Dr. Song Lyu has performed as a soloist, showing her talents in oratorio, opera, and on the concert stage. She has been a guest artist with the International Professional Piano Association, and Kansas City Chinese Association, and Horizon Music & Arts Foundation. Her stage performances include Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, The Second Knitter in Game of Chance, La Fortuna in L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw, among others. Her other performance experiences include solo soprano in the world premiere of Psalm Symphony, H.175 by Leo Sowerby, and the roles in scenes of Lakmé, La Traviata, La clemenza di Tito, Così fan Tutte, Lucia di Lammermoor, Into the Woods, Hansel and Gretel, etc. She recently performed “Chew’s Mother“in the premiere of the opera Chew On This and “Seahorse“ in One Choice at the project “Come As You Are“at Lyric Opera in Kansas City.

She is also active in academic and community music events. She founded the KU Chamber and Vocal Music (KUCVM), the International Chamber and Vocal Music Institute (ICVMI), and the Kansas Golden Choir (KGC). She has attended many concerts at KS and MO and directed the 2022 “Singing at KC” Vocal Audition, the voice section of the 2023 KCCA Lunar New Year Gala. From 2023 fall, she has produced the two ICVMI international competitions, and the Midwest Chamber & Vocal music workshops at the University of Kansas. As a teacher, she had served as a voice faculty and Undergraduate Coordinator at Urban Vocational College for three years before she pursued the Doctoral degree. She got her Doctoral of Music Arts Degree and Performance Certificate from the University of Kansas.