LayTuan Tan

IN PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS

LayTuan Tan holds a Master of Music Degree from the New England Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of South Carolina, both in Piano Performance. She won First Place in both the USC Concerto Aria Competition (which resulted in performance with orchestra) and the Columbia Northeast Music Festival Competition and was a finalist at NEC Honors Scholarship Competition. Ms. Tan studied with Raymond Dudley, Stephen Drury, Jean Stackhouse (Pedagogy) and Margot Garrett (Accompaniment).

As an instructor, she is committed to developing the talent within each individual and recognizes the importance of nurturing a love for music within a positive environment. Her students have consistently received first place awards and high honours for outstanding performances in music festivals, first class honours with distinction in RCM examinations and scholarships to attend music programs in the United Kingdom as well as the Juilliard School of Music in Manhattan. From 2014 to present, many of LayTuan’s students have successfully competed for and received the opportunity to debut at Carnegie hall each year.

LayTuan Tan has performed in masterclasses with Nelita True, Bela Siki, the National Ballet of Canada’s workshop, the National Choreographic Seminar at Simon Fraser University and has attended the Ferienkurse fur Neuemusik in Darmstadt, Germany. She has been a featured soloist with the Standing Wave Ensemble, Vancouver New Music, Women in View Festival, Time Flies Festival and the Singapore Festival of Arts.

LayTuan has been an adjudicator as well as RCM examiner for 15 years.

“Lay Tuan is simply wonderful! She is patient and invests time in learning about the student as an individual to adapt her teaching methods to the character, goals and interests of the student and parents. The improvement and motivation I’ve seen in my son, who is now 6 years old, is remarkable.”