JIAO Miao is a resident conductor of the China NCPA orchestra and a conductor of the China NCPA Youth Ensemble Orchestra. She studied under famous Chinese conductor Professor WU Lingfen at the Conducting Department of the China Conservatory of Music, and also received guidance from Mr. YAN Liangkun, a well-known conductor. In 2014 and 2015, she made an exchange visit to the USC Thornton School of Music and Los Angeles Opera on invitation.

As a resident conductor, JIAO Miao participates in making a schedule for more than 100 performances to be given throughout the year by the China NCPA Chorus. She serves as the chorus master in Chinese and foreign operas produced by the NCPA, including Xishi, Carmen, La Traviata, Turandot, Tosca, The Chinese Orphan, The Red Guards on Honghu Lake, A Village Teacher, Il barbiere di Siviglia, The Dawns Here Are Quiet, Visitors on the Snow Mountain, Rickshaw Boy, etc. She has planned and conducted a series of distinctively themed concerts, such as Listening to Golden Years, Wonderful Harmony, Love in Autumn, etc. JIAO Miao has served as a chorus master at lots of concerts given by famous conductors - she organised choral rehearsals for Verdi’s Requiem, presented by the NCPA in cooperation with Chung Myung-Whun, receiving high recognition and praise from the maestro; organised choral rehearsals for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor in a performance co-given by the NCPA and Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. In addition, JIAO Miao has accumulated rich experience in interpreting art choruses - she conducted the China NCPA Chorus in singing composer GUO Wenjing’s a cappella Echoes of Heaven and Earth, which was published on CD; conducted Jiangchengzi, a choral work composed by Mr. Qigang Chen. In recent years, JIAO Miao has served as a chorus master in a series of important performances including Enduring Memories of Hangzhou at the Opening Ceremony of the G20 Summit, A Millennium Promise at the “Belt and Road” Forum for International Cooperation, etc.

Meanwhile, JIAO Miao has planned and involved herself in 100 public-spirited performances given in a series of art popularisation and education activities organised by the NCPA; hosted lots of choral art salons rich in content and various in form, which are much liked by art lovers.

China NCPA Chorus was established on December 8, 2009. It is the resident chorus of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts. WU Lingfen, the famous conductor, serves as its chorus master. As the professional artistic performing group that belongs to the highest palace of performing arts in China, the chorus adheres to the NCPA’s guiding principle of "for the people, for art, for the world" and is recognized as a vigorous professional chorus with infinite potential.

As one of China’s leading choruses both in the opera and concert, the NCPA Chorus has participated in more than 60 Chinese and foreign operas produced by the NCPA such as Xishi, The Ballad of Canal, The Red Guards on Honghu Lake, Visitors on the Snow Mountain, FANG Zhimin, The Long March, The Daughter of the Party, Turandot, Carmen, La Traviata, Der Fliegende Holländer, and Aida. The chorus has also planned and performed in many large-scale vocal works and theme concerts including Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mahler’s Eighth Symphonies, Verdi’s Requiem, and Concert to Commemorate the 110^th Anniversary of HUANG Zi’s Birth, opera concerts such as William Tell, Don Juan and so on. By means of the concerts, the chorus have get high appraisals by the high artistic standard. The late conductor Lorin Maazel said, “It is a chorus of passion”; conductor Daniel Oren, who was excited after rehearsal, said, “This is the chorus that has the best sound I have ever heard. Young as they are, they are better than many of the choruses in Europe”; conductor Antonio Pappano said, “This is a youthful and passionate chorus that has been well trained to sound wonderful and harmonious”; the world famous tenor Domingo once said, “I am honoured to cooperate with these gifted young artists”.

In addition, they were invited to participate in the Opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games music recording, The National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference 2024 & 2025 New Year Tea Party Performance and other major national cultural activities. The chorus has actively demonstrated their mission and responsibility.

The NCPA Chorus has made unremitting efforts and continuous pursuit in art, and has accumulated a series of representative songs with distinctive artistic style like Take the Lead, The Moon Rises above the Island and so on. They have commissioned the creation and adaptation of The Sky-like Alashan, Crescent Moon and other works have been loved and widely praised by the audience.

The journey of music is full of beauty and joy. The NCPA Chorus has gone through a glorious history of 16 years. The artists of the chorus devote their most vigorous and dynamic youth to the cause of opera and chorus. Looking forward to a new journey, the NCPA Chorus will continue to sing without forgetting the original intention.