| Education |
| A native of Taiwan, Amy Hsieh began studying the cello at the age of seven with Lana Hsiung. After she came to the United States in 1992, Ms. Hsieh continued her studies at Walnut Hill School, LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and Juilliard Pre-College. In 1996, as a student of Ardyth Alton, she entered the Juilliard School, where she received her Bachelors degree and was a recipient of the Gluck Fellowship and the Elise and Walter W. Naumburg Scholarship. After receiving her Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music in May 2002, she was accepted as a scholarship student to the Doctor of Musical Arts program at Boston University, where she studied with Michael Reynolds. She fulfilled all the requirements for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2007. |
| Performing and
Teaching Experience |
An active chamber musician, Amy has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Taiwan. She has given numerous performances as a soloist and chamber musician, including concerts at the National Concert Hall in Taiwan, at prestigious venues in New York City such as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has been a prize winner of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s Young Artists Competition in 1994 and in 1996. In April, 2002 she gave her New York Debut Recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as the winner of Young Artists Cello Award of the 2001 Artists International Competition. As the founding member of Nuance Chamber Ensemble, Amy was invited by the Formosa Chamber Society to perform at Weill Recital Hall in March, 2004. She has toured with the Nuance Chamber Ensemble in New York, Boston and Taiwan since 2002. Her recent performances in 2007 include a solo recital at Taiwan’s National Concert Hall and summer concert tour in Taiwan with the Nuance Chamber Ensemble.
In addition to performing, Amy has over 10 years of teaching experience. |
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| At CSMA |
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Amy joined the CSMA Music Faculty in 2008. She teaches private cello lessons.
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| Teaching Philosophy and Approach |
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Amy says, “Learning music should be a fun task!”
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