back to China and give master classes and exchange valuable teaching experience with the students and teachers there. Summer 2006, me and my students from Violinbaby Music was invited by the International Youth and Children’s Art Festival, they stayed in China for ten days. Our performance got well accepted by the audience and was broadcasted on the local TV and newspapers. It was an unforgettable experience for all of us.