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ABOUT ME

Music

I'm both a violinist and violist. I began learning music with piano at age 6 under Terrence Rust and Elsun Kim before starting violin at age 8. I've studied violin and viola under David Salness since age 10. At the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College I played violin in a piano quintet under Zakarias Grafilo of the Alexander Quartet and studied under Joseph Maile of the Telegraph Quartet. I've also had the privilege of working with Chi-Yuan Chen, the principal violist of San Diego Symphony.

This summer, I attended the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute with a full fellowship, where I performed viola in masterclasses and concerts with fellow musicians in the Young Performers program. This year, I also play viola in a string quartet in the Young Chamber Musicians (YCM) program, where I was awarded a merit scholarship and play a Batelli viola on generous sponsorship from YCM.

I began orchestra in 2015 as a violinist with Golden State Youth Orchestra (GSYO), rising to co-concertmaster in Sinfonietta orchestra ensemble before joining California Youth Symphony (CYS). I was a violist in the CYS Senior Orchestra during the 2021-2022 season and 2022 Central Europe tour, then a 1st violinist from 2022 and toured in Spain in 2024. I also joined the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2024 as a 1st violinist.

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Connor C.


sound-POLITICS.com vlog

I also host the sound-POLITICS.com video podcast that explores music's role in communicating ideas, building shared community, uniting people behind a common cause, and motivating action.

STEM and beyond

Combining my passions for music and STEM, I applied audio signal processing and computer vision methods to refine my viola/violin technique, winning awards at two Synopsys Championships for my projects.

I'm presenting my research at ICTMD2025 in January 2025!
(See below for details)

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PORTFOLIO

MY ACTIVITIES

Here are some of my recent activities.


Music@Menlo 2024 Young Performers
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra <br>1st Violin
Young Chamber Musicians <br>String Quartet Violist
California Youth Symphony, Senior Orchestra <br>1st Violin
San Francisco Conservatory of Music (pre-college) <br>Violin major
California Music Preparatory Academy - Chamber Music Program
Palo Alto Youth Council <br>Member 2022-2024
Intern for Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou
Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors <br>2023-24 Vice President, San Francisco chapter
Palo Alto Soccer Club
PADI certified!

MY SCHOOLS

Here are my schools & where I took classes


Ocean Grove Charter School<br>Class of 2025
The Kings Academy, Private School Satellite Program
San Jose State University, <br>Dual Enrollment 
          <br>MATH 33A Ordinary Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers
West Valley College <br>Concurrent Enrollment:
          <br>MATH 004A Intermediate (Multivariate) Calculus
          <br>CIST 004B Data Structures - Advanced C++
          <br>CIST 005A Introduction to Python
De Anza College <br>Concurrent Enrollment:
          <br>CHEM D001A General Chemistry
          <br>FREN D003 Elementary French (3rd QTR)
          <br>FREN D002 Elementary French (2nd QTR)
          <br>FREN D001 Elementary French (1st QTR)
          <br>HIST D003C World History from 1750 CE-Present
Foothill College <br>Concurrent Enrollment: 
          <br>CS F002B Intermediate Software Design in C++
          <br>CS F002A Object-Oriented Programming Methodology in C++

MY RESEARCH

Here are some of my research projects.


Synopsys 2024

Comparative Motion Analysis for Technique Development.
2024 Synopsys Championship

vibrato video example vibrato pose alignment example

Also to be presented at ICTDM2025

Computer-assisted Pneumonia Telemedicine Diagnosis through Scaleogram visualization.  California State Merit Winner in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Computer-assisted Pneumonia Telemedicine Diagnosis through Scaleogram Visualization.

California State Merit Winner in the 2021 3M Young Scientist Challenge

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WHERE YOU'LL FIND ME

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San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
Northern VA, USA
Pingtung, Taiwan
Email: connor.c.chin (at) gmail.com

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