PERFORMANCE/HONORS/CURRICULUM VITAE

12/2009: Piano Soloist with Eastside Symphony in Redmond, WA, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 1, Op 15, http://www.eastsidesymphony.org/Biography/yling_tan_miller.htm

05/2009: Participated at USC Piano Department’s Piano Concerto Competition

05/2010 B.A. (Anticipated), Piano Performance, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA

Yling was accepted as one of 8 Freshman pianists in 2006 out of 200+ auditioning candidates. She was also the only freshman in the Department Chairman, Dr. Stewart Gordon’s piano studio.

Earning consistent grade, ‘A’, at every semester-end Piano Jury, Yling’s repertoire include the following:

· Beethoven: Sonata No 30, Open 109, first movement

· Debussy: Jardin dans la pluie

· Chopin: Scherzo in D minor

· Rachmaninoff: Prelude in g minor, Op. 23, No. 5

· Scarlatti: Sonata in f minor K. 519

· Schubert: Impromptu in E Flat Major, Op. 90, No. 2

· Get complete repertoire from Yling

Completed Courses at USC with 4.0 GPA include:

· MUCO-133A Theory I

· MPKS-170A Introduction to Piano Repertoire and Performance

· MPKS-160A Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors I

· MPKS-153 Individual Piano Instruction

· MUCO-132A Aural Skills I

· Geog-120g Geopolitcs (Upper Division: International Studies)

· Span-220 Spanish Level III

· Get complete IR courses from Yling

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, Inglemoor High School, Kenmore, WA, September 2003-June 2006

· Earned full International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with 4.26 weighted GPA and ranked within the top 3% of her graduating class.

· Was in the top 5% of overall Washington State high school graduates. Additionally, Yling wrote an extensive IB research paper on the music of Chopin which was sent and graded in Rome, Italy. The paper received the highest score (7=A+) of all the submitted IB Diploma papers.

Scholarships,
Competitions, Performances, Teaching

*Note: unless otherwise specified, all accomplishments listed are on the piano.

SCHOLARSHIPS

· Winner of the AT&T Foundation Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievements

· Recipient of 4-year Scion Merit Scholarship awarded by the University of Southern California (Academic)

· Winner of the Cingular Corporation Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievements

· Winner of Outstanding Musician Scholarship awarded by the Music Department of Inglemoor High School

· Winner of the Betty Lou Barton (Piano) Scholarship

· Winner of the Martha Annin (Piano) Scholarship

· Five-time Winner of Top Achievement Award from the Washington State Eastside Piano Scholarship Competition

COMPETITIONS/PERFORMANCES

2005-2006: High School Senior Year

Won 1st Place in the Senior Division at the Washington State Music Teachers Association’s (WSMTA) Outstanding Artist Competition

Won 1st Place in the Washington Eastside Piano Scholarship Competition

Won 1st Place in the Helen Crowe Snelling Piano Competition

Won 1st Place in the 2006 Piano Solo Competition at the All American Music Festival in Orlando, Florida

Won 1st Place in the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) State Solo and Ensemble competition as pianist in the Brahms’ Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40

Won 1st place in the Regional Division of the 2006 WMEA Solo and Ensemble Competition as Piano Soloist

Won "Most Outstanding Musician" Award selected by the Inglemoor HS Symphony Orchestra

Played in Master Class for the following:

· Panist Andreas Klein

· Dr. Leonard Richter

· Deborah Dewey

· Judith Cohen

2004-2005: High School Junior Year

Won First Place in 11th grade division of the Washington Eastside Chapter Scholarship Competition

Won the Ida Zelikovsky Green Award for outstanding performance in piano at the Washington Eastside Chapter Scholarship Competition

Invited to play as WSMTA State Recitalist at the Washington State Piano Convention

Recitalist to represent the 11th grade division of the Washington Eastside Chapter Scholarship Competition at the East Scholarship Honors Recital

Soloist in the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Complete Program (2004-2005)

Received a I+ (Superior +) in the regional WMEA Solo and Ensemble competition performing (as the pianist) Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in d minor, movement I.

Performed (as pianist) Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in d minor, movement I, at the WMEA State Solo and Ensemble competition

Won first alternate as piano soloist in the regional WMEA Solo and Ensemble Competition

Received a I (Superior) in the regional Washington Music Educators Association Solo and Ensemble competition as cellist in the Inglemoor High School Chamber Orchestra

Received a I (Superior) in the regional Washington Music Educators Association Solo and Ensemble competition as cellist in a quartet

Master Class with Doctor Jill Timmons

Master Class with Steinway pianist Judith Cohen

Soloist in Donna Sams’ Piano Studio Showcase Recitals

2003-2004: High School Sophomore Year

Won Second Place in 10th grade division of the Washington Eastside Chapter Scholarship Competition

Selected recitalist at the Kirkland Performing Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington, sponsored by Sherman Clay & Co.

Won the seal of Special Recognition for thorough preparation and excellence in performance in the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Complete Program (2003-2004)

Won Level I (Superior) ratings on three performed piano works at the regional WMEA Solo and Ensemble competition.

Invited to be Recitalist in the 2004 Eastside Chapter Honors Recital.

Showcased in a master class with Dr. Leonnard Richter in front of an audience of Eastside Chapter teachers intended to demonstrate proper technique and performance at the piano.

Recitalist in the 2004 Eastside Chapter Honors Recital

Soloist in the WSMTA Adjudications

Soloist in Donna Sams’ Piano Studio Showcase Recitals

2002-2003: High School Freshman Year

Won First Place in 9th Grade Division of the Washington Eastside Chapter Scholarship Competition

Won the seal of Special Recognition for excellence in performance in the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Complete Program

Soloist in Donna Sams’ Piano Studio Showcase Recitals

Soloist in the WSMTA Adjudications

Soloist in Master Class with Doctor Leonnard Richter

Soloist in Master Class with Judith Cohen, Steinway pianist.

Piano Teaching Experience

Taught 5 piano students for 3 years during high school varying from elementary, high school to adult age. I restricted myself to 5 students due to the demanding academic curriculum (full International Baccalaureate Diploma Program) alongside extra-curricular activities.