Experiences
Education
Current2025–presentNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, IL, USA
Dual Degree
Major: Music Composition & Creative Technology (Ad Hoc); Radio/Television/Film
Minor: Music Technology
- Head of the Event Planning Department, Northwestern CSSA (2026)
Previous Undergraduate Studies2023–2025Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD, USA
Major: Computer Music; Recording Arts & Sciences
Minor: Directed Studies in Theatre Studies
- Lighting Designer, SuperCollider Symposium 2025
- Vice President, Peabody CSA (2024–2025)
2017–2023Beijing National Day SchoolBeijing, China
- Student Union President (2022–2023)
- Student Club Union President (2021–2022)
- Orchestra (2017–2022); Orchestra Leader (2020–2022)
Performances (28)
Once On This IslandLighting DesignerBeijing, China
Theatre, Aspiration Building 1F, Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
Infinity Music FestivalPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
OrganizationStudent Union
TIDES Music FestivalTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
Student Composers' ConcertPerformerEvanston, IL, USA
Regenstein Master Class Room, Regenstein Hall of Music, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
60 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
OrganizationComposition Department of Bienen School of Music
WorkDual
Student Composers' ConcertPerformerEvanston, IL, USA
Regenstein Master Class Room, Regenstein Hall of Music, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
60 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
OrganizationComposition Department of Bienen School of Music
WorkSpectral Traces
Student Composers' ConcertPerformerEvanston, IL, USA
Regenstein Master Class Room, Regenstein Hall of Music, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
60 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
OrganizationComposition Department of Bienen School of Music
Astra HarmoniaPerformance PlannerStage DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerSound DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing Navigation School
Beijing, China
Trinity·SensePerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerSound DesignerScent DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing Navigation School
Beijing, China
Dream ArchivePerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerPerformerEvanston, IL, USA
Mussetter-Struble Theater, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
OrganizationSPKL Music Club
Audio & Video Rental StorePerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerPerformerEvanston, IL, USA
Mussetter-Struble Theater, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
OrganizationSPKL Music Club
Chinese New Year GalaPerformance PlannerTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerSound EngineerPerformerRyan Auditorium
Ryan Auditorium
OrganizationNorthwestern CSSA
Don’t Take Away My Sparkle!Performance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerPerformerEvanston, IL, USA
Mussetter-Struble Theater / Wirtz Center, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
OrganizationSPKL Music Club
Strings to the Moon, Music from the StarsPerformance PlannerStage DirectorSound DesignerPerformerBeijing
Xibianmen City Wall Ruins Park, sunken plaza
Beijing
HERZ Music FestivalPerformance PlannerTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing Navigation School
Beijing, China
OrganizationSEIP
Eidos·NousPerformance PlannerTechnical DirectorStage DesignerSound DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
No. 9 Dongsi Liutiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
HarmoniaPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
Ambient AcousticPerformance PlannerTechnical DirectorStage DesignerSound DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
No. 9 Dongsi Liutiao, Dongcheng District
Beijing, China
Deja VuPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
IM'POSSIBLEPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
OrganizationSEIP
EtherealPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
PolarisPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
EverbrightPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
FantasiaPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
OrganizationStudent Club Union
The MusesPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
WANXIANG Music FestivalPerformance PlannerArtistic DirectorSound DirectorVideo EditorPerformerOnline
Online
OrganizationStudent Club Union
Bloom Music FestivalPerformance PlannerStage DirectorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerStage DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
OrganizationStudent Club Union
Starry Music FestivalPerformance PlannerTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
Falling Music FestivalPerformance PlannerPerformerBeijing, China
Beijing National Day School
Beijing, China
Professional Experience
Stage Technology & Performing Arts Teaching InternFounder & Project LeadBeijing, ChinaFormed and led an alumni intern team, contributed to stage and design arts teaching, and led promotional-design workshops. Organized student merchandise design and sales, alumni exchanges, and performance-planning and stage-technology courses leading to a final performance.
Beijing Navigation School
Beijing, China
As a Beijing National Day School alumni representative, brought together fellow alumni and formed and led an intern team at Beijing Navigation School. Contributed to stage arts and design arts teaching and led independent workshops on promotional design for performances. Organized student teams to design and sell performance merchandise, hosted alumni exchange sessions, and taught performance planning and stage technology, culminating in a final performance.
Music & Interactive Arts MentorshipIndependent MentorIndependently taught and mentored more than 20 students, providing comprehensive music education. The practice later expanded into HCI and interactive arts.
Stage Exploration & Innovation Program (SEIP)Founder & Project LeadBeijing, ChinaFounded and led SEIP, bringing together Beijing National Day School alumni and friends to provide stagecraft training and support students’ participation in live performance at two schools in Beijing.
Beijing, China
Founded and led SEIP, a stage arts education and practice program combining skills-based teaching with hands-on stage production. Brought together BNDS alumni and friends to introduce students to stagecraft and support their participation in live performance.
2024 — Beijing National Day School
May 23–July 5, 2025 — Beijing Navigation School
SuperCollider Symposium 2025Lighting DesignerJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C.Contributed lighting design to SuperCollider Symposium 2025, a symposium on SuperCollider and computer music.
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C.
OrganizationComputer Music Department, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Hosted by the Peabody Institute’s Computer Music Department, SuperCollider Symposium 2025 brought together performances, installations, workshops, and research presentations exploring SuperCollider and computer music.
Skywatching Down The WellComposerMixing EngineerLani Hall, UCLAComposed music and handled mixing for Dorothy Guo’s original play, presented by UCLA’s CFan Chinese Theatre Group.
Lani Hall, UCLA
OrganizationCFan Chinese Theatre Group
An original play written and directed by Dorothy Guo, presented by UCLA’s CFan Chinese Theatre Group. Set in a mountain village in southwestern China, it follows a returning young woman, a young man who stayed, and their schoolteacher as they navigate belonging, freedom, and the choices that shape their lives.
Her RageSound DesignerLos Angeles, CA, USADesigned sound for Her Rage, an original play presented at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
McCadden Place Theatre
Los Angeles, CA, USA
FestivalHollywood Fringe Festival
Her Rage is an original play weaving together the parallel stories of Medea, the figure from Greek mythology, and Zhao Jinyun, a Chinese immigrant woman. Although set in different times and places, both stories portray women who are constrained, oppressed, controlled, and ignored within their circumstances. Ultimately, their pain erupts through silence and resistance.
