Instrument Teachers



Shi Lin
Piano Teacher
Education:
Master of Music in Piano Performance, 9/2002- 12/2004
Piano Professor: Mr. Abbey Simon (Cullen Professor)
Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, 1/98- 5/2002
Piano Professor: Dr. Charles Fugo (a former student of Mr. Abbey Simon)
School of Music, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

High School, 9/93- 6/96
Piano Professor: Ms. Ling Yuan
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, P.R. China

Honors and Prizes:
• Master Class with Pianist Mr. Horacio Gutierrez (MD Anderson Professor)
Dudley Hall, University of Houston, 10/2002

• Winner of the Mozart Piano Concerto Competition
Columbia, South Carolina, 2/2002

• “THEO LIEVEN” Summer Camp
International Piano Foundation, Griante, Italy, summer 2001

• Master Class with Pianist Mr. Jerome Lowenthal (Professor of the Juilliard School, NY)
Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, South Carolina, 3/2000

• Certificate for the 10th (the highest grade)
Grade of Piano playing Beijing, P.R. China, 1993

• 1St Prize, “Hope” First Beijing Young Pianist Competition
Beijing, P.R. China, 1992

• 2nd prize, National Piano Competition for Young Pianists
Beijing, P.R. China, 1990

• 2nd prize, Five Cities Young Pianists Competition
Beijing, P.R. China, 1988

Professional Experiences:
• Private piano teacher since high school
• Piano accompanist for many different instruments and voices since high school
• Piano accompanist for the National Children’s Choir in CCTV while in high school, Beijing, P.R. China, 1994-1996
• Piano teacher at School of fine Arts--West University United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, 9/2003—5/2004
• Pianist at Pasadena Boulevard United Methodist Church, Pasadena, Texas,2003-2004
• Keyboard Professor for Children’s Initiatives After School Programs, Houston, TX 2004-2006
• Piano Professor at Trinity Lutheran Church Music School, Houston, TX 2004-2006
• Piano Professor at Houston Music Institute, Houston, TX 2004-2006


Performance Experiences:
June 1, 2004, performed with father (Shi Shucheng) and family for the Shi Shucheng Family Concert at Poly Theatre, Beijing

July 30, 2005 Piano Accompanist for The most celebrated tenor opera star – “China Deng” Xiaojun Deng in Concert, Houston, Texas