Rainice Lai

Percussion

Professional Orchestras Freelance
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
(UK, Oct 2023 trial, percussion section leader; Nov 2025 freelance percussionist)
Philharmonia Orchestra (UK, Jan-Feb 2019, trial, 2nd percussion)
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (USA, Sept 2017 - May 2025)
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (USA, Sept 2017-May 2025)
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (USA, Sept 2017-May 2025)
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (USA, Sept 2024-May 2025)
Boston Chamber Symphony Orchestra (USA, April 2025)
New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra (USA, Dec 2022- Dec 2023)
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra (USA, May 2019-Oct 2022)
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (USA, 2019-2021)
New World Symphony (USA, 2017-18)
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (China, trial, Principal Percussion, April 2017)
Macau Orchestra (Macau, 2010-13)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK, 2010)
Hong Kong Sinfonietta (HK, 2010)

Professional Chamber Groups Performance Experience
- Guest Percussionist at Fuse Ensemble (Netherlands) televised on Dutch National TV
Witteman Podium, Feb 2019
- Percussionist, Chamber performer at the Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concert
series, Feb 2017
- Spoleto Festival Orchestra USA (Orchestra and Chamber player 2016 and 2017,
Featured percussion soloist 2018)
- Guest Percussionist, Callithumpian Consort Boston, 2016

Education (all Percussion Performance degrees)
Boston University- Doctorate of Musical Arts (Grad. May 2025)
*Zildjian Scholarship recipient
New England Conservatory- Graduate Performance Diploma (Grad. 2017)
Temple University- Master of Music (Grad. 2015)
*Zildjian Scholarship recipient
The Boston Conservatory at the Berklee School of Music- Bachelor of Music (Grad. 2013)

Teaching Experience
- Percussion Faculty at Saint Anselm College (Manchester, NH)
- Percussion Coach at Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Percussion Teaching Assistant for Music Education Classes at Boston University
- Percussion Teaching Assistant at Temple University
- Piano teacher at Merry Melody Music Academy (MA)
- Private percussion teacher

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Instruments
Percussion, Timpani