Lena (Huizhou) Yang is an intern for the 2023 Eighth Blackbird summer cohort, and Lena is mainly in charge of stage management during the music festival. Lena is currently a rising senior, studying Musical Studies and Cognitive Science at Oberlin College and Conservatory. Coming from Shanghai, China, Lena has rich music management internship experiences in Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall and Shanghai Classical FM 94.7. After coming to Oberlin, Lena has participated in behind scenes, research and performances activities. She was a member of the Contemporary Opera Dramaturgy Team in the 2022 winter. As an accordionist, Lena has been active in ensembles in Oberlin, including Performing Silent Film Scores and Oberlin Creative Music Lab. Besides being an active concert participant, Lena has also been active in music research works. She was one of the Office of Undergraduate Research(OUR) Featured Researchers in 2022-23: Lena did the musicology research on the contemporary opera Two Boys under her faculty mentor Professor James O’Leary.