Dr. Winnie Fan is an active soloist, chamber musician, orchestral clarinetist, educator, and advocate of new music. She has performed throughout the United States and internationally in China, Japan, Taiwan, and United Kingdom. She joined the Central Texas Philharmonic, as Principal Clarinetist since 2013 and was appointed the Director of Education at Taipei Music Academy & Festival in 2019. She is also a member in the Houston Serenade Project Chamber Ensemble. Since 2016, Dr. Fan has advocated to performing voluntary for Alzheimer organization. In 2017, she started the “Winnie Fan Volunteer Performance Program” to promote this action with her students.

樊世雯博士是一位青年单簧管演奏家，她的独奏及室内乐演出足迹遍及欧洲、美洲及亚洲。樊博士现任美国Central Texas交响乐团单簧管首席、台北大師星秀音樂節教育主任、大休斯敦地区单簧管教师及Houston Serenade Project室内乐团团员。除了演奏及教学外，樊世雯博士也积极带领学生推动以音乐送暖至各大综合医院及失智赡养中心，藉音乐交流关怀弱势，积极回馈社会。

樊世雯个人网页 www.winniefan.com

An active performer of chamber music, Pianist Sunjung Lee has been featured as a soloist with orchestras and invited to participate as a guest pianist in music festivals in China, Italy, South Korea, and USA. Lee currently performs with her piano trio, Trio713, and a pianist at the Center for Performing Arts Medicine at the Houston Methodist Hospital. She has also served as the Director of the Cy-Fair Chamber Music Series and has appeared on KUHF Houston Public Radio on 87.9 FM. Lee is currently pursuing Master of Music in Piano Chamber Music and Accompanying at the Shepherd School of Music while serving as an adjunct professor at the Lone Star College – Montgomery

Sam Matthews - Mr. Matthews is well known in the Houston area as a performer, clinician, and promoter of music education, and luthier .  Mr. Matthews received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in cello performance from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. Prior to moving to the Houston area in 2011, he was the orchestra director of the Shanghai International Youth Orchestra, Shanghai ProMusica Orchesta, Shanghai American School as well as a member and guest artist with professional orchestras in the USA and Asia, such as the Singapore Symphony, Akron Symphony and others. In 2019, Mr. Matthews founded the Paganini School of Music, which is based in Katy,TX.

Daniel Saenz - Cellist Daniel has performed and presented master classes throughout South America, Mexico, and the USA. Recent engagements have taken him to internationally renowned venues throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. As a concerto soloist, he has performed with orchestras in the United States, France, and Bolivia. An advocate of the music of our time, Mr. Saenz has performed under the auspices of Aperio, Music of the Americas, The Foundation for Modern Music, the University of Missouri Kansas City Musica Aestas Composition Festival, and SoundSCAPEComposition and Performance Exchange in Maccagno, Italy. More recently, Daniel performed at the Schlern International Music Festival in Völsam Schlern, the Rio International Cello Festival in Rio de Janeiro, and the National Arts Institute (UNA) in Buenos Aires. A graduate of the University of Houston, Rice University and the Eastman School of Music, Mr. Saenz is the Assistant Professor of Cello at Sam Houston State University School of Music where he teaches cello, coaches chamber music, and is a member of the Kolonneh String Quartet.
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Cindy Fu, Cellist - Upon graduated from conservatory of Music in TianJin, Cindy was awarded the first national competition of youth national cello players of China. She worked in the symphony orchestra in Tianjin Singing & Dancing troupe. Then she moved to US where she works as a private lesson teacher.

Benjamin Cui, Flutist - Born in Houston, Ben was born into a life of music as his mom was a Cello and Piano private teacher. In middle school he started playing the Flute, when he went to Clements High school, that is where he started to play harder music for the flute like Prokofiev flute sonata movement 2 and Concertino Chaminade. Ben enjoys music and volunteering, he still plays in his college volunteer Orchestra.

The North America Youth Chinese Orchestra (NAYCO) is a non-profit organization. Its goal is to promote and enhance the cultural diversity and richness of American society through the dissemination of traditional Chinese music, training of young musicians, performing for and serving the communities. NAYCO provides music-loving young people professional guidance and the opportunities to showcase their talents in performances and competitions. The orchestra regularly performs in concerts and cultural events. The performances include solo, trio, and orchestral arrangements, which combine both Chinese and Western styles of music. They have won numerous awards in local and national competitions. For more info, please visit http://www.nayco.org

Nathaniel Zhang is Founder of Music of Harmony. He is also a dual degree sophomore at the Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester, majoring in piano performance and neuroscience. Born in Houston, Nathaniel started piano when he was 6 years old and has won numerous awards and competitions, including 1st place in the Ronald Sachs International competition and Finalist in Eastman Piano Concerto Competition, and 1st place in the Texas Music Teachers’ Association Concerto Competition from the past year until now. From 2011 to 2018, he studied piano with Mr. John Weems and Mrs. Nancy Weems. He currently studies with Dr. Marina Lomazov at Eastman School of Music. Besides piano, Nathaniel is also an academically outstanding student who also founded Music of Harmony, a non-profit organization that brings music to the local communities in Houston.

Grace Liu - Grace is the founder and president of MOH, and a 11th grader at Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science  in Denton, Texas. She enjoys spending her free time by helping communities, dancing, drawing, and playing the piano. Grace has been dancing for 11 years and won 1st Place overall in numerous dance competitions, including StarQuest, Showstopper, Kar Dance Competition, Starbound National Talent Competition, Resolution Talent Competition, Platinum Dance Competition, etc. She also won many community service awards, including Texas Environmental Excellence Youth award, Congressional Award Gold, the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Mac National community service award. She is also the founder and president of We Care Katy, a non-profit that provides educational resources to  the kids in needs. Grace believes that helping those is important and hopes many others will start actively participating in philanthropy events

Rachel Gai - Rachel is a 10th grader at AWTY International School in Houston.  As a vice president of China Club at her school, Rachel is very active. She coordinates with teacher and friend to promote Chinese culture and art. As a dancer from Kindergarten to present, she has won many awards as 1st place and 2nd places from regional and national dance competition, and as a top dancer she has performed thousands of times for community. As a volunteer, Rachel collected, refurbished, and donated used electronics to Texas Refugee. This summer she joins the training of “Women leadership”, and works with other girls to develop the program for serving the community.

Nicholas Wong -  Age 11, began his music journey at the age of 3. Nicholas first started to play the piano and later studied the cello with his father at the age of 5. He won the 8th David Popper International Cello Competition in Hungary in Nov-2019. He won the Houston Civic Symphony Concerto Competition’s Junior Division and performed with the orchestra in March-2019. He is HYAC young artist and has participated in various outreach concerts.
Nicholas has been a student at the Vivaldi Music Academy. In 2016, he gave a solo performance at the Carnegie Hall and also appeared on the KHOU Channel 11, Great Day Houston where he performed on live television. In May 2019, he was invited to play National Anthem for 18000 audiences for the Houston Rockets game at the Toyota Center.

Weillison Hsu - A freshman at HSPVA and currently in the Houston Youth Symphony, Weillson’s recent accomplishments include: 1st place in HFYAC Competition (2019), 2nd place in IMTA Performance Contest (2019), Honorable Mention in the TMTA Performance Contest (2019). Weillison set up a Houston branch for MOH to expand its influence. He believes in the power of music and hopes to improve the quality of senior lives by promoting wellbeing and enriching the lives of more seniors in need.

String Quartet composed of violinists Miranda Li (9th) and Kaisong Lin (8th), violist Jaden Oca (11th), and cellist Justin Li (11th). Their chamber work is called Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart in 1787, with German Title “a little serenade”, featuring one of the most well-known themes in classical music, though rendered more literally but less accurately as "a little night music". The first movement opens with a famous theme consisting of sudden and swift changes in dynamics, followed by more gentle and graceful theme, before reverting back to first theme. Nowadays, this serenade is regarded as one of the most popular of Mozart’s works."

Piano quintet group composed of violinist April Feng, violinist Nora Xiao, violist Peiyao Ning, cellist Emily Ji, and pianist Bill Sun. Their repertoire is Ice Sculptures. While originally scored for orchestra, this piano quintet group brings a unique interpretation of the piece. As composer Brian Balmages says, this predominately lyrical work draws its inspiration from ice hotels – temporary hotels made entirely of ice and snow. Strong elements of film scoring prevail throughout the work as it tells the story of the construction, visitors, and eventual melting of the hotel.

Randy is Co- President of MOH Sugarland Branch, and a senior at Clements high school. He has been studying piano with John Weems for 10 years and violin with Henry Rubin for 8 years. He has won various competitions for piano such as the 2019 Clear Lake Concerto Competition Senior Division, the 2019 South Texas Piano Competition Concerto Division and 2nd place in the Solo Division, 2019 Symphony North of Houston young artist competition. Randy has also been in the String and Philharmonic orchestra in the TMEA All State Orchestra in 2017 and 2019, and is Houston Young Artist Concert (HYAC) artist in 2017-2020.

Bryant is the founder and president of MOH, and a 9th Grader at Seven Lakes High and started piano at age 6 with Mr. John Weems. He is MTNA Junior Piano National Finalist, Junior Van Cliburn Festival Participant and TMTA 8th grade Solo Winner (2019), Steinway Junior Piano Houston, NOPI Concerto Competition  and Baylor Piano Competition Winner(2018), Clear Lake Concerto Junior Piano Winner (2018,2016), TSU young Pianist-1st (2016~2018); Bryant is HYAC young Artist (2015~2020), MDG scholarship recipient (2016~2018) and artistic ambassador (2019). He appeared in NPR’s “From the Top” in Mar-2016.

Michelle is a team leader of MOH, and a junior at Taylor High school. She started piano at age 5, and was part of regional orchestra. Michelle enjoys music and volunteering. Her hobby includes going out with friends and travelling. She hopes to study biochemistry and enter medical field in anesthesiology in the future.

The junior woodwind choir, is composed of five excellent musicians (11th grade) in Seven Lakes high school, including three Bb Clarinet performers, Abhinav Basvoju, Gerald Cho, and James Liu; Soprano Saxophone performer, Derek Sun; and Alto Saxophone performer, Timothy Cai. Their adaptation of the iconic, Sweden by c418 is from the popular, retro-video game - Minecraft. In an epic composition, Abhinav Basvoju and Marshall Lu have transformed the glorious ode into a beautiful symphony, which they dub “Sweden but Epic”. Throughout the piece, the listener will enter a world of jubilation and fear as they roam the far stretches of the virtual planet with hope and determination.