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Yu-Sui Hung (洪育穗)

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Yu-Sui Hung (洪育穗)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Yu-Sui Hung
  • Chinese: 洪育穗
  • Era: Birth Place
  • Geography: First year, first city and state arrived in the U.S.
  • Core roles: professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Dr. Hung joined the faculty at Vander Cook in 2006 after teaching piano, theory, and musicianship at the University of Cincinnati and Temple University. She received her doctor of musical arts in piano and theory from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, her master of music degree in piano at Temple University, and her bachelor of fine arts degree in piano and clarinet from National Taiwan Normal University. A chamber music enthusiast, Dr. Hung performs frequently as a solo, collaborative, and orchestral pianist, and has appeared in major concert venues throughout the U.S. and her native Taiwan, collaborating with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. She is an active member of Music Teachers National Association and its regional chapters, as well as Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.

Education

  • National Taiwan Normal University — B.S. Music
  • Temple University — 2002 — M.S. Piano performance
  • University of Cincinnati — 2006 — Ph.D. Piano performance

Employment

  • VanderCook College of Music — Present — Teaching Piano

Timeline (deepened 2026-09-10, vault-internal)

  • National Taiwan Normal University — B.F.A. piano & clarinet (tah-table: B.S. Music).
  • 2002 — M.M. piano performance, Temple University.
  • 2006 — DMA piano & theory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (tah-table: Ph.D.).
  • Before 2006 — Taught piano, theory, and musicianship at the University of Cincinnati and Temple University.
  • 2006–present — Faculty (piano), VanderCook College of Music, Chicago.
  • Performance — Solo, collaborative, and orchestral pianist in major U.S. and Taiwan venues; has collaborated with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Active member of the Music Teachers National Association (and regional chapters) and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.

Records held in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/452-yu-sui-hung-e6-b4-aa-e8-82-b2-e7-a9-97-201506|TAH #452]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/216-yu-sui-hung-e6-b4-aa-e8-82-b2-e7-a9-97-pianist-201506|TAH #216]].

Family

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Teaching & Performance Record

  • Faculty, VanderCook College of Music (2006-present) — piano teaching.
  • Previously taught piano, theory, and musicianship at the University of Cincinnati and Temple University.
  • Degrees: B.F.A. piano & clarinet, National Taiwan Normal University; M.M. piano performance, Temple University (2002); DMA piano & theory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (2006).
  • Chamber music enthusiast: performs as solo, collaborative, and orchestral pianist in major U.S. and Taiwan venues, collaborating with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
  • Active member of the Music Teachers National Association (and regional chapters) and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.

Vault Holdings

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/452-yu-sui-hung-e6-b4-aa-e8-82-b2-e7-a9-97-201506|TAH #452 — Yu-Sui Hung 洪育穗 (2015/06)]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/216-yu-sui-hung-e6-b4-aa-e8-82-b2-e7-a9-97-pianist-201506|TAH #216 — Yu-Sui Hung 洪育穗, Pianist (2015/06)]]

Connected in the Vault

Per the TAH profile above, Dr. Hung has been on the VanderCook College of Music faculty (Chicago) since 2006. Geographic community context only (membership not asserted):

Her B.F.A. in piano and clarinet from National Taiwan Normal University connects her to the NTNU alumni-association records held in the vault (e.g. 師大美東校友會).

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