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The Bravura Philharmonic Young Virtuoso Trio
Christine Shieh, violinist
Courtney Lin Kaita, cellist
Constance Lin Kaita, pianist
After their outstanding performance at the
Arts Council of Princeton

  Christine Shieh, Violinist

  At 17 years old, Christine is the concertmistress of the 2008-09 New Jersey All-State High School Honor
  Orchestra. She is also a member of the 2009 MENC All-Eastern Honors Orchestra, a prestigious orchestra that
  selects top musicians of thirteen east-coast states. She has won the silver medal of the Bravura Philharmonic
  Young Artists Concerto Competition. Christine is a student of Hua-Yi Wang. Her former teachers were Naoka
  Tanaka and Fei-Ni Xu. Christine has won the Grand Prize at the Young People’s Music Program’s Twentieth
  Anniversary String Competition.

  In 2007, Christine was invited by the Shanghai International Chamber Music Festival and International Children’s
  Cultural and Art Festival committee to perform as a featured soloist at various art centers in Shanghai including
  the Shanghai Grand Theater, the performance was broadcasted by CCTV.



  Courtney Lin Kaita, Cellist

  At 19 years old, Courtney is a student of Richard Aaron at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her former
  teachers were Julie Albers, Marnie Kaller, Irene Sharp, Katrina Kormanski and Qiang Tu. Courtney was a first
  prize winner of the New Jersey Music Teachers National Association Performance competition, and has
  represented New Jersey three times in the solo Junior and Senior Strings Competition.

  Courtney has appeared as the featured soloist with the Edison Symphony, Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, High
  Mountain Symphony, and the Manalapan Battleground Symphony. She has given solo performances in Alice Tully
  Hall of Lincoln Center, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall and the Merkin Concert Hall. She has received an Honorable
  Mention in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and was featured as a Rising Star at
  the first Beijing Music Festival, performing in venues including the Peoples Congress Hall at Tiananman Square
  and the Forbidden City Concert Hall.



  Constance Lin Kaita, Pianist

  At 14 years old Constance is a student of Dr. Chiu-Ling Lin. Constance former teachers were her mother,
  Chiu-Tze Lin, and Prof. Ingrid Clarfield. Constance made her orchestral solo debut at the age of nine with the
  Westfield Symphony. She has also performed as a soloist with the Philadelphia Biblical University Orchestra
  and the Shanghai Chamber Orchestra. Constance has won numerous music awards, including 1st prize for three
  consecutive years for her age group in the New Jersey Music Teachers Association Young Musicians Competition,
  and first prize winner (twice) in the Steinway Scholarship Competition of the Greater Princeton area.

  Constance was one of the four students featured as the Rising Stars in the 2004 Beijing Music Festival, the first
  international exchange of its kind sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Culture. She performed in the prestigious
  Forbidden City Concert Hall, and the People’s Congress Hall. The performances ware broadcasted on National
  Television across China. Constance has also appeared on the Kansas Public Radio as a winner of the International
  Young Musicians Piano Competition. Constance has performed as a soloist on both piano and violin in Alice Tully
  Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, and the Steinway Hall.