A longtime violinist and teacher, Angela Xing has performed all around the globe. She was a prize winner of the Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition and semi-finalist of Heida Hermanns International String Competition. Ms. Xing has worked as a professional violinist in the Rochester Philharmonic, Symphoria, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chinese National Opera House Orchestra in Beijing. She has participated in Aspen Music Festival where she studied under Paul Kantor, David Halen, and Robert Lipsett. She also served as the concertmaster for the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Ms. Xing has over six years of teaching experience, encompassing a broad range of skills. Her students include graduate-level music majors at a music conservatory, undergraduate non-music majors, and beginners of all ages.

 

Born in Taiyuan, China, Ms. Xing began studying violin at the age of five with Lingwei Xu, the preeminent violin educator of the Shanxi province. After high school, she moved to Beijing to study with Xiaowei Chen at the Renmin University of China. During that time, she served as associate concertmaster of the Asian Youth Orchestra for three years, where she toured Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taipei, and Seoul. Ms. Xing received her Master of Music from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied with Gregory Lee. She went on to receive her Doctor of Musical Arts with minor in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Oleh Krysa.