Teaching Artist Statement
I believe music should be as personal as it is accessible. I strive to create a supportive learning environment where students can explore and develop their unique musical voice at their own pace. My mission is to make music education inclusive and accessible to learners of all ages and backgrounds while inspiring students to discover their own artist identities, build confidence, and cultivate a lifelong curiosity to music.
Teaching Bio
Luping (Robyn) Xu’s teaching journey began in 2013. She has worked with students of all ages and backgrounds, tailoring her approach to meet their individual needs. Xu has taught small group music theory and performance classes, provided private lessons, and organized student concerts at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music Training Institute in China. She has also offered in-home lessons at students’ homes and in her private piano studio. She serves as a piano faculty member at the North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) in Boston, and joined South Shore Conservatory in 2025.
Ms. Xu received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Wuhan Conservatory of Music in China, Master of Music and Graduate Performance in Piano Performance from Longy School of Music of Bard College (Cambridge, MA), where she studied with Donald Berman. She also earned a Graduate Performance Diploma in Historical Performance (Harpsichord), where she studied with Dr. John McKean.
Performance Bio
Ms. Xu is Boston-based pianist and harpsichordist with a rich palette of repertoire, ranging from Renaissance to Contemporary compositions. Driven by curiosity about the roots of keyboard music, she bridges past and present by highlighting underrepresented composers and diverse national styles and is fascinated by the understated beauty and richness of music, striving to honor voices from the past that continue to speak to us today. She has shared her artistry in China, Austria, Italy, and the U.S., with performances at Vienna’s Ehrbar Hall, Cremona’s Aula Camerale Giuseppe Maffei, and Pinerolo’s Accademia di Musica.
Xu thrives as a pianist in collaboration across genres and settings, including solo performances, small and large ensembles, orchestral, choral, operatic, and musical theater works. Xu’s recent crowning achievement was a performance of the complete Chopin 24 Preludes in her solo recital. She also has collaborated with organizations including Handel and Haydn Society, Boston City Singers, Cantata Singers, Dante Alighieri Society, Berklee College of Music, Packard Humanities Institute, and Longy School of Music.
Xu has premiered the works such as Delvyn Case’s solo cantata The Binding of Isaac–featured on Tablet Magazine’s Unorthodox podcast and broadcast internationally from London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields, University of Cambridge (UK), as well as the new opera album Violetta by Quinn Gutmann and Leo Balkovetz, now available on major streaming platforms. She’s also the collaborative pianist of the Boston-based classical vocal ensemble “Ensemble Lyrae”. As a harpsichordist, Xu performs regularly as both soloist and continuo player in historical performance contexts, from solo recitals and chamber music to choral and orchestral works. Her recent performances include Antonio Salieri’s Requiem and Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria at Our Lady Star of the Sea Concert Series in Marblehead, MA, appearances at SoHIP Concert Series in 2026, Amherst Early Music Festival (2025), Bach Around The Clock Music Festival (2026) in Madison, Wisconsin, and Boston Early Music Festival (2023, 2025).
Her versatility extends to interdisciplinary work, such as live improvisation for local artist Karl Stephan’s Natural Magick (Ink and Water series) and performances in Stephan’s exhibition KSx20: Persistence of Light at Nave Gallery.
Beyond the stage, Xu serves as Music Director at Christ Church United in Dracut, MA, where she leads the music program, conducts the choir, and organizes performances that engage with the local community.
More info: https://www.lupingrobynxu.com/