Chinese Student at OCMS

Wei Zhen, a 12-year old 7th grader at Owensboro Catholic Middle School, received a standing ovation from students and others in attendance at a recent performance after a school OCMS Mass in Immaculate Church.

He has been studying piano for 9 years, and met Dr. Diane Earle at Shanghai Conservatory. Wei Zhen was a student in the preparatory department, and Earle came to Shanghai Conservatory in 2009 to perform and teach. Wei Zhen then decided to come to America to study piano, and he and his mother moved here this past August. He plans to stay in Owensboro for two years then audition for a music conservatory for high school.