Joie Piano Studio

Xiaole Li, (Shirley) active pianist, music teacher, and composer, is a member of MTAC-Music Teachers Association California. A member of Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, she holds a PhD in Music with many awards for academic excellence from the University of Hawaii. She has more than 35 years teaching experience and has taught piano, music theory and history from beginner to advanced levels. 

She studied at Shanghai Conservatory of Music and at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, where she polished her artistic spectrum in piano, musicology, and composition. Her teaching uses various sources, including Western classical repertoire, folk, popular music, world music, and Chinese music. She performed piano solo and chamber music in China when she was a pianist in Liaoning Provincial Opera House and on the piano faculty at Sichuan Conservatory of Music, China. She taught piano major students and played accompaniment for winners in 1984 National Violin Competition. She also play accompaniments for voice and various instruments. She has performed piano solos in recitals at Fields Pianos in Orange County CA, senior homes, and MTAC Convention.

As a member of MTAC South Coast Branch, she teaches piano and composition in her studios in Irvine, CA. Her students have been prizewinners in MTAC branch festivals, honor recitals, MTAC state conventions and performed in Composers Today recitals. She has helped students develop interest and much enjoyment in music. She has helped students enter prestigious universities, including UC LA, and Berkeley. Some of her students have become professional musicians in China and in the US. Her compositions received excellent comments and won awards from the Composers Today program of MTAC.