Music theory tutoring Collaboration with A Gift for Music for Teen Stress project Art Project for children with special needs Adopt-a-kid through World Vision
Benefit Gala performance for CMTANC/USIMC and welcome Nana Ou-Yang Music theory tutoring Collaboration with A Gift for Music for Water Conservation project Mission Delivery for ACS/Relay for Life Berryessa Adopt-a-kid through World Vision
New Hope Cancer Care benefit concert performance |
2015 "Conserve Water!" Video Contest Winners 1st Place: No Drought Route by Ivy Chan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47F27oWI9AQ 2nd Place: A dummie's guide to the drought by Jason Hu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyuUBmJ5WiY 3rd Place: The California Drought by Jacob Feiler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p4d-C5sfoo 3rd Place: Conserving Water by Pallas Chou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vxu7cKmN8Y Many thanks to Santa Clara Water District, KQED, City of San Jose, KTSF, A Gift for Music and many supporting sponsors and friends to help raise awareness and encourage actions to make a difference together! |
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The SoundPost Community Engagement program initiates projects for our student members to gain hands-on experiences through involvement in collaborative activities. Our young members will learn to appreciate resources given by others, value them, be more caring and considerate, and be willing to take action and to give back in a positive manner. The youth leadership team meets regularly to develop and lead the projects to accomplish their goals.
Many of our members are high school students who are talented at music. The youth chamber orchestra is organized on a project basis to utilize these talents and to perform for charitable functions or community events such as benefit concerts.
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Elaine Wang - President
Elaine Wang is currently a senior at Cupertino High School. She has been studying the violin with teacher Ryan Chen since the age of 9. She is now a 3rd year member of ECYS Senior Symphony. Elaine has also played the piano and completed the Certificate of Merit at freshman year. Besides spending her time on music, she is a avid animation lover and taking drawing lessons. She has won 2 SVCS drawing competitions. During the summer of 2015, she was in the Computer in Biophysics and Robotics cluster at COSMOS. She discovered her keen interest and enthusiasm toward science. |
Steven Liu - Vice President
Steven Liu is currently a senior at Monta Vista High School. Steven performed in Carnegie Hall during the April of 2016. His favorite composers are Samuel Barber and Franz Liszt. He also likes chemistry. As such, he has built a chemistry laboratory in his garage, conducting experiments and synthesizing indicators in it. His favorite synthesis is the synthesis of sodium 4-[2-(1-hydroxynaphthalen-2-yl)hydrazin-1-ylidene]-7-nitro-3-oxo-3,4-dihydronaphthalene-1-sulfonate. He is ranked fifth in the nation for chemistry and is a member of the US team at the International Chemistry Olympiad. Other than chemistry and music, Steven enjoys dreaming about the day he becomes a poet, swinging himself on a pendulum to see that the period of a pendulum does not vary with mass, and thinking about what he would do if he could pull a lever that redirected a trolley that theoretically approaches five people tied to tracks to a track with one person tied down to it. |
Yi Lin Jang - Vice President, Photographer
Yi Lin is currently a senior at Monta Vista High School. She started playing the piano at the age of 6 in Taiwan and continued learning piano with Teacher Megan after moving to the U.S.. She enjoys helping the community and participating in volunteering projects. During her free time, she likes to draw, listen to music, and watch YouTube videos. |
Joshua Chiang - Secretary, Express to De-Stress Project Leader
Joshua Chiang is currently an 11th grader at Lynbrook High School. He has been playing cello for the past 10 years under the tutelage of Mrs. Kyeong Hwa Kim. Joshua has been a member of CPYO for the past 6 years and will be soloing with the senior orchestra this year. He has played at Carnegie Hall, and has received numerous awards from competitions, some being CMTANC Competition, CPYO Concerto Competition, Korea Times Music Competition, and KAMSA Music Competition. Joshua hold various officer positions at school, some being Vice President of Lynbrook American Cancer Society and Vice President of Lynbrook JTASA. In his free time, Joshua likes to play with his dog, hang out with friends, and cook. |
David Tung - Secretary
Hi! My name is David Tung, and I'm currently a junior at Cupertino High School. I've played the violin for about nine years, starting when I was seven. At school, I am part of the varsity swim team and captain of the varsity water polo team. When I'm not overloaded with homework, I like to watch TV shows like Game of Thrones. I'm excited to be a part of SoundPost because giving back to the community is extremely important to me. |
Michelle Chen - Public Relations Manager
Michelle Chen is currently a junior at Monta Vista High School. In June 2014, She graduated from Lawson Middle School with the National Junior Honor Society award and the Outstanding Orchestral performer award for outstanding musical ability, superior leadership, and tireless dedication to the Lawson Music Program. In the summer of 2014, she attended the Peng Piano Academy Summer Workshop for Young Pianists, and studied with the Willamette University professor Jean-David Coen and the Stanford University Professor George Barth. Michelle has studied piano from the age of four under the tutelage of Jennifer Hu, and has also started studying under Joyce Yang since 2014. She won the 2014 California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Concerto Solo Competition, and performed with CPYO on December 19, 2014. Besides music, Michelle loves playing with her dog Chewy, eating with her friends, and playing video games. |
Jerrica Liao - Marketing Manager
Jerrica is currently a junior at Harker. She has been playing piano since a very young age, and has also completed all 10 levels of the CM test. Being able to help the community and volunteer at various events is something she enjoys greatly. She does fencing as an extracurricular sport, and she also enjoys playing the guitar during her free time. |
Natalie Lin - Activities Manager, Webmaster
Natalie Lin is a junior at Los Altos High School. Although she began as a pianist at the age of four, she switched to the cello at the age of seven. She currently studies under Eric Sung. In addition to volunteering in SP, she is a cellist in the SFS Youth Orchestra and in the Young Chamber Musicians Program as well as one of the founders of Clio, a music based volunteer group created to perform music for the community. When Natalie isn't practicing, you can find her listening to music or watching YouTube videos. |
Lauren Liu - Social Manager, Youth Ambassador
Lauren is currently a senior at the Harker School. She has played the piano since the age of four and the cello since the age of seven, and has completed the advanced level Certificate of Merit exams for both instruments. In the past, she has attempted to learn various other instruments, among them flute, guitar, percussion, and clarinet, and played in CYS and PACO. In her free time, she enjoys doing archery, coding, and getting sucked into Wikipedia black holes. |
Nick Chen - Webmaster
My name is WeiHan Chen, and people also call me Nick. I am currently a sophomore at Lynbrook High School. I started playing violin at the age of five. Coming to the United States in 2011, I stopped playing violin for 4 years until 2015, when I found back my interest toward violin and decided to continue studying violin with my new teacher, Mr. Ryan Chen. When I am free, I enjoy listening to music and watching YouTube. I like to play around with different kinds of technology. I also really like photography. |
Valen Yamamoto - Webmaster
Valen Yamamoto is currently a sophomore at Saratoga High School. She has played viola since age 8 and has now been playing for 6 years. She also has played piano for about 8 years. In her free time, she enjoys reading and playing badminton. |
Previous Contributing Officers
Leo Chen '16
Melodie Liu '16
Emma Huie '16
Allison Hsu '16
Isabelle Tsai '16
Johnathan Lin '15
Kyle Kao '15
Leslie Tsai '15
Charley Chang '15
Cassie Ho '15
Leo Chen '16
Melodie Liu '16
Emma Huie '16
Allison Hsu '16
Isabelle Tsai '16
Johnathan Lin '15
Kyle Kao '15
Leslie Tsai '15
Charley Chang '15
Cassie Ho '15
Melodie Liu - President
Melodie is currently a senior at Monta Vista High. She has played piano for nine years, completed all levels of the California Merit Exam, and performed at Carnegie Hall. She also participates in her school's Bollywood Team and likes to listen to music in her spare time. |
Emma Huie - Vice President, Webmaster
Hi! My name is Emma! I am excited to volunteer through the music community. I am also the Social Manager and Webmaster for Tri-M Music Honors Society in Monta Vista High School. I play violin with the California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, I enjoy playing piano, and I play the double bass in my high school's Chamber Orchestra. I also volunteer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. My favorite pastimes included baking, reading, and watching TV. I am enthusiastic to share music with the rest of the community. |
Leo Chen - Financial Manager
My name is WeiTung Chen, and sometimes people call me Leo. I am currently a senior at Lynbrook High School. I started playing piano in kindergarten and started playing cello in my 3rd grade. In 2011, I came to the U.S., joined California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and continued learning cello with Mrs. Kyeong Hwa Kim. In my free time, I enjoy playing cello, listening to pop music, and sometimes composing music. In the meantime, I love helping out in the community, and it becomes the reason why I joined SoundPost Youth Foundation. |
Allison Hsu - Social Manager
My name is Allison Hsu, snd I am a freshman at Syosset High School.I have learned playing piano with Maggie Lee since i was five, then with Megan Chen since i was 10. I also enjoy playing the flute and currently study with Kassey Plaha. I like volunteering in the community and also participate in BAYMS, another volunteer organization, aside from Soundpost Youth Foundation. In my free time, my favorite activities include reading and drawing. |
Isabelle Tsai - Secretary, Marketing Manager
Hey guys!! My name's Isabelle and I'm going to be a senior at Monta Vista High School this year. In my free time, I like to draw, play music, hang out with friends, and of course sleep and eat ;) The reason why I enjoy being a part of SoundPost is because of all the opportunities to find new connections, have fun, and make differences in our community all at the same time. I look forward to being your marketing manager for 2015-2016 :Dteam, and in her free time she enjoys watching anime, listening to kpop, drawing, and running.
Hey guys!! My name's Isabelle and I'm going to be a senior at Monta Vista High School this year. In my free time, I like to draw, play music, hang out with friends, and of course sleep and eat ;) The reason why I enjoy being a part of SoundPost is because of all the opportunities to find new connections, have fun, and make differences in our community all at the same time. I look forward to being your marketing manager for 2015-2016 :Dteam, and in her free time she enjoys watching anime, listening to kpop, drawing, and running.