Violinist and Teacher
The Arts Council of White Lake would like to congratulate the top winners of the White Lake Young Artist Solo Competition, held on Saturday, April 22, at Ferry Memorial Church. The first-place winner was Emily Kirven, oboe, from the University of Michigan. Second place went to Kannadi Hawes, piano, from Hope College. Third place was…
Bingqing Xia, Master violin performance major was recently named First Prize winner at The American Protégé International Concerto Competition 2016. She was also the Michigan winner at the 2015 MNTA Young Artist Competition-String Division. We are looking forward to her performances at the MNTA State Conference and Carnegie Hall later this year. Congratulations!
I am very excited to announce that I will be joining in the violin faculty at Bay View Music Festival 2016. At BVMF, we offer 3 to 8 weeks chamber music program for young musicians at college age. Please visit www.bayviewfestival.org for more information. Looking forward to meeting all the young talents this summer!
I am glad to announce the schedule for the CMU String Day 2016 (Sunday, January 31, 2016) with our special guest artist Hai Xin Wu (Assistant Concertmaster of Detroit Symphony). It is a day workshop including a masterclass, guest artist recital and participant concert for middle and high school string players. Check out the link…
2014-2015 school year is productive and exciting year for alumni and current students from CMU violin studio. Bingqing Xia, a masters student from China, has won the 2015 CMU Concerto and Aria Competition and performed Barber Violin Concerto with the CMU Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Jose Maurtua. In addition, Bingqing was named a finalist at…
Alexandria Midcalf, a junior violin performance major at Central Michigan University, has been awarded a full scholarship to attend Round Top International Music Festival in the summer of 2014. She was one of 27 selected violinists out of more than 90 violin applicants. Congratulations!
It is my pleasure to announce that CMU Chamber Strings is officially established. This string ensemble is dedicated to performing a wide range of chamber works from the classical repertoire to new music written for string ensemble. Consisting of both CMU string faculty and students, this ensemble provides students exposure to the broad chamber music…
My student, Stephen, a high school senior, recently won the 2013 National Fine Arts Competition in Greenville, South Carolina. He was one of the 40 competitors this year, and placed first among 11 finalists. As the top prize winner, Stephen received a full scholarship to Bob Jones University summer string camp and one semester of…
I was recently featured in the CM Life Newspaper. Here is the link to the article: http://www.cm-life.com/2013/10/21/sun-took-her-music-career-across-the-globe-now-a-professor-at-cmu/