Lucy Lu
Lucy Lu is an active teacher, soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Ms. Lu's performances took her to several cities around the United States, China, and Europe to play in some of the greatest concert halls. She served as Concertmaster of the Bellflower Symphony, Orchestra Collective of Orange Country and is currently the 1st violinist of Plaża String Quartet.
Ms. Lu has performed with the Nie’Er Symphony Orchestra in China, Four Seasons Youth Orchestra, LA Chamber Choir, and Celestial Opera Company as a violin soloist and has performed at places such as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Cerritos Performing Art Center, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Musco Center of the Arts, Carpenter Performing Arts Center in the Los Angeles area. Ms. Lu also performs with the Dana Point Symphony Orchestra, Millennium Choir and Orchestra, Corona Symphony, La Mirada Symphony and Rio Honda Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Lu founded Violinbaby Music Studio where she trains young violinists, many of whom are accepted into renowned music organizations such as The Colburn School, Seattle Youth Symphony, Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra and Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra. Her students has also been winning at international violin competitions such as the MAP International Music Competition and she was awarded the Honorable Instructor of the MAP-IMC 2022.
Ms. Lu is also the music director/conductor at the Orange County Youth Symphony String Ensemble and is also the string coach at Orange County Youth Symphony, Arcadia High School, Arroyo High School, Four Seasons Youth Orchestra and South Coast Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Lu received her Masters degree from the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach where she studied with Professor Moni Simeonov.
Aubrey Williams
Aubrey Williams is pursuing her Master’s in Music for violin performance at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at the California State University of Long Beach. At CSU Long Beach she received the Strings Area assistantship and performed as a member of the University String Quartet. She studies violin and receives chamber coachings from Moni Simeonov. In 2023, she received a Garth Newel Emerging Artist fellowship where she performed a series of chamber concerts in Virginia. Aubrey received her Bachelor’s of Music in violin performance from the University of the Pacific, where she studied under Igor Veligan. At Pacific she served as co-concertmaster of the orchestra and led multiple chamber groups.