Yu Fan Shao Shao, Yu Fan (Piano)

Yu Fan Shao graduated from the Department of Music at National Taiwan Normal University with a major in piano, and holds a master’s degree in music education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in piano, conducting, and string education.

Shao has served as staff accompanist for the Wisconsin Chamber Choir in the United States, and for the Taipei Chamber Singers, the Kuang Ching Choir, the Golden Ears Choir, the TCS Women’s Choir, the Chengzhong Church Choir, and the Taipei HuaShin Children’s Chorus.

In November 2004 Shao was the interpreter for conducting workshops led by former King’s Singer Bob Chilcott. In July 2005 Shao interpreted and gave demonstration performances at piano pedagogy workshops by Carole E. Parsons, professor at Pennsylvania State University, and in October interpreted for master classes by Günther Theuring, professor of choral conducting at the Vienna University of Music. In July 2006 Shao interpreted at piano pedagogy workshops by Carol A. Echols, professor at Drury University in Missouri. Shao co-authored high school music textbooks in 2006, and in 2017 high school and vocational high school music textbooks for the new 108 Curriculum. Shao is currently a full-time music teacher at Taipei Municipal Cheng Kung Senior High School and convener of “Teaching Ideas Concerto” (教想協奏曲), a cross-school community of high school music teachers in Taipei.