Lunchtime Pipe Organ Series: Dr. Theresa Chen

Dr. Theresa Chen is an instructor of applied jazz piano, director of jazz/funk combo and Orange Juice combo, songwriting, and history of jazz courses at Syracuse University. She is the first Taiwanese-American who teaches jazz at the college of music in the United States. Dr. Chen has accumulated 20 years of Catholic church service playing experiences since third grade, but she didn't start self-learning the pipe organ until 2016. So far, she has served at many Catholic churches in both Taiwan and America including St John's Cathedral in Chiayi City, Sacred Heart Church at Guting, Immaculate Conception Church at Fu-Ren University, and St Anne Church in Rochester, New York. She now serves as the music director and organist at the Most Holy Rosary Church in Syracuse, New York, and one of the executive committee members of the American Guild of Organists--Syracuse Chapter.

Dr. Chen has hosted many workshops in organ…