Music & Arts Profile

AMELIA CHENG

Education • 1983 born in a music background family

• Playing piano since 5 yrs old, flute as minor

• 1993-2002: Educated by professional music education in Taiwan (special talented class)

• 2002- 2014: Continuously taught by master in Taiwan Hsiao, Su-Ying (Dr. in Taipei National University of Arts )

&Fan Chiang, Yi (Dr. in Taipei National University of Arts )

(Both are German Curriculum trained)

Dissertation • MA International Public Relations, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

• “Reaching Audiences”: Case Study of Welsh National Opera and National Theatre and Concert Hall, Taiwan

Features

• Good networking with stage artists including NSO (National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan)

(Taught by Ting-Yu Wu, concert master of

NSO ) & government institutions, sponsorship,

NGO, foundation…etc.

http://nso.npac-ntch.org/members/index/id/1/titleid/1

• Good networking & Integration skills with various performers in different music background. (e.g. Street artists, folk music, pop, jazz, rock…etc.)

Achievement • Award winning first prize, Taipei

County music contest 1995

• Award winning third prize, Rotary Award in Taiwan

• Award winning 2nd prize, accompanist for violin in Taiwan music contest 1996

• Award winning 3rd prize, accompanist for oboe in Taiwan music contest 1997

• Award winning, accompanist for chorus of Providence University 2003-2004

Piano competition with lovely students : 2014

2014 Summer Family Concert : 70ppl • 2014 summer, private family

concert : teaching appreciation of music, platform for students & adults learning music

• Concert Leader for ALL : including programmed plan, guest inviting, invitation, marketing promotion, poster design, teaching material

Aceltica : Scottish Pipe Band

• 2014 summer, invited to Scottish Pipe band (Aceltica) in Taichung Arts Festival

• 400ppl concert scale

Piano volunteer in hospitals

• 2014 entire year, piano volunteer in many hospitals, Taipei

Soup Mother—Rock band • 2014 summer, invited by a rock

band “Soup Mother” as a keyboard & flutist in Bar, Café, festival

Corporate Case/ Banquet/Boat Party

Volunteer concert

Corporate Case/ Banquet

Salon Concert / Community Concert Mother’s Day Concert

Flash Mob / Issue Raising campaign

NO Nuclear Power

More Arts of Me : Ballet

More Arts of Me : Folkdance

Specialty • Improvisation

• Perfect pitch

• Various cultural music appreciation (wide range of music tastes : ballet music, dance music, folk, rock, jazz….etc )

Vision • Music, involving with your soul, making you warm & sense of

belonging

• Inspired, brainstormed, by loads of performance, teaching, reading relevant sources and meeting new people in order to articulate our daily life and arts.

• Amelia's playground shares classic music, POP, jazz, folk music and dance music.

Contact / Links

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJMXIiouElBu8dOk_ui37g/videos

www.ameliamusicplayground.me

Amelia Cheng (Ying-Chen)

0435312852

ameliapianist@gmail.com

Amelia’s Music Playground