Susan Chan (Portland State University), piano
OSHU Doernbecher’s Children’s Hospital, May 29, 2007
Portland, Oregon
Robison Jewish Home, May 30, 2007
Portland, Oregon
In the first recital, held May 29th, Ms. Chan performed a program of solo piano music that consisted of traditional Western repertoire and contemporary Asian works for young patients, their parents and the hospital staff at Doernbecher's Children's Hospital.
In the second recital on May 30th, Ms. Chan performed a program of solo piano music that consisted of traditional western repertoire and contemporary Asian works for residents and staff of the Robison Jewish Home. This event was different from the May 29th program in that it was presented as a lecture-recital.
Ms. Chan's goal for this project was to share traditional and contemporary Asian solo piano music with groups of individuals who were either young and hospitalized, or elderly and no longer living independently. She hoped this experience would brighten and enrich their lives. Concert programs were provided prior to the event and, in both cases, audiences were appreciative. It was obvious that the elderly individuals were very interested in this recital and that some of them were musicians in their younger years. One senior audience member remarked: “thirty minutes of music brings us a day of joy.”
