Yon Nian Shee

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Yon Nian Shee

Yon Nian Shee holds Master in Music in Percussion Performance, Professional Studies Certificate in Percussion Performance at The Boston Conservatory, and Bachelor of Performing Arts (Music) from University of Malaya. Her instructions include Keith Aleo, Nancy Zeltsman, Kyle Brightwell, Samuel Solomon, Douglas Perkins, Paul Philbert, Darcey Timmermann, and Matthew Prendergast. Nian Shee is currently based in Kuala Lumpur.

In 2001, Nian Shee found her enthusiasm and passion in percussion playing at the age of 13 when she joined the Kwang Hua School Band in Klang. In 2009, she acquired ATCL in Piano Performance from the Trinity College of London. In the same year, she got invited to perform in the ABRSM High Scorers’ Concert as a percussionist. In 2010, she was honored the Yamaha Music Scholarship in Asia Award.

Nian Shee was an active member of the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (MPYO) in between 2009-2013 and had toured all around Malaysia, Singapore and Australia under the baton of Kevin Field. She attended a music camp in Germany under Klingaufmusik Management in 2011 and studied with Bernhard Schmidt. Later in the same year, Nian Shee was selected to join the ASEAN-Russian Symphony Orchestra for Young Musicians in Bali, Indonesia. In summer 2014 and 2015, she joined the Brevard Music Centre in North Carolina and studied with Charles Ross and Gwendolyn Dease.

As an active performer, Nian Shee had performed with Akron Symphony Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, and OperaHub during her studies in Boston. In Malaysia, she played with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia, Selangor Symphony Orchestra, KLPAC Orchestra and Symphonic Band. She had also been invited to perform in the 2017 ALC – Korean International Conference and Festival. As an educator, Nian Shee is now teaching at Garden International School and Sri Kuala Lumpur School.