Dr. Annie Lin
Collaborative Pianist & Artist-Teacher
As an active performer in the solo and chamber music arena, Dr. Lin is in high demand as a string and piano collaborator at international competitions: Cooper International (Cleveland), Dallas Chamber International Piano/Violin, Wideman Competition (Shreveport), and the Anne and Charles Eiseman Young Artist Competition (Richardson). Additionally, she has collaborated with several hundred young artists on their recordings for competitions and college auditions with BPC Recording Company.
Since 2015 Dr. Lin has been a distinguished College Examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada, and conducted over 2000 piano assessment exams for all levels. Dr. Annie Lin and her husband Dr. Steven Hall co-founded the Brandeis Piano Conservatory in Richardson, Texas and have toured extensively as a duo-piano team throughout the US and Taiwan.
As an educator, Dr. Lin has taught at the University of Southern California, Texas Women’s University, Scripps College and most recently as the Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano at Southern Methodist University. Her Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees are from the University of Southern California where she studied with renowned pianists John Perry and James Bonn, as well as summer studies with French pianist Cécile Ousset in Toulous, France.