{"id":2522,"date":"2026-06-09T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iweb20wp-b205b.url.tku.edu.tw\/ipc\/?page_id=2522"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:06:44","slug":"arts-appreciation-and-creation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/core\/?page_id=2522","title":{"rendered":"Arts Appreciation and Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Responsible unit\uff1aCenter for General Education and Core Curriculum<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact info\uff1a(02)26215656#2126\uff08\uff29802\u00a0office\uff09<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Office email<\/span>\uff1a<\/span><\/a>atax@oa.tku.edu.tw<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u3010Full-Time Teacher\u3011 <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Pei-Yee Lee, Professor <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nOffice Phone Number\uff1a3129
\nE-mail\uff1apeiyee@mail.tku.edu.tw <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttp:\/\/mail.tku.edu.tw\/peiyee\/<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aPiano performance music education piano pedagogy, art history<\/p>\n

\uff21 full-time professor at Tamkang University, began piano at age six and won Taiwan\u2019s National Music Competition at thirteen. She holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, and earned dual doctorates from Stony Brook University (Piano Performance) and Columbia University (Music Education). Lee studied with renowned pianists including Arkady Aronov, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Claude Frank. A two-time recipient of the Chi Mei Cultural Foundation Award, she has performed concertos with the Jacksonville Symphony and appeared at Lincoln Center and Town Hall. Her performances have aired on NPR and WQXR. She is an active competition juror and speaker for numerous seminars. She has served as the chair of the General Education and Core Curriculum Center of Tamkang University, and was selected as the Outstanding Teacher and recipient of the Teacher Evaluation Award.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yung-Ying Gan, Professor <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Office_Number\uff1aI713
\nOffice Phone Number\uff1a3128
\nE-mail\uff1aganchris@hotmail.com<\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttp:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnProfile.aspx?u=t906001<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aOboe performance, chamber music and music related courses.<\/p>\n

Dr. Yung-Ying Gan earned her Master\u2019s degree in Oboe Performance from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland. During her years abroad, she was invited on numerous occasions to perform with renowned orchestras. She was twice invited to perform Mozart\u2019s and Richard Strauss\u2019s Oboe Concertos with the National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa. She also performed Mozart\u2019s and Albinoni\u2019s Oboe Concertos in collaboration with the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of the Witwatersrand, and the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1998, she was admitted with distinction to the Peabody Institute, where she pursued both a Master\u2019s degree in Oboe Performance and a Master\u2019s degree in Recording Arts. While pursuing her doctoral studies at the University of Maryland, Dr. Gan served as a graduate teaching assistant. In 2000 and 2001, she was invited for two consecutive years to perform Mozart\u2019s and Haydn\u2019s Sinfonia Concertantes with the London Symphony Orchestra. During the same period, she collaborated with Jane Marvine, Principal English Horn of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Linda Harwell, Principal Bassoon of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, in a chamber music performance at the Peabody Institute.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chia-Jwu Tai, Associate Professor<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Office_Number\uff1aI708
\nOffice Phone Number\uff1a2658
\nE-mail\uff1acaroltai@mail.tku.edu.tw <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttp:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnProfile.aspx?u=t989701<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aVisual Art Creation & Criticism\u3001Western Art History\u3001The Renaissance\u3001Christian art<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hui-Yun Chen, Associate\u00a0Professor <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nOffice Phone Number\uff1a2347
\nE-mail\uff1acloudcarol@gms.tku.edu.tw <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttp:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnProfile.aspx?u=t966415<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aIntroduction to Performing Arts\u3001Table director practice\u3001Taiwan Theater History\u3001post-colonial theatre theory\u3001intercultural theatre theory\u3001Psychophysical actor training<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Wen-Chi Wu,Associate\u00a0Professor<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Office_Number\uff1aI701
\nOffice Phone Number\uff1a2900
\nE-mail\uff1awenchiwu@mail.tku.edu.tw <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttp:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnProfile.aspx?u=t961532<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aContemporary Dance, Choreographic Process, Dance Appreciation, Dance Aesthetics, Dance Education, Dance Pedagogy. Education \u2022 Ed.D. in Dance, Temple University, USA \u2022 M.F.A. in Dance (Performance and Choreography), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA \u2022 B.F.A. in Dance, National Institute of the Arts (now Taipei National University of the Arts), Taiwan Previous Academic Appointments \u2022 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Dance, State University of New York at Potsdam, USA \u2022 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Dance, Utah Valley University, USA \u2022 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre Design and Technology, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan<\/p>\n

Professor Wen-Chi Wu is among the few dance scholars trained at the highest levels in both dance performance and choreography (M.F.A.) and dance education (Ed.D.). She is also the first dance doctoral graduate in Taiwan to create and perform a series of solo dance productions. Her doctoral dissertation, Spirit-Dancing Through Qi-Body (2005), is recognized as one of the earliest philosophical and practice-based studies of Qi-Dance in international dance scholarship. Since returning to Taiwan, Professor Wu has integrated artistic creation, general education, and social engagement through both creative work and innovative pedagogy. She created and performed three solo dance productions: Mirror of Mind (2017), Everlasting Vitality (2018), and Roots (2020). From 2022 to 2024, she initiated and led interdisciplinary arts projects in collaboration with National Taiwan University and the Houtong Miners and Historical Museum. Together with Tamkang University students, she co-created The Miner\u2019s Music and Dance Trilogy, using artistic practice to revitalize local memory, promote cultural heritage, and foster educational innovation. Professor Wu has received multiple honors for excellence in teaching, general education, and community engagement at Tamkang University, including the Outstanding Teaching Award (2018-2019), Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award (2022-2023), and Outstanding General Education Faculty Award (2024-2025). She has also received international conference travel grants from Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) to present her research in the United States. Her career exemplifies the integration of artistic creativity and performance, scholarly inquiry, and educational practice. Teaching Areas: Developing Nonverbal Expression Through Dancing Arts, Performing Arts\u2014Contemporary Dance Appreciation and Experience, Exploring Dance as Nonverbal Communication Through Environments, Introduction to World Dance and Practice, Arts and Humanities Research Interests: Phenomenology of the Body, Daoist Philosophy and Embodied Cultivation, Contemporary Dance and Creative Practice, Dance Pedagogy and Transformative Learning.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Philip Shieh, Associate Professor <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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E-mail\uff1awebcast@mail.tku.edu.tw <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttp:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnProfile.aspx?u=t997941<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aMusic composition, multimedia production, web broadcasting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Su-Yiau Wang,\u00a0Lecturer <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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E-mail\uff1a117483@mail.tku.edu.tw <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttp:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnPastCourse.aspx?u=t994618<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aVocal Teaching\u3001Vocal Performance \u3001\u00a0Western Art Songs \u3001Appreciation of Opera \u3001Sacred Music\u3001Choir Conducting\u3001Italian Diction .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shiang-Yeu Lin, Lecturer <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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E-mail\uff1aregen0728@gmail.com <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttps:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnProfile.aspx?u=t933551<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aThe study and performing of the Western Opera, Western Music History, Music Theory : The \u00a0Basic , Stage Performing Arts, The Appreciation of the Western Classic Music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chun-Sen\u00a0Yang, Lecturer <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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E-mail\uff1achunsen.yang@msa.hinet.net <\/a> <\/span>
\nPersonal Website\uff1ahttps:\/\/teacher.tku.edu.tw\/PsnProfile.aspx?u=t963661<\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aDrawing, Public Art, Environmental Art, Stone Sculpture, Metal Sculpture, Clay Sculpture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WEI-HONG WENG, Assistant Professor <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Professional Field\uff1aHistory of Taiwanese traditional opera theater, Beiguan gongs and drums and traditional music performance, opera anthropology and fieldwork, ritual theater, contemporary survival of traditional opera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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XIU-QING CAI, Assistant Professor <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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E-mail\uff1a150421@o365.tku.edu.tw <\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aChristian image art; East-West cultural exchanges and art; Western late classical and medieval biographical literature; cross-cultural image, narrative and aesthetic research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shen Cheen Associate Professor <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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E-mail\uff1ashencheen@gmail.com <\/a> <\/span>
\nProfessional Field\uff1aChinese and Western art history, calligraphy and painting art research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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