A renowned Choral-Orchestral Conductor and an accomplished and artistic pianist as well as a Piano Collaborator. She went to Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. in 1978. Majored in Piano Performance with Harold Zabrack, and for 2 years coached by Martin Katz from The Metropolitan Opera House in piano accompanying.
Her academic and musical achievements during these years in the States won her not only Fern Lorena Hood Scholarship, but was also presented membership from a national music society Pi Kappa Lambda.
She came back from the States in 1982 with a “Summa cum Laude” in Bachelor in Music and committed herself and her music in two main areas : She has been performing Voice recitals with very good singers from Malaysia, Vienna and USA, conducting Choral-orchestral concerts of Oratorios and Masses like Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bach’s St.Matthew Passion, Cantatas and Magnificat and Haydn’s The Creation! Mozart’s Mass in C minor K.427 and Mendessohn’s Symphony No.5 “Reformation”.
She was granted a “Chin Yong Art of Music” award in 2012 for her many artistic contributions in the musical scenes in the past.
She is also renowned as the organizer of biennial Sacred Music Festival by Yin Qi Choir where she held the post of Conductor and Director for 30 years. It has produced at its height Beethoven’s Lieders, Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Symphony No.9 and Missa Solemnis, as well as Mozart’s Mass in c minor K.427 and “Glorious Night of Hymns II” with 170 combined choir members to present hymns accompanied by a full orchestra. She was also invited to be one of the judges for a Choral Competition for Secular amateur Choirs and a Church Choir Competition in September 2019.
At the beginning of 2020 she collaborated with Soprano Cecilia Yap on the piano for 2 performances of 2 Sacred Song Cycles “A Pilgrim’s Songs” by Dvorak and Chia Yin Wu on 4-5/1, pioneering the performance of this music category in a concert opened to the public.
A Virtual Youth Music Camp, marks the end of her 30 over years ministry in Yin Qi, organized by the Yin Qi Youth Choir on 27 to 29 August, 2021 with Teacher Elaine Pao, Lydia Oh & renowned Soprano Cecilia Yap as the main coaches to offer to youths and adults an insight into what are the most important elements to impart in music coaching or music ministry. She now runs her own music studio in Puchong focusing on piano, conducting coaching and Biblical teaching on Sacred Music and Appreciation Class.