Faculty




Ruey-Li Lin

Ensemble Group
Concert Group

Ruey-Li Lin returned to NOCCC in 2004 as the choir's music director and Concert Group conductor. Ms. Lin is a graduate of Taipei Municipal Teachers College in Taiwan, where she majored in vocal music, piano, and flute. She was a member of the Teacher's Chorus of Taipei and conducted the Children's Choir of the Chinese Television Company (CTV) and the Jing Hua Elementary School choir, which won first place in the city's choir festival under her directorship. In the United States, Ms. Lin has conducted the Hsin Hsin Adult Choir, Yu Lin Chinese School Choir of Fountain Valley, United Chinese Learning Center Chorus, and North Orange County Children's Choir (NOCCC). She has served as a judge for numerous choral competitions in Taiwan and Southern California.

In addition to conducting choirs, Ms. Lin also teaches piano and voice, and gives solo hand chime and hand bell performances in local libraries and churches to promote music in the community.




Stephen Pu

Advanced Group

A native of Orange County, Stephen Pu has studied music for 15 years, principally under the guidance of Ming-I Chen. He is an alumnus of NOCCC, where he sang for eight years and served as accompanist of the General Group for one year. He is a graduate of the Certificate of Merit program from Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) and an active piano teacher in MTAC Hollywood Branch. A noted singer, he has performed on many major stages, including Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Royce Hall, and Carnegie Hall.

In addition to his return to NOCCC as conductor of the Advanced Group, Stephen serves as Music Director at Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood and conductor at Christ Lutheran Church of Santa Clarita. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at UCLA under the guidance of Professor Donald Neuen.




Esther Chen

Intermediate Group

Esther Chen graduated from Taipei Municipal Teacher's College and majored in piano, voice, and cello. She has actively served in church as a children's choir director, pianist, cellist, and song writer while teaching music in elementary schools. After coming to the U.S. she took two years of music classes at U.C.I. and then earned a B.A. degree in church music at Concordia University.

Mrs. Chen enjoys sharing the language, beauty, power, and wonder of music with children and young people. She has arranged her own compositions and has conducted adult choirs and youth orchestras together with songs she composed. From time to time, she produces seasonal children's musicals and choir performance at church.

Mrs. Chen is an active member of Music Teacher's Association of California (MTAC) and The National Guild of Piaon Teachers.




Amanda Chiang

Junior Group

Ms. Chiang joined NOCCC in 2006 as the conductor for Junior Group. She is a graduate of Taipei Municipal Teacher’s college in Taiwan, where she majored in vocal music and piano. In Taiwan, she was a music teacher at the National Experimental High School Bilingual Department at Hsin-Chu Industrial Science Park, where she taught general music and choral classes from grade 1 through grade 12. In addition, Ms. Chiang has been a devoted church musician both in Taiwan and in the United States. She is a church pianist, choir conductor and vocalist. Ms. Chiang is also a private piano teacher and an active member of MTAC.

Ms. Chiang has a passion for teaching music. She loves children and enjoys being around them. She considers being a church musician and a music educator her lifelong mission.




Elaine Lin

Preparatory Group

Elaine Lin received a BA degree in piano performance from the University of Texas and a MA degree in piano performance and pedagogy from the University of Houston. Ms. Lin has been teaching Yamaha Music Courses since 1985, where her students range from age 3 1/2 to adult. Ms. Lin currently teaches piano privately as well as at Fountain Valley Yamaha Music School and the Irvine Unified School District.

Ms. Lin sang in numerous choirs from second grade through college and received awards from the Taiwan National Chorus Competition. She enjoys singing and making music with children, especially young children. Ms. Elaine is an active member of MTACOCCN, National Piano Guilds, and British Royal School of Music.




Lisa Yi Jung Luh

>Ensemble Group
Concert Group

Lisa Yi Jung Luh joined NOCCC in 2005 as the accompanist for Concert Group. She has been studying piano since the age of five. She studied piano under the tutelage of Mrs. Su-Shing Chiu since 2000. In 2007 she continues to study piano under Dr. Dietzer. Lisa has earned honors and awards at numerous competitions, including the Music Teachers Association of California's Theme Festival, California Association of Professional Music Teacher's Piano Solo Competition, Southwestern Youth Music Festival, Yamaha Jamboree and the Emerging Artist Competition. Lisa has also performed with the Young Musicians Ensemble for a number of organizations at various locations, including the Irvine City Hall, and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles. In addition to piano, Lisa is also a member of her school's Dance Company. Lisa is a junior at University High School.




Gene Oetomo

Advanced Group

Gene Oetomo is a freshman at Beckman High School. He joined NOCCC's concert group from 2001 to 2004. He has played the Er-Hu for 6 years under Karen Han and piano for 8 years . He is now studying under Ethan Dong (Opus 119). He has been the winner of the many competitions such as SYMF, Bach Festival, International Chinese Competition. This year he passed advanced level with the highest score in the Certificate of Merit in piano.




Meilani Kieu

Intermediate Group

Meilani Kieu joined NOCCC in 2005 as the accompanist for General Group. Meilani has been playing the piano for eight years and currently studies with Mrs. Su-Shing Chiu. She offers the following advice to other pianists: "Piano is something you need to put effort into. Practice will make you better. I used to and sometimes still do not enjoy practicing, but now, whenever I perform and receive awards, it makes it all worth it. Don't quit, someday, you will appreciate being able to play an instrument." In addition to music, she enjoys traveling, reading, shopping, and going to the beach. Meilani is an eighth grader at Montessori on the Lake.




Jasmin Kung

Junior Group

Jasmin Kung joined NOCCC in 2007 as the accompanist for Junior Group. Jasmin has been studying piano with Mrs. Su-Shing Chiu since the age of five. She attended the junior special advanced class of Irvine Yamaha Music Center in 2001 and graduated in 2005. Jasmin has won many awards for piano performance, including the Bach Festival at the MTAC Regional Competition, Bartok Festival State Competition, Southwestern Youth Music Festival, Sonata Festival, and Cypress College Piano Competition. Jasmin also enjoys playing the violin and viola. She has joined the All Southern California Middle School Honor Orchestra and Irvine Unified School District Honor Orchestra. In addition to music, Jasmin loves to dance and paint. She is currently a seventh grader at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School.




Sydney Shen

Preparatory Group

Sydney Shen joined NOCCC in 2007 as the piano accompanist for the Preparatory Group. Sydney has been playing piano since age 4 for eight years from Ms. Elaine Lin. She has won awards from MTAC Music Festivals for piano and IUSD Reflection program for Musical Composition. Sydney has accomplished CM in piano level 8. Besides playing piano, Sydney also enjoys playing violin. She has participated in IUSD Honor Orchestra, OCJO, and Four Seasons Orchestra. In addition to music, Sydney also enjoys reading, chess, swimming, and tennis.