Katy I-Hsuan Chiang

A native Taiwanese, cellist Katy I-Hsuan Chiang began her music journey first on the piano at the age of six, and cello when she was eight. She showed a talent in cello early on in her studies and was a prize-winner of several competitions in Taiwan.

Katy came to the states for further education after high school. She completed an Associate of Arts degree as a music student at Howard Community College and transferred to the University of Maryland College Park with a full merit-based scholarship. Katy received her Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance from UMCP where she was awarded academic honors, and she is currently pursuing the Master of Music degree at UMCP. Her private cello teachers include Eric Kutz, David Teie, Peter Wiley, Evelyn Elsing, and Benjamin Myers.

She performs regularly with the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and her chamber groups have been selected many times for the biannual Honor Recital.

Outside of school, Katy is also a passionate cello teacher, a freelance musician, and the cellist of Fairmount String Quartet. Some of the cello and chamber masterclasses that she participated in were led by Peter Wiley and Michael Tree (members of the Guarneri Quartet), Amit Peled, Darrett Adkins, Michael Mermagan, Kenneth Slowik, Andrew Mark, the Tempest Trio, Miami Quartet, and Quatuor Danel. In 2016, she was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Wintergreen Music Festival in Virginia.