Piano
I-Lan Emily Lin
Ms. Ilan Emily Lin, an experienced performer and music educator, graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Master’s Degree in Music Education. She started her piano lessons at age of six, continuing through her graduate school under Dr. Richard Bundy, Dr. Linda Thornton, Dr. Robert Gardner, and French pianist Ms. Marylene Dosse. Receiving training from young children music programs such as MYC (Music for Young Children), Harmony Road, and Musik Garten, she has been teaching children’s group piano class and private lesson since 2006 in the Bay Area. She is currently a member of the American College of Musicians (Guild Piano Exam), the Northern California Chinese Music Teachers Association, and the California Music Teachers Association (CM piano Exam).
Ms. Lin created a fun and inventive piano teaching style, which can be adapted for students of different ages and levels to reach each student’s individual goals, in classical and popular piano. In group lessons, not only do her students play piano pieces, but also improve on ear training and music theory. She focuses on assisting students with proper posture and finger power to build a strong foundation, especially for beginning students. She helps students strengthen their piano technique and tone quality in addition to playing a variety of musical genres.
Student Performance
Piano solo Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune (Church capacity: 400 seats)
I am a senior music educator and piano teacher. Since earned a Master’s degree in music education from graduate school, I have cultivated many excellent students on the road to music and music education, from the age of four to the eighties. Some of them are very happy to learn and entertain themselves. Others say, teacher, I ’m going to join the exam; I ’m going to join the competition; what kind of music I do want to play ...ext. I can help everyone reach their dreams! Watching the little sweet peas start basic piano education for young children in Orff or Suzuki, until one day they stand on the stage, and get the desired test results and competition rankings, or they have learned to play the songs they wish for a long time, started to go to university to major in music, after grew up piano became a good friend in their life (the same as me), these are all beautiful parts of my life experiences. Hope is yours too. What are you waiting for? I wish your dream come true, let’s start taking piano lessons with Ms. Lin! (I have experience in teaching autistic and visually impaired children and adult students. If you have learning needs in this area, you can contact me)
Ms. Emily Lin is an amazing teacher. My child has taken private piano lesson from her and loves the class. She is very knowledgeable, patient and encouraging. We highly recommend her to other parents!
— Piano student Jonathan Li parent
I took private piano lessons from Ms. Lin for close to a decade. Her teaching style is kind, encouraging, and molds to the individual interests of her students. She helped me build a solid foundation of musical knowledge that now allows me to appreciate classical music as an adult. — Sharon Chen
Ms. Lin is an outstanding Piano teacher. She teaches students patiently. She cares about the students and leads each student by his/her own progress. She insists on posture and also music concept. My daughter enjoys taking Ms. Lin’s class.
— Kandace mom
Due to Covid-19 with ongoing shelter-in-place order, we have switched to online lesson for one month, we were worried that my kid’s music education would be interrupted due to shelter-in-place, fortunately we can switch to online lesson, to avoid break. The benefit of online class is flexible in scheduling, and through one on one web class, teacher can keep in teaching professionally, kids can also continuing remain progress in music study.
— Summer Mom Shania Chang
John Chiang
John Chiang received Bachelor degree from University of the Arts in Taiwan and received full scholarship for his Master degree of music from University of Florida. He began playing piano at age 8, and has attended many performances and competitions before attending to music conservatory in college. He received honorable mention for YAMAHA national piano competition and also won the second prize of National Baroque Piano competition.
Being an active performer, John has appeared in numerals performances as a soloist, chamber musician, and piano accompaniment in many music concerts, recitals, and even some interdisciplinary performances with other artistic fields in USA and Asia.
He is also experienced in educating for many years and students have been well received in US Open music competition and United State International Music Competitions. Some of them also got picked for performing in CM branch honor recitals and convention recitals. He also has students got accepted in SF conservatory pre-college program.
He is now the council member for Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC), committee for Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California (CMTANC), He also serves as piano judge for Certificate of Merit Piano Test.
Piano Accompaniment Non t’amo piu (Year: 2016, Capacity Audience: 325 seats)