ZHU ZHU
KAWAI School of Music Director

• D.M.A  Piano Performance, Rice University
• M.M.    Piano Performance, Rice University
• B.M.     Piano Performance, University of Michigan

Zhu Zhu has performed in numerous festivals and concert series, including the Gilmore Festival, the Conservatory Project at the Kennedy Center, and Musiqa concert series. Zhu Zhu graduated from the University of Michigan with the most outstanding undergraduate student award, and she completed her master’s and doctorate degrees in piano performance from the Shepherd School of Music in the studio of Dr. Robert Roux. While at Rice she won the Shepherd School concerto competition and soloed with the Shepherd School symphony orchestra. Zhu Zhu was one of the two Rice University graduate students awarded the Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellowship for outstanding achievement and promise. Of her many musical interests, she is most passionate about teaching pre-collegiate students. She is insistent on students’ musical excellence, but ultimately her motivation for teaching is love. She aims to cultivate love in each of them, for music, for art, for discipline, and for each other.  She is currently the director of Kawai School Music and International Neoarts Foundation. She is also the Distinguished Professor at Qingdao University School of Music. She maintains a thriving studio in Houston alongside her husband, Dr. Richard Marshall. They have two children, Vivi and Jackie

Jane Vandiver

Beginner Piano Lessons, Group Lessons, and Voice Lessons

Jane Vandiver has performed all over the world; including every state in the US (except Alaska!), also, in Canada, U.K. Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Scotland, Spain, Iceland, Australia, and Japan with various name bands and orchestras, including: The New Christy Minstrels, Les Brown Band, The Glenn Miller Band and The Henry Mancini Orchestra. She also sang at Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for President Bush Sr.’s Inaugural Ball. She is most versatile in her entertainment aspects, ranging from jazz, cabaret, pop variety, R&B, country and theatrical music, performing in many Houston bands including her own, “Triple Play.” She has been the voice on national commercials, including TV Land, Viacom Station, various radio jingles and has provided backup for many recording artists. Jane is also an artistic/vocal producer with having produced and arranged many CD’s. She has developed her own vocal training /warm-up CD, “Body Singing with Style,” and is one of the top vocal/performance coaches in Houston, owning Star Singers Studio.  Jane teaches voice and piano at Kawai Piano Gallery, 5800 Richmond in Houston.  Theater credits include Theater Under the Stars, Actors Workshop, and The Country Playhouse, with her most recent performance as Miss Mona in the “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.” Jeff Franzel, pianist from NYC, and Jane have a fantastic show that they are currently booking internationally.