Session 1 & 2

Cellist Amy Hsieh made her New York debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 2002 as a winner of the Artists International New York Debut Award. She has since performed as a soloist and chamber musician in various locations around the United States, Europe, and Taiwan, including prestigious venues such as the National Concert Hall in Taiwan, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. Dr. Hsieh is not only dedicated to performing, but also to mentoring aspiring musicians to succeed in the music industry. Her guidance has led her students to win several competitions and participate in masterclasses.

Dr. Hsieh earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School, her Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music, and her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Boston University. Her teachers were Ardyth Alton and Michael Reynolds. Currently, Dr. Hsieh serves on the cello faculty at an International School in Taiwan and is a co-founder of C'est Bon Chamber Music Academy.

Session 1

As a founding member of the Felici Piano Trio, Brian Schuldt has performed hundreds of critically-acclaimed concerts in the U.S., Europe and South America. His chamber music collaborations include renowned artists such as Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Edward Auer, Atar Arad, Corey Cerovsek, Hagai Shaham and Eli Eban. He has appeared as soloist with the Oak Ridge Symphony, Auburn Symphony, Owensboro Symphony, Eastern Sierra Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra "Cantelli" of Milan, Italy. Brian has been a guest instructor at Indiana University, Cal-State Fresno, University of Tennessee and Tennessee Tech. He studied with Toby Saks at the University of Washington and continued under Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Janos Starker at Indiana University, where he earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. Brian held the appointment of Assistant Instructor of Cello at Indiana University. He is currently Executive Director of Chamber Music Unbound and conductor of the Eastern Sierra Chamber Orchestra. Brian plays a cello by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.

Session 2

A graduate of The Juilliard School and Oberlin Conservatory, Avery Waite is a dedicated music educator and an accomplished cellist. Special performances include a concert alongside legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman, a performance for President Barack Obama, and an appearance on the TV show, Sesame Street. As an educator, Avery has worked with music students all over the globe, including in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Kenya, Iraq, Turkmenistan and Jamaica. Avery was also the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to spend a year in India helping to develop and coach youth orchestra programs all over the country. As Executive Director of the non-profit MusAid from 2014 - 2021, he facilitated and directed cultural exchange programs between American music educators and under-resourced music schools worldwide. Avery currently resides in Taiwan where he is an Orchestra Director at Taipei American School.

Session 1 & 2 |
University of the Pacific/San Francisco Conservatory

Cellist Vicky Wang is the Artistic Director and co-founder of C’est Bon Chamber Music Academy, a program dedicated to inspiring young musicians through chamber music. She is on the faculty of San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and serves as an assistant professor of cello at University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music and the cellist of its ensemble-in-residence, Trio 180. Prior to relocating to California, Dr. Wang served on the faculty of Mannes College of Music and Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City. Her recent performances and masterclasses include appearances in Chamber Music America Conference, Pacific Music Institute of Hawaii Youth Symphony, Korea’s Busan MARU Music Festival, pianoSonoma Festival, and MTAC convention.

Dr. Wang's principal teachers include Eleonore Schoenfeld, Zara Nelsova, Darrett Adkins, Joel Krosnick, and Marcy Rosen. She has participated in music festivals such as the New York String Seminar, Pacific Music Festival (Japan), Verbier Music Festival (Switzerland), and Spoleto Music Festival (Italy), and Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara). Dr. Wang received her Bachelor and Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from City University of New York.

Session 1

Caleb Yang is a cellist based in Nashville. As a soloist, he has performed Bloch’s “Schelomo” under the baton of Neal Stulberg. As an improvising musician, Caleb blends various genres with live looping electronics for unique solo performances. As a commercial musician, he has toured with country singer Martina McBride, performed with David Cook, and recorded as a session musician with Postmodern Jukebox and Benjamin William Hastings. Collaborations include Silkroad's Global Musician Workshop performing alongside Abeer Nehme, Kala Ramnath, and Hankus Netsky.

Caleb holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance at UCLA and a Master of Music in Commercial Music at Belmont University. His master's thesis on live looping for string players explores ways to promote improvisation, encourage participation in groove-based musical genres, and amplify one’s musical voice. Caleb also serves as the strings teacher at F. H. Jenkins Preparatory School, an ESA-approved institution in Nashville. In this role, he designed a diverse K-8 curriculum for violin, viola, and cello.