Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
Training
OPERATIC ROLES
Performance Experience
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Yishan (Sandy) Shi

New York

Summary

Dynamic and dedicated professional seeking a full-time role that presents meaningful challenges while leveraging strong interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise. Experienced singer with specialized training in classical and opera styles, committed to promoting safe and effective vocal techniques. Passionate about fostering artistic growth in students and ensuring a supportive environment that encourages creativity and self-expression. Eager to contribute to a collaborative team that values innovation and excellence in the performing arts.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Administrative Clerk

FreshStart Music Studio
09.2022 - 07.2023
  • Communicated with customers via phone and email to confirm lesson schedules and respond to inquiries.
  • Coordinated and maintained impressive office organization to keep facilities efficient, organized, and professional.
  • Created welcoming environment for customer by greeting and assisting, as well as quickly responding to customer inquiries and needs.
  • Coordinated and scheduled meetings and appointments.
  • Utilized office management software to record and track customer information.
  • Created and maintained detailed records of all office activities.
  • Promptly received and forwarded incoming communications, such as phone calls, emails, and letters, to appropriate staff.
  • Entered data into system and updated customer contacts with information to keep records current.

Teacher's Assistant

Bread Of Life Christian Church Los Angelas
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals, and objectives.
  • Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
  • Maintained safety and security by overseeing students in recess environments.
  • Mentored and tutored individual students needing additional help.
  • Organized materials in classroom spaces based on lecture plans, activity stations or other requirements outlined by teachers.
  • Copied, organized and distributed classroom assignments or other paperwork.
  • Monitored student behavior in classes, laboratories and on field trips for unsafe or rule-breaking concerns.
  • Taught courses under guidance of senior instructors.

Voice Teacher

JL MUsic School
03.2022 - 08.2022
  • Familiarized students with basic concepts of music such as notes, tempo, symphony, beats, compositions, and chords.
  • Taught fundamentals such as projection, breathing and vocal techniques.
  • Provided specific feedback to students, parents and record label representatives.
  • Adapted teaching programs to meet individual and group needs.
  • Taught performers of varying skill levels ways to improve overall range.

Education

Master of Music - Classical Voice

Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
05-2025

Bachelor of Music - Vocal Arts Performance

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
06-2021

Skills

  • Database entry
  • Customer follow-up
  • Performance direction
  • Vocal techniques
  • Lesson planning
  • Google Workshop
  • Scheduling and calendar management
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Audition preparation
  • Performance techniques

Certification

ABRSM Piano Certificate Grade 1 to 5

ABRSM Piano Certificate Grade 8


Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Chinese (Cantonese)
Limited Working
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native or Bilingual

Training

Summer Program: Studio Artist at SongFest Los Angeles, CA 2019

OPERATIC ROLES

  • Fiordiligi from Cosi fan tutte
  • Contessa from Le Nozze di Figaro
  • Opera Ensemble from Die Fledermaus
  • Woman in the Bar from Mask in the Mirror
  • Mistress Hibbons from The Scarlett Letter

Performance Experience

  • “Oscillations: One Hundred Years and Forever” - Chamber Singers at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
  • 90th Annual Pacific Southwest Intercollegiate Choral Association Festival - Chamber Singers, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA (2019)
  • Opera "Die Fledermaus" - Opera Ensemble at Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA (2019)
  • "Unclouded Day" Virtual Choir Video Recording - Chamber Singers, Irvine, CA (2020)
  • Undergraduate Senior Recital - Soloist, Irvine, CA (2021)
  • Opera “The Scarlet Letter” - Mistress Hibbons, Irvine, CA (2021)
  • Opera “Mask in the Mirror” - Woman in the Bar, Irvine, CA (2021)
  • “A Letter to My Future Self” Choir Concert - Concert Choir of UCI, Irvine, CA (2022)
  • Chamberfest: Songs of The Romantic Period - Soloist, New York, NY (2024)
  • Chamberfest: Russian Romances and Ballads - Soloist, New York, NY (2024)
  • Manhattan Schoolf of Music Graduate Opera Theatre - Opera Workshop: Fiordiligi & Contessa, New York, NY (2025)
  • Master's Graduate Recital - Soloist, New York, NY (2025)

Timeline

Administrative Clerk

FreshStart Music Studio
09.2022 - 07.2023

Teacher's Assistant

Bread Of Life Christian Church Los Angelas
06.2022 - 08.2022

Voice Teacher

JL MUsic School
03.2022 - 08.2022

Master of Music - Classical Voice

Manhattan School of Music

Bachelor of Music - Vocal Arts Performance

University of California, Irvine