Professional Profile:

Over 25 years of piano teaching experience with students accepted into schools such as
Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Eastman, Peabody, Yale University as piano majors with
full scholarship offers.
In, 2015, as the president of Lake Como USA International Foundation, brought the
award-winning International Piano Academy Lake Como from Italy, to Oberlin Conservatory and
established the Oberlin/Lake Como Joint Program (One of the program’s fellows Bruce Liu was
recently awarded the Gold Medal at the Warsaw Chopin International Piano Competition).
In 2022, as a special consultant to the United Nations, established a joint venture, partnership
between Oberlin College Conservatory and United Nations Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR).
An entrepreneurial spirit in key leadership positions of numerous organizations.
Core Skills:
● Curriculum development
● Training development
● Policy development
● Budget analysis
● Piano Pedagogy
● Educational software integration
● Software team management
● Fundraising for nonprofit organizations
Education and Qualifications:
● Yale School of Music – Master of Music Performance 2000
● New England Conservatory of Music – Bachelor of Music Performance 1998
Career Summary:
● 2007-Present President: Opus119 School of Music | Music School
● 2020-Present CEO: Opus Forte | Music Software Development
● 2019-Present Founder & President: Opus Music Foundation | 501C3 Non-Profit
● 2016-Present Board of Advisors of the International Piano Academy Lake Como,
Italy
● 2015-Present Piano Faculty: Oberlin Conservatory Summer Music Festival
● 2013-2017 Director of the Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute (EMMI) of the
Crossroads School (K12)
● 2010-2016 President: Lake Como USA International Piano Foundation
(501C3 Non-Profit)
● 2005-2008 President: Music Teacher Association of California Orange County
North Branch (501C3 Non-Profit)
● 2003-2007 Founder and President: The Piano Corner Inc.
IT Certification and Skills：
● Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (2000)
● Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (2000)
● Website development
● Network deployment
Awards:
● The President’s Volunteer Service Award – President Joe Biden, 2021
● Heida Hermanns International Music Competition – 1st Prize, 1996
● East West International Piano Competition – 1st Prize, 1996
Piano Student Achievements:
● Anne Liu – 2019 US Presidential Scholar of the Arts, Juilliard/Columbia Full-Scholarship
Recipient
● Allison To – Grand prize winner of Third Tureck International Bach Competition, Stanford
and Oberlin College Full Scholarship Recipient, 2019
● Adrian Liao – Winner of YoungArts and Spotlight Award, New England Conservatory of
Music 2016
● Phoebe Pan – Winner of YoungArts and Spotlight Award, Columbia University, 2015
● Dennis Fang – Gold Medalist of Los Angeles Liszt Competition, Stanford University, 2012