All sounds mixed/produced by Luke Bergthold and Christian Walker.

       Mo Zhao is an emerging young composer who has written works for ensembles including orchestral, choral, chamber, and soprano with rock musicians. Her music has been performed in United States and United Kingdom. One of her most recent works, “Fantasy and Dance,” was premiered by the award-winning Arneis String Quartet and was a selected composition of Boston Composers’ Coalition’s Call for Scores. Her works have been premiered in, among other venues, the National Portrait Gallery (London, UK), Tsai Performance Center, and Marsh Chapel. In addition, her music has been presented and performed in educational outreach sessions—one sponsored by the Boston-based Emmanuel Music another sponsored by Chengdu Huaxi Hospital (Sichuan Province, China). Mo Zhao currently studies composition at Boston University with Martin Amlin and piano with Linda Jiorle-Nagy. In addition to Boston University, She has been trained in composition and piano from institutions including San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Royal College of Music (London, UK). She has studied composition with Ketty Nez, Samuel Headrick, Alison Kay, Brett Abigaña and Elinor Armer.

         As an active performer, Mo Zhao has played in a broad range of occasions such as concert and recital halls, senior centers, churches, hospital, and musicals. She performs solo concerts annually—including several presented by Sherman Clay Piano in Walnut Creek. She has performed in master classes with Joyce Davies, Frank Wiens, and Roy Bogas. Her piano teachers include Edna Stern, Mack McCray, Linda Jiorle-Nagy and Tanya Heeb. As a member of wind, orchestral, and choral ensembles, she has performed under the baton of renowned conductors such as David Hill, Anne Howard Jones, Keith Lockhart, John Maltester, Robert Longfield, Brian Balmages, and Ranold Bass.

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