Ai-Lin Hsieh

• B.M., Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan
• M.M. Eastman School of Music, Rochester
• D.M.A., University of Maryland, College Park

Applied cello

Dr. Ai-lin Hsieh received her early musical training in both piano and cello. She holds a B.M. in Cello Performance from Soo Chow University, Taiwan, a M.M. from the Eastman School of Music, and a D.M.A. from University of Maryland, College Park. Her teachers include Steven Doane, Evelyn Elsing, Kenneth Slowik, Peter Wiley, and David Soyer. She has collaboratively performed with legendary cellist Mistislav Rostropovitch in Taipei and a concerto performance with the University of Maryland Philharmonia Ensemble that won critical acclaim from the Washington Post. She was a member of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra and the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, and is currently Assistant Principal Cellist with the York Symphony. Since 2005, she has performed frequently with pianist Eric Fung and clarinetist Beverly Butts. Prior to joining the faculty of Lebanon Valley, she taught cello at the D.C. Youth Orchestra and Montgomery College in Maryland.