ABOUT
PEI-CHEN CHEN
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The Taiwanese-Canadian pianist Pei-Chen Chen has received numerous awards throughout North America and Asia as a solo pianist, chamber musician, piano educator, and researcher. Her debut was at the age of fifteen with the Hsin-Tien Symphony Orchestra, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5. Pei-Chen is an enthusiastic soloist and is equally passionate about chamber music as well.
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As an active performer, she has held many recitals and chamber music concerts in Taiwan and Canada. She recently co-founded Bella Duo with flutist Sarah Pollard. She is also a founding member of LeeChen Piano Duo with pianist Yoonjee Lee. LeeChen won Second Prize and Best Performance of the Required Work at the 2018 North West International Piano Ensemble Competition, Honourable Mention at the 2018 Ohio International Piano Duet & Duo Competition, and Third Prize at the 2018 United States International Duo Piano Competition.
As a piano educator, she is the Teacher Trainer in the Piano Pedagogy Program at the University of Toronto (U of T), leading the training of new teachers. She has also taught the Piano Skills for Professional Musicians and Teachers course at U of T. In addition to her roles at U of T, Pei-Chen owns a private piano studio in Toronto. Her students have received outstanding results from the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) examinations and have won many national and international competitions. Since 2016, Pei-Chen has actively trained in Dalcroze Eurhythmics and has been applying this unique approach to her teaching and research. She was recently awarded the Mitacs Globalink Research Award and a Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship through the Government of Canada for her research: Off the Bench, Sing and Play: Lived Experiences in Dalcroze-Inspired Piano Lessons for Amateur Adults.
Outside of academia, Pei-Chen is also involved in various music organizations and passionate about community outreach and volunteer works. She is a certified piano teacher of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association and RCM, and is an active adjudicator for RCM examinations. Over the past 10 years, she has also been providing concerts, master classes, volunteer mentorship, and adjudication for competitions at various community venues and music festivals. As the President of the U of T Piano Pedagogy Student Group, Pei-Chen organizes different opportunities for piano pedagogy students to explore various teaching experiences through workshops, master class exchanges, and student recitals.
Pei-Chen received her Master's degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from U of T and the Advanced Certificate in Early Childhood Music Education through RCM. Pei-Chen is a DMA Candidate under the tutelage of Dr. James Parker and Dr. Midori Koga.
(As of 2021 June)
As a piano educator, she is the Teacher Trainer in the Piano Pedagogy Program at the University of Toronto (U of T), leading the training of new teachers. She has also taught the Piano Skills for Professional Musicians and Teachers course at U of T. In addition to her roles at U of T, Pei-Chen owns a private piano studio in Toronto. Her students have received outstanding results from the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) examinations and have won many national and international competitions. Since 2016, Pei-Chen has actively trained in Dalcroze Eurhythmics and has been applying this unique approach to her teaching and research. She was recently awarded the Mitacs Globalink Research Award and a Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship through the Government of Canada for her research: Off the Bench, Sing and Play: Lived Experiences in Dalcroze-Inspired Piano Lessons for Amateur Adults.
Outside of academia, Pei-Chen is also involved in various music organizations and passionate about community outreach and volunteer works. She is a certified piano teacher of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association and RCM, and is an active adjudicator for RCM examinations. Over the past 10 years, she has also been providing concerts, master classes, volunteer mentorship, and adjudication for competitions at various community venues and music festivals. As the President of the U of T Piano Pedagogy Student Group, Pei-Chen organizes different opportunities for piano pedagogy students to explore various teaching experiences through workshops, master class exchanges, and student recitals.
Pei-Chen received her Master's degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from U of T and the Advanced Certificate in Early Childhood Music Education through RCM. Pei-Chen is a DMA Candidate under the tutelage of Dr. James Parker and Dr. Midori Koga.
(As of 2021 June)
