Education
2005 BFA, Cornish College of the Arts, Music Composition & Piano
2002 California Institute of the Arts, Major: Piano Performance
Solo Performances
2011 Selections from The Goldberg Variations and improvisations with Lesli Dalaba and Tari Nelson-Zagar, The Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, Sept. 24
Magma Festival 2011, 20/20 Cycle, Seattle, March 25
2010 Flotation Device, KBCS 91.3-FM In-studio performance featuring Joplin Ragtimes for Toy Piano, Bellevue, November 21
This Old Piano, Premier, The New Media Gallery, Jack Straw Productions, Seattle, April 29
Moveable, Nonsequitor Music Series, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, April 2
2009 Piano Racket@#!, Toy Piano Commission composed by Byron Au Yong and Kraig Grady with support from Washington’s Artist Trust GAP Grant and The Seattle Office of Arts and Affairs SmArt Ventures Grant, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, March 13
2007 Getting Together with Sticky Labels, Collaboration with Motoko Honda (Piano), an evening of four-hand piano music, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, November 10
Sonarchy Radio, KEXP 90.3-FM In-Studio Performance, Complete Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage, Seattle, October 12
Special Projects & Exhibitions
2011 Three Parts for Two Boats in Collaboration with Ranjit Bhathagar, Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, April 16, & The Stone, New York, NY, May 6, & The Flytrap, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 26
2010 This Old Piano, Tiffany Lin (Artistic Director, Performer), Joel Kikuchi (Woodworker), Tom Baker (Composer), Jherek Bischoff (Composer), Colin Ernst (Instrument Designer), Hugo Solis (Instrument Designer), with support from The Seattle Mayors Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Jack Straw Productions, 4Culture, & The Allied Arts Foundation
South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, June 25 – July 19
The New Media Gallery/Jack Straw Productions, Seattle, WA, Apr. 19 – May 14
Farewell: A Fantastical Contemplation on America’s Relationship with China & Has Fallen into the Well (sound Installation), Guest Gallery/Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, Jan 20 – Mar 7
The Moveable Type, Tiffany Lin (Piano), Zachary Watkins (Composer), Ranjit Bahatnagar (Instrument Builder) with support from Subito California Grant and the Nonsequitor Music Series, San Francisco & Seattle, April
Ongoing Tiny Song Series #1: Joplin+Tiflin, Tiffany Lin (Arranger, Toy Piano) Order based performances delivered by email consisting of arrangements of Scott Joplin piano rag times for toy piano(s).
Select Guest Performances
2011 The Ambient Orchestra: Music of Jherek Bischoff, The Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, Feb. 19
The Wikkeling: Episode 2: Original Soundtrack to a Reading of The Wikkeling, Hollow Earth Radio, May 27
2010 Bildungsroman CD Release Show, Gallery 1412, Seattle, Nov. 5
Seattle Percussion Collective, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, Oct. 2
Vexations by Eric Satie, Jack Straw Productions, Seattle, May 15-16
Farewell: A Fantastical Contemplation on America’s Relationship with China, Spectrum Dance Company, Music of Byron Au Yong, The Moore Theater, Seattle, Feb.18-20
3Seasons Premiere, W’him W’him Dance Company, Music of Byron Au Yong, On the Boards, Seattle, Jan. 15-17
2009 Stupid Afternoon, Nonsequitor Music of Olivia Block, The Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, May 15
2007 ArtsLaunch, Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts Vandenbrink Room, Seattle, April 5
2006 Linea by Luciano Berio Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance, Guest Institute Performer, Concert Hall at Mannes College of Music, New York, NY, June 27
Stillness/Explosion: The Music of Tom Swafford, WA Composers Forum Transport Series, Consolidated Works, Seattle, Feb. 19
2005 Triftmusik: The Music of Laura Kaminsky, Cornish College of the Arts PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, April 1
Ensembles
2006-Present The Toy Boats, Steven Arntson (Concertina), Anne Mathews (Ukulele, Melodica), Paul Kikuchi (Toy Percussion), Tiffany Lin (Toy Piano, Melodica) – European Tour Summer 2011
2009-Present Crosstalk, Jesse Canterbury (Clarinets), Tiffany Lin, (Piano), Brian Cobb (Bass), Paul Kikuchi (Drumset) Performances throughout Seattle and New York, NY
Discography
2011 Music For Toys #4 (Compilation). MonsterK7 Records. Limited European Release.
2011 Honeymon EP. Ian Bell and John Teske. Guest Pianist
2010-11 The Toy Boats Mini-CD. Self-Released. Limited 100 copies.
Press/Media Coverage
‘A Little Piano,’ by Stephen De Vight, Magma Festival Light/Dark Link Rail Show, Mar. 5, 2011
‘People to Watch: Tiffany Lin,’ by Lindsay Hastings, Cornish Insight Magazine, p20, Dec. 1, 2010
‘Vexations,’ Video Clip by Garrett Kelly, Recorded May 16, 2010
‘Get to know Vexations,’ by Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, May 13, 2010
‘Tiffany Lin Profile,’ Art Zone with Nancy Guppy, Seattle Channel 21, Aired: Apr. 16, 2010
‘Tiffany Lin: Movement 2,’ Video Clip by The Archiver, April 2, 2010
‘Key Bored: Behind the Scenes at This Old Piano’ by Mark Baumgarten, City Arts Magazine, March 26, 2010
Music to My Ears, by Na Young Kwon, International Examiner, March 17, 2010
‘A Review of Donald Byrd’s “Farewell”,’ by Mary Murfin Bayley, The CAB: City Arts Online, Feb 24, 2010
‘Artist Trust: Supporting Art at its Source,’ Video Clip by Artist Trust Seattle, Feb. 2010
‘The Toy Boats,’ Self-Produced Video Clip, December 2009
‘Tiffany Lin: Pieces for Piano and Prepared Piano,’ by Jack Gold-Molina, All-About-Jazz, July 12, 2006
‘Festival of Contemporary Music : Fidgety Riffs, Halting Quiet,’ by A. Tommasini, New York Times, June 30, 2006
Grants/Awards
2010 Artist Trust Art Innovator Award, Seattle, WA (nominee only)
2010 4Culture Individual Artist Projects Award for ‘This Old Piano,’ Seattle, WA
2009 Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs CityArtist Project, Seattle, WA
2009 City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs SmArt Ventures, Seattle, WA
2008 4Culture Site Specific, Seattle, WA
2008 Jackstraw Artist Support Program, Seattle, WA
2007 Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle, WA
Residencies
2012-2014 Lucas Artists Residency at the Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2007 Centrum Artist Residency in Partner with Artist Trust, Port Townsend, WA
2007 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Scholarships
2006 International Festival of Contemporary Performance, New York, NY
2006 Composers Conference & Chamber Music Center, Wellesley, MA
2004 Departmental Scholarship, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2004 Nellie Scholarship
