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» Award

2011

• Attained GPA of 3.92/4.0 at New England Conservatory of Music and honored on the Dean's list.

2010

• New England Conservatory of Music Merit Award.
• Attained GPA of 3.93/4.0 at New England Conservatory of Music and honored on the Dean's list.
• Winner of region I of the Society of Composers, Incorporated/American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers 2010 Student Commission Competition among 165 scores.
• Scholarship from Accent10, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Music Summer Program.
• Travel grant from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

2009

• Honorable mention of the 2009 Earplay Donald Aird Memorial International Composers Competition.
• 2nd place in the 23rd Annual CSU statewide research competition at California State University Los Angeles.
• 1st place in the 17th Annual California State University Los Angeles Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.
• Has been selected to the Nevada Encounters of New Music, a composers' symposium and festival at Las Vegas.
• Winner of the inaugural International Center for the Arts at San Francisco Symposium on Music in the 21st Century 2009 International Composition Competition. From 142 entries, the ICA/SF Symposium selected seven ensemble works. These works performed at the Symposium by the Adorno Ensemble, the Afiara String Quartet, and San Francisco State performance faculty. The selected composers reside in California, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Three of the composers are American, the others are from Turkey, Israel, and China.
• Travel grant from California State University Los Angeles.

2008

• California State University Graduate Grant, Los Angeles, USA.
• The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship for Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
• Friend of Music Scholarship from California State University Los Angeles.

2007

• Friend of Music Scholarship (top fund) from California State University Los Angeles.

2006

• Bowdoin International Music Festival scholarship.
• University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance, Composition, Theory & Musicology Department scholarship.
• Chancellor's Non-Resident Award from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• Travel grant from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

2005

• University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music Composition Department Composition Competition.
• The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publichers scholarship for the California Summer Music festival.
• The Women's Council Graduate Assistance Fund Scholarship from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance, Composition, Theory & Musicology Department scholarship.
• Chancellor's Non-Resident Award from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• Travel grant from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

2004

• University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance, Composition, Theory & Musicology Department Scholarship.
• Chancellor's Non-Resident Award from the University of Missouri Kansas City.

2003

• Outstanding Composer Scholarship from Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.

2002

• National Scholarship (highest mention) from Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.
• Viacom Sumner Redstone Scholarship from Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.

2001

• National Scholarship from Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.
• Diligence Student Scholarship from Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.

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» Music Festival and Conference Attended

2011	Piano performance at Northeastern University Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Boston, MA.
2011	New England Conservatory Composers Lab Ensemble Inaugural Workshop, Boston, MA.
2010	Bowdoin International Music Festival (studied under Professor Samuel Adler of The Juilliard School, New York).
2010	The Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy (studied under Professors Gabriela Lena Frank and Forrest Pierce) .
2010	Accent10, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Music Summer Program (studied under Professor Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon of the Eastman School of Music ).
2010	NACUSA (National Association of Composers / USA) National Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
2010	International Joint Conference on Latin-American Music and on Modern Music. Hosted by Texas State University and by the National Association of Composers / USA - Texas Chapter.
2009	Freie Universität Berlin International Summer Music Composition conference (studied under Professor Samuel Adler of The Juilliard School, New York).
2009	Nevada Encounters of New Music, a composers' symposium and festival at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (studied under Professors Augusta Read Thomas and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon).
2009	Illuminations & Reflections: First Annual Symposium on Music in the 21st Century, held by the International Center for the Arts at San Francisco State University.
2008	Freie Universität Berlin International Summer Music Composition conference (studied under Professor Samuel Adler of The Juilliard School, New York).
2007	Bowdoin International Music Festival (under Professor Roberto Sierra of Cornell University, New York and Professor Simone Fontanelli of the University of Mozarteum, Salzburg).
2006	Bowdoin International Music Festival (under Professor Samuel Adler of The Juilliard School, New York).
2005	California Summer Music Festival (under Professor David Tcimpidis of Mannes College of Music, New York and Professor Chen Yi of the University of Missouri-Kansas City).

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» Presentation

May 2010	Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1, Movement I – Timeline Diagram of Thematic and Tonal Designs at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA.
March 2010	"The Natural Sights and Sounds Flowing in Sound of Wind" in NACUSA (National Association of Composers / USA) National Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. Part 1 Part 2 Live Concert Quintet Sound of Wind
May 2009	"The Natural Sights and Sounds Flowing in Sound of Wind" in the statewide presentation competition at California State University Los Angeles. Part 1 Part 2 Live Concert Quintet Sound of Wind
February 2009	"The Natural Sights and Sounds Flowing in Sound of Wind" in the 17th Annual California State University Los Angeles Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.
October 2008	The Conflict and Fusion of Japanese and Arabian Music Culture has been selected for presentation at the 2008 Society of Composers, Inc. Student National Conference at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
April 2008	Overlapping Playing Skill System for String Solo at California State University Los Angeles.
March 2007	The Conflict and Fusion of Japanese and Arabian Music Culture at California State University Los Angeles.
November 2005	Music of India with Hindi musician monks performing on traditional Indian instruments at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
January 2005	The Conflict and Fusion of Oriental national Music Culture at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
December 2004	Music of Middle East at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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