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Sandy Lin, DMA

Position: Piano Instructor
Areas of Expertise: Piano, Piano accompanying.
Education: Sandy holds Bachelor's and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, a Master's of Arts in Piano Performance from the Royal Academy of Music in London, and a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano degree from Boston University. She is finishing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Collaborative Piano at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

Bio

Taiwanese-American pianist Sandy Lin is an international soloist, chamber musician, and vocal collaborator committed to sharing her passion and love for music. Sandy made her New York City debut in 2012 as one of the winners of the New York Concert Artist competition with the NYCA Symphony Orchestra under maestro Eduard Zilberkant and has since then performed frequently in the United States, Asia, and Europe, both as a soloist and in vocal and instrumental collaborations. She is also a laureate of the Cœur d’Alene Young Artist Competition, the Vivo International Music Competition, the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition, and the Jeunesses International Music Competition. In 2020 she was selected to participate in Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall. In the last few years, Sandy has been an Associate Instructor at Indiana University, coaching students of various disciplines. She is currently a faculty member at SongFest, a summer festival focused on Art Song. And since 2011, Sandy has taught piano to students of various ages and levels, in both Mandarin and English.