Stephen Wu
Objective:
Pianist - Educator - Composer
Experience:
Collaborative pianist, Newark Arts High School, NJ: 2015 - present
Faculty/Collaborative pianist, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, NJ: 2010 - present
Principal collaborative pianist, Crane’s Mill Chorale, NJ: 2008 - present
Adjudicator: national competitions/auditions for the National Piano Guild, NJ: 2007 - present
Principal Accompanist, The Concert Chorale of New Jersey, NJ: 2007 - 2010
Assistant Director/Principal collaborative pianist, Little Falls Community Chorale (merged with the Concert Chorale of New Jersey), NJ: 2006 - 2008
Jazz Camp: Jazz Connections. NJ: 2006
Opera production - The Consul, NJ: 2005
Collaborative pianist for ballet class, Montclair State University, NJ: 2005 - 2006
Piano studio & Suzuki Piano Class teaching, MSU – Preparatory Division, NJ: 2005 - 2006
President of the Montclair Chapter of NJMTA, NJ: 2002 - 2006
Piano studio teaching, The Music Gallery, NJ: 2002 - 2005
Violin teaching, Taipei, Taiwan: 1995 - 1997
Adjudicator: Shih-Lin Instrumental Competition, Taipei, Taiwan: 1995
Piano player: Takashimaya Plaza, Taipei, Taiwan: 1995
Education:
2013 Introduction to Music Production (with distinction): Coursera (Berklee College of Music), MA, USA
2004-2004 Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow, Russia
2002-2004 Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
2001-2002 Manhattan School of Music, New York City, USA
1999-2001 Trinity College of Music, London, UK
1999-1999 Kingston University, London, UK
1998-1999 Richmond-upon-Thames College, London, UK
1995-1997 Taipei Hwa-Kang Arts School, Taipei, Taiwan
Performances:
USA: US Attorney’s Office NJ, Italian Educational & Cultural Center - Center for the Arts at Casa Colombo NJ, Newark Arts High NJ, The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County NJ, Essex County Bar Association NJ, Wharton Music Center NJ, Oakwood Village OH, New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Victoria Theatre NJ, Grover Cleveland Middle School NJ, Fellowship Village NJ, Caldwell First Presbyterian Church NJ, The Auditorium at Franciscan Oaks NJ, Glen Ridge Country Club NJ, The Great Hall at Winchester Gardens NJ, Totowa Police Athletic League NJ, James Caldwell High School, Wayne Country Club NJ, Carnegie Hall - Weill Recital Hall NY, First Congregational Church NJ, Little Falls Second Reformed Church, NJ, St. Joseph's Home Senior Residence NJ, Himan Hall & The Oaks - Crane’s Mill Retirement Community NJ, Little Falls Women’s Club NJ, Montclair Cooperative School NJ, Montclair State University: Kasser Theatre (The Consul), McEachern Recital Hall, Fund Raising Concert for Hurricane Katrina, Memorial Auditorium, South Orange Library, Cedar Crest Village NJ, 50th Anniversary of Prokofiev’s death Concert
Russia: Anton Pavlovich Tchaihov Museum in Klin, Rachmaninoff Hall at the Moscow State Tchaikovski Conservatory of Music
UK: Hinde Street Church, Leconfield Hall in Petworth, Chichester College, Chichester, Kingston-upon-Thames Festival of the Performing Arts, Richmond upon Thames College, Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury
Taiwan: Taipei Chiang Kai Shek Memorial National Concert Hall, Taipei City Government, Chia-Yi Cultural Centre, Graduation Concert at Taipei Municipal Social Hall, Shih-Lin Junior High School
Masterclasses:
USA: Lynn Rice-See, Tellef Juva, Magdalena Baczewska, Balazs Szokolay, Catherine Kautsky, the Shanghai Quartet, Elena Sorokina (vice president of the Moscow State Conservatory), Alexander Bakhchiev, Reynaldo Reyes, David Witten, Donn-Alexandre Feder
UK: Philip Meaden, John Thwaites, Frederick Rzewski, Douglas Finch
Instructors:
Piano Studies
- USA: Mark Pakman, Dr. David Witten, Dr. Donn-Alexandre Feder
- Russia: Aleksei Arkadjevich Nasedkin, Polina Fyodorova
- UK: Terence Allbright, Dennis Lee, Katy Howell
- Taiwan: Hsueh-Ying Lu (Maria), Kung-Shiu Su (Celia), Lillian Wen
Chamber Studies
- USA: Yi-Wen Jiang (the Shanghai Quartet), Nicholas Tzavarras (the Shanghai Quartet), David Singer (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
- Russia: Nina Kogan
- UK: Steven Mow, Terence Allbright
Violin Studies
- Taiwan: Hee-Shun Lynn (Katz), Mon-Chi Lian
Awards received:
Audio & Video Competition for The Missouri Review: Second runner-up: “Reverie” Reclaimed with Nancy Willlams (Sound Engineering) 2009
Bachelor Degree of Music in Piano Performance (Cum Laude): Montclair State University, USA 2005
National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions: accompanied with singers. 3rd prize - Feb 2004, 1st Prize (two awards) – Oct 2005
MSC Foundation Scholarship Award 2004
Music Teachers National Association Award 2004
Global Education Centre Scholarship Award at Montclair State University 2004
Frank & Lydia Bergen Music Scholarship 2004
Howe scholarship award at Montclair State University 2004
SART Advisory Board Talent & Scholarship Award at Montclair State University 2003
Certificate of Higher Education in Piano Performance and Teaching (with distinction): Trinity College of Music, London
Certificate of Kingston upon Thames Festival of the Performing Arts
Advanced Recital Ensemble Certificate (with merit), Trinity College of Music, London
Certificate of Chopin Piano Competition, Vienna Music Education Organization, Taiwan 1996
Other Skills:
DVD Authoring
Sound recording