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Music Beans was founded by two good friends-Yu-Chen Lin and Yawen Cheng. Both from Taiwan, Yu-Chen and Yawen share a lot in common. They both began their piano lesson at a very young ages (age 4), studied in gifted music programs in Taiwan, and performed in various countries. Most importantly, they LOVE working with children in the music world. In 2005, they reconnected in Manhattan through their passion in music education and worked in the same music studio (pre-Music Beans). |
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| After years of collaboration in music teaching, they have developed a bond not just professionally but personally. In the year of 2010, with great devotion and enthusiasm, they founded Music Beans to fulfill their dream of having a creative place for music teaching and learning! | |
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Yu-Chen (MiMi) is a refined musician, active researcher and creative educator. She believes music is one of most intuitive human expressions and the most wonderful gift in human life. As a music teacher, Yu-Chen emphasizes the importance of movement and world music in piano and music teaching. She has developed diverse curricula, such as “Music and Movement”, “The World and Me”, group and applied piano classes to foster students’ musical development. |
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| As a collegiate instructor, Yu-Chen has taught applied piano lesson at Columbia University and has been teaching and supervising music education majors at the Pennsylvania State University. Besides teaching, Yu-Chen also actively devotes herself in research specialized in early childhood and multicultural music education. Her academic works and hands-on workshops have been presented nationally and internationally in major conferences such as Music Education National Conference (MENC), Society of Ethnomusicology (SEM) and International Society for Music Education (ISME)…etc. To see more |
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| Yawen is a New York based early childhood educator. She has been working with children, teaching music, private lessons and group lessons both in the States and Taiwan for over 10 years. Yawen has a strong belief that through music, children acquire strong values that carry over to different areas of life. She developed various music programs geared towards different disciplines including improvisation, eurythmic and languages for students aged 2 years to adult. |  |
Besides working with young children, Yawen also has experiences with teaching at the collegiate-level at the Continuing Education department of Touro College in Early Childhood Education where she developed a comprehensive learning model to create an environment of equitable learning opportunities for each and every student. |
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