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  • Li-Chen Hwang

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    hwangl@newschool.edu

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    Li-Chen Hwang

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    Dr. Hwang is an active piano teacher and consultant in New York City.  She frequently judges in competitions and festivals in New York and New Jersey area.  Many of her young students have earned high honors in different piano competitions such as Young Artist Piano Showcase, New York Music Competition, Concert Festival, American Protége International Competitions, Buono and Brashaw International Piano Competition, Rondo Young Artist Festival, NYSSMA, and ACMA music festivals.  In 1997, Dr. Hwang was named as one of most distinguished piano teachers in New York City by New York Magazine.  Since 1999, she continues to be aired on Lifetime Television Network as a "Real Musician" in its "Real Women" profiles.  As an advocate for music education, she was interviewed and contributed articles on studying piano for Parents’ Guide in New York Yellow Pages (Ambassador Publishing) and has given pedagogy talks to parents and teachers in the New York and New Jersey areas.  

    Dr. Hwang studied piano with Roman Rudnytsky, Robert E. Hopkins, and Kwong Kwong Tung; composition with Robert Rollin; piano pedagogy with Robert Pace; and Suzuki method training with Carol Biggler and Mary Craig Powell.  She has served many terms as Co-Liaison for the Piano Department and is currently serving as Liaison for the Program for the Very Young.  Dr. Hwang was a formal faculty at Diller-Quaile School of Music, the 92nd Street Y and Si-Yo Music Society.  She has joined Mannes Prep since 1991.


    Degrees Held

    Ed. D., Ed. M., Teacher’s College, Columbia University; M. S., Columbia University; B. A. Youngstown State University, B. A. National Taiwan Central University.  


    Awards And Honors

    Recipient of Faculty and Curriculum Development Grant, The New School; Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education; Winner of Ohio State Composition Competition; Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society; American Collegiate Music Award


    Current Courses

    Lesson 1 hour
    RAML 0300, Fall 2024

    Lesson 1/2 hour
    RAML 0350, Fall 2024

    Lesson 3/4 hour
    RAML 0325, Fall 2024

    Preparatory Instruction
    RAML 0001, Fall 2024

    Future Courses

    Lesson 1 hour
    RAML 0300, Spring 2025

    Lesson 1/2 hour
    RAML 0350, Spring 2025

    Lesson 3/4 hour
    RAML 0325, Spring 2025

    Past Courses

    Lesson 1 hour
    RAML 0300, Spring 2024

    Lesson 1/2 hour
    RAML 0350, Spring 2024

    Lesson 3/4 hour
    RAML 0325, Spring 2024

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