Austin is a sixteen-year old Taiwanese American student currently enrolled as a junior at Northwood High School in Irvine, California. Some of his musical accomplishments include leading as the concertmaster of the 2017 Irvine Unified School District Middle School Honor Orchestra, participating in California's All-State Orchestra for 4 years, playing in the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra for 3 years, winning prizes in competitions such as MTAC-OC Concerto Competitions, Pacific Symphony Concerto Competition, Orange County Musical Arts Competition, American Protege, and SYMF competitions. He also has had the honor of performing in City of Irvine events and for assembly meetings where major politicians are stationed. Austin enjoys arranging music from Ghibli movies and leading senior home concerts for his school club, Musicians United in Service and Entertainment (MUSE), which aims to bring musical passion and entertainment to the community. Austin has a strong interest in mathematics, volunteering for the Orange County Math Circle (OCMC) as co-director for designing and teaching elementary school math curriculum, competing in the Caltech-Harvey Mudd Math Competition (CHMMC) as part of his school math team, and will be competing in the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT) in this upcoming February. Austin also loves to read about the physics of sound and the universe, and is on his school's Physics Bowl team that placed top 2 in the regional division in 2019. In other cases, Austin can be found burning up his Raspberry Pi while trying to make his ideas and dreams a closer reality, rooting for the Lakers in the NBA, or hanging out with friends.
