Dr FangFang Shi Inouye was born into a musician's family in Beijing, China. She began her first piano lesson with her mother at the age of four. Even through her childhood music education was sporadic, her first public piano solo performance was at age eleven.
At age 18, Dr. Shi immigrated to the United State, successively she earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees at University of Southern. California Thornton School of Music, majoring in Piano Performance. After a few years of teaching at CSU Dominguez Hills and Cerritos College, Dr Shi went back to USC where she earned her Doctor of Musical Art degree (DMA) in piano performance on a Scholarship, under the tutelage of Professor Norman Krieger in Piano, minoring in Music Education with Dr. Shiela Woodward, Theory Analysis with Robert Moore and Conducting with Larry Livingston.
Among many accolades and honors, Dr Shi was the Phi Beta Piano Scholarship as well as the William H. Phillips and Beatrace C Music Scholarship winner. In March 2013, as the first place winner in the USC Thornton School of Music Concerto Competition, Dr. Shi collaborated as a soloist with the USC Thornton Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Maestro Carl St. Clair (music director of Pacific Symphony) performing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1. In the same year, Dr. Shi collaborated with the Bellflower Symphony Orchestra as a winner in the Adult Concerto Competition performing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. In 2015, Dr. Shi made her debut at the Carnegie Hall Weill's hall as the first place winner in the American International Protege Competition for Piano and Strings. On the basis of the superior professional and scholastic achievements, Dr. Shi has been invited to the membership of the PI KAPPA ALMBDA National Music Honor Society. Dr. Shi's research paper "Realizing Goals in Memorization" has been published internationally by ISME (International Society of Music Education) and was invited to five a presentation at the ISME conference in Beijing, China 2010. Dr. Shi has performed nationally and internationally her live performance has been broadcast on KUSC radio station. In recognition of dedicated service to the affairs of the community and for the civic pride demonstrated by numerous contributions for the benefit of all the citizens of Los Angeles County, Dr, Shi received commendation by the County of Los Angeles.
As an educator, Dr. Shi's students have won numerous local piano competitions, including SYMF Young Artist division, MTAC State Solo and Concerto Competition, Fullerton Ensemble Festival, Southern California Junior Bach Festival.
Currently, Dr. Shi is an adjunct faculty member at Cerritos College and Long Beach City College in the Los Angeles Area.
石芳芳博士，以高额奖学金就读于美国加州大学（University of Southern California）桑顿音乐学院（Thornton School of Music）并以优异的成绩获取博士学位（Doctor of Music Art）。石芳芳博士的主修专业为钢琴，辅修专业是指挥，音乐教育，和音乐作品分析。石芳芳的现场钢琴演奏曾在美国古典音乐广播电台（KUSC）播放。石博士曾在桑顿音乐学院（USC Thornton School of Music）的协奏曲比赛钢琴组第一名，并有幸与加州著名指挥家，音乐总监卡尔 森 克莱尔（Carl St Clair）合作演出。石博士也曾被邀请到美国卡内基音乐厅演奏。
2010年石博士出色的论文在国际上发表，并受邀请在北京举办的国际音乐教育协会（Inter national Society of Music Education）大会上演讲。2017年，石博士修版并发表了母亲编写的一套钢琴技术练习教材，此教材共分十级，是专门针对学生们准备加州教师协会祛斑的钢琴考级（MTAC Certificate of Merit）而编写。自发行以来，深受教师和学生们的喜爱。
由于石博士出色的成绩，被邀加入派 卡帕 朗普达（Pi Kappa Lambda）huiyuan.rujin，石博士在喜瑞都大学（Cerritos College），尔湾大学（Irvine Valley College）和长堤市大学（Long Beach City College）任教。并受邀在多项钢琴比赛中担任裁判。石博士曾在加州音乐教师协会当仁分会会长。多年来，石芳芳博士的学生在多项钢琴比赛中获奖。其中包括加州音乐教师协会全州协奏曲比赛（MTAC State Piano Concerto Competition）一等奖，加州音乐教师协会全州独奏比赛（MTAC State Piano Solo Competition）二等奖，西南部青少年音乐节青年钢琴家组（SYMF Young Artist Category）第一名，南加州青少年巴赫作品钢琴比赛（SCJBF）第一名。富勒顿大学钢琴重奏比赛（Fullerton College Duet Festival）一等奖。还有学生以优异的演奏考入南加州音乐教师协会青年艺术家集团（MTAC Young Artist Guild）。
除了忙于教学，石博士也热衷于义务音乐表演活动，常在社区举办免费音乐会。石博士的演奏在YouTube上获得159K的点击率。2013年石博士被洛杉矶县授予“为公众贡献良多”荣誉证书。
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