Dr. Shaohong “Betty” Yuan has served as the viola faculty at Oklahoma City University since the fall of 2019. As a scholar, Dr. Yuan had held several open lecture-recitals and masterclasses nationally and internationally in recent years. These include a Summer 2018 lecture-recital series on her doctoral research and performance analysis document at Renmin University of China and Beijing Normal University; an open master class under the invitation of the Beijing Normal University Strings Association in early 2019; and an academic lecture on traditional Chinese music at the University of Oklahoma. This summer, she served as a string coach at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.

As an active performer, Dr. Yuan is a member of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic since 2012. Before that, she played in the Central Opera Theatre Symphony Orchestra, the Chinese Opera Theatre Symphony Orchestra, the Chinese Film Orchestra, and the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in venues such as Beijing’s Bird's Nest stadium, the National Grand Theatre, the Beijing Concert Hall, and the National Assembly Hall.