Xi (Zoey) Lin  Pianist from New York City, NY

Xi (Zoey) Lin has a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts. She served as an Accompanying Fellow for three years, for which she had served as pianist for choirs as well as collaborative pianist with numerous instrumentalists and vocalists. She has won many prizes in piano competitions, including Second Prize in the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association Collegiate Piano Competition, Third Prize in Concord Chamber Orchestra concerto competition and Xi was a featured soloist with the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra on the Edward Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor as a winner of their Discovery Artists Competition in 2017. Over the summer of 2017, Xi performed as soloist and chamber musician at the Vianden International Music Festival in Luxembourg. In the following fall, she attended the London Centre study abroad program, where she explored French piano repertoires under the instruction of Paul Roberts and actively engaged with the theatrical and musical cultures of London. During her time at Lawrence, she was awarded the Marjory Irvin Prize for excellence in piano performance, the Miriam C. Duncan Prize in Organ, and was elected member of the Pi Kappa Lambda music honor society. As a theatre major, Xi has appeared in several productions and actively engaged in theatre as a sound designer, costume maker, stage manager, pit orchestra musician and director. Her project Theatre Without Words, a physical theatre production, adds to the variety of theatrical performances. Xi also enjoys dancing, for which she appeared in Melee dance shows for the last three years and Cabaret for four years. Xi is constantly exploring ways to combine theatre and piano.