He Xiaole is an associate professor, master’s graduate advisor, teaching supervisor, and choir conductor at the Institute of Music Education of the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM). He studied choral conducting with Yang Hongnian at CCOM, where he served as president of the 23rd and 24th CCOM Student Unions and was honored as both a Beijing merit student and Outstanding Student Leader. He joined the CCOM faculty in 2008 and is a member of the Chinese Musicians Association,

Supported by a China Scholarship Council award, He was a visiting scholar at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music in Hungary, where he majored in vocal training pedagogy under János Klézli and studied choral conducting with László Norbert Nemes. He has served as the lead instructor for vocal training and choral conducting in the Ministry of Education’s National Training Program for core teachers of the New System of School Music Education, and he has led the CCOM Institute of Music Education Choir in a series of performances.

He has conducted myriad choral concerts internationally. In 2024, he conducted at the Blooming for the People showcase, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of programs funded by the China National Arts Fund; was named an outstanding lecturer of major courses in Beijing universities; and received a project creation grant from the China National Arts Fund for small-scale theatrical works.

Chenchen Li is the founder and conductor of Xinsheng Chinese Choir of New York. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the Central Conservatory of Music and her graduate degree from Columbia University.

Gao Yu is a piano faculty member at the Music Education Institute of the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) and serves as a piano adjudicator for the CCOM Grading Committee. As an educator, she has received multiple outstanding teacher awards from major piano competitions, including the Xinghai Cup, Cadenza, and Steinway competitions.

In 2008, Gao was admitted to the piano department of the middle school affiliated with CCOM, where she studied with Jin Aiping. She later completed both her undergraduate and master’s studies under the guidance of Pan Chun at CCOM, where she received the Graduate Academic Scholarship and was recognized as an Outstanding Student Leader. In 2024, Gao participated in the recording of Chinese Spirit: Celebrating the Essence of Peking Opera—the third album in a performance series featuring Li Xin and faculty members of the Instrumental Music Teaching and Research Division at CCOM’s Music Education Institute.

Liu Rui is a faculty member at the Music Education Institute of the Central Conservatory of Music. He serves as an executive council member of the China Percussion Association, a member and secretary-general of the Music Enlightenment Professional Committee of the Shanghai Percussion Association, and an advisor to the Music Education Committee of the China Musical Instrument Association. He also serves as deputy director of the Body Percussion Association and is a Marimba One Chinese Ambassador Artist.

Liu won first prize in the young artist division of the Third National Youth Percussion Competition. As an educator and author, he compiled Percussion Magic, China’s first illustrated percussion method series for young children. He is also the chief editor of Music Enlightenment Percussion: Curriculum Theory and Teaching Practice—an innovative loose-leaf textbook for vocational education—and Developing Musical Literacy, a university-level textbook for aesthetic education.

Ming Jin is a classical pianist based in New York. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Mannes School of Music, where he developed a strong foundation in chamber music and collaborative performance. He is dedicated to creating expressive performances that connect meaningfully with audiences.