• shiowchi@gmail.com

Experience

Experience

Wedding Pianist/Singer (and Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Birthdays, etc.)

  • Performed at over 75 weddings and events since 2006
  • Pre-ceremony music, ceremony music, cocktail hour, first dance
  • Skilled sight-reader; Can learn/arrange songs by ear and can take requests
  • Experience with Catholic wedding ceremonies
  • Minor DJ work, such as making announcements and controlling the flow of wedding ceremony + cocktail hour + reception

Piano and Voice Teacher

  • Has taught privately for over 10 years to students of all ages (including adults), encouraging/motivating and fostering a lifelong love of music as her ultimate goal
  • Studied music for over 25 years, since the age of 5, passing through level Advanced of Certificate of Merit
  • Holds 2 recitals per year – one in the summer, and one during the holidays
  • As a member of MTAC (Music Teacher’s Association of California), access to various recitals, competitions and the nationally-recognized Certificate of Merit Evaluation program

Cantor/Alto at Catholic Mass

  • Regular singer (and sometimes pianist) at Holy Trinity of Ladera Ranch since 2015

Restaurant Gigs

  • Seasons 52 in South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Vintage Steak House in at historic San Juan Capistrano train depot, CA (jazz combo)
  • Gemmell’s at Dana Point Harbor, CA
  • Port Restaurant at Corona Del Mar, CA

Competitions

  • Taiwanese equivalent of American Idol
  • American Idol Attraction at Walt Disney World – Top 10 on a busy Saturday
  • Top 10 for “Oh Say Can You Sing?” Orange County Register NHL anthem competition
  • USA World Showcase, Vegas – Best Singer
  • Bach Festival, Fall Festival, and Convention winner

Public Event Performances

  • Lakers vs. Trailblazers, 2004 (quartet)
  • Newport Coast Villas, a Marriott timeshare (jazz combo)
  • Union Square in San Francisco for annual Taiwanese Cultural Festival
  • Relay for Life, to raise awareness and support for cancer
  • TAP (Taiwanese American Professionals) Casino Night
  • Room 5 and Genghis Cohen in Hollywood Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade
  • The Neighborhood Cup – Aliso Viejo, CA
  • It’s a Grind Coffee House – Laguna Hills, CA

Musicals

  • “Pippin”, “Bye Bye Birdie”, “Starmites”, “Nothing But Broadway” (revue)

Groups

  • Charles Dickens Carolers – So Cal’s premier caroling group
  • Random Voices a Cappella, UCLA
  • UCLA Chorale and Gospel Choir
  • Diana Li Jazz Quartet
  • Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir, winner of Reno Festival 2001

Recorded Accomplishments

  • Youtube channel has 1793 subscribers, 70+ videos and growing
  • Youtube “I Dreamed a Dream” has over 150,000 views
  • Full length CD, “Dream & Do”