A Music Celebration on Mother's Day

Look here in January of 2026 to see which you artist won the opportunity to perform with the Golden Valley Orchestra!

Pauline Huey-Fen Hsu is a Taiwanese soprano and makes her third appearance with the Golden Valley Orchestra.

Receiving the title of “New Voice Rising Star” from the Association of Vocal Artists of Taiwan, Ms. Hsu has also received many awards and scholarships in the US and Taiwan. This includes awards from/in The Wonderlic Voice Competition in Maryland, National Taiwan Student Music Competition, Taichung Student Music Competition, Nan-hai Rotary Scholarship Awards Competition in Vocal Music and Tunghai University’s Concerto Competition.  Ms. Hsu has also been the recipient of a merit-based scholarship from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University and was recently awarded a full scholarship and teaching assistantship from the University of Minnesota.

Performing actively in the University of Minnesota Theatre, Ms Hsu has sung many leading roles, including “Adele” from Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, “Queen of the Night” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, “Madame Herz” from Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor and “Flora” from Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. Ms. Hsu has also appeared with many choruses and orchestras as a soloist, including singing Mozart’s Mass in C minor, K.427, “The Great” and performing Poulenc’s Gloria with Peabody Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Hsu got her Master of Art (MA) from Tunghai University in Taiwan, and Master of Music (MM) from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Vocal Performance at The University of Minnesota, studying under the tutelage of Professor Jane Giering-De Haan.