Alice Chenyang Xu has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Germany, the US, Canada, and throughout China. Notable concerts include performances at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Auditorium Theatre, Corbett Auditorium in Cincinnati, Hochschule Musik Hall in Leipzig, Germany, and Jordan Hall in Boston. Xu has collaborated with artists, including violinist Anthony Marwood, cellists John Myerscough and Bonnie Hampton, soprano Lucy Shelton, baritone William Sharp, pianist Christina Dahl, Borromeo String Quartet and members of the Cleveland Quartet. She has coached with composer George Crumb on his set of piano work Makrokosmos and has played for former Secretary of State Colin Powell under the auspices of the Eisenhower Fellowships at the Northeast Asia Regional Program Seminar.

Her upcoming concert engagements include various collaborations with instrumentalists, pianists and singers. Xu will be performing in Boston Symphony Orchestra’s prelude concert featuring composer Helen Grime’s song cycles, Sonata Night concert series and Liederabend concert series at New England Conservatory. Her piano duo Xuberg with Miles Fellenberg will be giving a recital at Dorflinger Museum in New York amongst other venues and her piano trio Trio Sol will give its debut recital in Jordan Hall in Boston. As an active educator, Xu has been teaching since 2006 and has taught at various music schools in Chicago and Boston. Her students’s awards include ABRSM exam merit award from Grade 1-8, Honorable mention at the 2012 Music Institute of Chicago Student Competition and 2009 Southwest Regional Piano Competition 3rd Prize in China. Xu also conducts an annual private piano workshop at Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China and has appeared in various summer music festival around the world including Yellowbarn, Internationale Mendelssohn-Akademie, Art of Piano, and Morningside Music Bridge. Xu currently is the coordinator for Piano for Non-Majors Class at New England Conservatory and teaches at the Tufts University Community Music Program. Most recently, Xu has served on the jury for Tufts University Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Competition and was invited to give a lecture recital at The Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu in December 2019. Xu was a recipient of the Dorothy Hinton-Congleton Memorial Presidential Scholarship, second prize-winner of the 10th Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, third prize-winner of the 2nd SEILER International Piano Competition in Germany, and the recipient of a Yamaha Scholarship. She is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at New England Conservatory of Music. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and Roosevelt University and a Master’s degree from New England Conservatory. Her principal teachers include Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Wha-Kyung Byun, Russell Sherman, Meng-Chieh Liu, Winston Choi and Seymour Lipkin.

Hailed by Cleveland Classical as performing with “fiery energy,” American pianist Miles Fellenberg is regularly invited as a pianist, conductor, and educator throughout the United States and abroad. Known for his versatility and extensive repertoire, Fellenberg has led a multifaceted career and is highly sought after by singers, instrumentalists, and pianists. He is currently the Principal Conductor/Music Director of the Bronx Community Chorus (formerly the Parkchester Chorus) and previously served as the Assistant Conductor of the Central City Chorus (Manhattan). He is a vocal coach at New England Conservatory, where he coaches undergraduate voice majors and is the Music Director for the Young Artist Initiative Opera Scenes Program. Fellenberg is a member of Coda Ensemble and Ensemble/Parallax, a new music and multimedia consort based in New England. He has performed at Harvard, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth University, UMass at Dartmouth, New York University, City University of New York, Jersey City University, Scranton University, Berklee College of Music, and at notable concert venues, including 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully Hall, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Jordan Hall, United Nations Delegates Lounge, Weill Recital Hall, and internationally at the Seoul Arts Center (S. Korea), Shenyang Conservatory (China), Las Cámaras (Ecuador), and at numerous venues throughout Tuscany (Italy). He appears on the CD “A place toward other places,” the premiere recording on the Oberlin Music label. Fellenberg has taught, coached, and mentored students across four continents. He is the Founder and Executive/Artistic Director of the New Jersey Young Artist Piano Competition, which offers gifted pre-college pianists the opportunity to attend a series of workshops, masterclasses, and compete for significant cash prizes. He has served as a staff pianist/accompanist for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Juilliard School, Aspen Music Festival & School, Castleman Quartet Program, New York Summer Music Festival, Delaware Valley Opera, New Hampshire Opera, Oberlin-in-Italy Opera Program, and was a guest artist-in-residence at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Quito, Ecuador. Fellenberg was on the faculty at Church Street School for Music & Art, Brooklyn Musical Arts, and the Rappahannock Summer Music Camp (VA). In 2016, he was a guest teacher for the National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Fellenberg is currently on the faculty of InterHarmony International Music Festival (Italy).

Fellenberg is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the New England Conservatory. He holds a Master of Music from The Juilliard School, a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory and a Precollege Diploma from Manhattan School of Music. His principal teachers included Jonathan Feldman, Margo Garrett, Robert Shannon, and Cameron Stowe. His early studies were with Arkady Aronov, Denise Bastanza, and May Eng.