Musician / Piano teacher / Accompanist
Musiker / Piano lærer / Akkompagnatør
Profile
Jenny Chan came from Hong Kong, China. After she obtained her grade 8 piano and grade 8 theory exam certificate (ABRSM), she started teaching young kids in a piano studio in HK. She studied Piano Performance in HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education, where she obtained her Diploma. A few years later, she relocated to New York City, USA and completed her Bachelors in Music (Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College), Masters of Arts (Hunter College) and attained Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).
While living in New York, she was an official pianist at JP Orchestra, and worked as a piano teacher and professional accompianist. She has held numerous student piano recitals and helped students with their piano exams, such as ABRSM, Trinity College London and NYSSMA, theory exam, piano competitions and piano auditions for High School entrance exam. In 2016, she moved to Kristiansand, Norway and completed her Masters in Music at University of Agder in 2018. While teaching, she also performs as a soloist ond accompanist in different places such as Hong Kong, New York, Norway, Switzerland and Germany.
Her philosophy in music education is students should enjoy music and have fun playing the piano.
Jenny Chan kommer fra Hong Kong, Kina. Etter at hun mottok hennes nivå 8 piano og nivå 8 teorieksamen (ABRSM), begynte hun å lære unge barn piano i Hong Kong. Hun studerte Piano Performance i HKU skole for professionell og etterutdanning, hvor hun fikk sin Diplom. Noen få år senere flyttet hun til New York City, USA og fullførte hennes Bachelor i musikk (Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College), Masters of Arts (Hunter College) og fikk graden Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).
Da hun bodde i New York var hun en offisiell pianist hos JP Orchestra, og jobbet som en piano lærer og profesjonell akkompagnatør. Hun har holdt flere konserter for sine elever og har hjulpet de med deres eksamer, slik som ABRSM, Trinity College London og NYSSMA, teori eksamen, piano konkurranser og piano fremføring for inntakseksamen for High School.
Hennes filosofi innen musikkundervisning er at studentene skal glede seg over musikk og ha det gøy med å spille piano.
Education/ Utdannelse
Master of Music (Piano Performance) UiA, Norway
Master of Art (Piano Performance) Hunter College, New York
Bachelor of Music (Piano Performance) ACSM, Queens College, New York
Licentiate of The Royal Schools of Music, ABRSM, United Kingdom
Diploma Program in Music Performance (Piano) CUHK (CUSCS), Hong Kong
Awards/ Priser
Award in Music Senior Concentration (Examination with Distinction)
Award in the Academic with Dean’s List
The first prize of Piano Competition in St. Margaret’s Girls’ College
Merit Scholarship of Academic Achievement (Sing Tao Corporation)
Experiences
Solo Performance, Chamber music, Collobrative piano recitals in Hong Kong,
New York, Norway, Switzerland and Germany.
Organizer for annual student recital- Musical Moments (Hong Kong, New York and Norway)
Erfaringer
Solo fremføringer, kammermusikk, samarbeidende piano fremføringer i Hong Kong, New York, Norge, Sveits og Tyskland.
Arrangør for årlige elevfremføringer - Musikale øyeblikker (Hong Kong, New York og Norge.
Mini Compositions/
Mini Komposisjoner