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Highlights
Awards:
Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award (2022, 2020), OPERA America Grant for Women Stage Directors and Conductors (2021), The American Prize in Opera Conducting (2017), Category of the Year Winner - LIT Talent Awards (2021)
Impacts:
Quadrupled audience size via innovative programming, increased musician fulfillment via transforming orchestral culture, heightened industry status via deep artistry, elevated public visibility via empathic marketing
Artist faculty:
Oberlin Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Boston University, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory
Graduate of the altMBA:
A highly selective, global leadership course - focusing on decision-making, operating under ambiguity, understanding worldviews, risk-taking, critical thinking, storytelling, marketing, strategy, driving innovation, securing buy-in, management, and making change happen
Contributor:
Notes from the Podium, PM World Journal, Podium Time, Canton Symphony, Routledge Publishing
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PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS (*upcoming)
OPERA
Residency, Washington National Opera (La bohème) - Washington, DC | Apr-May 2023*
Guest Conductor, Minnesota Opera (The Song Poet) - Minneapolis, MN | Dec 2022 (workshop), Mar 2023 (premiere)*
Guest Conductor, University of Missouri at Kansas City (Chérubin ) - Kansas City, MO | Nov 2022
Guest Conductor, College Light Opera Company (Die Fledermaus) - Falmouth, MA | July 2022
Guest Conductor, Opera Columbus (The Puppy Episode) - Columbus, OH | May 2022
Guest Conductor, Oberlin Opera Theater (The Puppy Episode, world premiere) - Oberlin, OH | Feb. 2022
Guest Conductor, Opera Columbus (Tosca) - Columbus, OH | Nov.-Dec. 2021
Guest Conductor, Portland Opera (Tosca) - Portland, OR | Oct.-Nov. 2021
Reading of Verdi’s Don Carlo, The Dallas Opera - Dallas, TX | Mar. 2020
Residency, The Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors - Dallas, TX | Oct.-Nov. 2019
Conductor, North End Music and Performing Arts Center Opera Project - Boston, MA | 2012-2021
Guest Conductor, OperaHub - Boston, MA | Jul. 2016
Guest Conductor, Boston University Opera Fringe Festival - Boston, MA | 2014-2015
Assistant Conductor, Boston University Opera Institute - Boston, MA | 2010-2012
ORCHESTRA
Guest Conductor, AMIS High School Honor Orchestra Festival - Dubai, U.A.E | Mar. 2020
Guest Conductor, Soloists of New England Orchestra - Boston, MA | Jan. 2019
Guest Conductor, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra - Cleveland, OH| Nov. 2018
Guest Conductor, IASAS Cultural Convention Festival Orchestra - Taipei, Taiwan | Mar. 2018
Guest Conductor, Brookline Symphony Orchestra - Boston, MA | Mar. 2017
Guest Conductor, Oberlin Conservatory String Celebration - Oberlin, OH | Mar. 2017
Guest Conductor, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston - Boston, MA | Apr. 2015
Guest Conductor, Parkway Concert Orchestra - Walpole, MA | Dec. 2015
Founder & Conductor, New England Repertory Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2010-2016
Cover/Staff Conductor, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2012-16, 2019
Guest Conductor, Dana Hall School of Music Summer Symphony - Wellesley, MA | Jun. 2014
Conductor, Boston University Symphony/Chamber Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2014-2016
Guest Conductor, Dana Hall School of Music Summer Symphony - Wellesley, MA | Jun. 2014
Guest Conductor, Greater Boston Asian-American Youth Symphony Orchestra - Lexington, MA | Spring 2014
Assistant Conductor, Boston University All-Campus Orchestra - Boston, MA | 2010- 2013
Assistant Conductor, Young Artists Orchestra, Boston University Tanglewood Institute - Lenox, MA | 2011
Assistant Conductor, Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras - Oberlin, OH | 2007-2009
NEW MUSIC
Guest Conductor, Dinosaur Annex Contemporary Ensemble - Boston, MA | Mar. 2020, 2022
Conductor/Presenter, College Music Society Regional Conferences - online | Spring 2022
Conductor/Presenter, The Arc Project (new music festival/conference) - online | Dec. 2021
Conductor/Presenter, New Music Gathering (festival/conference) - online | Aug. 2021
Guest Conductor, ALEA III - Boston, MA | 2019, 2014
Conductor, Ligeti’s Aventures for Berklee 2017 Words and Music Festival - Boston, MA | Apr. 2017
Guest Conductor, Xanthos Ensemble - Boston, MA | Mar. 2012
ACADEMIC
Guest Conductor, Grand Piano Extravaganza - Oberlin, OH | June 2022
Conductor & Assistant Professor, Oberlin Conservatory - Oberlin, OH | 2018-2021
Associate Professor, Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA | 2013-
Conductor & Interim Director of Orchestral Studies, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music - Berea, OH | 2017-2018
Acting Director of Orchestral Activities, Boston University School of Music - Boston, MA | Spring 2016
Assistant Director of Orchestral Activities, Boston University School of Music - Boston, MA | Fall 2015
OTHER
Re-orchestrator for Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Boston University - Boston, MA | Spring 2012
CONTENT CONTRIBUTOR & LEADERSHIP
SPEAKER & CONTRIBUTOR
Book chapter author, Perspectives on Conducting with Routledge Professional Texts - 2023*
Interview, VoyageKC Magazine - Dec 2022
Guest speaker, The Creative Leadership Academy - October 2022
Podcast guest, Podium Time - October 2022
Guest speaker, Project Management Institute - UAE Chapter - August 2022
Interview, PM World Journal, Vol. XI, Issue VII - July 2022
Blog guest, Sound Mind- April 2022
Podcast guest, Canton Symphony Orchestra's Orchestrating Change - Mar. 2022
Article author, Notes from the Podium (UK online publication) - Oct .2021
Guest speaker, Boston Conservatory - Sept 2021
Guest speaker, Girls Who Conduct (online conference) - Jun. 2021
LEADERSHIP
Board Member, Asian Opera Alliance - 2022-
Advisory Board Member, The Expansive Woman Project - 2022-
Leadership, Conductors for Change - 2021-
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Copy Workshop, Akimbo Workshops - online | 2022
altMBA, Akimbo Workshops - online | 2021
The Marketing Seminar, Akimbo Workshops - online | 2020-21
AWARDS
Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award (2022, 2020)
Category Winner of the Year, LIT Talent Awards (2021)
OPERA America Grant for Women Stage Directors and Conductors (2021)
Winner - The American Prize in Opera Conducting (2017)
Third Prize - The American Prize in Orchestral Conducting (2014)
Third Prize - The American Prize in Orchestral Performance (2014)
Esther B. Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Award - Boston University (2013)
School of Music Conducting Award - Boston University (2011)
Pi Kappa Lambda Prize for Musicianship - Oberlin Conservatory (2009)
Theodore Presser Scholarship - Oberlin Conservatory (2007)
Ernest Hatch Wilkins Memorial Prize - Oberlin Conservatory (2007)
TRAINING
Education
Doctor of Musical Arts, Orchestral Conducting - Boston University School of Music (Boston, MA | May 2013)
Master of Music Education - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)
Bachelor of Music, Cello Performance - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)
Bachelor of Music, Music Education - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)
Minor, Composition - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)
Minor, Music Theory - Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH | May 2009)
Skills
Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English; familiar with Spanish, Italian, German
Marketing and social media campaigning experience, including video and audio editing
Studies
Conducting
Principal studies: David Hoose, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, and Amy Chang
Masterclass studies: Carlo Montanaro, Emmanuel Villaume, Nicole Paiement, Gustav Meier, JoAnn Falletta, Gunther Schuller, Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff, Donald Schleicher, Kirk Trevor, Gábor Hollerung
Masterclass & Workshop Participation
The Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors, The Dallas Opera Orchestra Dallas, TX | Oct.-Nov. 2019
Conductor’s Guild Workshop, Richmond Symphony and Symphony Chorus Richmond, VA | Apr. 2011
International Conducting Workshop and Festival, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Zlin, Czech Republic | Jul. 2010
NYC International Conducting Workshop, Astoria Symphony Astoria, NY | Mar. 2010
Cello & Composition
Principal cello studies: Amir Eldan, Hans Jensen, and Peter Rejto
Principal composition studies: Amelia Kaplan and Jeffrey Kowalkowski