Lu-Hsuan Lucy Chen

Lyric Soprano Lu-Hsuan Lucy Chen is a native of Taiwan. She earned her B.A. from National Taiwan Normal University, her M.M. from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University, and her Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Maryland at College Park.

Ms. Chen was granted numerous honors and scholarships including the Peabody Scholarship, Berman Scholarship, GA and TA scholarships from UMCP. In Competitions, Ms. Chen won the Ulrich Competition of UMD for Graduate Voice Division in 1997, and the Taiwan Music Competition for Adult Voice Division in 1993. She garnered second prize from Taiwan Teacher’s Singing Competition in 1993, and Taiwanese French Song Competition in 1995. Ms. Chen was also a finalist from Asian International Vocal Competition in 1996 held in Malaysia.

Ms. Chen is often invited to perform in celebrations and concerts for local Taiwanese Societies. She also performed regularly with Friday Morning Music Club Concert Series. She was elected to perform as a soloist twice with the FMMC Choral and Orchestra. Her recent solo recitals include Music at Paint Branch concert series in 2013 in Silver Spring, Maryland, and a solo recital in her home town: I-Lan, Taiwan in July, 2016.

Currently she is an adjunct faculty at Howard Community College. She teaches the class: Music of East Asia in 2017 and teach the class Voice this semester. She maintains a music studio teaching piano and voice in Ellicott City, Maryland. Ms. Chen is a member of National Guild of Piano Teachers and National Association of Teachers of Singing.