Piano

Rebecca Chen

Rebecca Chen CSMA Music Teacher

Education and Background

Rebecca Chen loves both music and technology. After receiving her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, she worked as a software engineer for 3 years. However, as her love of music became stronger and it became self-evident her calling in life was to be a musician. She decided to quit her engineering job to pursue her music study. She received her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Literature and a Performance Certificate in honor of an outstanding performance from Eastman School of Music.

During Rebecca’s graduate study, she gave piano classes and private piano lessons to the undergraduate music major students at Eastman School of Music. After she graduated from Eastman, she moved back to the Bay Area and started her full-time piano teaching career. In addition to teaching piano, she enjoys playing music with other musicians. She was the piano accompanist of the Chancel Choir in the West Valley Presbyterian Church in Cupertino for 6 years.

Teaching Philosophy

Rebecca has a great passion for piano and would like her students to have the same appreciation for it. She believes that music is for everyone and that everyone is unique so she adjusts her teaching method to meet the needs of every student. Her goal is to discover and nurture her students’ talents and love for music. With over 20 years of teaching experience, she is very good at working on music with both kids and adults. As a very friendly and patient teacher, she ensures her students enjoy learning piano from her.

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