JinOu started at Bard in the Fall of 2019. As a student of the double-degree program at the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Jinou is majoring in pipa performance and global and international studes. Through Bard’s partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, JinOu studies under the guidance of CCOM Professor Zhang Qiang.

Kendall Griffith joined the Bard Conservatory in the Fall of 2022 with a major in pipa performance. Originally from Boston, she has been studying pipa for several years, as well as the Chinese language. At Bard she is studying with master teacher Zhang Hongyan, the head of the Traditional Instruments Department at the Central Conservatory of Music.

Liu Yiqiu is a second-year graduate student at the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studies pipa with Professor Zhang Qiang. During the 2020-21 academic year, she has served as a US-China Music Fellow in the Bard Conservatory, teaching pipa and supporting the Bard Chinese Ensemble.

Wenjun Lu (Jessy) is a pipa major in the Bard College Conservatory of Music. She attended the Affiliated Secondary School of Nanjin University of The Arts to learn pipa. Later, she studied with Professor Zhao Jie of the Central Conservatory of Music. Her master teacher at Bard is CCOM Professor Zhang Qiang.

Xiaoyan has shown a strong interest in music since her childhood. She started to learn pipa from a professional pipa teacher at the age of eight. After graduation from primary school, she was admitted to the Affiliated Middle School of Guangxi Art University. She takes an active part in many national instrument competitions and all kinds of performances, and served as the leader of the school's Chinese orchestra and the school’s pipa group, which achieved results in many competitions. Xiaoyan was admitted to Bard Conservatory in 2020, where she studies under Central Conservatory of Music Professor Zhang Qiang.

Lu Xi, or Lucy, is a candidate in the Master of Arts in Chinese Music and Culture at the Bard Conservatory. Lucy is studying ethnomusicology and pipa performance.