Recent News
2025/01/20
Pei-Chen and her colleagues, Dr. Thomas Swenson and Dr. Yeeseon Kwon, from the NCKP Teaching Adults Committee, will present a panel discussion titled From Their Mouths to Our Ears: Let’s Hear it Directly from Adult Piano Students at the 2025 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, USA.
2025/01/17
Pei-Chen and the Being Music committee of Dalcroze Canada are working on a special edition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dalcroze Canada's incorporation in 2015. The publication will be released at the Dalcroze Montreal Summer Training in July 2025.
Being Music is an exclusive journal for members. Become a member at https://dalcrozecanada.com/.
2024/09/16
UTNMF | Chamber Music Concert: Bedford Trio & Sirius Duo
The Sirius Duo, Pei-Chen and Mengjie, have been invited to perform a joint concert with the Bedford Trio at the University of Toronto's New Music Festival in Walter Hall on February 2, 2025. Under the theme Sound World, the Sirius Duo will present works by David Lang, Alexina Louie, Ching-Yu Hsiau, and Nancy Galbraith.
2024/06/29
Pei-Chen has now joined the Committee on Teaching Adults for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy.
2024/07/12
Melbourne, Australia“Northern Lights: Navigating Canada’s Landscape through Pedagogical Piano Duet” Piano Duo lecture-recital at the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference 2024.
2024/ 07/11
Melbourne, Australia
"Exploring Artistic Expression through One-Handed Piano Pedagogical Repertoire" Piano solo lecture-recital at the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference 2024.
2024/05/05, 26
“Rhapsody Routes: A Piano World Tour” Piano Duo recitals at the Steinway Piano Gallery Toronto and Piano Bolduc, Montreal, Canada. Works by George Gershwin, Franz Liszt, Christopher Healey, Huang Huang, and An-Lun Huang
Grab your tickets and more info here!
2024/04/27-29, 05/11
Pei-Chen will attend Sound Check! A Festival of Asian American Music, Sound, and Scholarship and present her research "Keys to a New Chapter: Chinese Immigrant Adults Learning Piano", organized by the Music of Asian American Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
2024/04/28
Pei-Chen will join the judge panel of the 39th Annual International Young Artist Piano Competition at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
2024/04/15
Article publication "Journey of Connection: Music, Body, and Collaboration in Banff (Part 1)” in Dalcroze Canada Being Music vol. 18, no. 1, April 2024.
2023/11
University of Toronto Piano Pedagogy x Enriched Program Workshop. Masterclass delivered at the University of Toronto for Merriam Music School.
2023/10/25
Webinar presentation "It’s Never Too Late—Lived Experiences of Amateur Adult Piano Learners" at Piano Inspires .
2023/09
Pei-Chen appointed as a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music.
2023/08
Online Lecture presentation “Off the Bench, Sing, And Play: The Results from Examining the Lived Experiences in Dalcroze-Inspired Piano Lessons for Amateur Adults” at the 6th International Conference of Dalcroze Studies, USA.
2023/07
Lecture presentation "The Findings of Lived Experiences in Dalcroze-Inspired Piano Lessons for Amateur Adult” at 2023 Dalcroze Congrès, Institute Jaques- Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland.
2023/06
Online Lecture presentation “It’s Never Too Late - Lived Experiences of Amateur Adult Piano Learners” at National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy 2023, USA
2023/05
Published article “Five Things You Might Know About Career-aged Adult Piano Learners” in Piano Inspires, May 29, 2023.
2023/05
“Infinite Love” Piano Duo recitals with Dr. M. Xiong at Ecole de musique Vincent d’Indy, Outremont, Quebec, Canada and Remenyi House of Music, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2023/04
MUISC INSIDEOUT First Piano Masterclass and Festival. Masterclass delivered at the Remenyi House of Music
2023/01/13
Performance of Cecilia Livingston’s Over the Hill and Far Away and Through The Glass from Three Memories for Piano at the Banff Musicians in Residences Concert, Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB, Canada.
Pei-Chen and her colleagues, Dr. Thomas Swenson and Dr. Yeeseon Kwon, from the NCKP Teaching Adults Committee, will present a panel discussion titled From Their Mouths to Our Ears: Let’s Hear it Directly from Adult Piano Students at the 2025 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, USA.
2025/01/17
Pei-Chen and the Being Music committee of Dalcroze Canada are working on a special edition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dalcroze Canada's incorporation in 2015. The publication will be released at the Dalcroze Montreal Summer Training in July 2025.
Being Music is an exclusive journal for members. Become a member at https://dalcrozecanada.com/.
2024/09/16
UTNMF | Chamber Music Concert: Bedford Trio & Sirius Duo
The Sirius Duo, Pei-Chen and Mengjie, have been invited to perform a joint concert with the Bedford Trio at the University of Toronto's New Music Festival in Walter Hall on February 2, 2025. Under the theme Sound World, the Sirius Duo will present works by David Lang, Alexina Louie, Ching-Yu Hsiau, and Nancy Galbraith.
2024/06/29
Pei-Chen has now joined the Committee on Teaching Adults for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy.
2024/07/12
Melbourne, Australia“Northern Lights: Navigating Canada’s Landscape through Pedagogical Piano Duet” Piano Duo lecture-recital at the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference 2024.
2024/ 07/11
Melbourne, Australia
"Exploring Artistic Expression through One-Handed Piano Pedagogical Repertoire" Piano solo lecture-recital at the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference 2024.
2024/05/05, 26
“Rhapsody Routes: A Piano World Tour” Piano Duo recitals at the Steinway Piano Gallery Toronto and Piano Bolduc, Montreal, Canada. Works by George Gershwin, Franz Liszt, Christopher Healey, Huang Huang, and An-Lun Huang
Grab your tickets and more info here!
2024/04/27-29, 05/11
Pei-Chen will attend Sound Check! A Festival of Asian American Music, Sound, and Scholarship and present her research "Keys to a New Chapter: Chinese Immigrant Adults Learning Piano", organized by the Music of Asian American Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
2024/04/28
Pei-Chen will join the judge panel of the 39th Annual International Young Artist Piano Competition at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
2024/04/15
Article publication "Journey of Connection: Music, Body, and Collaboration in Banff (Part 1)” in Dalcroze Canada Being Music vol. 18, no. 1, April 2024.
2023/11
University of Toronto Piano Pedagogy x Enriched Program Workshop. Masterclass delivered at the University of Toronto for Merriam Music School.
2023/10/25
Webinar presentation "It’s Never Too Late—Lived Experiences of Amateur Adult Piano Learners" at Piano Inspires .
2023/09
Pei-Chen appointed as a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music.
2023/08
Online Lecture presentation “Off the Bench, Sing, And Play: The Results from Examining the Lived Experiences in Dalcroze-Inspired Piano Lessons for Amateur Adults” at the 6th International Conference of Dalcroze Studies, USA.
2023/07
Lecture presentation "The Findings of Lived Experiences in Dalcroze-Inspired Piano Lessons for Amateur Adult” at 2023 Dalcroze Congrès, Institute Jaques- Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland.
2023/06
Online Lecture presentation “It’s Never Too Late - Lived Experiences of Amateur Adult Piano Learners” at National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy 2023, USA
2023/05
Published article “Five Things You Might Know About Career-aged Adult Piano Learners” in Piano Inspires, May 29, 2023.
2023/05
“Infinite Love” Piano Duo recitals with Dr. M. Xiong at Ecole de musique Vincent d’Indy, Outremont, Quebec, Canada and Remenyi House of Music, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2023/04
MUISC INSIDEOUT First Piano Masterclass and Festival. Masterclass delivered at the Remenyi House of Music
2023/01/13
Performance of Cecilia Livingston’s Over the Hill and Far Away and Through The Glass from Three Memories for Piano at the Banff Musicians in Residences Concert, Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB, Canada.