Ellie Lin, a native of Taipei, Taiwan, is currently the High School Choir Director of the Southwest Christian School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is also the Choir Director at Arlington Chinese Church, and the Music Directors of the Dadi Choral Society and Great Land Choral Society. She received both her Bachelor and Master degrees in Choral Conducting and Music Education from the renowned Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. She has toured most major cities in North America, including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco…etc. with Chinese Christian Music Fellowship.

Ms. Lin served as the Principle Conductor of the  Pinnacle Choristers at the Pinnacle School, a fine arts charter school in Fort Worth, from 2000 to 2006. While with them, she took the students on several concert tours, and put on annual performances for the community. Prior to that, she was a piano faculty member at the University of Charleston in West Virginia, and was the Associate Director, Accompanist, and Algebra teacher for the  Texas Boys Choir from 1991 to 1997. The famed composer Igor Stravinsky has praised the choir “the best boys choir in the world”. With the Boys Choir, she has toured all over the United State under the management of Columbia Artist Management, performing well over a hundred concerts. She has also accompanied the Boys Choir performing before both former President George H. W. Bush and then President George W. Bush. Her recording with the Texas Boys Choir has received acclaims from music critiques and audience. Her performances have been broadcasted on national radio stations, and featured on “CBS this Morning” and “Good Morning  America”.

At the invitation of the Chinese government, Ms. Lin led the Great Land Choral Society to successful, internationally televised concert performances in Shanghai and Beijing in November of 2008. Prior to that, she twice led the Dadi Choral Society on concert tours to mainland China  and Taiwan. In December of 2004, the performances of Dadi were enthusiastically received in Fuzhou and Xiamen in China. Again, in March of 2006, Ms. Lin led Dadi to triumphant performances in Tianjin, Beijing and Taipei.

Besides conducting, Ms. Lin is an accomplished pianist. She has accompanied many solo vocalists, choirs, as well as solo instrumentalists, in concerts and in competitions. In addition to being a popular piano teacher and a member of the Fort Worth Music Teachers Association, she is also in demand as an adjudicator in piano festivals.

Furthermore, Ms. Lin has a passion and talent for interpreting. In 2006, Ms. Lin was officially certified as a professional interpreter, and translator. Since then, she has enjoyed tremendously the opportunities to help people in need through interpreting for them. Next to music, interpreting and translating have become her second love. Either through music or interpreting, she hopes to make a difference in the lives of others with these gifts from God.