Taiwanese pianist Sandy Wang is the winner of the Taiwan National Music
Competition in 2014. Sandy has been performing as a solo pianist as well as a collaborative
pianist in numerous venues across the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. She has held solo
recitals in Greenfield Hall and Mikowsky Recital Hall in New York, Britton Recital Hall in
Michigan, and Roy Barnett Hall in Vancouver. She was invited to perform in Ambassador
Performing a series of concerts and Barness Recitals in Florida. She also held chamber
concerts in Bloomfield Township Library in Michigan and Roy Barnett Hall and Tapestry in
Vancouver. As a virtuoso pianist, she focuses on various periods of piano repertoire,
including works by the three Bs of classical musicians: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, as
well as twentieth-century composers like Alexander Scriabin and Samuel Barber. Her ten
years of experience as a flutist have helped her become a profound Chamber Musician as
well. Sandy studied at Manhattan School of Music in New York for her Bachelor of Music
degree with Dr. Joanne Polk and received her Dual Master's degree in Piano Performance and
Piano Chamber music at the University of Michigan under the tutelage of Dr. Arthur Greene.
She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of British
Columbia under Professor Mark Anderson.
Sandy is enthusiastic about teaching and music education. She has volunteered to
teach at non-profit organizations and summer music camps in Taiwan. She has worked as an
accompanist at Manhattan School of Music and University of Michigan. She is currently
working as a teaching assistant at the University of British Columbia. She has taught students
of all ages and grade levels with diverse genres of music for eight years. Her goal is to spread
the pleasures of music to young musicians with a patient and energetic approach.