Performaces, Awards and Other Activities

Susan Chan, pianist.  Photo by Robert HubnerPerformances

2009

  • Concerto performance: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 19 with Sunnside Symphony Orchestra, T. Hatton conducting, Portland, Oregon
  • Solo Recital, First Thursday Series, Sherman Clay Moe’s Pianos, Portland
  • Portland Chinese Classical Garden, Tuesday by Twilight concert
  • University of Colorado at Boulder

2008

  • Concerto performance: Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K 488 with Dnepropetrovsk State Philharmonic, Sergiy Golubnychyi conducting, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
  • Solo Recital, Steinway Hall, London, UK
  • Solo Recital, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Solo Recital, Sherman Clay/Moe’s Pianos, Seattle, Washington
  • Solo Recital, Hood River, Mid-Columbia Chapter of OMTA, Oregon
  • Concerto performance: Poulenc Double Piano Concerto with PSU Orchestra, K. Selden conducting, Lincoln Performance Hall
  • Solo Recital, Classic Pianos, Portland, Oregon
  • Solo Recital, Centre College, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Solo Recital, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky

2007

  • Solo Recital, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York
  • Solo Recital, The Nave, London, UK
  • Solo Recital, First Sunday at the Commons Series, Bainbridge Island, Washington
  • Solo Recital, Pullman Presbyterian Church, Pullman, Washington
  • Solo Recital, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, North Carolina
  • Solo Recital, Concert Series, Bainbridge Island Commons, Bainbridge Island, Washington
  • Solo Recital, The Seasons, Yakima, Washington
  • Solo Recitals, Bethany Presbyterian Church, Portland

Community Service Oriented Performances (ongoing)

  • Rose Schnitzer Manor at Cedar Sinai Park, Beaverton
  • Waterford at Fairway Village, Vancouver, WA
  • OHSU Children’s Hospital
  • Robison Jewish Home, Portland, Oregon
  • Mary’s Woods Retirement Home, Lake Oswego, Oregon

Conference presentations

2009

  • EPTA World Piano Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia. A Multimedia Performance of Selected Piano Works by Contemporary Chinese Composers Doming Lam, Tan Dun and Alexina Louie. Lecture recital presented.
  • OMTA State Conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2009. A Multimedia Performance of Selected Piano Works by Contemporary Chinese Composers Doming Lam, Tan Dun and Alexina Louie. Lecture recital to be presented.
  • Hawaii International Conferences on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, 2009. A Multimedia Performance of Selected Piano Works by Contemporary Chinese Composers Doming Lam, Tan Dun and Alexina Louie. Lecture recital presented. Paper published in proceedings.

2008

  • Continuums of Service (Service-Learning) Regional Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2008. Music Service Learning: A Powerful Tool of Transformation. Paper presented.

2007

  • Hawaii International Conferences on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, 2007. Morimur and Beyond: A Multimedia Performance of Bach/Busoni’s Chaconne in D Minor. Lecture recital presented. Paper published in proceedings.
  • College Music Society National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2007. An East-West Encounter in Contemporary Chinese Piano Music. Lecture recital presented.
  • College Music Society National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2007. Music Service-Learning: A Powerful Tool of Transformation. Paper presented.

Awards

  • Biographical listing in Marquis Who’s Who of American Women 2008-2009, New Providence,
    New Jersey
  • Biographical listing in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, UK (2002)
  • Biographical entry in 2000 Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, UK (2002)
  • College Music Society Community Engagement Grant (2007)
  • PSU Internationalization Award
  • PSU Faculty Enhancement Award
  • PSU Civic Engagement Award
  • PSU The Provost’s PSU Foundation Faculty Development Award
  • PSU Faculty Professional Travel Grant Award
  • PSU Mini-grant Award “Faculty Development Series to Enhance Civic Learning Outcomes in Courses”

Adjudications

2008

  • MTNA Piano Competition, Washington state, Des Moines, Washington
  • OFMC Piano Scholarship Competition, Portland, Oregon

2007

  • MTNA Outstanding Artist Piano Competition, Washington state, Cheney, Washington
  • Eastside Competition, Bellevue, Washington

2006

  • Performing Arts Festival of the Eastside, Bellevue, Washington
  • MTNA Piano Competition, Washington state, Spokane, Washington