Orchestral & Chamber Music Experience:
Cellist- American Youth Symphony 2015 - 2016
Principal Cellist- Cal State LA/Olympia Youth Symphony 2015 - 2016
Co-Principal Cellist- Colburn Youth Symphony 2013 - 2014
Cellist- Colburn Chamber Orchestra 2011 - 2012
Honors Chamber Quartet- Colburn Ed & Mari Chamber Music Foundation 2011 - 2013
Chamber Trio- Young Musicians Foundation Chamber Series
Principal Cellist- Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra 2009
Principal Cellist- Arcadia High School Orchestra 2012 - 2016
Awards & Honors:
-Schoenfeld International Strings Competition, 2013 Hong Kong
1st place - Cello Senior Aficionado Solo Division
1st place - Junior Open Chamber Music Division
-American Protege International Music Talent Competition, 2013 Carnegie Hall
1st place - Cello Solo Division
1st place & Judges’ Distinction Award- Chamber Music Division
-1st place & “Special Concerto Award”
American String Teachers Association Competition, 2013 Pre-college Cello Division, selected among all divisions in greater Los Angeles area to perform a concerto with the Cal State LA/Olympia Youth Symphony Orchestra
-Winner of the Colburn Concerto Competition, 2014
Performed a solo piece with the Colburn Chamber Orchestra on KUSC Sunday Night Live Broadcast at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
-VOCE Los Angeles County Branch Competition 2011
1st place- Intermediate Strings
-California Music Teacher’s Association Scholarship Competition 2013
1st place - String I Division Los Angeles Branch
-Colburn Ed & Mari Chamber Institute, 2011 - 2012
Full Scholarship, Honors Chamber Group
-Young Musicians’ Foundation Chamber Series, 2011 - 2012
Full Scholarship
-Montecito International Music Festival, 2010 - 2011
Full Scholarship & Fellowship
Teacher: Pin Fei Tang