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Huai-En Tsai (蔡懷恩)

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Huai-En Tsai (蔡懷恩)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Huai-En Tsai
  • Chinese: 蔡懷恩
  • Era: Birth Place
  • Geography: 台灣台北
  • Core roles: trombonist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Currently a freelance musician in Washington D.C area, trombonist Huai-En Tsai 蔡懷恩 enjoys his concert engagements as a solo player, chamber musician and orchestral player. As the winner of the Baltimore Music Club Music Competition in 2006, he has given numerous recitals in various styles in many states as well as in his native Taiwan. His distinguished performances received praises from newspapers which including The Liberty Times, Washington Chinese News, The Epoch Times, The World Journal, Baltimore Examiners, Baltimore City Paper, The Towerlight of Towson University and The Albuquerque Tribune.

Education

  • 東吳大學 — B.S. 音樂系
  • 美國約翰霍普金斯大學琵琶第音樂學院 — 2005 — B.S. 演奏
  • 美國約翰霍普金斯大學琵琶第音樂學院 — Ph.D. 音樂藝術

Employment

  • Asia Trombone Seminar — Artistic Director/Faculty — (2007-)

Timeline

  • Studied at 東吳大學 (Soochow University), 音樂系 (B.S.).
  • 2005 — earned a B.S. in Performance at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (美國約翰霍普金斯大學琵琶第音樂學院); later completed a Ph.D. in Musical Arts there.
  • 2006 — won the Baltimore Music Club Music Competition.
  • Works as a freelance trombonist in the Washington D.C. area, concert-engaged as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player; has given numerous recitals across many U.S. states and in his native Taiwan.
  • 2007–present — Artistic Director / Faculty of the Asia Trombone Seminar.
  • Performances praised in The Liberty Times, Washington Chinese News, The Epoch Times, The World Journal, Baltimore Examiners, Baltimore City Paper, The Towerlight of Towson University, and The Albuquerque Tribune.

Family

  • Son: ???

Sources

Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-10)

  • The vault preserves his TAH encyclopedia profile as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/421-huai-en-tsai-e8-94-a1-e6-87-b7-e6-81-a9-201505||TAH #421: Huai-En Tsai 蔡懷恩 / 2015-05]] — the record behind this page’s Peabody (Johns Hopkins) training, the 2006 Baltimore Music Club Competition win, and his Asia Trombone Seminar directorship since 2007.
  • His earlier TAH profile is preserved as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/28-huai-en-tsai-e8-94-a1-e6-87-b7-e6-81-a9-trombonist||TAH #28: Huai-En Tsai 蔡懷恩, Trombonist / 2014-10]] — same record, earlier publication.
  • His Washington D.C.-area activity situates him in the same region as the vault’s |Taiwanese Association of America Greater Washington community network (no direct membership recorded).

Deepen pass 2026-09-11 (vault-only)

No further vault-internal facts to absorb: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/421-huai-en-tsai-e8-94-a1-e6-87-b7-e6-81-a9-201505||TAH #421]] is the sole vault copy of his record and is already mirrored into the timeline (Peabody B.S./Musical Arts doctorate, 2006 Baltimore Music Club win, Asia Trombone Seminar since 2007). No vault pages exist for Soochow University or the Peabody Institute, so no additional wikilinks are permissible.

Deepen pass 2026-09-14 (vault-only)

Cross-linked the second vault record TAH #28 (2014-10); it carries no facts beyond TAH #421. No Soochow University or Peabody Institute pages exist in the vault, so no institutional links were added.

Corpus re-check 2026-09-14 (deepen-x slice 09141300-10)

SKIP-with-reason: corpus grep of content/works + content/articles for 蔡懷恩/Huai-En returns only his own TAH records #421 and #28 (both already wikilinked above) plus the works index. No memoir or article material mentions him; the Greater Washington link on this page is already caveated as regional, not membership. No community/corpus facts absorbable. Nothing published.

Corpus re-check 2026-09-14 (deepen-x slice 09142101-1)

SKIP-with-reason: corpus grep for 蔡懷恩/Huai-En returns zero hits beyond his own TAH records 28 (already wikilinked above). No community/corpus facts absorbable. last_reviewed already 2026-09-14. Nothing published.

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