Alison Yun-Fei Jiang Music

Based in Toronto, music teacher, musician and composer Alison Yun-Fei Jiang (PhD, Music) connects and communicates with people of diverse backgrounds.

As a teacher, Alison is committed to serving the community. She runs a private studio where she teaches piano, theory, composition, and musicianship to students ranging from children to adults from diverse backgrounds. Past teaching experiences include lectureships in piano, theory, composition, music history and music appreciation at the University of Chicago and guest lectures at Manhattan School of Music, University of Ottawa, McGill University, Carleton University, and University of Regina. She has served as a mentor for the TSO, NACO, Continuum, and the Roy Thomson Hall Youth Musicians Commission (YMC), and has given masterclasses for the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC).

As a composer, Alison draws inspirations and influences from life experiences as well as an array of sources such as Asian aesthetics and philosophies, natural landscapes, art, literature, film and popular music, creating musical narratives and experiences in a lyrical, dynamic, and storytelling nature. She has served as the RBC Affiliate Composer with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2022-24) and was a Carrefour Composer-in-Residence with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (2020-22). She has collaborated with ensembles, performers, and artists such as Esprit Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble, JACK Quartet, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Imani Winds, Molinari Quartet, pianists Daniel Pesca, Thomas Feng, carillonist Joey Brink, performer Dashan 大山, artists T.M. Glass, Margie Kelk, among others. Her music has been performed in Canada, the US, and Europe, featured on CBC Radio, the Royal Conservatory of Music 21C Festival, as well as the University of Toronto New Music Festival. Awards and recognitions come from the SOCAN Foundation, the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers, ASCAP, the American Prize, and International Alliance for Women in Music.

Alison is also a pianist and keyboardist in chamber and collaborative settings. She is interested in performing new music by other composers, and is frequently found as an accompanist for violin students at recitals, competitions, and exams.

Alison holds degrees in music from the University of Chicago (Ph.D.), New York University (M.M.), and Manhattan School of Music (B.M.). Her work has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SOCAN Foundation, the RBC Foundation, the Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation, New Music USA, and the Johan Franco Composition Fund. Alison gratefully acknowledges the support of the Chalmers Family Fund administered by the Ontario Arts Council.

When not “musicking,” Alison enjoys Asian pop, long walks, reading, and grocery shopping in Asian supermarkets.

Alison 江老師是一位常駐多倫多的鋼琴教師、鋼琴家及作曲家，擁有豐富的教學經驗和深厚的專業背景，致力於幫助每一位學生在音樂學習中建立自信、培養創造力，並享受音樂帶來的快樂與成長。

Alison 教授鋼琴、樂理、作曲及綜合音樂素養課程，學生涵蓋兒童、青少年及成人。她相信，每位學生都擁有獨特的潛能，因此始終堅持因材施教，根據學生的年齡、性格、學習目標和興趣制定個性化學習計劃。

許多學生在皇家音樂學院（RCM）考試、音樂節、比賽和公開演出中取得優異成績，更重要的是，他們逐漸培養出對音樂的熱愛、自律能力以及終身受益的藝術素養。

除了私人教學，Alison 曾於芝加哥大學教授鋼琴、樂理、作曲及音樂史課程，並受邀於曼哈頓音樂學院、麥吉爾大學、渥太華大學等知名學府舉辦講座與大師班。她同時是一位鋼琴家和作曲家，曾擔任多倫多交響樂團（TSO）駐團作曲家，並與眾多國際知名音樂家及藝術機構合作。

擁有芝加哥大學音樂博士、紐約大學音樂碩士及曼哈頓音樂學院音樂學士學位的 Alison，希望通過專業而溫暖的教學，幫助學生在音樂道路上不斷成長，讓音樂成為陪伴他們一生的美好力量。