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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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.
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)
Here are some of my recent activities.
Here are my schools & where I took classes
Here are some of my research projects.
Comparative Motion Analysis for Technique
Development.
2024 Synopsys Championship
Also to be presented at ICTDM2025
A Signal Processing Model and Feedback System For Stringed
Instrument Musicians.
2023 Synopsys Championship
Computer-assisted Pneumonia Telemedicine Diagnosis through Scaleogram Visualization.
California State Merit Winner in the 2021 3M Young Scientist Challenge
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