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Faculty
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.
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 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.
Ms. Chiang joined NOCCC in 2006 as the conductor for Junior
Group. She is a graduate of Taipei Municipal Teacher𠏋 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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