Promote classical music in the United States.
A pianist, educator, organist, harpsichordist, scholar, and promoter of classical music, Dr. Tak Yan Yeung maintains a versatile career of a 21st-century musician. He performed concertos as a pianist with Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Texas Christian University Symphony Orchestra, and Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and as a harpsichordist with the Texas Christian University Collegium Musicum. He was a guest performer at the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival and the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC) Convention and presented at the College Music Society South Central Conference. Tak Yan won top prizes in the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, the Music Teachers’ Association of California Piano Concerto and Solo Competitions, the Redlands Bowl Young Artist Competition, and the inaugural California International Music & Art Festival.
A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) of the Music Teachers National Association and a two-time recipient of the Steinway Top Teacher Award, Tak Yan owns Yeung's Piano Time LLC, a piano studio serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and currently teaches over twenty K-12 and adult piano students of all levels. He formerly served as Treasurer and Outreach Chair of the Fort Worth Music Teachers Association. His article, "Teaching Beginning Students: Nurturing a Love for Music," was published on the Fort Worth Music Teachers Association Newsletter in 2023. Equally devoted to higher education, Yeung teaches at the University of Dallas and Tarrant County College Northwest.
Extending his work to music ministry, Tak Yan currently serves as Organist at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Bedford, Texas, where he founded Concerts on Harwood, a concert series that brings classical music to a wider audience through hosting regular concerts featuring local performing musicians.
Born and raised Hong Kong, Tak Yan completed a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at Texas Christian University, a Master of Music in Piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and an Artist Certificate at Azusa Pacific University. His principal teachers have included Dr. Tamás Ungár, Andrey Ponochevny, Dr. Tao Chang, Harold Lee, Nan Wang, and the late Dr. Karen Shaw.
A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) of the Music Teachers National Association and a two-time recipient of the Steinway Top Teacher Award, Tak Yan owns Yeung's Piano Time LLC, a piano studio serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and currently teaches over twenty K-12 and adult piano students of all levels. He formerly served as Treasurer and Outreach Chair of the Fort Worth Music Teachers Association. His article, "Teaching Beginning Students: Nurturing a Love for Music," was published on the Fort Worth Music Teachers Association Newsletter in 2023. Equally devoted to higher education, Yeung teaches at the University of Dallas and Tarrant County College Northwest.
Extending his work to music ministry, Tak Yan currently serves as Organist at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Bedford, Texas, where he founded Concerts on Harwood, a concert series that brings classical music to a wider audience through hosting regular concerts featuring local performing musicians.
Born and raised Hong Kong, Tak Yan completed a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at Texas Christian University, a Master of Music in Piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and an Artist Certificate at Azusa Pacific University. His principal teachers have included Dr. Tamás Ungár, Andrey Ponochevny, Dr. Tao Chang, Harold Lee, Nan Wang, and the late Dr. Karen Shaw.
