I write music because I want to tell stories. I want to explore the depth and complexity of human emotions and share narratives about it that others could relate to. However, before I loved music, I loved books and visual arts. As a child growing up in Taiwan, I always thought I was going to be a comic book artist one day. But music took over as the medium for me to communicate after moving to Canada and picking up the violin at age 10.

At first, I only gravitated towards the violin because I thought the violin was aesthetically pleasing. But soon after enrolling into the pre-college program at Mount Royal University Conservatory (MRU) in Calgary, I quickly realized that, unlike other art forms, music has the ability to create catharsis and move its audience like no other. It can even bring one to tears! How can something as abstract as music have such a powerful impact on a person’s emotions? 

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That was how I became intrigued. I became more and more interested in understanding what makes music so different from everything else. After 5 years of intensive classical training in chamber, orchestra ensembles, and solo playing at MRU, I was admitted into the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a violin performance major. However, I soon realized that my involvement in performance was not enough to sate my desire to express. I wanted to write—to create music.  



Then one day, by chance, I found out about Berklee College of Music’s film scoring program. Never have I realized that there was a career that so seamlessly combined music, visuals, and storytelling! I knew instantly that it was the right path for me, and the rest is history. Nowadays, I am looking to expand my compositional palette by experimenting with various stylistic elements—mixing and adding them to my music to aid in my storytelling.

I believe in simplicity for both life and music. For me, it is the core emotion—the essence of the art that truly speaks volumes. And with all of this in mind, I hope to take my music to new heights.