Credentials

Master of Science Degree (M.Sc.OT), McMaster University

Bachelor of Music Degree (B.Mus.), Piano Performance, University of British Columbia

Associate Diploma (A.R.C.T.), Piano Performance, Royal Conservatory of Music

Advanced Senior Performer’s Diploma, Vancouver Academy of Music

Certified Teacher, Advanced Specialist, Royal Conservatory of Music

Registered Music Teacher, British Columbia Registered Music Teachers Association

Awards

Competitive career included winning First and Top Prizes:

• The Fourth International Pacific Piano Competition

• CBC National Debut Young Artists Concert Series Competition

• Canadian Music Competition

• Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Concerto Competition

• Featured soloist in CBC Radio’s Westcoast Performances, La Chaine Culterelle Radio-Canada, and A-B-A-C-A Youth Records Ltd.

Performances

• Local, National and International solo / orchestral performances including Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, France, Italy, Holland, and Poland

• Has performed solo recitals in the following world class concert venues and international music festivals: Vancouver Orpheum Theatre; The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts; Shadbolt Centre for the Performing Arts; Richmond Gateway Theatre; Silk Purse Arts Centre; 1994 - 1999 International Holland Music Sessions at the Historic Ruinekerk (Bergen) and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam); 1998 Fifth International Chopin Festival at La Chatre (France); 1998 International Master Course for Pianists at Chopin’s famous Manor-House in Duszniki Zdroj, Wroclaw, Poland; 2000 Oberlin Music Festival at Casalmaggiore (Italy).

Professional Training

Studied piano at an early age with Celia Wu and then extensively with Lee Kum-Sing, distinguished Professor of Piano and international piano pedagogue