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Harmony Yang (楊心新)

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Harmony Yang (楊心新)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Harmony Yang
  • Chinese: 楊心新
  • Era: -
  • Geography: Buffalo/NY
  • Core roles: educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Dr. Harmony Yang, Pianist, was born in Buffalo, NY, raised in Taiwan, was a Fulbright Award finalist in 2013, and has performed Bartok’s Piano Concerto No.3 with University of Maryland’s Repertory orchestra in 2011 and Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor with Taiwan’s Taipei Sun Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009. In addition to being a music director at Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington, she is also a faculty member at Suitland High School, Woods Academy, Northwood High School, and Montgomery College. Her students have received scholarships to attend Towson University, Shenandoah University, Oberlin Conservatory, Roosevelt University, and University of Maryland. She currently resides in Maryland with her husband and twin sons.

Education

  • College Conservatory of. Music, University of Cincinnati — M.S.
  • University of Maryland — 2016 — Ph.D. piano

Employment

  • Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington — Music director
  • Suitland High School — Teaching
  • Northwood High School — Teaching
  • Montgomery College — Teaching

Timeline

  • 2009 — Performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor with Taiwan’s Taipei Sun Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • 2011 — Performed Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the University of Maryland Repertory Orchestra.
  • 2013 — Fulbright Award finalist.
  • 2016 — Ph.D. in piano, University of Maryland (earlier M.S., College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati).
  • Career — Music director at Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington; faculty at Suitland High School, Woods Academy, Northwood High School, and Montgomery College. Students earned scholarships to Towson University, Shenandoah University, Oberlin Conservatory, Roosevelt University, and University of Maryland.

Network

  • Born in Buffalo, NY; raised in Taiwan; resides in Maryland with her husband and twin sons.
  • Listed in the |TAH Foundation Who’s Who (entries #1635 and #396).

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Vault Holdings

TAH encyclopedia records held in this vault:

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1635|TAH #1635 — Harmony Yang 楊心新 (2017/05)]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician396|TAH #396 — Harmony Yang 楊心新, Pianist (2017/05)]]

Sources

Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-14)

  • 兩則 TAH 百科條目均已入 vault 書目紀錄：#1635 與 #396（皆 2017-05-07 發布）；全文仍存 TAH 原站，本庫為書目級紀錄。
  • 教會服事脈絡（本頁既有記載：華府台裔長老教會音樂總監）見 |Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington 條目；台裔長老教會系統脈絡另見 |台灣基督長老教會、|NTPC-USA（關聯性待核）。
  • Corpus sweep 2026-09-14 (re-verified, slice deepen-x-09142101-4): SKIP-with-reason — grep of works/ and articles/ for 楊心新/Harmony Yang returns only her own two TAH records (#1635, #396, already linked above); the other ‘Harmony’ matches are unrelated (‘Ethnic Harmony’ in ourjourneys110, ‘Harmony of the Seas’ NATMA cruise 2017-27, Galen Chen’s artwork ‘Formosa Harmony 1945’ in vanessa-chen-until-the-sun-rises). No memoir/community mention, nothing absorbable.
  • Corpus recheck (slice 09150316-3, 2026-09-15): SKIP-with-reason — grep re-run 楊心新/Harmony Yang returns only her own two TAH records (#1635, #396, already linked) + index rows. No new community facts, nothing absorbable.
  • 求學與定居馬里蘭脈絡（Ph.D. 2016，本頁既有記載）對應 |馬里蘭大學台美同學會；辛辛那提求學時期（M.S.，本頁既有記載）對應 |辛辛那提台灣人協會。

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