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Nien-hwa Chin

Cello, Let's Play Music Year 3, Presto I

Ms. Nien-hwa Chin is a concert cellist and a pianist. She holds a bachelor’s degrees in piano and cello performances from Taiwan and graduate degrees in cello performance, piano collaboration and music education from the Pennsylvania State University and the University of North Texas. She was under the tutelage of Professors Kim Cook, Martha Gerschefski, and Eugene Osadchy. She also took master classes with Yo-Yo Ma, David Finckel, Anne Williams and Oxana Yablonskaya while at schools. Ms. Chin has taught in K-12 public schools, universities and her own music studio in Taiwan, the US, and US military bases in Japan for the past 25 years. She has also performed solo and in ensemble settings in Asia, Europe and the US. Experienced with students from age 4 to 80, Ms. Chin prepares students for auditions, competitions, recitals, college applications and, just to make music for fun. In addition to music, she enjoys traveling, reading, dancing and cooking with her two teenage children