Brian Yue

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Volleyball, basketball, music, and photography: what I do away from engineering.

01 · 12 photos

Volleyball

I play, and I've coached it: first as an assistant for the middle school boys' and girls' teams at Tsinghua International School in Beijing, then as head coach of the girls' team in my senior year.

Coaching →
Brian Yue, number 24, holding a volleyball before serving, against a red wall.
Ready to serve, #24
Brian Yue, number 15 in black, jumping to hit the ball at the net while teammates watch.
Attack at the net, #15
Brian Yue, number 24, leaping at the net to block, photographed from a low angle against a red wall.
Up for the block, #24
Brian Yue, number 15, tossing the ball high for a jump serve in a tournament gym.
Jump serve, #15
Brian Yue, number 15, tossing the volleyball for a serve, eyes on the ball.
Serve toss, #15
Brian Yue, number 15, crouched in ready position holding a volleyball.
Ready to receive, #15
Brian Yue in a white jersey and number 24 shorts, mid-serve on an indoor court.
Serving in the white kit, #24
Brian Yue, number 24, at the net between points.
Between points, #24
Brian Yue in a white shirt and black shorts in the air, arm cocked to spike the ball at the net in the Tsinghua Spartans gym.
Going up for a spike in the Tsinghua gym
A teammate sets the ball while Brian Yue, in a white shirt with a black arm sleeve, runs in for the attack.
Starting my approach as the set goes up
Brian Yue tossing the ball for a serve under the Spartans banner in the Tsinghua gym.
Serving in the home gym
Brian Yue in a white shirt and black #24 shorts holding a volleyball near the baseline under a basketball hoop.
Ball in hand before a serve, #24

02 · 3 photos

Basketball

I play, and I coached the middle school girls' team at Tsinghua International School, first as an assistant and then as head coach in my senior year.

Coaching →
A Spartans player in black driving to the basket for a layup against defenders in light blue.
Layup
Brian Yue, number 24 in black, contesting a shot at the rim against a defender in light blue.
Contesting at the rim, #24
The Spartans basketball team posing on the court with their coach; Brian Yue, number 24, stands at the left.
The Spartans. I'm #24, standing at left

03 · 11 photos

Music

I play trombone in the Duke University Marching Band. In high school I played in concert, pop, and jazz ensembles.

Close-up of Brian Yue, in sunglasses and a white Duke band cap and uniform, playing trombone against a background of green trees.
Playing trombone with the Duke University Marching Band
Brian Yue, in sunglasses and a white Duke band cap, playing trombone while marching with the Duke University Marching Band on the field at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Playing trombone on the field at Wallace Wade Stadium
Brian Yue, in glasses and the Duke band uniform, smiling and holding his trombone up in the stands during a night game.
Under the lights at a night game
Brian Yue, in sunglasses and a white Duke cap, playing trombone in the stands with the band in blue shirts and black overalls.
Playing in the stands at a day game
Seven Duke University Marching Band trombonists in uniform standing in a row with their trombones; Brian Yue, in sunglasses, is second from left.
The trombone section. I'm second from left.
Brian Yue, in glasses, raising a fist and carrying his trombone as the Duke University Marching Band files off the field at night.
Heading off the field at a night game
Brian Yue, in glasses and a white Duke band cap, smiling at the camera in the stands with fellow trombonists behind him under the stadium lights.
With the trombones in the stands
Brian Yue, in glasses and a white Duke band cap, laughing among band members in uniform on the field.
Mid-laugh with the band on the field
Brian Yue in the Duke marching band uniform, white cap and sunglasses, carrying his trombone past the stands with bandmates.
Marching in with the trombone at a day game
Brian Yue smiling in his blue and white striped pep band shirt in front of a bonfire on Duke's campus at night, sparks rising and Duke Chapel lit up behind him.
Bench burning on the quad after a Duke–UNC win. I played that game in the pep band.
Brian Yue, in sunglasses, with the Duke University Marching Band in white and blue uniforms on the field before a football game.
Pregame with the Duke University Marching BandSep 2025

04 · 10 photos

Photography

Architecture, light, and people, mostly shot on a Canon DSLR. This first set is from Beijing, most of it at the Forbidden City. Everyone pictured agreed to be photographed.

Silhouette of a curved palace roof edge lined with small guardian figures against an orange evening sky.
Roof guardians at dusk
Golden-tiled palace hall with a blue name plaque and painted eaves under a clear blue sky.
Painted eaves
The tiered corner tower of the Forbidden City in silhouette against a golden sunset.
Corner tower at sunset
Close-up of a carved glazed ornament at the end of a roof ridge against blue sky.
Glazed ridge ornament
A carved white marble ramp in raking light leading up to a palace hall under blue sky.
Carved marble way
A pyramidal golden-tiled roof topped with a gilded ball finial against deep blue sky.
Golden roof, blue sky
A woman in Qing-style dress and a floral headdress stands in front of the Forbidden City corner tower in late-afternoon light.
By the corner tower
A woman in Qing-style dress holding a round fan leans against a red lacquered pillar in low sun.
Against the red pillars
A woman in a white fur-trimmed cloak and blue headdress flowers stands beside a red palace wall, eyes lowered.
White cloak, red wall
A street vendor smiling behind a bundle of glazed candied-fruit skewers lit warm against a blue night.
Candied fruit after dark