Verna Lim and Valdez Hill colloboration as a piano Duet team in 2007 and debuted together at All Saints Catholic Church on May 27, 2007. They later performed together at Maybeck Recital Hall on September 21, 2008. This fundrasing event was sponsored by Mr. Greg Moore from Maybeck Concerts.
This concert raised $2000,00 for AIDS/Lifecycle. The photos above are from the Maybeck Recital.

In 2008, Verna and Valdez continued their solo and duet performances during the San Franciso Bay Area 10 AIDS/Lifecycle Concerts Series and encore performance at Beth Eden Baptist Church on July 14, 2008 in Oakland CA. During this concert Verna and Valdez started performing under the name "Duo ViVo".
This performance rasied over $1,000.00 for the churches "Family Life Center".

Verna and Valdez look forward to the new concert series season in 2009 and expanding their duet repertoire. They are currently being coach as a Duo team by pianist and composer Mr. Davide Verotta. The AIDS/Lifecycle Concert Series raised $25,000.00 in 2007.

Recordings Available: AIDS/Lifecycle Concert Series 2008 (Concert Hightlights and Performances, Disks 1-4), Beth Eden Baptist Chuuch 2008 encore concert CD.

Biography:
Verna Lim received classical training from the age of 4 until 16 from Audrey Brown in Las Cruces, NM, who emphasized the context of musical expression through the histories of the pieces, the biographies of the composers, and the aesthetics of different periods. She performed with the Las Cruces Symphony orchestra during that time, taught students of her own, and accompanied for various artists and choirs.

Verna continued her studies at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Catherine Kautsky during her college years. She continued to give lessons to adults and children, adapting curriculum to individual learning styles.

Verna is currently building a program to coach youth in musical storytelling, using multimedia means of self-expression, and emphasizing life-lessons, goal-setting, self-reflection and personal accountability as crucial elements of the organic curriculum. In her other life, she is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and former co-CEO of a video evaluation company to help foundations and non-profits understand their impact in the world.