Pianist Yu-Ting Chen was a longtime member of the Alameda East branch until 2022. During her time there, she successfully brought out performances from each of her students that engaged and captivated audiences. Her students consistently excelled in competitions and MTAC panel auditions, while also channeling their passion for music into community service through the student organization Music For You, which she co-founded and supervised. As a concert artist, Dr. Chen has established herself by performing concertos by Brahms, Liszt, Mozart, and Schumann as a soloist with various orchestras. Her most recent concerto performance was with the Vergilius Chamber Orchestra in Oklahoma City during the summer of 2025. Her concert tours and recitals along the West Coast of the United States have received acclaim, and her solo performances have been broadcast live on Classical King FM 98.1 in Seattle. Dr. Chen attributes her accomplishments to the guidance she received from pianists Mack McCray at the San Francisco Conservatory and Craig Sheppard at the University of Washington. In addition to her performance experience, she has extensive training in pedagogy. Dr. Chen holds teaching certificates from Taipei Municipal Teachers' College and Woodring College of Education, as well as the 2025 World Music Pedagogy seminars. She has taught music at Ming Tao Public School in Taiwan and Highline College in Washington State. In 2024, she initiated the “Pianoing Round the World” project and founded Our Polyphonic World, which includes research and concert series aimed at broadening horizons, creating connections, and fostering tolerance and peace.