Bay Area Chamber Musicians

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Bio: Meijing Tian is a talented pianist and dedicated educator with a background in collaborative piano performance and teaching. She began her musical journey at 6 and has since earned numerous awards. She holds a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from the University of Central Oklahoma. Maggie has participated in various musical events and performances, including serving as a collaborative pianist for the University Chorus, winning first prizes in provincial contests, and performing at the "China and Foreign Musical Works Concert" at Guizhou University of Finance and Economics. She has also performed at prestigious events such as the University of North Texas Collabfest and provided accompaniments for the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist Competition, the NATS Competition, and the State Solo Contest.

Willing to Travel to: SF Bay area.

Ensemble Interested: All Types

Availability: Weekday Mornings and Evenings

"Bucket List":

• Most Violin Duo

• Bizet: Jeux d'enfants for Piano Duet

• Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor

• Hummel - Piano Quintet in E-flat minor, op. 87

• Milhaud - Suite for violin, clarinet, and piano

• Aram Khachaturian - Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

Video Samples: Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.2

Hosting: No

Contact: 

• Maggietian1223@Gmail.com

• WeChat: Maggieee_piano

Taiwanese-American pianist Andrew Chen has amassed a diverse range of accomplishments in classical music, encompassing solo and orchestral performance, collaborative duos, chamber music, and contemporary opera. He studied piano with Betty Woo and violin with Dan Flanagan at UC Berkeley, where he graduated with double degrees in Music and Statistics. In October 2021, he performed Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra led by conductor David Milnes. In the summer of 2022, he was the rehearsal and orchestral pianist for West Edge Opera’s American premiere of Coraline, written by Mark-Anthony Turnage and conducted by John Kennedy. In 2023, Andrew participated in the Collaborative Piano Institute in Louisiana State University, and served as the staff pianist for the US Open Competition in Oakland, CA and the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC. Andrew will be pursuing his MM degree in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music beginning Fall 2024, studying with Dr. Andrew Harley. (andrewchenpiano.com)

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Bio: Junhong Zhou is currently ABD in his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Iowa. His performance career includes serving in the first violin section of the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra (2013-2017), collaborating with esteemed conductors, and performing across

China, South Korea, and Hongkong. In 2023, he won the audition of Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. In 2022, Junhong formed the Kaydenn Quartet, dedicated to community music development. They have performed through the University of Iowa ArtShare program, at

Kirkwood Community College, on a tour in Wisconsin for the Green Lake Festival of Music, and as the chamber music residency for the Knox-Galesburg Symphony Orchestra in 2023.

Willing to Travel: SF Bay area.

Ensemble Interested: All Types

Availability: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Weekends.

"Bucket List": 

• Wieniawski Violin Concerto No.2, Op.22;

• Ravel Tzigane;

• Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31;

• Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major;

• Bach Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 for Violin solo;

• Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35;

• Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K. 218;

• Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7, Op. 30, no. 2; etc.…

Video Samples: Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.2

Hosting: No

Contact: 

• Sarabandezjh@gmail.com

• WeChat: Sarabande_Violin

Christian is a Bay Area-based cellist and bassist. He plays in the Googler Orchestra and as a part of SF’s Friends Who Play Chamber Music concert series. He hails from Vancouver, WA where he played with the Portland Youth Philharmonic. His teachers over the years include Hamilton Cheifetz (Portland State University), Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir (University of Washington), and Nancy Kim. Christian has attended a number of music festivals, most recently the Mendocino Music Festival in California. Christian works as a software engineer at Google and his favorite pastime is reading chamber music with his friends.

Derek Wu, Beverly Fu, Dannver Wu, Jennie Yang, Christian Selig

Meet the Aloha Quintet, a chamber music ensemble channeling a past whisper of chemical engineering and a whole lot of Cal pride. The Aloha Quintet is aptly named because our initial first violinist and ringleader, Drew, decided to ditch us and take a last minute trip to Hawaii. In his absence, we formed an eclectic mix of Google code monkeys plus a scientist: pianist (and moonlight string player) Derek, violinists (and Berkeley graduates) Beverly and Dannver, violist (and dancing queen) Jennie, and cellist (and former chemical engineer) Christian. Having met in various reading parties, we foolishly decided to leap from page to stage at the eleventh hour.

We hope Drew experiences plenty of FOMO while we play the second half of his favorite piano quintet. Enjoy a performance that's as dynamic as a chemical reaction and as risky as a tech startup.