Meet the Directors
The Full Story
Ms. Victoria Lien
Head Director of Orchestras
Ms. Victoria Lien is the Head Director of Orchestras at Fowler Middle School in Frisco ISD. Born in Plano, Texas, she began her musical career with piano at the age of five and continued with viola throughout school.
Ms. Lien earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Performance with teacher certification (Summa cum Laude with Honors from the Honors College) from Texas Tech University. As an orchestral violist, Ms. Lien has also performed with the Texas Tech Symphony Orchestra as well as the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. In her last year at Texas Tech, she was awarded the honor of winning the 2015-2016 Presser Award. She also holds a Master of Music Education degree from the University of North Texas. Prior to Fowler, Ms. Lien was the Assistant Director of Orchestras at Liberty High School in Frisco, leading classes and forming the Parent+Teacher Orchestra, a group of beginner parents and teachers who meet once a week to learn to play. In 2021, she was awarded the Teacher of the Year award for Liberty High School and was a finalist for the Secondary Teacher of the Year for Frisco ISD.
Ms. Lien is an active member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, and currently serves as the Treasurer for the TMEA Region 24 Orchestra division.
When she is not teaching or playing, Ms. Lien likes to craft and boulder, travel, and try new foods.
Favorites:
Color- RED! (but I wear a lot of neutral colors-blues, blacks, grays)
Drink- Boba Milk Tea (Jasmine, Hojicha, or Original Milk Tea, half sugar with boba)
Favorite gifts-Gift cards to grocery stores/Urban Cheapskate/Amazon, plants
Likes-being sustainable as much as possible, Gudetama/Sumikko Gurashi/cute characters, boba, TRAVEL, rock climbing/bouldering
Dislikes-people turning in things late, cold temperatures, procrastination, disorganization
Mrs. Haeryun Kim
Assistant Director of Orchestras
Mrs. Kim began studying piano at a young age of five in South Korea. She started playing the violin in 7th grade when her family moved to the US. She knew very little English and started her orchestral career in the back of 2nd violin section but by the beginning of 8th grade, she never lost concertmaster position in top orchestras all throughout high school at Union High School in Tulsa, OK. She often won concertmaster position in All-Region orchestra, All-State orchestra, Tulsa Youth Symphony, Oklahoma Summer Art Institute and Arkansas Regional Chamber Music Festival. In 2000, she won 1st place in Young Artist Concerto Competition in Tulsa, Ok.
Mrs. Kim attended Southern Methodist University on a full scholarship, receiving Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance. This is her 11th year of teaching orchestra and her 5th year at Fowler MS. Prior to becoming an orchestra director, she performed with various ensembles in DFW, including Irving Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony, and Lyric Stage, and had successful private studio consisting of students from Highland Park ISD and Plano ISD.
Mrs. Kim is happily married and is a mother of two adorable girls, Shiloh (12) and Skylar (10).
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Favorites:
Color-light blue, teal, purple, black
Music-all music, especially Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, John Legend, India Arie, Mahler, Dvorak and J. S. Bach.
Favorite Gifts-gift cards
Favorite stores-Amazon, Target, Nordstrom Rack, Marshalls
Animal-peacock, zebra
Food-Sixty Vines, Chuy’s, Chipotle
High School Directors
Mr. Paul Vanderpool
Lebanon Trail High School
Director of Orchestras
Ms. Julie
Blackstock
Liberty High School
Director of Orchestras
Dr. Alisha
Owner
Lebanon Trail High School
Assist. Director of Orchestras
Mr. Brandon Lucio
Liberty High School
Assist. Director of Orchestras