P I A N I S T S     VoV  

Ben Luk

Ben started playing the piano at the age of 5. He received the Associate Performer's Diploma from the Trinity College of Music under the guidance of Ms. Brenda Poon in the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. He holds a Master degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and is currently working as a Software Engineer at Google. Besides playing the piano, Ben enjoys traveling and playing basketball.

Winnie Low

Winnie decided to join the Voices of the Valley as a pianist after enjoying their February 2002 concert. Winnie holds a Master of Music in Church Music from the Golden Gate Theological Seminary where she studied piano with Dr Max Lyall. She is currently working at a San Francisco law firm. She also teaches piano part time. Besides music, she enjoys outdoor sports, traveling and cooking.

Angela Lai

Ever since a teenager, Angela has been performing and accompanying soloists, choirs and orchestras in family, school and college concert events. Under the tutelage of Ms Yu Jia-Ying in Hong Kong, Angela was awarded the Associate Performer's Diploma by the Trinity College of Music in London. Previously, she was a Principal Engineer at Silicon Graphics where she worked on digital media systems and software design. Lately, she has joined the Silicon Valley gold rush and to work at a yet unnamed startup.

Connie Cheung

Connie started playing the piano at the age of 4.  Under the instruction of Ms. Claura Ngan, she was awarded the Advanced Certificate by ABRSM in 1995 and was invited to perform in its bay area honors recital in the same year.  Connie received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and is currently working at Sun Microsystems as a hardware engineer.

 

Carole Richter

Carole started playing the piano at the age of 8, and competed at the Concours Claude Kahn in Paris. Carole took a break from the piano when she was in the university, where she received her Masters Degree in mathematics. She now has more time than ever to practice the piano while her two little angels, Claire, 3 and Leo 1 are taking afternoon naps

Benjamin Chui

Ben Chui started playing the piano at age 9. He holds a Grade 8 diploma in piano from the Royal School of Music, as well as a Grade 8 diploma in Theory of Music. He graduated with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1998, and currently works as a silicon micromachining specialist in a Mountain View startup company. In his spare time, Ben likes to improvise on the piano (pop and classical) and is interested in singing as well as occasional score-writing.

Mona Li

Mona started playing the piano at age 5. She furthers her piano techniques with Ms. Amelia Chan Lei-Wah in Hong Kong after she was awarded the Grade 8 Diploma by the Royal School of Music of England. She has been a piano teacher since the age of 15. Mona has enjoyed both of her stage and teaching experience. Mona graduated with a double-major in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and a minor in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles in June 1998. Since then, she has been a consultant at Deloitte & Touche Consulting.

Alice Ko

Alice started playing the piano at the age of 5. She studied under Ms. Louise Savage of Sacramento, California from 1983 to 1991. Alice had her solo debut in 1987 at the Sherman Clay Recital Hall in Sacramento. As an active performer and competitor, Alice performed in many California Music Teachers Association (CMTA) annual state conventions. In 1990, Alice received Teachers (CAPMT) Bartok Piano Competition in the Difficult Category. Alice received her degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Connie Chiu

Connie started playing the piano a age 9, and she now generously shares her musical talent by volunteering as a church pianist at Lord's Grace Christian Church at Palo Alto. Connie is a licensed Civil Engineer at Hohbach-Lewin, Inc. She is working on structural design and seismic retrofits for both commercial and residential buildings.