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Wei-Ling Chen (陳為伶)

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Wei-Ling Chen (陳為伶)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Wei-Ling Chen
  • Chinese: 陳為伶
  • Era: 1981
  • Geography: 台灣南投
  • Core roles: educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Wei-Ling Chen (b.1981), a Taiwanese composer, has composed for a variety of media including orchestra, various chamber ensembles, solo works, choir, theatrical works, and electroacoustic works. She has received her Doctoral of Musical Arts in Music Composition from the Michigan State University. She also holds Master of Music in Music Composition from the University of Houston, and Bachelor of Music Education from Taipei Municipal University of Education.

Education

  • 台北市立教育大學 — 2003 — B.S. Music
  • 美國休士頓大學 — 2005 — MS. 理論作曲
  • 密西根州立大學 — 2010 — Ph.D. 理論作曲

Employment

  • Houston Taiwan Institute for Senior Citizen — Music Instructor — Michigan State University — Music Instructor — Community — Musique 21 (New music ensemble at Michigan State University) — Commissioned Composer — Taiwanese Association in America — Commissioned Composer — Grace Taiwan Presbyterian Church — Commissioned Composer/Arranger

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

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Timeline

(absorbed from this page’s own biography text and TAH tables; no external sources added)

  • 1981 — 出生於台灣南投
  • 2003 — B.S.（音樂教育），台北市立教育大學
  • 2005 — M.M.（理論作曲），美國休士頓大學
  • 2010 — Ph.D.（理論作曲），密西根州立大學
  • Houston Taiwan Institute for Senior Citizens — 音樂教師
  • Michigan State University — 音樂教師
  • 委託作曲家 — Musique 21（密西根州立大學現代音樂團）、Taiwanese Association in America
  • 委託作曲家／編曲 — Grace Taiwan Presbyterian Church
  • 創作涵蓋管弦樂、室內樂、獨奏、合唱、劇場與電子音響等多元媒材

Vault Cross-References

  • TAH encyclopedia records for this profile exist in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/22-wei-ling-chen-e9-99-b3-e7-82-ba-e4-bc-b6-composer|TAH #22 陳為伶 (Composer), 2014/10]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/517-wei-ling-chen-e9-99-b3-e7-82-ba-e4-bc-b6-201507|TAH #517 陳為伶, 2015/07]].

Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-11)

  • Archival records (dated): TAH #22（Composer）published 2014-10-11; TAH #517 published 2015-07-25 — see the work records linked in the Vault Cross-References section on this page.
  • Affiliation pages verified in vault: music-instructor post at |Houston Taiwan Institute for Senior Citizens (per this page’s TAH employment table).
  • Commissioned composer/arranger for Grace Taiwan Presbyterian Church — her Houston-period church matches the vault record |Grace Taiwan Presbyterian Church in Houston; no vault page yet for Musique 21 (Michigan State University new-music ensemble) or a Taiwanese Association in America page under that exact name.

Deepen — 2026-09-14 (slice 09141300-17)

SKIP-with-reason: corpus grep of works/articles returns only her own two TAH encyclopedia records (#22/#517, already linked above) and the works index — no memoir or community material. Nothing absorbable; no new facts invented.

Deepen — 2026-09-14 (slice 09142101-6)

SKIP (re-run): grep of works/articles again returns only her own TAH 517 bibliographic records (already wikilinked above) + works index — no memoir/community material. Nothing absorbable; nothing invented.

Deepen — 2026-09-15 (slice 09150316-5)

SKIP (third pass): grep of works/articles for 陳為伶/Wei-Ling Chen again hits only her own TAH 517 records (already linked in Vault Cross-References) and index adjacency lines. No memoir or community material; last_reviewed refreshed, biography unchanged.

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