Throughout his career Mr. Lloyd has worked with many of the world’s greatest conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Klaus Tennstedt, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Masur, Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Charles Dutoit, Yuri Temirkanov, Eugene Ormandy and James Levine.

Since 2007 Mr. Lloyd has returned to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra, performs regularly with the Cincinnati Symphony and has served as Guest Principal Bass with The National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Hong Kong Philharmonic, The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and for more than two years, the Acting Principal Bass of The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

Having dedicated much of his career to the chamber music repertoire, Mr. Lloyd has performed with the Guarneri String Quartet, Jamie Laredo at the 92^nd street Y and for many years has been a regular participant at The Marlboro School of Music, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest, Music From Angel Fire, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Chicago Chamber Musicians, The Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, BargeMusic in New York, the La Jolla Festival, and Music@Menlo.

In addition to his concert schedule Mr. Lloyd is a regular visitor to many of the leading music schools in the United States, giving master classes, lectures, and recitals at The Curtis Institute, The Juilliard School, The Tanglewood Music Festival, The Manhattan School of Music, The Mannes School, Indiana University, The Peabody Conservatory, The Chautauqua Institute, Youth Orchestra of the Americas and many others.

He serves as an annual coach at The New York String Orchestra Seminar held at Carnegie Hall, teaches at The New World Symphony, and participates annually at the Taipei Music Academy and Festival.

Over the span of his career Mr. Lloyd has served on the faculties of Indiana University, Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota. In 2010 he joined the faculty of The Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles as Professor of Double Bass and Chamber Music.

In addition he has served as a member of the board of directors for The International Society of Bassists.

Dr. Huang has performed in concerts and given recitals around the world, from Taiwan, to the United States and Europe. As a soloist, she has performed with such orchestras as the Marina Del Rey-Westchester Symphony, Peninsula Symphony, Ventura Symphony, Redlands Symphony, Riverside Symphony, Concordia Orchestra, Crossroads Chamber Orchestra, UCLA Philharmonia, and Palermo Orchestra (Italy). As a chamber musician, she was a member of the Pro Arte Trio, which performed in the Young Artist Peninsula Music Festival and was featured in live performances on KUSC 91.5 FM. The trio was awarded first prizes in both the Chamber Music Society of MontereyPeninsula Competition and the Music Teacher Association of California Chamber Music Competition. Sharing her passion of chamber music, she is dedicated to community outreach programs and has collaborated with members of Pacific Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Huang received her BA, MM, and DMA degrees from UCLA. Her principle teachers were Robert Turner, Ming Qiang Li, Aube Tzerko, and Vitaly Margulis. She has taught at UCLA, Los Angeles Valley College, and International Institute for Young Musicians. Currently, she serves on the faculties of Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana.

Dr. Huang has served as adjudicator in the MTNA Competitions in California and for the Music Teacher Association of California. Most recently, she is appointed as the State Chair of the Music Teacher Association of California Association of California Concerto/Solo Piano Competitions. Dr. Huang, a consistent national and international prize winner in solo competitions, also performs Duo Piano concerts with Turkish pianist, Fureya Unal throughout California.

Ms. Shi’s recent concert appearances include recital in the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts in Washington D. C, live TV performances with Midori in the KBS series “Classical Odyssey” in Korea, recital appearances in Munich and Regensburg, Germany, recital tour in Nagoya, Japan and radio broadcast performances in Toronto, Canada. Her collaboration with the violinist Ryu Goto has taken her to over 10 major cities on multi-year tours in China to great success.  A frequent participating artist for the Aurora Music Festival in Sweden, Weimar Masterclasses and Schleswig-Holstein Masterclasses in Germany, Ms. Shi has also been to concert stages all over Europe delivering performances to enthusiastic acclaim. Upcoming concerts include recital appearances in the Gretna Music Festival in Pennsylvania and the Dock Street Theater in Charleston, SC. Applauded for the sensitivity and poetry of her musical interpretation, Ms Shi’s repertoire spans the entire repertoire for violin and piano. Her strength and interest on various types of classical music also brought her into collaboration on several recording projects for contemporary music with violinist Midori and award winning composer Chad Cannon.

As an educator, Ms. Shi has been on the faculty at Biola University and La Sierra University in Southern California. Recently she has also joined the roster of UCLA and the Colburn School in Los Angeles.  She has given master classes in connection with Partners in Performances, a foundation whose mission is to bring classical music to rural areas of USA. In recent years, she has also been invited to give chamber music masterclasses regularly in conservatories in her native land, China.

Born in Shanghai, China, Ms. Shi studied at the distinguished Pre-College Division of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She furthered her music education in the USA, receiving both the Master of Music and Performance Certificate in piano solo from the Eastman School of Music. Ms. Shi completed her Doctorate in Musical Arts at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance, University of Toronto, June 2012

• Thesis: “Chopin’s Third Piano Sonata, Op. 58: Late Style, Formal Ambiguity, and Performance Considerations” – published in 2013 by Lambert Academic Publishing
• Advisors: Ryan McClelland, James Parker
• Piano and Chamber music studies with Profs. Marietta Orlov and James Parker

Master of Music in Piano Performance, Indiana University, June 2008

Performer Diploma in Piano Performance, Indiana University, December 2005

• Piano studies with Prof. Arnaldo Cohen
• Chamber music studies with Prof. Yael Weiss and Prof. Ik-Hwan Bae

Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Royal Academy of Music, London, UK, 2003-2005 (unfinished due to transfer to Indiana University)

• Piano studies with Profs. Arnaldo Cohen and Vanessa Latarche
• Chamber music and collaborative piano studies with Profs. Michael Dussek and Andrew West

International Baccalaureate Diploma, United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy, June 2003

• Piano solo, collaborative and chamber music studies at the International School of Chamber Music Trio di Trieste with Profs. Dario de Rosa, Alberto Miodini and Maureen Jones

Competition Awards

Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Barcelona, Spain: Medalist, March 2014

Shean Piano Competition in Edmonton, AB: First Prize, May 2012

TD Canada Trust Music Competition in Elora, ON: First Prize, July 2011

13^th Pacific Piano Competition in Richmond, B.C.: Second Prize, February 2011

Indiana University Concerto Competition in Bloomington, IN: Winner, January 2007

Selected Performance Activity

Debut performance with the Greeley Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58, Greeley, CO, October 4, 2019

Commissioned recording of Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio, Op. 17, with the Colorado Piano Trio, for the Colorado Public Radio, Denver, September 6, 2019

Commissioned recording of Clara Schumann’s piano solo works for the Colorado Public Radio, Denver, August 30, 2019

Piano Trio concert with Max Joseph Trio at the State Chateau Hradec nad Moravici, Czech Republic, June 2, 2019

Piano Trio concert with Max Joseph Trio at the Oratorium Marianum of the University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland, May 31, 2019

Piano solo recital promoting album The Beginnings at the St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London, UK, February 22, 2019

Piano solo recital promoting album The Beginnings at the University of Wisconsin Buchanan Centre for the Arts, Laramie, WY, February 17, 2019

Piano solo recital promoting album The Beginnings at the Auditorium “E. Venier” in Pasian di Prato, Udine, Italy, November 19, 2018

Piano solo recital promoting album The Beginnings at the Music Auditorium of the United World College of the Adriatic, Italy, November 18, 2018

Piano solo recital promoting album The Beginnings at the Steinway Piano Gallery Toronto, ON, Canada, November 15, 2018

Piano solo recital at the Poland Centennial Independence Gala, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN, November 10, 2018

Colorado Piano Trio recital with the UNC faculty Jubal Fulks (Violin) and Gal Faganel (Cello), for the Western States Honors Orchestra Festival at the Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO, November 1, 2018

Colorado Piano Trio debut recital at the Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, New York, NY, October 7, 2018

Colorado Piano Trio broadcast recording of L. Bernstein Piano Trio (1937) for the Colorado Public Radio, September 21, 2018

Piano solo and chamber recital with Angela Kratchmer (viola) and Tulio Rondon (cello) at the Haas Fine Arts Center, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI, March 30, 2018

Piano solo recital at the Comstock Hall, University of Louisville School of Music, Louisville, KY, March 6, 2018

Collaborative Recital with Canadian clarinetist Peter Stoll, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Orillia, Ontario, Canada, March 4, 2018

Piano solo recital at the Legacy Hall, Columbus State University Schwob School of Music, Columbus, GA, February 28, 2018

Colorado Piano Trio Western Tour with the UNC faculty Jubal Fulks (Violin) and Gal Faganel (Cello), performances and workshops at the Denver School of the Arts, Rocky Mountains High School in Fort Collins, University of Wyoming in Laramie, Concordia Lutheran Church in Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, September 25-30, 2017

Debut Piano solo recital for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, August 30, 2017

Piano solo recital at the Royal Łazienki Theatre in Warsaw, Poland, June 3, 2017

Collaborative performance of Alexander Scriabin’s Vers la Flamme, Op. 72, with dance choreography at the UNC Gala 2017, Monfort Concert Hall, UCCC, Greeley, CO, February 18, 2017

Debut solo performance with the University of Northern Colorado Symphony Orchestra under Russell Guyver, performing F. Chopin’s First Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11, UCCC Monfort Concert Hall, Greeley, CO, February 1, 2017

Rehearsal and orchestral pianist for the Bayerische Staatsorchester European Tour 2016 under Kirill Petrenko, September 5-21 2016, Germany (Munich – Nationaltheatre, Frankfurt – Alter Oper), Italy (Milan – La scala), Switzerland (Lucerne Festival), France (Paris – Théâtre des Champs–Élysées), Luxembourg (Philharmonie), and Austria (Vienna – Goldensaal at the Musikverein)

Collaborative recital with clarinetist Michel Lethiec at the University of Alberta Convocation Hall, Edmonton, Canada, March 30 2016

Piano solo recital at Lee Hysan Concert Hall, Chinese University Hong Kong, March 17 2016

Premiere performance of Zdenek Trnka’s “Cervnova Noktrurna (sonata pro klavir)” at the recital celebrating 90^th Birthday of the Czech composer Zdenek Trnka, UFFO Trutnov, Czech Republic, November 27^th 2015

Piano solo and chamber music performances at the International Music Festival of the Adriatic, June-July 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, in Italy and Slovenia

Participation as an orchestral pianist in the production of an Alban Berg’s opera Lulu at the Bayerische Staatsoper under the direction of Kirill Petrenko, Munich, Germany, April – June 2015

Performances of works by Wendy Lee and Yingzhong Chang at the University of Toronto New Music Festival, Toronto, Canada, February 5, 2015

Debut solo performance with the Toronto Concert Orchestra under Kerry Stratton, performing L. van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19, Toronto, Canada, November 25, 2014

Lecture recital: “Chopin’s Third Piano Sonata, Op. 58: Late Style and Performance Considerations” – during the 2014 Canadian Chopin Festival and Competition, at the John Paul II Centre in Mississauga, ON, Canada, October 21, 2014

Piano solo recital at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, Spain, March 27, 2014

Piano solo recital at the University of Toronto Thursdays at noon series, February 6, 2014

Premiere of the John Beckwith’s Follow me for clarinet and piano with Peter Stoll at St. Andrew’s Church, Toronto, Canada, November 14, 2013

Debut solo performance with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra under James Feddeck, performing S. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18, Edmonton, Canada, October 20, 2013

Chamber music concert with the members of the Bayerische Staatsorchester at the Munich Opera Festival, Cuivillies–Theater, Munich, July 2013

Chamber and solo performance with Toronto Sinfonietta under Matthew Jaskiewicz, performing F. Chopin’s Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22, University of Toronto Faculty of Music, MacMillan Theatre, May 3, 2013

New music performances of chamber music of Fuhong Shi and Krzysztof Penderecki during the New Music Festival at the University of Toronto, January 2009, 2010

Piano solo performance during the Millenium Stage Conservatory Project at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., May 2007

Piano soloist performing S. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.4, Op. 40, with the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra under David Effron, Bloomington, IN, January 2007

Piano soloist performing F. Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 25, with the Down Silesia Philharmonic Orchestra under Georgios Papadopoulos, Jelenia Góra, Poland, April 2005

Selected research and performance projects

• Organization and coordination of the Beethovenfest at UNC 2020, a Beethoven-themed festival commemorating the 250^th birthday anniversary, Greeley, Colorado, October 2020
• Creation of the Intercollegiate Piano Competition of the West, Colorado, Spring 2020
• Composition of a song cycle based on the first sixteen Dark Elegies by Canadian poet Adriana Davies, from the collection “Changing My Skin. Dark Elegies and other poems.” Summer 2020
• Recording of a piano trio album with Max Joseph Trio, Munich, December 2019
• Organization of the university wide event celebrating life and music of F. Chopin: Chopin: Life through music and letters: University of Northern Colorado Campus Commons Performance Hall, October 29, 2019
• Recording of a piano solo album The Beginnings. Recorded for DUX, Warsaw, Poland, May 2018, released Fall 2018.

Professional Teaching Experience

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Associate Professor of Piano, Fall 2015 – present

• Taught undergraduate and graduate (including doctoral) music major and minor students.
• Teaching duties include individual instruction, chamber music classes, Keyboard Literature, Chamber Literature with Piano, and Accompanying and Coaching courses. Developed curriculum for the courses taught.
• Taught Group Piano sequence for undergraduate music major students
• Served as Chamber Music Coordinator and Graduate Assistants Coordinator for the Keyboard Area
• Participated in the administrative duties within the Keyboard Area, School of Music, and University committees
• Awarded the 2017 and 2018 Steinway and Sons Top Teacher Award

International Music Festival of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy

Resident Faculty Pianist, June – July, 2015 – present

• Individual instruction for piano students and chamber music groups
• Held weekly piano masterclass
• Performed with faculty and guests in Festival Concerts in Italy and Slovenia

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Instructor of Piano, Fall 2012 – Spring 2015

• Taught undergraduate music major and minor students (music education) in a private studio setting
• Duties include individual instruction, piano-instrumental duo classes, and chamber music classes
• Taught several undergraduate piano masterclasses
• Participated in the administrative duties as requested by the Head of the Piano Department

St. Michael’s Choir School, Toronto, ON

Piano Teacher, Fall 2009 – Spring 2015

• Taught Royal Conservatory of Music curriculum for beginners, intermediate and advanced students in a private studio setting
• Founded and oversaw a series of music workshops, bringing national and international artists to perform and discuss performance aspects and repertoire to the students of the school

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008 – Spring 2012

• Taught several undergraduate piano master classes, individual instruction to piano performance students, piano-instrumental classes, and chamber music classes, as requested by the Head of the Piano Department
• Accompanied voice classes of Prof. Monica Whicher and violin undergraduate masterclasses of Prof. Annalee Patipatanakoon

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Assistant Instructor, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

• Duties include individual instruction and group piano classes for non-music major students

Other Work Experience

Adjudicating

• Steinway/Avanti Piano Competition, Tempe, AZ, March 2019, 2020
• CSMTA Concerto Competition, Greeley, CO, March 2019
• Steinway Piano Competition, Denver, CO; Toronto, Canada, April – May 2018
• Schmitt Music Piano Competition for young pianists, Denver, CO, April 2016, April 2017
• Rocky Mountain Competition for college level music students, Greeley, CO, October 2015, 2016, 2017
• Southard Music Competition, preliminary rounds, Greeley, CO, October 2015, 2016, 2017
• Colorado State Music Teachers Association Rising Stars Festival, Denver, CO, April 2017
• Schmitt Music Steinway Piano Concerto Competition (in collaboration with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra) for precollege level piano students, Denver, CO, November 15, 2015

Collaborative Pianist

• Fall 2008 – Spring 2012: collaborative pianist at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music
• Spring 2005 – Spring 2008: collaborative pianist in the violin studio of Prof. Mauricio Fuks, voice studio of Prof. Teresa Kubiak, and viola studio of Prof. Yuval Gotlibovich, Indiana University

Masterclasses and Professional Development

• Summer 2009 – participation in the Toronto Summer Music Festival and Academy, working with Profs. Menahem Pressler, Lee Kum Sing, Anton Kuerti and Jon Kimura Parker, Toronto, Canada
• June 2009 – Orford Music Academy, piano studies with Prof. Marc Durand, Orford, Canada
• Summer 2008 – Music Academy of the West, piano fellowship and chamber music studies with Prof. Jerome Lowenthal. Master Classes with Profs. Gilbert Kalish, Joseph Kalichstein and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
• Summer 2007 – Private studies with Prof. Andrzej Jasinski, Katowice, Poland
• Spring 2007 – New Music Master Classes with Prof. Jay Gottlieb, Indiana University, IN, USA
• January 2004 – Oxford Music Festival, Certificate of Distinctive Performance in The Chamber Music Division, Oxford, UK
• Fall 2003 – Master Classes with Maria Curcio, Christopher Elton and Hamish Milne during piano studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK
• Summer 2000 – Master Classes with Profs. Alexei Orlowiecki and Grzegorz Kurzynski, Wroclaw and Duszniki Zdroj, Poland

Selected outreach activities

• Fundraising piano recital for the St. Peter’s Catholic Parish, Greeley, CO, November 25, 2018
• Masterclass, workshop on practising techniques, and a tour of university facilities for local pre-college piano students of Jeremy Gould, UNC, Greeley, October 13, 2018
• Colorado Piano Trio performance workshops for high school music students in Fort Collins and Boulder, CO, October 1-2, 2018
• Fundraising chamber music concert (piano trio) for the St. Peter’s Catholic Parish, Greeley, CO, January 27, 2018
• Lecture: “Articulation and Dynamics in the Classical Piano Sonata”, for the Denver Area Music Teacher’s Association, Denver, CO, November 8, 2017
• Lecture: “Aspects of editorial and performance practices in Chopin”, for the Denver Area Music Teacher’s Association, Denver, CO, November 16, 2016
• Organization of an educational event “Liszt’s favourite piano at UNC”, featuring workshop and performances by the UNC piano students on an original 1886 Erard piano, Greeley, CO, October 13, 2016
• Masterclass with piano students at the Ogólnokształcąca Szkoła Muzyczna I i II stopnia im. Karola Szymanowskiego, Wrocław, Poland, May 30, 2016
• Presentation about Polish Culture at the World Language Day, University Centre at University of Northern Colorado, April 14, 2016
• Performance at the 2014 fundraising gala and auction of Fashions for Passions. Empower to Live Free – an artistic movement supporting organizations working against violence and trafficking of women and girls, Toronto, Canada, September 28, 2014

Languages

Fluent in English and Polish. Proficient in Italian and German.

Dr. Fulks’ unique and comprehensive scale method forms the foundation of his students’ development, incorporating fundamental principles from both the Ivan Galamian and Dorothy Delay schools of violin technique to specifically tailor scale practice to each student’s individual area of need. Students learn how to use interleaved practice techniques to achieve rapid and consistent results in memorization, technique, and musicality while maximizing efficiency of practice time. Repertoire across a broad historical spectrum is emphasized, including solo Bach, concerti, etudes, sonatas, new music, commissions, and showpieces, all in an environment of supportive partnership. In addition to regular lessons, students attend weekly violin studio classes, where they are provided with invaluable opportunities to perform new repertoire in collaboration with their peers. This studio class allows students to experience how others approach and overcome challenges, while developing a sense of community. Dr. Fulks also directs the instrumental section of the URSA consort, UNC’s historically-informed early music performance ensemble. The URSA consort performs seventeenth- and eighteenth-century works for chamber orchestra and choir, using the exciting and improvisatory style of the period. Founded in 2014, the URSA consort has quickly risen to be one of the premiere performing ensembles in the UNC School of Music.

An acclaimed performer, Dr. Fulks maintains and active and multi-faceted performance schedule. Along with his UNC School of Music colleagues Adam Zukiewicz and Gal Faganel he formed the Colorado Piano, which performs concerts, outreach, and recruiting activities across the region and nationally. Recent performances include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and a feature on Colorado Public Radio’s “Colorado Spotlight,” and the trio looks forward to beginning a Greeley-based concert series to bring high-quality chamber music to northern Colorado. Dr. Fulks also serves as a leader and founding member of Sinfonia Spirituosa, a baroque chamber orchestra based in Sacramento, California. Sinfonia Spirituosa is dedicated to presenting bold, historically-informed performances on period instruments, and to bringing to life the broad spectrum of color, affect, and rhetoric inherent in the music of the Baroque era.

Dr. Fulks has performed as soloist with orchestras across the United States and has been heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” His orchestral and chamber music experience includes Grammy-nominated performances with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in New York City at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Jazz at Lincoln Center series, and the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. As a recitalist, he has appeared at numerous summer festivals and concert series in the United States and Asia and has toured extensively in Europe. During the summer months he is on the faculty of Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont and has been a faculty member at Montecito International Music Festival in California, Lutheran Summer Music Festival in Iowa, and Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont. Dr. Fulks holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in violin performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he studied with Kevin Lawrence, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where his teacher was Mitchell Stern. He lives in Greeley with his wife, hornist Lauren Varley, and their children Patrick, Finnian, Oliver, and Flannery.

As a soloist, she has appeared with Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Orchestra of China, American Youth Symphony, under maestro Mehli Mehta, Mozart Festival Orchestra, West-Chester Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Claremont Symphony & St. Matthew Chamber Orchestra among others. Soloing “Butterfly Lovers” with United Chinese American Orchestra with Li De Lun for its 40^th Anniversary and the CD was released in US and brought highly praise in the world Journey News Paper. As a recitalist, she performed in both East and West coast of US, including Alice Tully Hall, in New York. In Hong Kong, she played recital which was live broadcast by RTHK Radio 4. In 2004, she was invited by the Hong Kong Cultural Presentation Limited to perform in HK City Hall; the DVD has been released in Hong Kong.

As an orchestral musician, she is member of the Los Angeles Opera and associate concertmaster of the New West Symphony. She had worked under numerous of world leading conductors, including Simon Rattle, Andre Previn, James Levin, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Christoph Eischenbach, David Zinman, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gustavo Dudamel and James Conlon. Ms. Qu has been the concertmaster of Pacific International Music Festival in Japan and the Schleswig Holstein international music festival in Germany, also the Associate concertmaster of the Juilliard Opera, Haddonfield Symphony. She is the former member of Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Santa Fe Opera Company.

As a chamber musician, she is a leading member of the “Harmonium Piano Trio & “Munai” Piano Trio that perform actively in LA area and gaining high praise from the audience. She had attended the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan. She has performed in variety of chamber music ensembles in Europe, Asia, and US including the performances collaborated with members of the Prague String Quartet and Vienna String Quartet.  As the founding member of the Dragon String Quartet (with HKPO principles) she performed in the city Hall, RTHK TV and Radio. In addition,

As a teacher, she is on the faculty at Colburn Community School of Performing Arts. All her students are very appreciative of her teaching in the style that is focused, insightful, fun, encouraging and emphasizing in the understanding and the growth of the musicality. So the students always make rapid improvements over short period of time. She had also taught at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Over the years, her students have won prizes in competitions and scholarships. Among them, they have continued on at the Harvard University, Juilliard, Oberlin and Eastman School of Music, etc. Ms. Qu has been invited to serve on the panel of American String Teachers Association California Competitions and the panel judge for CM. In recent years, she has invited to give recital & master-class at Soochow University in China.

Over the years, she had been interviewed with numerous of Press and Medias, including Panda Channel TV, KCET in Los Angeles, American Voice Radio, Chinese World Journey, China Star, Beverly Hills News, and Channel Jade in Hong Kong.