Mr. Yinfeng Keynes Chen, received his Master of Music degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder (specialized in chamber music study under the guidance of the renowned Tackács String Quartet, and members of the Hungarian String Quartet, the Manhattan String Quartet, and the Cavani String Quartet) He’s an award-winning musician, an active concert violinist, conductor, and music educator. Currently, Mr. Chen holds positions as NHS’ Orchestra Director since January 2019 and NHS’ Mariachi Director since the fall of 2020; a violin faculty, and a Chamber Ensemble Coach at the Flatirons Strings Academy in Boulder, Colorado since 2005.

Throughout Mr. Chen’s musical career thus far, he has held many impressive positions such as the Music Director of the Longmont Youth Symphony from 2007-2025; the Concertmaster of the Boulder Symphony from 2012-2024; Co-Executive Director and Co-Artistic Director at the, “A Mid-Summer Day’s Dream” summer music camp from 2004-2015; Artistic Director and Chamber Music Director of the Boulder Youth Symphony for five years; Conductor of the Colorado Youth Symphony’s Philharmonia Orchestra for five years; Conductor of the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra for one year; principal violin instructor at the Englewood Arts for Three years. 

In addition, Mr. Chen was invited during the summer of 2010 to conduct chamber music master classes at the prestigious China Central Music Conservator, China Music Conservatory in Beijing, China, as well as the South-China Normal University in. Guangzhou, China.  Since then, Mr. Chen has been frequently invited to conduct lectures and masterclasses in various music institutions and schools mostly in Guangzhou and Sichuan provinces in China. Since 2017, Singapore has been added to this list as well after Mr. Chen had the chance to work and coach the violin prodigy and rising violin super-star, Chloe Chua, right before she won 1st place in the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin International Competition in 2018.

Mr. Chen has received many prestigious titles and awards throughout his musical and educational career.  He was awarded as Niwot High School’s Teacher Of The Year in 2025; 2nd Runner-Up of the U.S. National Orchestra Championship, “The Orchestra Cup”, in 2025 at the Lincoln Center, New York City with his Niwot High School Symphony Orchestra; the Artist of the Year of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Multicultural Awards in the Front Range area in 2016; First Prize winner in the 2002 Bruce Ekstrand Music Competition and its Audience’s Award with his former quartet - the Nacht Quartet; Performance Teaching Assistant at CU Boulder; winner of both the State and Regional division of the Music Teachers' National Association Music Competition in 2001; First Prize winner of University of Colorado’s Concerto Competition in 2000; and the recipient of the Denés Korómzay Chamber Music Award in 1999.

Beside his passion in music and education, Mr. Chen loves culinary art, movie, martial arts, spending time with family, and the great outdoors especially when it is fly-fishing, snowboarding, and mushroom foraging.