Dr. Lucy Chen is an award-winning soloist and collaborative pianist, working with numerous professional musicians in the United States, Singapore and China. In December 2014, Dr. Chen was featured as a soloist at the Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Highlights of Dr. Chen’s past engagements include, performances at the MTNA conference in Oberlin Conservatory, the Boston Athenaeum, the Liszt Bicentennial Celebration at the Boston Tsai Performance Center, and the Spring of Shanghai Concert Series at the He Lu Ding Concert Hall in Shanghai, China.
As an advocate for the collaborative arts and the winner of the Boston University Arts Initiative Grant, Dr. Chen organized and performed collaborative projects that highlights the equilibrium between music and poetry. In addition, Dr. Chen is the winner of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Ren-Min Scholarship from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Dean’s Scholarship from the University of Florida, and the College of Fine Arts Scholarship from Boston University.
As an educator, Lucy Chen has taught piano from preparatory to college level students. Dr. Chen served as the Piano Class Instructor at Boston University and the University of Florida, as well as at the Yamaha Corporate Music School of Boston. Moreover, Dr. Chen's students have won numerous national and international competitions, as well as awards including the American Protégé International Piano Competition, the Bay State Competition (MMTA), the Royal Conservatory Of Music Development Program Award, and the Distinction Award (ABRSM), earning them opportunities to perform at prestigious locations such as Carnegie Hall in New York City. In both 2010 and 2013, Dr. Chen was featured by the Boston Epoch Times as an outstanding music educator.
Dr. Chen received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from Boston University. As a firm believer in the comprehensive music approach, she founded the Keys on Parade group piano program, a quality, tuition-free group piano program serving underrepresented students in the Jacksonville urban core. Dr. Lucy Chen currently serves as the chair of the Music Department at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida.
As an advocate for the collaborative arts and the winner of the Boston University Arts Initiative Grant, Dr. Chen organized and performed collaborative projects that highlights the equilibrium between music and poetry. In addition, Dr. Chen is the winner of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Ren-Min Scholarship from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Dean’s Scholarship from the University of Florida, and the College of Fine Arts Scholarship from Boston University.
As an educator, Lucy Chen has taught piano from preparatory to college level students. Dr. Chen served as the Piano Class Instructor at Boston University and the University of Florida, as well as at the Yamaha Corporate Music School of Boston. Moreover, Dr. Chen's students have won numerous national and international competitions, as well as awards including the American Protégé International Piano Competition, the Bay State Competition (MMTA), the Royal Conservatory Of Music Development Program Award, and the Distinction Award (ABRSM), earning them opportunities to perform at prestigious locations such as Carnegie Hall in New York City. In both 2010 and 2013, Dr. Chen was featured by the Boston Epoch Times as an outstanding music educator.
Dr. Chen received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from Boston University. As a firm believer in the comprehensive music approach, she founded the Keys on Parade group piano program, a quality, tuition-free group piano program serving underrepresented students in the Jacksonville urban core. Dr. Lucy Chen currently serves as the chair of the Music Department at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida.
