Dr. Song Lyu has performed as a soloist, showing her talents in oratorio, opera, and on the concert stage. She has been a guest artist with International Professional Piano Association, and Kansas City Chinese Association. Her stage performances include Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, The Second Knitter in Game of Chance, La Fortuna in L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw, among others. Her other performance experiences include solo soprano in the world premiere of Psalm Symphony, H.175 by Leo Sowerby, and the roles in scenes of Lakmé, La Traviata, La clemenza di Tito, Così fan Tutte, Lucia di Lammermoor, Into the Woods, Hansel and Gretel, etc. 

As a director, she was the president of KU Chamber and Vocal Music and produced academic chamber concerts which were considered “marvelous” by the faculties and students from the University of Kansas. Her latest successful production was presented by seventeen doctorates with the vocal and instrumental works by George Handel, Franz Schubert, Giuseppe Verdi, Camille Saint-saëns, Claude Debussy, Hector Berlioz, Benjamin Britten, Gabriel Fauré, Kurt Weill, and Astor Piazzolla. She also produced the “Singing in KC” Vocal Audition and KCCA Lunar New Year Gala, which were highly praised by the events organizer. As a teacher, she had served as a voice faculty and Undergraduate Coordinator at Urban Vocational College for three years before her pursuit of a Doctoral degree. She got her Doctoral of Music Arts Degree and Performance Certificate from the University of Kansas.