Notice Board

Music at Noon presents:
Meijun Chen (clarinet) | Deanna Oye (piano) | Josh Davies (trumpet)
12:15 pm | March 14, 2023
University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome!

Featuring award winning clarinetist Meijun Chen, this recital takes you on a journey from the Romantic period to the 20th century, to follow the steps of Johannes Brahms, Eugène Bozza and Gordon Jacob. Meijun is joined by Music faculty members Dr. Deanna Oye and Dr. Josh Davies.

Meijun Chen is currently pursuing her Doctor of Music degree in Wind Band Conducting, under the supervision of Dr. Angela Schroeder, at the University of Alberta. She is also the first female wind band conducting doctoral student at the University of Alberta. She was the Conducting Intern with Edmonton Youth Orchestra in 2020 and 2022. Her research interests include wind band and orchestral music education in Canada and China, and the historical developments of university band and orchestra pedagogies, repertories and composers. Meijun is an active guest conductor of University of Alberta Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Summer Band, Symphony Orchestra, as well as community orchestras and choirs. She is selected as one of the ten Conducting Fellows of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s International Wind Festival and Conductor's Academy 2023, and will also be a Participant Conductor at the 2023 Northwestern University Conducting and Wind Symposium.

Meijun is also an award-winning clarinetist with 18 years of international wind ensemble and orchestra’s performances and competitions experiences in over 13 countries in Europe, Asia and North America. She was selected to play in the National Youth Band of Canada in 2018, won the 2019/20 University of Alberta Concerto Competition and held various Principal Clarinet positions. She is a frequent Guest Clarinetist with the Royal Canadian Artillery Band.

Meijun is passionate about music education and is an experienced conducting and clarinet clinician at various junior high schools, high schools and the Red Deer Royals Marching Show Band in Alberta. Her clarinet, piano, and music theory students won gold medals and first place at national level, and have gained acceptance to Canadian universities’ Performance and Music Therapy programs. Meijun continues to immerse in the Alberta music performance and education community, not only to inspire younger generations but to bring the joy of music to connect people of all ages and encourage wider community engagement.