A Taiwanese-Canadian musician, Ann Chen is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Music at the University of Southern California. Ann is a pianist, mezzo-soprano, and conductor. While she was the artistic director of Essonance Chamber Choir from 2013 to 2014, the choir received the runner-up Honourable Barbara A. Hagerman Award at Performing Arts British Columbia Provincial Festival. In Canada, Ann taught in the Vancouver public schools as a choral specialist and served as Choirmaster of St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church for eight years. In L.A., She has been the assistant conductor at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. At USC, she was the conductor of Apollo Chorus, University Chorus and is currently the artistic director of Exilio. Ann was selected to conduct in the Toronto Mendelssohn Choral Conductors’ Symposium, Taipei International Choral Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Choral Festival, and competed in the 2nd Romano Gandolfi International Competition for Choral Conductor. In 2024, she was selected as one of the Voces8 US Scholars and the Spire Chamber Choral Conducting Fellow. She is grateful to be serving as the music director of Bay Shore Congregational Church at Long Beach.
Degrees:
Master of Music in Choral Music, University of Southern California (L.A., USA), 2023
Bachelor of Education, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), 2014
Bachelor of Music, U.B.C., 2013