A native of Potomac, Maryland, violinist Dr. Helen Liu is known for her lyricism and versatile interpretation of various types of music such as Baroque, Contemporary, and even Exotica. Ms. Liu has been noted as “a wonderful player with a huge sound and a sure technique” (Palm Beach Post). For her Bachelor’s degree, she attended University of Maryland, College Park, as a full-scholarship student of Daniel Heifetz. She continued her graduate studies at New England Conservatory in Boston as a student and teaching assistant of James Buswell. In May 2007, Ms. Liu received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University under the guidance of Pamela Frank and Philip Setzer. As an avid chamber musician, her notable collaborations include James Buswell, Carol Ou, Carol Rodland, Ani Kafavian, Colin Carr, Arthur Haas, and the Emerson String Quartet and has participated in many prestigious summer festivals including Aspen Music Festival, Longy International Baroque Institute, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Currently living in Boston, MA, Ms. Liu is an active teacher and freelance musician who plays in various professional ensembles including the Orchestra of Indian Hill, New Bedford Symphony, Gordon College Symphony, and Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. She is currently on the faculty of the Bradford School of Music (North Andover, MA), Hawaii Youth Symphony’s Pacific Music Institute (Honolulu, HI), and teaches privately in Boston and Long Island, NY.