Piano

Hsin-Yee Shih – Piano

Hsin-Yee Shih began her musical training in her native hometown, Tainan, Taiwan, where she studied both piano and oboe and was exposed to both western and traditional Chinese music.  Upon immigrating to the US in 1994, Hsin-Yee started to take private piano and oboe lessons, theory, and chamber music classes at the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  She also joined the Oakland Youth Orchestra in the same year.  Prior to going to the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, Hsin-Yee performed as a soloist with the Oakland Youth Orchestra (oboe), and the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra (piano).

JiYeon Lee – Piano

Jiyeon Lee is a professional pianist who graduated from Yonsei Universeity (South Korea) in Piano performance and accompaniment(MD). Also, she has briefly studied at the Manhattan school of Music in New York. As a pianist, she was a member of Korean chamber Orchestra and performed at concerts for Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kazakhstan National Conservatory to name a few. Her teaching experiences was gained from teaching piano at Busan Middle School of Arts, Busan High School of Arts, Kookmin University, etc. in Korea and currently she is enjoying teaching students in SF bay area.

 

Samuel Boruszko – Piano, Violin, Viola, Clarinet, Saxophone, Composition,  Orchestra Conductor

Samuel is a Composer, Orchestra Conductor, Music Educator and founder member of the Simón Bolivar Orchestra. He is the Director of Community Synergy Inc and Bow to Strings and he Stratfford School Orchestra Teacher. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music from California Institute of the Arts. Samuel is also a choir director, a composer and an arranger, he has an extensive list of compositions and/or arrangements ranging from classical, popular, world music, symphonic, choral works and worship music.

 

• EDUCATION

  California Institute Of The Arts, CALARTS, Santa Clarita, CA.
  [Master Of Fine Arts]
  Instituto Universitario De Estudios Musicales IUDEM, Caracas, Venezuela
  [Bachelor Of Arts In Music Composition]

• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  Founding member of “El Sistema” Of Symphonic Orchestras in Caracas, Venezuela directed By the legendary Dr. Jose. A. Abreu:
  Simón Bolívar Symphonic Orchestra

  National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

• Worked as a conductor at:

• Simón Bolívar Symphonic Orchestra
• Symphonic Band of the State of Carabobo
• Emil Friedmann College String and Voice Orchestra
• Carabobo Symphony Orchestra
• Haydn Orchestra – Emil Friedmann College
• Conservatory Orchestra (ONJV)
• ONJV National Children’s Orchestra “B”

Joy Zheng – Piano, Vocal

Ms. Joy Zheng possesses more than 30 years of Music Teaching experience. Specializing in Children’s Music education (K to 12). She conducted extensive research on Music teaching methods, has a deep understanding of student’s learning psychology. Joy is highly skilled in the below areas (both group classes and individual teaching):

Piano (beginning to intermediate level),Voice (Singing).Chorus training, conducting,Music theory.Sightsinging, Ear training.

Working experiences: Fruit Lake Middle School Hubei Province China 1982-1995

Music Teacher -Wuhan Academy of Educational Sciences Wuhan, China 2006-2014. Resposible for music education teaching methods research.Music teacher training

Education: Wuhan Conservatory of Music. Wuhan, China 1982. BA (Major in Voice with a Minor in Piano)

Awards: “The most outstanding music teacher” in China Associations

Membership: Vice president of the Hubei Chorus Association .Vice president of Music Education Association of primary and secondary schools.Vice president of Social Music Education Promotion Association.

Publications: Music education is intellectual education Chorus art and chorus teachingPrimary and secondary school instrumental music teaching Singing and singing teaching practice.

 

Ilan Emily Lin – Piano

Ilan Emily Lin graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Master’s Degree in Music Education. She started playing piano at age of five, continuing through her graduate school under Dr. Richard Bundy, Dr. Linda Thornton, Dr. Robert Gardner, and French pianist Ms. Marylene Dosse. Receiving training from MYC (Music for Young Children), Harmony Road, and Musik Garten, she has been teaching children’s group and private piano/violin class since 2006 in the Bay Area.
Emily is a member of American College of Musician, Music Teacher’s Association of California (CM) and Chinese Music Teacher’s Association of Northern California. Ms. Lin created a fun and inventive piano teaching style, which can be adapted for students of different ages and levels to reach each student’s individual goals, in classical and popular music.

Joyce Yao – Piano

Ms. Joyce received her bachelor’s degree at University of California, San Diego. In 2005-2007, Ms. Joyce was a vice chair of winds ensemble at San-Chong Senior high school, Taipei. She also was a first clarinet of wind ensemble at University of California, San Diego in 2010 and 2012. Ms. Joyce’s professional skill is teaching piano and clarinet with all ages specially beginners. She also sings in a choir in bay area in her free time. Up to date, she has taught over 350 students since 2007 and currently even doing virtual lesson for students oversea.

Vivien Tay – Piano

Sarah Zhong – Piano