Maggie Mao
(Piano, Singing, Songwriting Teacher)
A classical pianist, educator, and composer with substantial experience in teaching and performance since 2013. Maggie developed a unique teaching method, the “Brain Chocolate Factory System” which helps children and teenagers develop their patience, motivation and focus, leading to impressive and rapid progress in their practice.
She has helped numerous younger students accomplish significant goals without many struggles, not only in music but also in overcoming big challenges in their lives, by unlocking their potential using this unique teaching method. This approach allows students to break down difficult challenges into many smaller and manageable pieces.
As a pianist and composer, she personalizes student’s lesson plans based on their interests in various styles, combining with fundamental skills, condensed theory knowledge, improvisation, and composition. Not only does she teach the piano, but she also helps unlock her students’ potential with writing and improvising music with full enjoyment.
Maggie earned her Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a full scholarship. Further advancing her musical expertise, she is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at the University of Miami Frost School of Music under the guidance of world-renowned pianist Mr. Kevin Kenner.
Maggie’s musical journey began at the age of 6, and she received intensive professional training in piano performance, music theory, and composition at an early age at an elementary music school in Taiwan. She has also performed various solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and concertos with orchestras throughout Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, France, the United Kingdom, and the US.
Her remarkable talent has been recognized with top honors in prestigious international piano competitions like Lansum International Music Competition, the Amadeus International Music Competition, the Windsor International Piano Competition, the Taiwan National Music Competition, and the Steinbach Competition.
As a composer, she began studying composition at an early age in elementary school and wrote her first composition at the age of 8, inspired by a Christian hymn, which significantly shaped her compositional style. Her teaching methods for composition, improvisation, and songwriting transform students' ideas and emotions into music, empowering them to create their own songs with confidence and creativity.
As a vocalist, she began her journey with operatic and pop singing at the age of 14 and has since performed across Asia and the United States. Her unique vocal techniques help students discover their true voice by unlocking their body’s potential and using the right muscles to expand their vocal range with ease and power.
Mengyuan Li
(Piano Teacher)
Mengyuan Li is a distinguished pianist pursuing a Doctor of Music degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, with an expected graduation in May 2027. She completed a Master of Music at the New England Conservatory of Music in May 2024 and a Bachelor of Music at the same institution in May 2022.
Mengyuan’s musical foundation was laid at the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School, where she graduated in 2018. Over the years, she has studied with renowned instructors such as Prof. Kevin Kenner at the Frost School of Music, Prof. Haesun Paik and Prof. Pavel Nersessian at the New England Conservatory of Music, and Dr. Bo Tong and Yameng Huang at the Central Conservatory of Music.
Her remarkable achievements include winning the Mozart Concerto Competition, where she performed with the Frost Symphony Orchestra in February 2025. In 2024, she earned the Platinum Prize and the Emotional Artistry Special Prize at the Berlioz International Music Competition. Other honors include an Honorable Mention at the Shenzhen Futian National Piano Competition in 2015, First Prize at the TURECK Bach International Piano Competition (Group 3) and a performance at Lincoln Art Center in 2013, and Third Prize at the IMOLA International Competition, Beijing Region, in 2012. She also received the Academic Excellence Award from the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School in 2011-2012.
Mengyuan has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including Gusman Hall at the Frost School of Music in 2025, Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music in 2018, 2022, 2023, and 2024, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing as part of the Rachmaninov Marathon in 2013. She also participated in a number of prominent festivals, including the Piano Texas Music Festival in 2023 and the International Taipei Maestro Piano Festival in 2017. With a growing reputation in the classical music world, Mengyuan continues to captivate audiences through both technical brilliance and emotional depth.
