DR. LI YEOH, M.P.T. 5 Westbrook Music Bulding ● Lincoln, NE 68588 ● (402) 472-2568 [email protected] ● http://arts.unl.edu/music/faculty/li-yeoh

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Chief Technician at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Glenn Korff School of Music (GKSOM) • Lecturer, Piano Technology - MUSC 361/898 Fundamentals of Piano Design and Mechanics • Seasoned professional with significant 12-year field experience in advanced Piano Technology • Significant experience as a concert piano technician in world class concert preparation protocols • Strong commitment to teaching and recruitment of outstanding students in post-secondary institutions • Registered Piano Technician, Master Piano Technicians of America • Experts in Computer Piano Systems: Bösendorfer CEUS, Yamaha Disklavier & PianoDisc, etc. • Solid leadership, teamwork, strong organizational skills, project management and procurement • Highly focused, detail-oriented, good written and verbal communication skills • Computer literate, competence in Microsoft Office: Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc. • Served and tuned for variety of renown artists such as Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Tony Bennett, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Lucas Debargue, Ingrid Fliter, Marc-André Hamelin, Stephen Hough, Yo-Yo Ma, Idina Menzel, Jon Nakamatsu, Garrick Ohlsson, Mikhail Pletnev, Edward Polochick, Doc Severinsen, Yuja Wang, Pablo Ziegler, Jaap van Zweden, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, the New York’s Fiasco Theater, the Nebraska Chamber Players, the Russian National Orchestra, and etc.

EDUCATION, HONORS & CERTIFICATIONS

Doctor of Musical Arts Dec 2015 Graduate Teaching Fellow 2008 – 2012 Two-Year Certificate in Piano Technology May 2009 University of North Texas Denton, TX Major: Horn Performance Minor: Piano Technology GPA: 3.969 C.F. Theodore New York Steinway Technical Academy Certification 2016 Certified PianoDisc Installer 2013 Mason & Hamlin Piano Factory Certification 2011 The Mason & Hamlin Dealer University Haverhill, MA Certified Damp Chaser Installer 2010 Master of Music May 2006 One-Year Certificate in Piano Technology University of North Texas Denton, TX Bachelor of Music (Honors) May 2003 University Putra Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Associate Diploma in Piano Performance and Pedagogy 2002 London College of Music

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Glenn Korff School of Music (GKSOM) Fall 2014 - present Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Piano Technician & Lecturer, Piano Technology

• Maintain and oversee concert level tuning, voicing, regulation, and making day-to-day repair schedule on current inventory of over 115 keyboard instruments at UNL, including Disklaviers and Avant-Grand, etc. • Tune and maintain historical keyboards such as the *, ** and *** for concerts in their historical temperaments and tuning systems • Independent problem solving skills to maintain concert level tuning across campus • Assess and submit periodical piano condition logs to GKSOM Director • Manage accurate online work log records on repairs and tunings • Create and maintain online piano inventory system and work log records, FileMaker-Pro • Monitor the concert calendar and organize tuning schedule, prepare concert grand in concert venues for all performances, recitals and recording sessions by students, faculty, ensembles and visiting artists • Organize tuning schedule at extreme hours (early mornings/late evenings) • Standby for last minute emergency repairs/other duties when required • Prioritize additional care to concert and classrooms instruments, e.g.: pedal regulation, changing strings, filing, juicing and replacing hammers, etc. • Collaborate and advise budgetary matters related to stringed keyboards, e.g short and long term /rebuilding goals, etc. • Tune, maintain, and rebuild selected in faculty studio, seminar room, and concert venue pianos • Purchase equipment, repair parts and necessary relevant supplies • Supervise all piano moves and maintain an inventory of instrument locations • Train, supervise and direct graduate assistants, apprentices, or volunteer workers in issues about piano inventory maintenance and tuning; keep track on climate control in the music building * : Double Manual Harpsichord by Tyre & Goudzwaard Opus 38 (1990), Double Manual Harpsichord by B.W.M. Benn Opus 13 (1972) Single Manual Harpsichord by Stephenson Beck - Princeton (1972) ** : Johann David Gerstenberg 1766 model Pedal Clavichord *** Fortepiano: Mozart’s Walter model by Philip Belt (1982)

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• MUSC 361/898 – Fundamentals of Piano Design and Mechanics (Spring & Fall 2017) The goals for this course: 1. to provide a real world understanding and history on the mechanics of the piano and how that relates to the musicians/pianists/music teachers 2. to provide information on piano care and maintenance 3. to provide guidance for buying a new or used piano 4. to teach piano design, acoustics and construction 5. to allow students to experience various aspects of piano servicing (aural tuning, temperaments, regulation, repair, etc.). • Teach undergraduate and graduate introductory courses in Piano Technology • Strong commitment to teaching and recruitment of outstanding students in post-secondary institutions • Vision in establishing undergraduate level Piano Technology Certification Program and graduate level Advanced Piano Technology Certification Program • Serve as a resource for GKSOM faculty, staff, and students as piano-related questions arise (e.g. piano care, tuning, temperaments, and prepared piano) • Offer logistical and educational support and resources to local, regional, and national piano technicians • Engage in professional development activities to maintain and increase knowledge base • Guest speaker at Piano Technician’s Guild and American Guild of Organists meetings

Course Materials Text and References: Fine, Larry, ed. The Acoustic & Buyer: The Definitive Guide to Buying New, Used and Restored Pianos. San Diego: Brookside Press LLC, 2017. http://www.pianobuyer.com/publication.html#2 Fine, Larry. The Piano book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano. San Diego: Brookside Press LLC, 2001. Reblitz, Arthur A. Piano Servicing, Tuning and Rebuilding for the Professional, the Student, and the Hobbyist. Salt Lake City: Vestal Press LLC, 1997. Technical bulletins and brochures published by the , Inc. Materials put up on Canvas

Yeoh CV- pg. 3 of 12 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE The Lied Center for Performing Art, Lincoln NE Fall 2014 - present The Johnny Carson Theatre, Lincoln NE The Lincoln Symphony Orchestra (LSO) The Nebraska Chamber Players Spring 2016 - present Concert Piano & Harpsichord Technician

PIANO ARTISTS (IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

Lucas Debargue Fourth Prize of the XV International Tchaikovsky Piano Feb 2017 Competition Ingrid Fliter Silver Medalist of the 2000 International Chopin Piano Nov 2016 Competition The 2006 Gilmore Artist Award – solo recital Richard Fountain LSO principal pianist on Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in Oct 2016 F major, Op. 102 Yuja Wang Winner of the 2002 Aspen Festival’s concerto competition Apr 2016 The Deutsche Grammophon “Young Artist of the Year 2009” Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 under the baton of the Grammy® Award pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev, together with the Russian National Orchestra’s twenty-fifth anniversary tour in the U.S.A. Pablo Ziegler Quartet For New Tango Nov 2016 Latin Grammy® Award for Best Tango Album Garrick Ohlsson Winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition Feb 2016 Grammy® Award-winning pianist – solo recital Jonathan Biss Winner of the Leonard Bernstein Award at the 2005 Scheleswig- Dec 2015 Holstein Festival – masterclass and solo recital performance Jon Nakamatsu Gold Medalist - 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Apr 2015 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor” with the LSO and Masterclass Stephen Hough Winner of the 2008 Gramophone ‘Gold Disc’ Award, the 2012 Jan 2015 Diapason d’Or de l’Annee and piano faculty at The Juilliard School – solo recital Simon Dinnerstein Sony Classical Artist and piano faculty at Mannes College, Jan 2015 the New School of Music Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 with the LSO Marc-André Hamelin Winner of the 1985 Carnegie Hall International American Oct 2014 Music Competition and jury member of the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition – solo recital

Yeoh CV- pg. 4 of 12 VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL ARTISTS (IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

Susan Werner Modern folk music artist with Special Guest Trina Hamlin Nov 2016

Idina Menzel Tony Award®-winning icon, as Elsa’s voice in Disney’s global Sep 2016 box office smash Frozen

Avi Avital Grammy®-nominated mandolinist with harpsichord accompanist, Apr 2016 Maestro Edward Polochick of the LSO

Doc Severinsen Former NBC Big Band Leader on The Tonight Show Starring Apr 2016 Johnny Carson, and the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra

Dee Dee with The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Mar 2016 Bridgewater & Grammy® Winners Irvin Mayfield

Tony Bennett 18 Grammy® Award-winner Oct 2015

The Shanghai String Quartet Masterclass Sep 2015

The Glenn Miller Orchestra Mar 2015

Joshua Bell Grammy® Award-winner and the solo violinist on Oscar®-winning Mar 2015 film The Red Violin

Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Jaap van Zweden Feb 2015

Take 6 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Jan 2015 10 Grammy® Award-winning vocal ensemble

Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, Grammy® Award-winning percussionist Jan 2015

Yo-Yo Ma Cellist and 15 Grammy® Award-winner (Performance on Dec 2014 “Cultural Citizens” Lecture)

Wynton Marsalis with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, 9-time Grammy®-winner Oct 2014 and the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize

Yeoh CV- pg. 5 of 12 INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL GROUPS & FESTIVALS (IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) The New York’s Fiasco Theater – Into the Woods, Tony Award®-winning musical Feb 2017 and Fiasco Theater Production garnered the 2015 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival The Rat Pack Show Oct 2016 The Capital Steps Oct 2016 Whose Live Anyway? Featured Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Joel Murray & Jeff B. Davis Apr 2016 GROW A SHOW: ASCAP New Musical Theatre Workshop & Festival Sep 2015 Master Class led by Steven Lutvak and Karen Morow, Broadway at the Lied Featuring The Music of Steven Lutvak, Tony Awards® for Best Musical A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder, 2014 Tony® Award for Best Musical Aug 2015

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet from the Kennedy Center: Balanchine’s Swan Lake Feb 2015 Punch Brothers Praised by Rolling Stone for their “wild virtuosity” Jan 2015 Consistently at the top of Billboard’s Bluegrass chart The Midwest Cup Show Choir 2015, 2016 and 2017 The International Thespian Festival 2015, 2016 NMEA (Nebraska Music Educators Association) All-State Jazz Band, Wind Band, Orchestra and Chorus Ensembles NET (Nebraska Educational Telecommunications) Radio 91.1 FM

The Lied Center for Performing Arts Center - Season 2016/17 02/23-24/17 Gabriel Kahane, an American singer-songwriter

03/11/2017 LSO - Maestro Edward Polochick at the Piano Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor

03/26/2017 Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra

® 04/02/2017 Richard Goode, Grammy Award-winning pianist and a member of the faculty at Mannes College The New School of Music

04/20/2017 Defying Gravity

04/22/2017 Itzhak Perlman, Violinist and winner of 15 Grammy® Awards 05/03/2017 On Stage 05/18/2017 Joey Alexander Trio 06/19-24/17 International Thespian Festival

Yeoh CV- pg. 6 of 12 Glenn Korff School of Music Guest Artists and Faculty Masterclass and Recitals – Webcast (in reverse chronological order)

Samuel Banks (Guest Artist) Feb. 11, 2017 Westbrook Recital Hall Second Bassoon, Toronto Symphony Dr. Nermis Mieses (Guest Artist) Assistant Professor of Oboe at Bowling Green State University Dr. Stephanie Zelnick (Guest Artist) Associate Professor of Clarinet at The University of Kansas

Lucas Debargue masterclass (Guest Artist) Feb. 6, 2017 Westbrook Recital Hall Fourth Prize of the XV International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition

Jerry Bergonzi, Saxophone (Guest Artist) Feb. 3, 2017 Westbrook Recital Hall Jazz Faculty at the New England Conservatory

Dr. Victor Lewis, Percussion (Guest Artist) Dec. 8, 2016 Kimball Recital Hall Honorary Doctorate by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Faculty at the Rutgers University, New Jersey

Dr. Martín Cuéllar, Piano (Guest Artist) Oct. 25, 2016 Westbrook Recital Hall Professor of Piano at the Emporia State University of Kansas

Grand Mack, Piano (Guest Artist) Aug. 28, 2016 Westbrook Recital Hall Former Pianist of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra

Karl Kraber, Flute (Guest Artist) Apr. 16, 2016 Kimball Recital Hall Former Professor of Flute at University of Texas, Austin

University Singers Apr. 19, 2016 Kimball Recital Hall Carnegie Hall Celebration Concert

Dr. Solungga Liu, Piano (Guest Artist) Mar. 31, 2016 Kimball Recital Hall Professor of Piano at Bowling Green State University

Dr. David Odom, Clarinet (Guest Artist) Mar. 29, 2016 Westbrook Recital Hall Associate Professor of Clarinet at Auburn University Dr. Jeremy Samolesky, Piano (Guest Artist) Associate Professor of Piano at Auburn University

Dr. Denis Gainey, Clarinet (Guest Artist) Mar. 12, 2016 Westbrook Recital Hall Associate Professor of Music at University of Alabama at Birmingham

University Singers Mar. 1, 2016 Kimball Recital Hall Carnegie Hall Preview Concert

Dr. Paul Barnes, Piano Mar. 2, 2016 Kimball Recital Hall Marguerite Scribante Professor of Music – New Generations CD (Philip Glass) Release Recital

Yeoh CV- pg. 7 of 12 Dr. Jeff Jones, Baritone (Guest Artist) Jan. 21, 2016 Kimball Recital Hall Assistant Professor of Music at Coastal Carolina University

Chamber Singers Dec. 4, 2015 Sheldon Museum of Art

Dr. Alan Wegner, Trumpet (Guest Artist) Nov. 23, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall Professor of Trumpet at University of Central Missouri Paul Soulek, organ (Guest Artist) Professor of Music at Concordia College Dr. Eric High, Trombone (Guest Artist) Nov. 18, 2015 Westbrook Recital Hall Assistant Professor of music at St. Norbert College

John Ellis, Saxophone (Guest Artist) Nov. 16, 2015 Westbrook Recital Hall New York’s premiere Tenor Saxophone Artist

Mozart’s Don Giovanni Opera - Harpsichord Nov. 13-15, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall

Faculty Jazz Ensemble Nov. 9, 2015 & Mar. 29, 2016 Westbrook Recital Hall

Leone Buyse, Flute (Guest Artist) Oct. 31, 2015 Westbrook Recital Hall Mullen Professor of Flute at Rice University

Dr. Sarah Arneson Masterclass Oct. 7, 2015 Westbrook Room 130

Dr. Mark Clinton, Piano Sep. 17, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano

International Horn Competition 2015 Sep. 28-30, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall

Dr. Barbara Hendricks Masterclass May 7, 2015 Westbrook Recital Hall Internationally recognized Leading Lyric Soprano Nominated Doctor Honoris Causa at Juilliard School of Music in New York Founder of the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation

Chuck Owen, Composer (Guest Artist) Apr. 30, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall Distinguished Professor of Jazz Studies, University of South Florida

Dr. Frank Kowalsky, Clarinet (Guest Artist) Apr. 18, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall Joseph A. White Professor of Music, Florida State University

Dr. Momoro Ono, Piano (Guest Artist) Apr. 9, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall Piano Faculty at the Creighton University in Omaha, NE

Zart Dombourian-Eby, Piccolo (Guest Artist) Mar. 14, 2015 Kimball Recital Hall Principal Piccoloist (Robert and Clodagh Ash Chair) of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Dr. Michael Kirkendoll, Piano (Guest Artist) Oct. 28, 2014 Westbrook Recital Hall Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Kansas

Yeoh CV- pg. 8 of 12 College of Music, University of North Texas (UNT) Spring 2005 – Summer 2014 Assistant Piano Technician (Certified Piano Technician) • Completed over 3000 hours of technical work in the piano maintenance shop with emphasis in reconditioning of Steinway grand pianos and management of University piano inventories budget • Assist in conceptual plans and designs for new R&D function in Piano Technology • Assist in preparing pianos for 300-plus faculty, guest artist, and student recitals • Regulate, voice, tune, and repair over 300 pianos (Concert, classroom, studio, practice room pianos, also include Harpsichord* and Fortepiano**) • Experiences with the Magnetic Balanced system and the CEUS (Create Emotion with f Unique Sound) System from the Bösendorfer • Serves as Teaching Assistant with the teaching of courses in Piano Technology & Advanced Piano Technology, provides training and supervises piano technology students * Harpsichord: Fisk-McCarter Harpsichord ** Fortepiano: 1805 Walter & Sohn made in 2007 by Paul McNulty

Collora Piano (Bösendorfer, Fazioli, Mason & Hamlin, Schimmel, 2006 - 2014 Estonia, Charles Walter Exclusive Dealer) Dallas, TX Director of Piano Services

• Assistance to customers in all aspect of Piano Arts, Business and Technology • Assist in developing and updating the company’s web page & piano inventories • Bösendorfer CEUS (Computer Grand Piano) Specialty Consultant • Artists served: Maestro Jaap van Zweden, Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Maestro Emanuel Ax, Grammy-winning American Classical Pianist Maestro Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, world renowned French Classical Pianist American Pianist & Composer, Conrad Tao on Fox 4 News (Conrad’s Tao's “The World Is Very Different Now” world-premiered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for at the JFK memorial concert), etc. • Sharing with over 50 years of experienced Steinway & Sons former dealer, Kraig Gilliam

Yeoh CV- pg. 9 of 12 CONCERT EXPERIENCE

Turtle Creek Chorale: Divas Gone…But Not Forgotten 2014 Dallas City Performance Hall, TX

International Horn Symposium 2012 Concert Piano Tuner & Performer

American Wind Symphony Orchestra Concert Tour 2006 & 2007 Concert Piano Technician & Pianist • Prepared pianos for over 50 major outdoor and chamber concerts • Concert tuning and preparation for artists including: Robert Boudreau, Mika Utsunomiya, Genie Burkett and Steven Trinkle

Dallas Symphony Young Musician Concert

University of North Texas

• Department of Dance and Theatre • Lab Band Jazz Concerts at Syndicate and UNT Union One O’clock Lounge • North Texas Jazz Summer Workshop featuring former Jazz Piano Faculty, Stefan Karlsson and Dan Haerle • Faculty Chamber Recital "Music from Mount Vernon" featuring Piano Faculty, Steven Harlos (Also Staff of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra) • Operatic Concerts at Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Art Center featuring Opera Faculty, David Cloutier, and Music Director, Stephen Dubberly • UNT Wind Symphony annual recording sessions featuring Music Director, Eugene Corporon • UNT Symphony Orchestra’s annual recording sessions featuring fellow guest composer Libby Larsen’s saxophone concerto with saxophonist Eugene Rousseau and the UNT Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Itkin

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Variations in G minor and Trio in G minor (4-movement version) by William Yeats Hurlston; and Trio No. 2 by Bill Douglas, Diane Barger, Clarinet, Jeffery McCray, Bassoon, Mark Clinton, Piano, Sound Engineer: Tom Larson, Kimball Recital Hall, Glenn Korff School of Music, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, June 2016.

New Generations: The New Etudes of Philip Glass and Music of the Next Generation, Paul Barnes, Piano, Sound Engineer: Tom Larson, Orange Mountain Music (East Hampton, NY), Kimball Recital Hall, Glenn Korff School of Music, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2015. - Gramophone, May 2016 from New Generations Review - http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/new-generations-the-etudes-of-philip-glass

Trio nach Brahms in G Moll für Alt-Saxophon, Violine und Klavier by David DeBoor Canfield, Paul Haar, Saxophone, Rebecca Fischer, violin, Mark Clinton, Piano, Sound Engineer: Tom Larson, Kimball Recital Hall, Glenn Korff School of Music, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2015.

Eugene Rousseau with the UNT Symphony Orchestra: Saxophone Concertos by Larsen, Baker, Tomasi, UNT Symphony Orchestra, David Itkin, Conductor, Sound Engineer: Blair Liikala, Producer: Eric Nestler, Editing and Mastering: Matthew Zimmmerman, Wild Sound Studio (Minneapolis, MN), Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear hall, University of North Texas, March 2010.

Archetypes, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Conductor, GIA Publications, Inc., Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear hall, University of North Texas, 2010.

Dave Brubeck Quartet, UNT Symphony Orchestra, David Itkin, Conductor, Grand Chorus, Jerry McCoy, Conductor, One O’Clock Lab Band, Steve Wiest, director, Sound Engineer: Blair Liikala, Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear hall, University of North Texas, March 2009.

Music of the Americas, American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Robert Austin Boudreau, Music Director. Eugene Kimball, The Fred Plaut , Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University School of Music, 2007

Reflections, American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Robert Austin Boudreau, Music Director. Eugene Kimball, The Fred Plaut Recording Studio, Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University School of Music, 2007

Yeoh CV- pg. 11 of 12 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Master Piano Technician of America* 2014 - present International Horn Society, Malaysia Representative 2012 - present American Federation of Musicians (AFM) 2011 - present American Wind Symphony Orchestra 2006 - 2007 Asian Youth Orchestra Alumni 2003 – 2004 President, Music Circle of University Putra Malaysia 2002 – 2003

* http://masterpianotechnicians.com/find-a-technician/

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