Encore Signature Artists
nancy zeltsman
Nancy Zeltsman is a leading marimba performer, recording artist, teacher, author and festival director. She has premiered over 125 solo and chamber marimba works including pieces by Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Simon, Gunther Schuller, Louis Andriessen, Carla Bley, Steven Mackey, Paul Lansky and Alejandro Viao. Zeltsman has presented recitals and marimba master classes across the U.S. and Europe, and in Japan, China, and Mexico.
She is Chair of the percussion department at Boston Conservatory at Berklee (since 2005), and a Professor at Berklee College of Music. Shes taught at both schools since 1993 when they created positions for her to teach marimba exclusively. In the fall of 2013, she was appointed regular guest professor of marimba at Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Since 2001, she has been Artistic Director of Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Inc., a (mostly) annual, two-week, summer seminar and concert series. ZMF 2017 will take place at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ from July 2-15. Details will be available in early 2017 at www.ZMF.us.
Her recordings include three solo marimba CDs; three CDs with the marimba/violin duo Marimolin; William Thomas McKinleys marimba concerto recorded with Boston Modern Orchestra Project; and a duo marimba CD with Jack Van
Geem. Zeltsmans marimba method, Four Mallet Marimba Playing: A Musical Approach for All Levels, is published by Hal Leonard Corporation. “Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba,” two volumes containing 24 marimba solos commissioned (through ZMF, with support from about 200 people), is published by C.F. Peters Corporation and recorded on a double-CD on Bridge Records.
Nancy lives in Boston, MA.
Nanae Mimura
Nanae Mimura is acclaimed internationally for her virtuosic, passionate, and charismatic performances of a variety of repertoire ranging from classical music to pop and folk styles. She has performed widely across the U.S. and in over 21 countries in Asia, Europe, Central America and South America. Ms. Mimura has been welcomed four times in Guatemala (where the marimba is the national instrument) and was appointed the first honorary member of Guatemala Marimba Society in 2001. She especially enjoys her international travels affording her the opportunity to perform with local musicians as a cultural exchange program and enthralling audiences around the world while promoting international goodwill. Mimura was the third recipient ever of the Premio Alosi (Switzerland). She won the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York in 1999 which brought her much attention and a New York debut recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. With praise for her musicality and rich, dynamic sound, Nanae also won many international competitions during her school years including the Percussive Arts Society Marimba Solo Competition. Sony Records in Japan has released several Mimura’s recordings which include "Marimba Spiritual" (2000), "Universe" (2002) and “Prana (2006). Her fourth solo album, “Marimba Crystal –prayer–” was released by Octavia Records in 2016. In 2014, Columbia Records in Japan released a live recording of Takashi Yoshimatsu's marimba concerto “Bird Rhythmics Op.109 performed by Ms. Mimura and the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra. Mimura commissioned and premiered the work in 2010 with the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, and has also performed it with the Tokyo Philharmonic and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras. Nanae Mimura was born and raised in Japan and received her Bachelor of Music degree from Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo. She then moved to the United States where she earned a masters degree at The Boston Conservatory in 2000 studying under Nancy Zeltsman. Immediately upon her graduation, she joined the faculty of Berklee College of Music until 2004 when she decided to return to Japan. Mimura was a guest faculty member at Percussion Friends Chamber Music Academy held at Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2013 and 2014. She frequently serves on faculty at Zeltsman Marimba Festival (which takes place in different locations). Since 2015, Mimura has organized the Yatsugatake International Marimba Camp in her hometown, at the foot of Yatsugatake Mountains in Kobuchizawa, Japan. She served as a member of the jury at the Latin America Marimba Competition in Mexico (2013); the Universal Marimba Competition & Festival in Belgium (2013); the 3rd Italy International Percussion Festival & Competition (2016) and the 1st Thailand International Percussion Festival & Competition (2019). Nanae Mimura is a Yamaha Performing Artist, and her signature mallets are available from Encore Mallets, Inc.
Naoko Takada
Naoko Takada was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her 2004-2005 season started with Paul Newmans Gala Event where she had a stage with Hollywood stars Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, Danny Glover and others. She appeared as a soloist with many orchestras including Houston Symphony; China National Symphony Orchestra, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, SanAngelo Symphony, DuPage Symphony; Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Chamber Orchestra; Xalapa Symphony (Mexico).
She had appeared in many mass media including WQXR (NY radio), WGBH (Boston radio) , LA Japanese radio, RTHK (Hong Kong radio). In 2003, she had a showcase concert at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Kentucky. In 2004, she appeared as a guest performer in the Belgium International Marimba Festival. She had taught masterclasses in Veracruzana del Universidad in Mexico, China Central Conservatory of Music in China and many universities throughout the USA along her solo concert tour. In 2002, she was an instructor of marimba at the Ju Percussion Groups Summer Camp in Taipei, Taiwan. In 2003, she taught marimba at KOSA International Workshops and Festival at Vermont, USA. She will be at Nancy Zeltsman Marimba Festival this summer. Naoko Takada is a Yamaha performing artist and an endorser of Encore Mallets, Inc. She now resides in Los Angeles and Tokyo where she works with private students in her spare time.
She won First Prize in the Young Concert Artist International Audition and also awarded the Beracasa Foundation Prize. She had a debut at the Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Tokyo, 92nd Street Y in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and the Gardena Museum in Boston. Her successful recitals were reviewed in many newspapers and magazines. Her other awards include First Prize in the nationally known Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition, the Sorantin Young Artist award International competition, and the Japan International League of Artists Competition.
At the age of eight, Naoko began studying marimba with Akiko Suzuki. Naoko attended Tokyo Metropolitan International High School, majoring in International Studies. In 1995, she went to Waseda University, where she majored in Psychology. In 1996, she gave her first solo marimba recital in Tokyo. In 1996-97, she was selected to be an exchange student to the United States, and received a full scholarship to study percussion with Karen Ervin-Pershing at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). During her time as an exchange student, she won the CSUN Concerto Competition and the CSUN California Music Scholarship. She also won the Larrie Londin Memorial Scholarship from the Percussive Arts Society. In 1997, she officially changed her major to Music Performance. That year, she won the Music Etude Endowment from CSUN and the Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) Best Instrumentalist Scholarship. She was presented with her award at the SAI Winners Recital in California. After her graduation from California State University Northridge, she earned her MM at Ithaca College under the instruction of Gordon Stout, an internationally famous marimba player. She received a scholarship and an assistantship from Ithaca College. As part of her assistantship at Ithaca, she was given the opportunity of teaching a percussion course, fulfilling her dream of becoming a teacher. After completing her MM at Ithaca, Takada studied with Nancy Zeltsman in Boston.
Kana Omori
Kana completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at the Osaka College of Music. Additionally, Ms. Omori completed a graduate degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, Germany in the class of Prof. Dr. Peter Sadlo. She has been awarded several prizes, including the First Prize at the International Music Competition in Kobe, Japan in 2006 and the First Prize and Absolute Prize at the International Percussion Competition in Italy, in 2010, where she was also awarded a special prize from jury member N. J. Zivkovic.
In 2011 she was awarded the Cultural Prize of the city of Kyoto.
Ms. Omori has performed as a marimba soloist with many orchestras throughout Japan and has appeared on several Japanese television and radio broadcasts. She has given recitals in several countries including Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and USA.
She also gave solo concerts and clinics at several Universities in USA Switzerland and Japan. She was a member of jury for the final round of The Japan Classical Music Competition.
Ms. Omori has released three solo marimba albums, Je Te Veux, Cappriccio Grazioso and Siguiriya Gitana. She has also published a book of her arrangements for marimba, Masterpieces of Classical Music on Marimba Vol. 1 and a collection of essays Meine Trume (My Dreams) .
Ms. Omori endorses Korogi Musical Instruments, Encore Mallets Inc, and Fall Creek Marimbas, Inc. Fall Creek Marimbas has designed a new glockenspiel model named after Kana Omori – the KANA Glock.
Valerie Naranjo
Valerie has been the Percussionist in the Saturday Night Live Band for 21 years, and in the pit orchestra of Broadway’s “The Lion King nearly as long. She was mentored by the late gyil Maestro Kakraba Lobi, with whom she toured for seven years. She affected a decree within the Council of Elders and Lawra, Ghana’s Chief Karbo, that the ban on women playing gyil in public be lifted so that she could participate in their annual Kobine Festival of Traditional Performing Arts. She and Barry Olsen were honored, in 1996, with the only First Place Award at that festival ever given to non-West African perfomers. RG productions film Knock on Wood documents this activity, and has appeared in documentary film festivals internationally. Valerie has performed with such artists as Carole King, Selena, Airto Moriera, Glen Velez, David Byrne, Zakir Hussein, The Philip Glass Ensemble, and The Paul Winter Consort. She co-leads Mandara, an African imbued jazz quintet of vocalists/multi-instrumentalists. Drum! magazine reader’s poll named Valerie “World Music Percussionist of the Year”
2005 and 2008, and “Mallet Player of the Year” 2012. She teaches West African Percussion at NYU, and has performed and taught internationally, including nine African countries, and in such situations and locations as ten PASIC conventions; The 2010 Winter Olympics and Vancouver Jazz Festival in Vancouver; New York’s Lincoln Center, City Center, and Carnegie Hall; London’s Royal Festival Hall; The Johannesburg Civic Theatre; The Grahamstown and Arts Alive Festivals (South Africa); and Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival. Valerie holds a BA in vocal and instrumental music education from The University of Oklahoma, and a Master’s degree in percussion performance from Ithaca College. In 1999 she founded the company Mandara Music and has thereby published several recordings, The series “West African Music for the Marimba Soloist”, and “Joro” a collection of concerti for gyil and orchestra, available from Bachovich Publications.
Akiko Goto (also known as Akiko Iino and Akiko Iino-Goto) is an active freelancing percussion performer and educator in Tokyo, Japan. As an educator, Goto has given numerous clinics, with a notable presentation at the 2014 Japan Band Clinic. Goto has been committed to bringing new works to life over the past two decades,
having commissioned and premiered solo and chamber works of composers such as Takaoki Ishihara, Yo Goto, Mark Ford, Christopher Deane, and Brian Nozny. Goto also plays as a member of Shiniti Ueno & Phonix Reflexion Marimba Orchestra and released two CDs from ALM Records. As a soloist, Goto was described as a “…demure Japanese woman [who] amazed us with her dexterity, wealth of emotion and technical expertise” by the Greenville Community News in 2006. Goto received her BM from Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, and her MM and DMA from University of North Texas.
Robert oetomo
Indonesian-born Australian percussionist and composer Robert Oetomo (b. 1988) is an active freelancer as a soloist, chamber musician, composer and an educator. He has been invited as special guest artist to perform and present masterclasses in numerous festivals and universities around the world including the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in Germany, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia, the 1st Qingdao International Percussion Festival 2014 in China and the 9th Tabasco International Marimba Festival 2015 in Mexico.
As a performer, Robert has toured extensively and performed in Europe, America, Asia and Australia with different orchestras and ensembles. He has accumulated numerous national and international prizes and awards including 1st Prize in both the Open Marimba and Open Vibraphone category of the 2010 Australian Percussion Eisteddfod, 2nd Prize in the 2008 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Snare Drum Award, 3rd Prize in the Vibraphone category of the 2011 Percussive Arts Society Italy International Percussion Competition, the ‘Just Percussion Marimba Prize for Outstanding Performance’ at the Australian Percussion Gathering 2010 and many more. A versatile percussionist, Robert has performed with different orchestras and ensembles including the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, the Australian Youth Orchestra, and Synergy Percussion.
As a composer, Robert passionately advocates the development of percussion music. He has composed numerous works for percussion which have been performed all over the world. In 2015, he was commissioned by the Australian Marimba Competition 2015 to write a compulsory Australian piece (Étude de Paganini), for which he was also a jury member of the competition panel. His first symphonic work, Spirit of The Dreaming with solo didgeridoo, was premiered at the 2008 Aurora Music Festival in Sydney, Australia. Later that year, it was performed again with renowned didgeridoo soloist, William Barton. Robert was selected for the 2010 Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra Composers’ Workshop program during which he composed his orchestral work, Reflections on an Islandʼs Landscape, under the mentorship of composer Nigel Butterley and John Peterson. His works are published by Edition Svitzer (Denmark) and Tapspace Publications (USA). Robert is an Encore Mallets, Inc. endorser and is a Marimba One Discovery Artist.
"As a percussionist and a composer, I am all about sound. Whether I am performing or composing, I look for the best possible way to create the best sound. And it is with Encore Mallets that I am able to produce the best sound on the marimba. I am able to articulate, orchestrate and express whatever it is I have to play on the instrument. It is like being the conductor of a great orchestra; your artistic vision is limitless. Anything and everything is possible with Encore Mallets!"
Anthony Di Sanza
Anthony has performed and presented master classes throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He has appeared as a visiting artist at over 50 colleges, universities, and conservatories and has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician in some of the worlds most important concert halls. Active in a variety of Western and non-Western percussive styles, he can be heard on many internationally distributed CD recordings with various artists. In review of his 2011 solo CD release, On the nature of, All Music Guide writes; Di Sanza dazzles not only in the assurance and polish of his playing but in his tremendous vitality and spontaneity.
Di Sanza currently serves as principal percussionist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and his percussion compositions (published by Tapspace, Alfred & HoneyRock) have been performed internationally. Anthony has a signature line of marimba mallets distributed by Encore Mallets and Black Swamp Percussion produces the Di Sanza Triangle Trigger, which he designed in collaboration with Black Swamp.
Anthony holds degrees from Youngstown State University (BME) and the University of Michigan (MM, DMA). Currently Professor of Percussion at the University of Wisconsin?Madison, Anthony is an endorser of Encore Mallets, Black Swamp Percussion, Sabian Cymbals and Remo Drumheads, as well as an educational endorser of Pro-Mark Drumsticks.
Bryan Carrott
Bryan Carrott is an internationally renowned vibraphonist/mallet percussionist, who performs, records, and tours extensively in the jazz idiom. A prolific composer and improviser as well, Mr. Carrott is also an accomplished pianist. Bryan began percussion studies at New Yorks High School of Music and Art and continued at the Manhattan School of Music. He then went on to study at Brooklyn College under New York Philharmonic percussionist Morris Lang and William Paterson College, where he studied with Dave Samuels. Bryan completed degrees in Jazz Studies and Jazz Performance.
A two-time recipient of New Yorks Meet the Composer Foundation, Bryan has been cited by Down Beat Magazines International Critics Poll seven of the last nine years for Talent Deserving Wider Recognition in the vibes category. Mr. Carrott was featured in the concert film The Lounge Lizards Live in Berlin, as well as several television programs including BETs JAZZ CENTRAL. Bryan can also be seen performing on marimba with Don Byron and Harvey Kietel in the film, Lulu on the Bridge. He spent two years as a featured mallet percussionist for Disneys Broadway production of The Lion King and most recently performed with Branford Marsalis and his Quartet on the original soundtrack music composed by Marsalis for the Spike Lee produced film, 3 A.M..
As a sideman Bryan has played with many top jazz groups including James Spaulding, Benny Powell, The Lounge Lizards, Kimati Dinizulu, and Roy Campbell. In recent years, he has been recording and performing with David Fathead Newman, Muhal Richard Abrahms, Butch Morris, The Jazz Passengers, Bob Moses, The Spirit of Life Ensemble, Henry Threadgill, Dave Douglas, Yoron Israel Connection, and Charlie Hunter. These performances include dates in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. In the Summer of 2006, Carrott is stated to perform with the world renown Ju Percussion Group in Teipei. Carrott has also collaborated with pianist/composer Riccardo Fassi for successful tours and festival performances in Italy. An original member of The Ralph Peterson Fotet, Bryan has composed, performed, and recorded with the group for the last ten years.
As a composer, Bryan has performed and presented his original music throughout the U.S., Europe and on recordings with the Fotet and vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd, all to critical acclaim. He also performs and tours with his own groups the Bryan Carrott Trio, Quartet, and Quintet. Bryan performs and records exclusively with the Ross R715G vibraphone and R420W marimba.
DOUG WALTER
Professor of Percussion Douglas Walter is the only marimba and vibraphone artist to have won First Prize in the Concert Artists Guild Competition in NYC. He has performed over 300 solo recitals and concerti throughout 40 states, Canada, Brazil and 8 countries in Europe, in addition to international conventions of the Percussive Arts Society, International Association of Jazz Educators and MENC.
An accomplished orchestral musician, Dr. Walter has performed with the Dallas, Fort Worth, Oregon, Santa Fe Opera, Colorado Ballet and Philadelphia Orchestras. He is Principal with the Boulder Philharmonic, Colorado Music Festival and Sunriver Music Festival Orchestras. He has toured for 20 years with the Westminster Brass.
As a jazz musician he has recorded (on drum set and vibes) with Michael Pagan, the UNT 1:00 Lab Band, the Modest Jazz Trio, the Lawless Jazz ensemble, The CU Jazz Asylum Faculty Quintet, the DAD Trio and the Doug Walter Vibraphone Trio. Dr. Walter holds a dual BM degree from North Texas State U., summa cum laude, two Masters degrees (orchestral conducting and percussion) from the University of Michigan and a DMA degree from Temple University, where he studied with Alan Abel and David Samuels.
Dr. Walters compositions are published by Dutch Music Partners, Matrix Publishing and Alfred. He endorses Encore Mallets, Sabian Cymbals and Yamaha Mallet Instruments.
Dr. Matthew Lau
Hailed by the Aspen Times for his “soulful and technically impressive solo” at his vibraphone concerto debut at the Aspen Music Festival, percussionist Dr. Matthew Lau performs a wide range of repertoire with an absolute commitment to communicate the meaning and essence of percussion music to its audience, from arrangement of Bach to avant-garde contemporary pieces by Donatoni, in high calibre performances with a whimsical twist. As a queer Asian percussionist, Dr. Lau challenge the convention narratives and work to change the traditional prescribed career path.
Matthew is the co-founder and artistic director of Hong Kong contemporary percussion group The Up:Strike Project, and is part of the duo Fisher/Lau Project Matthew enjoys an international teaching & performing career, 2019–2022 engagements include appearance in universities, festival and competitions in countries like USA, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, and Russia. Matthew obtained his DMA in percussion performance from Stony Brook University under Eduardo Leandro. Matthew was awarded the prestigious LAB Grant from the Boston Foundation for 2022–2023. Matthew also receives additional projects & touring grants from Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and is named Award for New Artist at the 2018 Hong Kong Arts Development Awards. He is currently on the Board of Advisor and Keyboard Committee for The Percussive Arts Society, and Board of Directors for The Vibraphone Project Inc.
Dr. Lau is Premier Artist of Marimba One, Artist Endorser of Black Swamp Percussion, and Signature Artist of Encore/Salyers Mallets. In his spare time he is an avid yoga practitioner and believe proper alignment can get rid of certain soreness in percussion playing. He is also a Level 1 Master Knitter from The Knitter’s Guild Association.
NICK PeTRELLA
Nick Petrella is the Director of Education for Sabian Ltd. He maintains a full schedule as a performer and has commissioned and premiered over a dozen new compositions. Nick has many solo, chamber and large ensemble performances to his credit. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa, a Master of Music from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Penn State University. Nick was on the faculty of Oakland University from 2002 to 2006. He was the Director of Percussion Studies at Texas Christian University from 1996 to 2001. In 1998, the TCU Percussion Ensemble performed as the first percussion ensemble invited to the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. During the 1992-93 academic year, Nick was invited to develop the percussion pedagogy course at the Royal Northern College of Music, England. It was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. He was the percussion coach for two consecutive years with the World Youth Orchestra, in Switzerland and Taiwan, and has been an adjudicator for many marching, solo and percussion ensemble competitions throughout the US.
Committed to percussion education, Nick has published numerous articles in US and European music journals. He is the author of two Carl Fischer publications: The Ultimate Guide to Cymbals w/DVD and The Multiple-Percussion Book w/CD, which has been translated into French, German, Italian and Spanish. He holds nine designs for sticks, mallets and percussion accessories currently on the market, and has been a consultant to many companies in the music industry. Nick is a Yamaha performing artist and has appeared as a clinician, teacher and performer throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Adam Tan
Adam Tan is a marimbist, educator and composer based in Perth, Western Australia. Adam is most known for being a YouTube content creator on THE STUDIO, a self-produced YouTube show uploading weekly episodes for education and entertainment relating to percussion.
Adam has performed and presented in-person in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and the United States, and has also presented online classes in Argentina, Central America and the United Kingdom. Highlights include solo performances at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), inc. percussion days (Japan), PAS Hong Kong Days of Percussion and Oh! Asian Percussionists Series (Hong Kong), Malaysia Percussion Festival, Chosen Vale Percussion Seminar (USA), Australian Percussion Gathering and masterclass presentations at the 505A Percussion Gathering (Hong Kong), MalletLab Summer Intensive (USA), WA Day of Percussion (Australia) and various universities and schools across Taiwan.
As a composer, Adam's works for percussion appear in repertoire lists for auditions, examinations and competitions around the world, such as the UIL Texas Prescribed Music List (PML). Adam’s works can be listened to on all music streaming platforms and stores and the sheet music is self- published through his website.
Back home in Perth, Adam is the founder and director of Marimbafest Australia, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of percussive arts in Australia. Marimbafest Australia curates various events, including the annual marimba festival and competition Marimbafest, as well as the annual concert series Percussion All-Stars. Adam is also on staff at the University of Western Australia and teaches students at his studio.
Adam has a Master of Music (Research, Percussion) and Bachelor of Music (1st Class Hons) from the University of Western Australia Conservatorium of Music.
Adam is a Signature Artist of Encore Mallets (USA). Adam's music is published by Edition Svitzer (Denmark).
The award-winning Belgian & Taiwanese marimbist, composer, and pedagogue – Dr. Chin Cheng Lin is recognized worldwide for possessing a talent of uncommon ability and as an exceptionally gifted artist, reflected in the numerous awards and effusive reviews he has received for both his live performances and recordings. Dr. Lin made his debut recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. As a result of Lin’s succession in marimba, he received a “ European Soloist Champion Award” in 2007, “Culture Outstanding Award” from the Taipei Representative Office in Belgium and Europe for promoting the Taiwanese arts and invited to perform for the Belgian Royal Family. Frequently praised for his musical and technical mastery. Mr. Lin is also lauded for his imaginative and illuminating interpretations of the marimba repertoire.
Dr. Lin has performed and given master classes in more than 30 countries and received phenomenal reviews. He also has performed with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Romanian Chamber Music Orchestra, Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra as well as prestigious international music festivals.
As a composer, Dr. Lin has written more than 60 works for marimba, that are frequently performed internationally. Lin’s music became standard repertoires in international music competitions such as International Marimba Competition in Belgium, Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Competition in Italy, Thailand International Percussion Competition, Huston Symphony Orchestra International Concerto Competition…etc. Recently, he has collaborated intensively with Taiwanese orchestras such as the Taipei Chinese Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Philharmonic Winds, and the Ju Percussion Group.
As a pedagogue, Dr. Lin developed and founded the “Percussion Theater” department at the Leuven University College of Arts in Belgium, which is the first university to offer this unique study for the young generation. Lin has successfully been an artistic director for the following chamber music project: Music for 18 Musicians by Reich, Ballet Mechnaique by Antheil, In C by Reily. Currently, Dr. Lin is the coordinator of percussion at LUCA School of Arts and Bornem Municipal Academy for music, dance & theater in Belgium.
He is an endorser of Adams Percussion and an Encore Mallets/Salyers Percussion Artist.