Moores School Chamber Players

Ringel Sat

Ringel Sat hails from Hong Kong. As a pianist and vocalist, she attended the Law Ting Pong Secondary School. She completed her BA degree in Music Studies (2020) at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Ms. Sat studied conducting with Choi Ho-Man, Music Director of the Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong. Ringel Sat is currently completing her Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting, at the University of Houston Moores School of Music, with Franz Anton Krager. In Houston, she has made serval public performances with the music of Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Wagner. Ms. Sat participated in the prestigious international conducting masterclasses with Charles Olivieri-Munroe and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, in the Czech Republic (2019), and was a participant in the “Wiener Schule” Conducting Competition (2022), Lake Como Conducting Competition (2022), and got honored mention in Vienna New Year International Music

Samuel Linzan is a cellist who began his studies as a young boy in Ecuador. He developed his orchestral experiences in the Guayaquil Youth Symphony, with which he toured the country to major cities such as Quito. After arriving in the U.S., he began studying with Cornelia Watkins in the Shepherd School of Music’s preparatory program, which provided him numerous opportunities perform in various recitals and masterclasses. In 2017, Samuel co-founded the Lauremille String Quartet through which he found great success within the Houston musical community after winning the Houston Young Artists’ Concert competition. During his undergrad at the University of Houston, Samuel studied with Vagram Saradjian and performed in masterclasses with the likes of Christopher French and Deborah Pae. In 2022, Samuel completed his B.M. in Cello Performance and is now pursuing a Masters degree under the tutelage of Dr. Eunghee Cho.