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Amanda Hsu (許惠敏)

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Amanda Hsu (許惠敏)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Amanda Hsu
  • Chinese: 許惠敏
  • Era: —
  • Geography: Taiwan
  • Core roles: journalist
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Amanda H.M. Chen (Conductor). Amanda Chen holds a BS degree in Political Science from the National Taiwan University. An avid choral singer since the tender age of five, she joined the National Taiwan University Chorus in her freshman year and served as its conductor/assistant music director by her senior year. It was there that she received private coaching from Prof. Jin-Chuan Dai, a renowned conductor/composer in Taiwan. Since moving to the Greater Washington D.C. area in 1986, Ms. Hsu has been active in various local music communities. She co-founded Haitien Chorus in 1989 and served as its conductor for many terms. She was a faculty member of Glorystar Children’s Chorus from 1996 to 2003 and served as the coach for its Training choir for 3 years. Ms. Hsu is a professional journalist, presently serving as the lead Journalist of the D.C. News Division of the World Journal, the most popular Chinese language newspaper in the US.

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — B.S., Political Science
  • Univ. of Maryland — M.S., Journalism

Employment

  • Haitien Chorus — Conductor — (1989-) — Glorystar Children’s Chorus — Coach — (1996-2003) — World Journal — Journalist — (1997-2015) — National Taiwan University Chorus — Conductor / Assistant Music Director — Haitien Chorus (海天合唱團) — Co-founder and Conductor — (1989-) — Glorystar Children’s Chorus (華府榮星兒童合唱團) — Faculty Member / Assistant Artistic Director / Training Choir Coach — (1996-2003) — World Journal (北美世界日報) — Journalist / Lead Journalist, D.C. News Division — (1997-2015) — Greater Washington D.C. area (freelance) — Freelance Journalist — (2015-) — Community — American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) — Member / Workshop participant; participated in Greater Washington D.C. Honor Chorus under John Rutter (2008) — ACDA Greater Washington D.C. Honor Chorus — Participant under John Rutter (2008)

Career (from cited TAH tables)

  • NTU Chorus (台大合唱團) — Conductor / Assistant Music Director; privately coached by Prof. Jin-Chuan Dai (戴金泉)
  • 1986 — Moved to Greater Washington D.C. area; active in local music communities
  • 1989- — Co-founder & conductor, Haitien Chorus (海天合唱團) (many terms)
  • 1996-2003 — Faculty, Glorystar Children’s Chorus (華府榮星兒童合唱團); Assistant Artistic Director; Training choir coach 3 years
  • 1997-2015 — World Journal (北美世界日報) — Journalist, then Lead Journalist, D.C. News Division
  • 2008 — Participant, ACDA Greater Washington D.C. Honor Chorus under John Rutter
  • 2015- — Freelance journalist, Greater Washington D.C. area

Family

Sources

Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-10)

  • The vault holds two TAH encyclopedia records under different bylines: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1707-amanda-hsu||Who’s Who #1707 “Amanda Hsu”]] (journalist) and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician407||#407 “Amanda Chen, conductor” (06/2017)]] — one person: NTU Political Science BS, Univ. of Maryland Journalism MS, married to |陳治煌.
  • Timeline absorbed from the cited tables: moved to Greater Washington D.C. 1986 → co-founded 海天合唱團 1989 (conductor, many terms) → 華府榮星兒童合唱團 faculty 1996–2003 (Training choir coach 3 years) → 北美世界日報 D.C. News Division lead journalist 1997–2015 → freelance from 2015; community highlight: ACDA Greater D.C. Honor Chorus under John Rutter, 2008.
  • 2026-09-11 re-check: no vault pages exist for Haitien Chorus, Glorystar Children’s Chorus, World Journal, ACDA, or Prof. Jin-Chuan Dai (戴金泉), so no further wikilinks were added under the deepen protocol; everything already present in the cited TAH tables is absorbed above.

Role in the Community (2026-10-10 corpus pass)

  • Cross-reference from the Greater D.C. choral circle: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/36-butterfly-chong-e5-bc-b5-e7-bf-a0-e8-9d-b6-choral-conductor|| TAH #36 Butterfly Chong 張翠蝶, choral conductor]] records that Butterfly Chong conducted the Haitien chorus for two years starting 2000 and later directed the Gloria Star children’s choir — the same ensemble Amanda co-founded (海天合唱團, 1989) and taught at (華府榮星兒童合唱團, 1996–2003). Consistent with the TAH bio’s “conductor for many terms”; the two-year 2000 stint by |張翠蝶 suggests rotating/sequential tenures rather than a single continuous one. No date conflict to hold.

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