News

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11339056/

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20220622/young-chicago-based-singer-selected-as-grand-finalist-to-represent-usa-in-international-singing-competition

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-ent-little-women-evanston-st-1209-20211129-2s7unk7rezdjtens6mivqo3g4q-story.html

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200110/young-northfield-singer-and-actress-jaiden-hsu-to-perform-winning-solo-from-walgreens-national-concerto-competition

https://patch.com/illinois/winnetka/local-teen-actors-training-center-s-little-women-musical

Film

• The Art of Belonging   Lead – Cassie / d. Samuel Villagra-Stanton – DePaul University
• Root(less)    Supporting – Roman / d. Tiffany Zhao – Columbia College
• How to Glow in the Dark    Lead / d. Maggie Brill – Northwestern University
• Red Rice    Lead / d. Wenhwa T’sao – Columbia College
• Fandom     Lead / d. Logan Kozlowski – Gary McMillan Masterpiece Productions
• Me and My Shadow     Lead / d. Ben Sherman – DePaul University
• Freya    Lead / d. Lyra Yang – Northwestern University (Official Section (2019), Chinese American Film Festival)
• The Adventures of Commander Taiyo      Lead / d. Colin Leavitt – Columbia College
• Pepper Zhang      Lead / d. Jingkun Yang – Columbia College
• Arc     Supporting / d. Craig Bass – Motion Source Productions
• Children at Dusk      Supporting / d. Tara Sennott – Northwestern University

Television & Commercial

Music Theater

• Aida                                             Soldier / d. Francesca Zambello – Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago, IL

• SIX                                              Anna of Cleves/d.Christina Ramirez – Actors Training Center, Skokie, IL

• 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee   Barfee/d. Christina Ramirez – Actors Training Center, Skokie, IL

• Little Women                                Young Amy / d. Christina Ramirez – Actors Training Center, Evanston, IL

• Chicago Teen Edition                     Velma Kelly / d. Julia Macholl – North Shore Country Day School, IL

• Into the Woods                              Children’s Ensemble / d. Gary Griffin – Writers Theatre, Glencoe, IL

• Meet Me in St. Louis                      Tootie Smith / d. John Chambers – Edge of the Wood Theater, Chicago, IL

Theater

• The Wolves                                  Player #25 / d. Erika Rossa  –  Actors Training Center, Evanston, IL
• The Disappearance of Daniel Hand  d. Kirsten Fitzgerald – Actors Training Center, Evanston, IL

Music – Industrial

• Can’t We Just Run single                released on all platforms; prod. Little Bird Big Sound, Savannah, GA
• Wish For Forever single                  released on all platforms; prod. Little Bird Big Sound, Savannah, GA
• Be Well                                        Lead / w/d Joseph Wright – Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL
• Dommy Dilemma                           Lead / w. Joseph Verlezza / Paul Scherer – Gravity Studios, Chicago, IL

Honors and Awards – Vocal

• 2024     CS Music Competition – semifinalist and scholarship winner

• 2024     Interlochen Arts Academy, Maddy Summer Artist Award and Academy Scholarship winner

• 2024     Merit Scholarship Recipient – Interlochen Voice and Opera Program

• 2022     United States winner, International Festival for Language and Culture (IFLC) singing competition,

                          Berlin, Germany

• 2021     Charleston International Classical Music Competition – First place winner

• 2021     Frank Little Voice Scholarship – Music Institute of Chicago

• 2020     Walgreens National Concerto Competition – First place winner / voice

• 2019     Guest Vocalist, Ancient Voices of Children / First Editions Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia, PA

• 2019     Guest Soloist, National Anthem, City of Winnetka July 4^th Celebration

• 2019     Guest Soloist, City of Winnetka Memorial Day Observance Ceremony

• 2018-2022         National Association of Teachers of Singing, Chicago Chapter Voice Competition – gold

• 2017-2024         Artists of Tomorrow Merit Scholar / Student Ambassador, Music Institute of Chicago

Vocal Repertoire – current

Classical / Art

Music Theater

• Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Miserables) / H. Kretzmer, A. Boublil, & C-M Schönberg
• Giants in the Sky (Into the Woods) / Stephen Sondheim
• Something’s Coming (West Side Story) / Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim
• Astonishing (Little Women) / Mindi Dickstein / Jason Howland
• Goodnight My Someone (The Music Man) / Meredith Wilson
• No One Else (Natasha, Pierre, And The Great Comet of 1812) / Dave Malloy
• Burn (Hamilton) / Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Some Things are Meant to Be (Little Women) / Jason Howland / Mindi Dickstein
• Lonely House (Street Scene) / Langston Hughes/ Kurt Weill

Perfermance Training (selected)

• La Musica Lirica 26^th Annual International Music Festival, studio division, Novafeltria, Italy (summer, 2025)
• Interlochen Voice and Opera Program & Classical Voice Intensive, Interlochen, MI (summer, 2024)
• Grammy Museum Singer-Songwriter training program, NYC (2023)
• Southeastern Summer Theater Institute, Hilton Head, SC (2023)
• Juilliard Musical Theater Summer Performing Arts Program, The Juilliard School, Windemere, FL (2022)
• Voice / Barbara Ann Martin, Music Institute of Chicago, Winnetka, IL (2015-present)
• Tap, Jazz / Emma Reeves, Dance and Music Academy, Glenview, IL (2015-present)

Other Skills

Vocal range E♭3 – E♭6, Piano, Guitar, Dance (tap, jazz, hiphop, kpop), Taekwondo, Snowboarding, Mandarin Chinese