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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), Category of the Year Winner - LIT Talent Awards (2021)
Impacts:
quadrupled audience size via innovative programming, increased musician retention via transforming orchestral culture, heightened industry-competitiveness via attractive artistry, elevated public visibility via empathic marketing
Artist faculty:
Oberlin Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Boston University, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory
Alumna 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
Residency at The Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors (2019)
Published article in UK publication "Notes from the Podium"
Resume
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS (*upcoming)
OPERA
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
SPEAKER & CONTRIBUTOR
Book chapter author, Perspectives on Conducting with Routledge Professional Texts - 2023*
Guest speaker, Anahata Music Project - July 2022*
Blog author, 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
OTHER EXPERIENCE
altMBA, Akimbo Workshops - online | 2021
The Marketing Seminar, Akimbo Workshops - online | 2020-21
Re-orchestrator for Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Boston University - Boston, MA | Spring 2012
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, Benjamin Zander, 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