Iau Jo Yee

Iau Jo Yee was awarded Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from Birmingham

Conservatoire in 2016. During her 3-year course in Birmingham Conservatoire, Jo Yee

studied with Jan Loeffler and Philip Martin. She was active as an accompanist for both

instrumentalists and vocalists, and has participated in various piano competitions and

music festivals aside from her annual recitals. During her senior year, she had the

opportunity to perform with the City of Birmingham Youth Symphony Orchestra, and

has also won the Marjorie Hazlehurst Piano Award for her recording a full-length CD

featuring works by Tatum, Schulhoff, Gershwin and Antheil.

Jo Yee is now teaching piano in MIA, ASWARA and Yamaha Sonata Music and Art.

She is also frequently sought after as an accompanist for exams, recitals, competitions,

gigs. She recently performed as a guest pianist in Heart 2 Heart Charity Gala Night

organized by Malaysian celebrity Lee Sinje. Apart from performing, Jo Yee is also

interested in music scoring and arrangement. She was one of the programme arrangers

of Young Malaysians Go Classics II (2017), and the programme leader and one of the

key performers of Yamaha Sonata Music and Artâ's first major public performance:

Dear Parents Concert 2018. She was also one of the recipients of the Young Song

Weavers Scholarship Program and performed in the Rossini's Heart and Soul (2018) as

an accompanist and soloist. In March 2019, Jo Yee was invited to perform with bass

trombone principal of SÃo Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (Brazil), Darrin Milling at

the 'First Brass Weekend with Darrin Milling', hosted by The British International

School in Kuala Lumpur.