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Cherie Jeng

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Cherie Jeng

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Cherie Jeng
  • Chinese: —
  • Era: Contemporary
  • Geography: Taiwan
  • Core roles: professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Mrs. Jeng is one of the founders and takes on the leading responsibility in teaching music for Glorystar Children’s Chorus. Born in Taiwan, Mrs. Jeng attended the Shih-Chien College as a piano major. After graduating, she became an accompanist and instructor of musicianship of the Taipei Rong-Shing Children’s Chorus. There she studied music education and choral training with Professor Chuang-Shien Lu. Professor Lu helped Mrs. Jeng develop strategies for inspiring children and developing their music potential. Mrs. Jeng received her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Since she moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1987, she has been active in the music community. She was the choir director of Our Lady of China Pastoral Mission for ten years and conducted the Hai-Tien Chorus for many seasons. Recently, she studied choral conducting with Dr. Jerry Blackstone and Rod Eichenberger, and was a guest conductor at the McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland. Recently, Mrs. Jeng was nominated for the 2009 County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities. Mrs. Jeng is an active member of both the American Choral Direc

Education

  • Shih-Chien College — Piano major — San Francisco Conservatory of Music — Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance

Employment

  • Taipei Rong-Shing Children’s Chorus — Accompanist and Instructor of Musicianship — Glorystar Children’s Chorus — Founder and Artistic Director — Our Lady of China Pastoral Mission — Choir Director — Hai-Tien Chorus — Conductor — McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland — Guest Conductor — Community — American Choral Directors Association — Member — Music Teachers National Association — Member

Timeline

  • Born in Taiwan; piano major at Shih-Chien College
  • Accompanist and instructor of musicianship, Taipei Rong-Shing Children’s Chorus; studied music education and choral training with Professor |Chuang-Shien Lu (呂泉生)
  • Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  • 1987 — moved to the Washington, D.C. area; active in the local music community since
  • Choir director of Our Lady of China Pastoral Mission for ten years; conducted the Hai-Tien Chorus for many seasons
  • One of the founders of Glorystar Children’s Chorus, taking the leading responsibility in teaching music
  • Studied choral conducting with Dr. Jerry Blackstone and Rod Eichenberger; guest conductor at McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
  • 2009 — nominated for the County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
  • Active member of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Teachers National Association

Family

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Role in the Community

  • Our own TAH story corpus holds a community feature on her: record #332 “Cherie Jeng, Artistic Director” (2016-03-01) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/332-cherie-jeng-artistic-director-201602|TAH record #332, Cherie Jeng, Artistic Director]] — documenting her recognition within the Taiwanese American community as an artistic director.
  • Disambiguation (same surname, different people, in the same corpus — do not merge): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/104-e6-b4-aa-e7-a7-80-e8-8a-ac-judy-jeng|TAH #104 Judy Jeng 莊明芷]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/769-raymond-jeng-e9-84-ad-e8-8b-b1-e6-9d-be-201601|TAH #769 Raymond Jeng]], TAH Who’s Who Y.C. Jeng, TAH Who’s Who Rhoda Wang Jeng.

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