Huiyun Liang
Huiyun Liang, DMA, NCTM, is an innovative piano pedagogue, pianist, and chamber musician. She served on the piano faculty at Lindenwood University from 2018-2021, and will be joining the Music Department at Washington University in St. Louis in Fall 2022. Dr. Liang also serves as the chair of Legacy Fund at Saint Louis Music Teachers Association to organize annual piano festivals by inviting world-class pianists to St. Louis to give master classes and concerts.
Formerly involved in the production of several well-known TV programs and concerts in Beijing, China, Huiyun moved to the United States to pursue her dream in classical music. Her unique experience in classical music, television, and technology has shaped who she is today: an avid artist in music and education.
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As an active pianist, Liang has given recitals in the U.S., Europe, and China. Her notable performances include the 2017 Vianden Festival in Luxembourg, Sunday with Steinway at Rice Music House, and Sundays at Lowman Concert Series. She recently performed with musicians from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and participated in the recording project for Dr. Matthew Hoormann’s solo album Somniloquy comprised of modern trombone literature that has not been recorded to date. She has been invited to be the guest artist for the 2020 Piano Power Camp at Webster University, where she will give a solo recital and a master class.
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Featured as “Emerging Piano Pedagogue” in 2015 by Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Dr. Liang focuses on maximizing each student’s potential in music and she has actively shared her innovative teaching methods nationwide. Her students have succeeded in community music projects, music festivals, auditions, and Royal Conservatory examinations. Her pedagogical research about facilitating secure music memory was awarded and published in 2015 by Clavier Companion Magazine, the only publication in North America exclusively for keyboard performers and teachers. Dr. Liang has presented a wide range of pedagogical topics at American national conferences, including Music Teachers National Association National Conference, National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy, and MTNA Collegiate Chapters Piano Pedagogy Symposium. Leveraging the latest technologies proven in sports, she pioneered a research study that incorporated portable video modeling technology into piano teaching, which received wide acclaim.
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Dr. Liang has frequently served as an adjudicator for music festivals, such as Southeastern Piano Festival (young jury), state/district auditions, and piano federation. 

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Dr. Liang received her Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Pedagogy and Doctoral Minor in Music Theory from the University of South Carolina while she was awarded a full graduate assistantship in class piano and accompanying from 2013-2016. She also holds a master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Missouri. Her principal piano teachers include Dr. Janice Wenger and Dr. Joseph Rackers, with additional opportunities to study piano with Dr. Marina Lomazov, and chamber music with Prof. Phillip Bush.
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Dr. Liang is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in Piano.
Education:
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), Piano Pedagogy, 2019
Doctoral Minor in Music Theory
University of South Carolina
Master of Education in Music Education, 2013
University of Missouri – Columbia, MO
Bachelor of Arts in Musicology (Electronic Music), 2008
Minor in Directing of Radio & TV Program
Communication University of China - Beijing, China
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Affiliated Music Organizations
​American Federation of Musicians, Local 2-197, since 2019
National Federation of Music Clubs, since 2019
Saint Louis Area Music Teachers Association, since 2019
Society of Kappa Lambda Gamma Theta Chapter, since 2017
Music Teachers’ National Association (MTNA), since 2011
Piano Teachers’ Round Table, St. Louis, MO, since 2017
National Association for Music Education (NAfME), 2011-2013
College Music Society, since 2016