Chi-Ching Grace Lin 林季靜, Percussionist

Taiwanese percussionist Chi-Ching Grace Lin maintains a varied chamber music and orchestra career in New York city area. Chi-Ching has performed with Dicapo Opera, the Metropolitain Opera Orchestra, Teatro Grattacielo Opera, National Choral, Binghamton Philharmonic, Riverside Symphony, New York Asian Symphony Orchestra, New Amsterdam Orchestra, West Field Symphony Orchestra, Colonial Symphony, Park Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Centre Symphony Orchestra, Metro Chamber Orchestra in venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Version Hall in Philadelphia, Washington DC, New Jersey, Honk Kong, China and Japan. As soloist Chi-Ching was feature as marimba soloist in Day of Percussion Festival in NYC in 2001 and 2002 and also obtained the excellent performance of chamber ensemble award. In 2008 Chi-Ching premiered Andrew Beall’s percussion concerto at Lincoln center with CYCNY. She also can be found on Andrew Beall’s solo percussion album “Deliverance”. As chamber musician, Chi-Ching has appeared with the Talujon Percussion group, Tam Dun Percussion group and 20th Century Contemporary Ensemble. Chi-Ching received her Master’s degree and Professional Studies Diploma from Queens College and Mannes College the new school for music where she studied with Michael Lipsy, Michael Wemer, Jim Priess, Barry Centanni and Glenn Valez. Chi-Ching is the percussion faculty of the Chinese Youth Orchestra of New York since 2006.

打擊樂家林季靜.擁有市立大學打擊演奏碩士學位及Mannes School of Music打擊演奏家文憑。在台灣期間除了任敎於台北縣市多所國中高中之音樂班及管樂團打擊指導老師之外，也多次和台北交響樂團、國家音樂廳交響樂團、台北愛樂、台灣交響樂團及附設管樂團演出。在美期間，曾分別於2001及2002年擔任紐約市立打擊音樂節之木琴獨奏演出，致力於交響樂團打擊演奏的林季靜多次擔任樂團首席與多數知名指揮家，交響樂團及歌劇院於紐約各大音樂廳演出’多次在林肯中心的 Avery Fisher Hall、Alice Tully Hall、Merkin Hall、United Nation Conference Hall、卡內基音樂廳、紐約大都會歌劇院以及費城Kimmel Center and Version Hall、華盛頓及紐澤西演出，也曾經與New York Asia Symphony Orchestra至東京的Suntory Hall 京都、大阪及廣島巡迴演出，也多次與 CYCNY於summer tour至Taipei、China、Hong Kong and Japan演出。而熱愛現代室內樂的林季靜也多次受邀演出 知名作曲家譚盾、陳怡及Jennifer Hindon之作品，並與紐約知名打擊樂四重奏Talujon Percussion Ensemble合作演出。目前與多數交響樂團及歌劇院做定期之演出。